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[macona]

HMR is about 2x the cost of HM2 but you can also get conversion kits to convert existing 22LR firearms to HM2. There are kits for the 10/22 and the Ruger...

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I eyeball it. 99% of the time its close enough. For the other 1% I set it a touch low and face a piece of round and raise it til it no longer makes a...

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Ive kinda always wanted one of the .17 HM2 rifles.

[macona]

I used to use these on thinner sheet metal and they worked great. Drill speed is fine for tapping, I tap with hand drills all the time....

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Do you burn candles or incense?

[macona]

Yup. I would not bother for a one off....

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Are there tuning adjustments for the motors? The gain might be too high....

[macona]

Knock out the balls and inner races and put a weld bead in the outer race ball channel. Once it cools the outer races will fall out....

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No, it wont matter with single ended signals which I think you are using where one wire is a ground and the other is just a positive going signal in reference....

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Nah. It’s fine as long as it does not have to move....

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Yeah, seeing what he has done really reminds me I need to get my scope out and test the mount I made....

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Video of a guy catching it on his telescope:

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[macona]

Take it rough to an auto machine shop and have them put it on their sunnen hone for doing piston wrist pins and have it done right the first time. There...

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There are quite a few commercial PID controllers with serial built in. Tie that in with a serial to wifi adapter and you can control it remotely. You'll...

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It’s not that bad. At the red to NIR end of the spectrum it should have considerably better resolution than the Hubble. It’s only when you get to...

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Huygens Optics did a short video on telescope resolution vs wavelength and diameter and talks about the Webb:
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Haas just uses range top heater elements for braking resistors on their mills. Cheap and effective....

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The only time you really have to worry about an earth ground loop is when you are working on something like a AC motor drive where there is not isolation...

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I have a retractable extension cord where I took the bad end off and wired in a power strip in it's place. Open the strip, remove the power cord and attach...

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A majority? There were about 1200 people who signed the petition. I expect there are more than 2400 astronomers out there....