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noisy relay
I just installed a high amp relay like used on air conditioners for my well pump, part 6564K55 McMaster Carr, rated at 40 amp. The enclosure box is mounted to the floor joists just below the dining...
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Old Vigor Burnout Furnace adapted to heat treating
In early June 2008 I bought an old Vigor Burnout Furnace (model CA 1065) for $95 from a seller on Craigslist. The furnace appears to have been built in 1979, but does work. The furnace came with a...
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Progress report X 2
First doc increased my blood pressure and anti cholesterol meds. Will re cat scan in six months to watch growth. I go to my cardiologist of fifteen years tomorrow in Vegas to get a second opinion. Got...
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what're these four tiny capacitors DO for me inside my ol' Dialarc HF?
I just bought an old miller dialarc HF "whiteface" vintage. while getting ready to test it, and cleaning it out, I noticed some of the leads on the tiny capacitors in the main rectifier bridge are...
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OT: New GAO Report on Taxes
A new report came out today about the taxes paid by business in the year 2005. The finding is that two thirds of all American businesses paid no income taxes at all. That's just the way they want it....
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Degreasing aluminum
I need to degrease aluminum parts prior to bonding with epoxy. One part has relatively thin (0.0625in) slots that the other parts fit into. The epoxy goes into the slots. I would prefer to use...
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FS: Books
for sale: 1)Machinery's Handbook: 1943 edition, shows wear and tear, binding good, still very usable. $15.00 2)Guide to Riflescope Repair; 100+ page softbound, 1985 by Seyfried; very basics of scope...
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Late Post: For future reference
This can be done using a broaching orientation dog: Step 1) Fixture a stop rod so that the bar on the orientation dog will rest on it while feeding the broach into the hole. 2) Align the broach with...
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Viewsonic monitors
My 2 year, 11 months and 1 week old Viewsonic flat screen monitor crapped out recently. Yeah, that's right, it had only 3 weeks to go on the original 3-year warranty. I called Viewsonic and they gave...
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Now that's metalworking!
The bummer is that it couldn't all be made in the UK - many skills and equipment gone forever? in BC BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Special tour of UK's new loco
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Long term gasoline storage
I'm thinking of getting a large gasoline tank, enough for two or more years of use. Looking at the stabil product, they claim increasing fuel life (in an engine) to 15 months. Are there other things...
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Heard from Iggy last night
He rolled through Davis around 9:00pm. He and his son are having a great time, sends his regards to everyone on RCM.
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Air delay device
I have two air cylinders on a device. One is 1" bore x 1/2" stroke, the other is 3" bore x 10" stroke. The big one has a pawl on the rod that engages a ratchet wheel and turns it 8 teeth on the 104...
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Fein MultiMaster and Metal Work
I have seen several of the InfoMercials about the Fein Multimaster tool lately. It looks like it would be great for a lot of woodworking jobs but I am wondering how it would be for working on sheet...
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Making a fuel tank from stainless 304
This is is in regards to that 20 kW generator that I bought. It comes with a 100 gallon day tank, which I think is insanely too big. So unless someone makes me realize the error of my ways, I want to...
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