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hard drive woes

I got caught with my pants down... I got a hard drive that's giving error readings trying to read data off it. The data...
52 comments posted 17yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
52 comments posted 17yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Forged Craigslist scam checks

I am holding in my hands a forged check that a Craigslist scammer mailed me. This guy has been spamming me incessantly...
105 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus14774
105 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus14774

Whither Gunner?

I've noticed a couple of pings to Gunner in the last day or two, but I don't recall seeing any responses from him. Given...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gwhite
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by gwhite

Acra Cast High Quality Investment Castings

hi, We are a company based in Michigan USA. We specialize in castings of over 80 alloys, all quantities. Rapid Prototyp...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by acracast
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by acracast

Just a rant about ignorant buyers

Metalworking related, but a rant nonetheless. I have a mill that I am selling and posted on Craigslist. I thought I had...
17 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cyberzl1
17 comments posted 17yrs posted by cyberzl1

HF 99741 pressure washer

Has anyone bought and used one of these? If what is the report for ordinary, general purpose use around the home and sho...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by pilgrim
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by pilgrim

oil and magneto/flywheel

I have an ATV and recently went through deep water. The recoil starter mechanism/ magneto flywheel area all had water i...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by markhabbi
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by markhabbi

fuel consumption units

This is the rating for a 9hp honda engine. What does it mean? 230g/PS-hr(313g/kWh)
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by markhabbi
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by markhabbi

Any Taig Wizards

I seem to have some slop/lash/variance in the X axis of my mini mill. Since I mostly use it for engraving it was not ho...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

#OT# Some good machining news

With all the gloom and doom news about manufacturing in America, we can all use some good news about how some areas of...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gmcduffee
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by gmcduffee

What is it? Set 280

There is just one unidentified item in this week's set: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
18 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rhvp65
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by rhvp65

1800 vs 3600 RPM for phase converter

I recall from various discussions here that 1800 RPM motors were preferred over the higher speed ones when making a pha...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by GeoLane at PTD dot NET

Looking For Web Site Archiving Software

A few months ago, Gunner (I think) mentioned a program he used to capture & archive web sites. I downloaded it & used i...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jgandalf1
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by jgandalf1

Is this true for an engine

SOmeone saif that doing a valve job on an old engine is a gamble,becasue the increased compression will put increased s...
44 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dgilbert
44 comments posted 17yrs posted by dgilbert