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More on Electrolytic Rust Removal

I just added a short webpage about electrolytic rust removal. As you all know, there's lots of info about it around the...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by spaco
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by spaco

Smart Tool Level or Smart Level

Recently I bought a Smart Tool Level along w/ the 2', 4' frames & the magnetic holder, all for ~ $200 inc shipping. I a...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cynthia.mcgraw
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by cynthia.mcgraw

Northern Tool Catalog

I think someone was grousing about not being able to get a Northern tool paper catalog. In the mail today is one. I hav...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospambmckee
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospambmckee

Buy Aluminum

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/18/russian-power-plant-death-toll
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by burkheimer
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by burkheimer

Small Florida Town "gets it" (guns)

The town council of Belville, FL in Marion County has passed a resolution, heartily upheld by the citizenry. They have...
84 comments posted 17yrs
posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com
84 comments posted 17yrs posted by lloydspinsidemindspring.com

Lawn mowers on slopes and hills

This is 30 year old advice but I think it still applies. My parents had a yard with a steep slope and were told to alwa...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rbraun333
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by rbraun333

OT: Asphalt driveway being installed

Am having an asphalt driveway** installed in the next few days. They've already scraped down and pounded the existing g...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by prfesser
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by prfesser

Requesting TED Fellow nomination

For 15 years I have propounded the possibilty of a self-reproducing machine tool in news:sci.physics.research and news:...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dgoncz.703.475.7456
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by dgoncz.703.475.7456

OT: Give women guns!

NYTimes columnist Randy Cohen suggests, with tongue in cheek, that only women should be allowed to have guns. http://et...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dforeman
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by dforeman

Good Lawn Mowers

The Lawnmower That Refuses To Die is starting to show rust holes in the deck! Yay! We can ditch it! (we've had this thi...
43 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tim
43 comments posted 17yrs posted by tim

Moving Shop

What are good, economical ways to move a home shop? The move is 1500 miles. I need to move an 11" lathe, Hardinge TM, L...
31 comments posted 17yrs
posted by keillorp135
31 comments posted 17yrs posted by keillorp135

Mounting electrical box to lally column?

Hi Folks. I am in the process of wiring a basement workshop. I hope to have some 110 volt and 220 volt receptacles moun...
53 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ahall
53 comments posted 17yrs posted by ahall

Moun

Hi Folks. I am in the process of wiring a basement workshop. I hope to have some 110 volt and 220 volt receptacles moun...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ahall
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by ahall

H7527 6" Rotary Table suprise

I was looking at clamping down a 4x4.75 inch plate to my H7527 rotary table, and decided to get some different hold dow...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ohland
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by ohland

Making screws from soft metal

What would be my best bet for getting a relatively small quantity (current requirement is < 100 pieces) of machine scre...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by speffSNIP
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by speffSNIP