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Metal shavings request

Have an ongoing art project in California in which we need metal shavings in the following metals: copper, brass, silve...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by chbaba
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by chbaba

Ping Gunner

Did you get a truck yet? I still like the idea of a trailer towed behind one of your girlfriends' brooms.
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tom(nospam)
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by tom(nospam)

Springs with axial wire ends?

Is there a common part that is a spring with axial wire ends? In other words, a spring with wires that go straight out...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jdoe
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by jdoe

Jacobs #16 chuck repair

I sorted my pile of drill chucks today, and one of them was a Jacobs #16 ball bearing super chuck. It seems to be in OK...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus19948
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus19948

OT-Clear coat rocks?

I'm going to be putting stone inside the house around the wood burning fireplace insert. The stones are all ones that m...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by etpm
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by etpm

Wire-spring combination?

In ancient times... there was a device you could put near the fender well of your car that would alert you about being...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jdoe
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by jdoe

Weird adapter -- Morse #2 to Jacobs #5

I have an adaptor on my desk that is very strange. It is a Morse #2 to Jacobs #5 adaptor. The jacobs size is 3x wider t...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ignoramus19948
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by ignoramus19948

High quality Membrane Switch

Dear Sir/Madam, Thanks for your time to read my email. Our mainly products are membrane switch, including FPC flexible...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by christina
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by christina

Sockethead cap screw questions

It seems that when we have a job that involves disassembly, the biggest part of the job is cleaning the heads on SHCSs...
15 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tom(nospam)
15 comments posted 19yrs posted by tom(nospam)

Hydraulic press help

I'm shopping for a hydraulic press. The prices are all over the map. I know that the components, the type of steel, and...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

Locomotive

Several weeks ago a friend passed away when his house burned down. This has given me cause to think of my own mortality...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by engineman1
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by engineman1

New way to mess up soldering copper pipe!

I don't know if this is really new, but here goes: I have had a plumber under my house for a few days now, doing copper...
33 comments posted 19yrs
posted by garyh82012
33 comments posted 19yrs posted by garyh82012

Spilled gas

I just spilled about half a gallon of mixed gas on my garage floor. I mopped it up with paper towels, and it evaporated...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by deserttraveler
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by deserttraveler

Cracked bucket seat skeleton

Have you ever started a borrowed AC stick welder, clamped an anonymous electrode from the assortment into it, and just...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by whit3rd
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by whit3rd