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OT - Newsgroup Reader For Linux

Well, I've about had it with Gates & Co.. One corrupted file (HDD driver - nvata.sys) locked down my PC, and the "repai...
33 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jgandalf1
33 comments posted 17yrs posted by jgandalf1

Turning Fins

Problem: A Cox 15 replacement cylinder, than needs fins. I machined an itty bitty cutoff tool, about 50 mils wide and 3...
51 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tim
51 comments posted 17yrs posted by tim

OT - Taxpayer ROI

-------- Original Message -------- A chart showing taxpayer "return on investment," that is, how the money is spent vs...
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by burkheimer
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by burkheimer

OT silver gold platinum

I'd like to run a simple informal survey. How many people got hit with non-authorized charges on their credit cards thi...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cavelamb
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by cavelamb

What is it? Set 264

I plan to go back to the usual schedule next week: http://55tools.blogspot.com/ Rob
7 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rhvp65
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by rhvp65

Adapter plate

I decided to do a project that involves both casting and milling , with some lathe work tossed in for good measure . I'...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by snagone
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by snagone

Christmas -- Range Day coming up!

After years of books, shirts, etc., all useful and appreciated, this morning my wife presented me with a box of Hornady...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by keillorp135
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by keillorp135

Pictures -- made a mini forge today

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/misc/Anvil/04-Mini-Forge/ This is a mini forge that I made out of six firebricks. It is...
29 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ignoramus30542
29 comments posted 17yrs posted by ignoramus30542

sears gift certificate; best die grinders?

I have a gift certificate for $75 from sears; I'd like a 1/4" die grinder. I'm using it maybe to buff, but mostly with...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by BerniniCaCO3
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by BerniniCaCO3

Chickens!

They're looking for homes for these "rescued hens": http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/09/18554115.php Hope you an...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Not
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by Not

Holiday impediments

After digging myself out for the fourth time in 7 days, waiting out a power cut and dealing with a crashed modem, I can...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mkoblic
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by mkoblic

#OT# More BS on oil supplies

The US oil industry continues to [try to cook] their books. It just reported a large *DROP* [3.5 million bbls] in the a...
64 comments posted 17yrs
posted by gmcduffee
64 comments posted 17yrs posted by gmcduffee

Kewl website

--Found via link from hackaday.com check out http://www.thingiverse.com/about --If anyone's getting into reprap this is...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by steamer
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by steamer