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02-13-2015, 01:49 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread A good day at school in General

How about decimals and fractions used together to represent one value? Most of us see it everyday. Anyone know where?

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02-12-2015, 01:51 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

That was my first car. Yours could even be my first car if it's a coupe and was originally dark green. It was stolen in Alabama March 28, 1982....

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02-11-2015, 09:58 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT: Switching Power Supplies in General

Yeah, I know that problem too, but these were most likely really rated about 75% of "nameplate" voltage based on size. The capacitance was probably...

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02-11-2015, 09:55 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread What did you do today? in General

Wow! Just drove home and pulled the motor. I would have procrastinated for days if not weeks. But I do keep a spare vehicle so I can have that...

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02-11-2015, 12:24 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT: Switching Power Supplies in General

I have had a couple of instances where the ratings on the capacitor sleeve could not be matched in any capacitor I could find of that physical case...

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01-30-2015, 05:36 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread Too much interferrence? in General

I bought the Dorman Speed Nut assortment, 3 ea Metric 6mm and 3 ea 8mm (why the crap would anyone want 3 of each?) for replacing the broken ones on...

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01-29-2015, 09:32 AM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT - fudging car, again in General

I'm not going to argue that either way. The hose assembly I had trouble with was the cooler line hose assembly and the crimp was Gates rubber to...

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01-28-2015, 02:16 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread Digital caliper current draw, offshore vs. Mitutoyo in General

Psst, unless you live in Japan, Mitutoyo IS ALSO an offshore manufactured item.

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01-28-2015, 02:06 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT - fudging car, again in General

I won't buy Gates anything if I can help it after having transmission fluid coming out of the brand new hose (mounted where you can't get to it)...

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01-22-2015, 10:58 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT: Help identify this device. in General

Yes, but you cited an impeccable authority and chesapeake mentioned nothing about it being a vintage device. :rolleyes:

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01-20-2015, 09:47 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread ENCO 2-For-Tuesday in General

Well I feel a little guilty. I ordered $40 worth of small sale items, less 20%. One of those was the o-ring set since I need a -019 for the kitchen...

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01-07-2015, 11:29 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread Shop lighting in General

Except they're not $4.97, at least for me in Alabama. They are $7.97 shipped here. You are getting a subsidized price somehow.

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01-07-2015, 07:58 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread After 37 years... in General

What could be simpler than having magnets implanted in your fingers? (And yes - people have these :confused:)

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01-07-2015, 02:18 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread Shop lighting in General

Well I've got to throw this out there - what about homeowner's insurance? My "fear" with doing some of this stuff is simply that if there ever...

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12-26-2014, 11:10 AM

Mike Nash replied to a thread Laminating Copper Sheet to workbench? in General

I did some contract work in Chihuahua, Mexico at an electronics assembly plant about 25 years ago. We had to wear these little straps on our shoes...

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12-24-2014, 01:18 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT Thoughts for moving a Safe in General

Yea! Glad no one got hurt.

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12-24-2014, 10:21 AM

Mike Nash replied to a thread Shop computer in General

That's just not been my experience. Linux likes fast hardware too. My shop computer has had a couple versions of Ubuntu and I finally went back to XP...

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12-24-2014, 09:45 AM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT: New to me oscilloscope... not bad in General

I have a Fluke 123, so much less expensive than J Tiers's, but not cheap by any means. Battery is Ni-Cd. It really is poorly implemented. ...

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12-23-2014, 09:41 AM

Mike Nash replied to a thread OT: New to me oscilloscope... not bad in General

Yeah, Fluke makes great stuff except...they don't really. It's pretty hard to be impressed when the power supplies and batteries are bad (or take 14...

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12-13-2014, 02:47 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread is it possible to make a cheap bench grinder run vibration-free? in General

Hah! I liked mine best when I rotated the end bells and bolted the base to the basement concrete block wall. Smoothest it ever ran. :D

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12-10-2014, 07:13 PM

Mike Nash replied to a thread I hope the machines like us... in General

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12-09-2014, 08:03 PM