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[Paul Alciatore]

In a transformer with only one secondary, the two coils, primary and secondary, should be sized for the same amount of power when operating at their design...

[Paul Alciatore]

I first use Microsoft Paint to resize my photo to 800 pixels wide by whatever width that brings about without distortion. That is a good size for most...

[Paul Alciatore]

I would agree with those who say the 555. In an as-stable oscillator circuit, it basically charges a capacitor until a certain level is reached and then...

[Paul Alciatore]

Dan, you are perfectly correct in saying that almost any micrometer, and I have seen some real cheap ones, would be at the height of it's accuracy when...

[Paul Alciatore]

This is precisely correct. And if you look at the top of the box where the default specs are listed, it clearly says, "UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED"....

[Paul Alciatore]

Beat me to it. Parallels are assumed to have two and only two surfaces that are actually used. The other four faces exist only because the parallel must...

[Paul Alciatore]

"the guy at the junk yard"? Well, I am sure he is an expert.

I am sure that the junk yard does need to take precautions with them...

[Paul Alciatore]

In my previous shop I hung them from the ceiling. I could easily reach the one I wanted without reaching over anything. There was literally no room for...

[Paul Alciatore]

I have one draw in a small bench devoted to scraps. That is my limit and if I wish to save something that does not fit, then something must go. That's...

[Paul Alciatore]

Sounds like an issue that invites investigation. I would suspect that the problems from heat expansion may be the same for both large and small mikes....

[Paul Alciatore]

Going back to the original topic, at the risk of being a party pooper, I recently found a socket, but not a 10mm. I/we recently purchased a new-to-us,...

[Paul Alciatore]

Often it not so much a question of accuracy or even of repeatability. And the question of longevity is open to different answers by different people....

[Paul Alciatore]

It's a lot simpler than that:

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2 + 7 + 5 + 6 + 2 + 5 = 27 = 3^3

The "interesting number" thing...

[Paul Alciatore]

TGTool's post above and his comment about an angle based on a one inch sine being "easy to lose accuracy" reminded me of a couple of things....

[Paul Alciatore]

No one seems to have found the cube that I mentioned in the original number (275625).

The proof that all numbers are interesting that I mentioned...

[Paul Alciatore]

Re: Rich's numbers. The 707 / 1414 thing is great. The 1.414 is simply the square root of 2, rounded to three decimal places and that is quite accurate....

[Paul Alciatore]

I suspect that the 10mm size is very commonly used in vehicles and tends to get "borrowed" a lot in shops where many people work.
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Apparently a real product.

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...?utm_source=ne...

[Paul Alciatore]

Well you paid $3 for something that you could do for free. I guess you felt it was easier that way. It worked for FIVE years so that was 60 cents a year,...