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Shell Gasoline Ad

I saw an ad tonight on TV. Shell gasoline is now fortified with added nitrogen. How is this done, why and how does that...
20 comments posted 17yrs
posted by aasberry
20 comments posted 17yrs posted by aasberry

Recharging Fridge refrigerant (sucess)

Aquired a free 6cft fridge/freezer. Nice one, black with SS door. It ran, but the thermal cutout tripped after 10 sec....
30 comments posted 17yrs
posted by junkjasonrnorth
30 comments posted 17yrs posted by junkjasonrnorth

Baldor Grinder Water Pot Residue

I am cleaning up the Water pot on my Baldor Grinder. The grinder and the Water Pot had never been cleaned up at all in...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rwatson767
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by rwatson767

An interesting afternoon

I met today with at least a dozen folks at Boston Scientific (BSC), where I'd been invited to share my findings re: a p...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dforeman
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by dforeman

OT: Small appliances - again! Coffee maker

Some may think I'm as obsessed about my small appliances as I am about my machines and tools...hey, they are BOTH!!! OK...
47 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Buerste
47 comments posted 17yrs posted by Buerste

Plating for Cast Aluminum Parts Chrome or Nickel

I'm wondering what plating materials can be applied to polished cast aluminum parts, and how difficult the process woul...
24 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wb_wildbill
24 comments posted 17yrs posted by wb_wildbill

Is this Cobalt or HSS?

I'm looking at a Regal-Beloit end mill, 3/4" dia. M-7 It is described as Cobalt but, when I try a search, it shows it to...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by limeylew
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by limeylew

Four Bears -- nice graph

http://dshort.com/charts/bears/four-bears-large.gif
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus28258
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus28258

Stainless Steel Mapp/Air torch?

I'm in the market for a mapp/air torch, and I notice that the new ones (Bernzomatic, BZ8250 in particular) use a stainl...
24 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jondanSPAMniken
24 comments posted 17yrs posted by jondanSPAMniken

In praise of RCM'ers

I recently "subscribed" to sci.electronics.basics & ...design. Like RCM, there are some very knowledgeable posters ther...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by bobengelhardt
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by bobengelhardt

Q: making aluminum angles

I have a few pairs of short rectangular strips of aluminum I wish to make angle brackets out of. I will fab as necessar...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dragonbreed
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by dragonbreed

Welding help in the Cambridge (UK) area?

A friend of mine has been offered a commission in Cambridge to sculpt a massive troll. She lives here in Seattle (USA),...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ernie
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by ernie

House of Tools (Canada) closing?

I thought that something was wrong when the March flyer did not appear. Today I was told that the local branch of the H...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic

Free design engineering book

A few days ago we were discussing _Precision Machine Design_, which is an excellent book for people interested in machi...
54 comments posted 17yrs
posted by huntres23
54 comments posted 17yrs posted by huntres23