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[fjk]

I’ve used the metal working tools on wood - as you say, it works fine. Recently I’ve made some tripod quick release plates that I needed ASAP (and...

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One thing I’ve started doing is going through all the “it might be useful someday” stuff and discarding it... Way too much has been sitting around...

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I’ve only found one statement of the ships displacement - 240,000 tons (which is just about 1/4 million, not 1/4 billion - still big though!)...

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Rotterdam, iirc

i would not be surprised if they get her to the nearest place with real container cranes - where they can easily unload her...

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From this mornings news (New York times )
- the stern has been freed from the sand
- they managed to shift the ship a bit (“2 degrees, about...

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I used to chair a committee that oversaw the operation of a 13 ton ferry boat doing a 2 mile mainland-to-island run. Does that count?

(Truth...

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remember, the canal WAS closed from 1967 to 1970-something. The people who are supposed to pay attention to these things have not forgot....

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If I recall correctly, there were both extraordinary (for that area) high winds and a sandstorm, which destroyed visibility. Without visibility, they...

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I had a similar problem with my covid masks
thr tip I got was to get some medical tape (“paper tape”) and tape the top of my covid mask to the...

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the melting point of that stuff can be really low
any high heat might turn it into a blob

jb weld or any other epoxy would work if...