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OT: The Ultimate Pigeon Protection Device

Some guy had trouble with pigeons pooping in his pool so he created a funny anti-pigeon device. http://timekiller.tv/200...
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posted by abrasha
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by abrasha

Two Story

Brad: As near as I can tell, CasCADos could care less where stuff is located in the X/Y plane. In Keymark, I think they...
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posted by Gramlich
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by Gramlich

tapered roller bearing preload

Greetings and thanks for reading this. I have disassembled the spindle of my Enco 20 inch square column mill-drill to r...
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posted by jfarr62
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by jfarr62

Electrical (gen-set) question

If a person had two small 110VAC generators. Ganged the commons and fed one generator into each leg of a 220VAC single...
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posted by billmarrs
33 comments posted 19yrs posted by billmarrs

Who sells band saw blades in SF Bya Area

Guys, does anyone know who sells band saw blades for 14" Delta band saw(93 1/2"?) in SF Bay Area. Thanks, Alex
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posted by alexkuzn
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by alexkuzn

Linear bearings help?

I am making a sliding art piece. I need to have 4 linear bearings that will slide on two pieces of stainless steel (hor...
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posted by netrate
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by netrate

sheet metal forming pressures

I am interested in forming some shallow rectangular bowls from 0.040" copper. Bowls would be about 1/2" deep and 6" squ...
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posted by steve
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by steve

Turning Rulon

I turned some Rulon today to make some bearings. Nice stuff, although you really have to keep the cutoff tool close to...
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posted by tim
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by tim

Wards Lathe

Does anyone anything about a Montgomery Wards Power Kraft model 14TLC-699,-700 ? I think it was made by Logan. Any opin...
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posted by olboxman
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by olboxman

Project help needed- Turbine engine

Hey Guys, Fall is here and the drag engines are coming in for freshening and all. Needless to say, all the client's fre...
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posted by NT_Geek
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by NT_Geek

ping Ernie and Gunner California TIG class?

It's getting closer to October and I was wondering if this event was still going to happen? Thanks, BobH
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posted by WanderingMetalHead
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by WanderingMetalHead

OT: fuse block diagram or legend

It doesn't happen to me often but my Google-fu is borked. I'm looking for a legend to tell me which fuse guards which i...
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posted by piracy
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by piracy

Specs that are part English and part metric

There's an odd thread, called the Leica thread, that is used on photographic enlarger lenses. It is specified as 39mm i...
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posted by kinch
36 comments posted 19yrs posted by kinch

Got my tig welder working

Very, very nice. It's like oxy/ace with a wah-wah pedal. I can see it's going to take some practice to get good at it.
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posted by jstewart
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by jstewart

Tool handles

I have some old shovel and other tool handles. They have lain in the sun for a good bit, and are dried, and cracked a b...
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posted by deserttraveler
25 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler