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OT: Sump Pump Adventures - Pt 1

For the first time in my life I am now living in a home with a sump pump. The sump pump well is also hooked up to a Rad...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ancr
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by ancr

Bending 2" aluminum angle

Trying to bend 2" ".030" thick aluminum angle in a 90-degree arc. I have taken a saw and cut the back with several slot...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by cwaugs
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by cwaugs

Home Patina Concoctions for Copper ?

Looking to make a nice copper backsplash for the kitchen. I've seen some stunning examples of colored copper but haven'...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mooglieman
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by mooglieman

Metric tap set

Need a recommendation for a good quality metric tap set. Particularly want a 12 mm, 1.25 pitch tap. Guess I could buy j...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by vrstull
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by vrstull

Need recommendation for a air compressor

I am shopping for a 60 gal 5 HP or bigger air compressor. Can anyone comment on Husky compressors sold at Home Depot? An...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by alexkuzn
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by alexkuzn

Ingersoll Rand T-10 compressor - any good?

Is the IR T-10 compressor pretty decent for light use in a home shop and is it still in production? It would see mostly...
30 comments posted 19yrs
posted by MichaelHenry
30 comments posted 19yrs posted by MichaelHenry

OT -- Lexmark Optra E312L printer grabs paper

My Lexmark optr E312L lser printer served me well for maybe 4 years. Mostly to print one page documents, 2-3 per day at...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus4185
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus4185

Selling lathe

I bought a 28x72 axelson lathe for a spare in case I ever needed it for a back-up to the other one I've got. I may be s...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dixon263
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by dixon263

single phase reversable motor wires

I just let all of the smoke out of the switch box from a single phase reversable motor and would like to wire it to run...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bamboo
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by bamboo

Taper tolerances

For something like a taper for a R-8 or MT 4 1/2 or 5C or MT 3 what kind of tolerance in inch per foot is considered rea...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clutch
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by clutch

seal a water leak

I'm still spending my life tending to a traveling irrigator... Man, a real rain sure would be nice. I have a double col...
17 comments posted 19yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
17 comments posted 19yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Mine is bigger than yours: Shop A/C notes

Awl-- My latest discovery: It is possible to have a shop that is *too cold* in August! And with consequences.... Prior...
60 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
60 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

free - 3 Federal dial indicators (pay postage)

these things didn't sell via e-bay, I think they are useful, repairable I suppose - here's the link to the completed au...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nobody
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody

Frugal SPC equipped scales for DRO

I saw the Grizzly H8134 12" Digital Scale, and asked if it had any ports on it, tech support says no. Does anyone know o...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ohland
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by ohland