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[PStechPaul]

Unfortunately, your location does not show up on posts. Better to put it in your sig....

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The latest catalog for Catonsville Community College does not list any machine shop courses, so the machines might be gone. I can give you the instructor's...

[PStechPaul]

It's most likely a Variac or Powerstat, which is a variable autotransformer, and it would also have a 200 watt (10V 20A) transformer and a rectifier (possibly...

[PStechPaul]

Here's a fun little script that I think I wrote about 6 years ago. Needs JavaScript enabled:

http://enginuitysystems.com/files/YesNo.htm...

Thanks so much for the video, it is great to see all of those machines. I wonder if there is a way of getting in touch with the school for some info...

[PStechPaul]

I had to look up the meaning of a "shrink rule". I grew up in Baltimore City and could have gone to Poly in 1963, but we moved to Towson in...

[PStechPaul]

Perhaps coincidentally, this is the 100th anniversary of the Fordson Tractor. And in this documentary, I learned that Fair Lane is the name of the Henry...

[PStechPaul]

I suppose they were af-FORD-able...

[PStechPaul]

What's the deal with these two versions?


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[PStechPaul]

Sounds like a cool change of pace for you to nibble on pre-op and while recuperating. It might be fun to make like a half-scale model that you can ride...

[PStechPaul]

Those look like fine machines, and way beyond what I have. I did see an Osama lathe in the machine shop at the community college where I took machine...

[PStechPaul]

Yes, please add your location to your sig. Just the state or zip code is sufficient.

You might also mention what machines you have, and types...

[PStechPaul]

or:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ8R7R0xT1E...

[PStechPaul]

Neutralize it with vinegar:



It will produce sodium acetate and water, but probably other stuff that the lye reacted with....

[PStechPaul]

Using that method for the boiler should be pretty safe. If there is a leak, or rupture, the small orifice or tubing will greatly limit to flow, and you'd...

[PStechPaul]

A friend's wife worked at a Sizzler Steak House where they had an unlimited buffet, but some customers (usually fat women) would try to hide gobs of food...

[PStechPaul]

The sine of 6 degrees is 0.105, which would move the toolpost one tenth for every thousandth of the compound dial. So 7 degrees plus some still seems...

[PStechPaul]

I suppose no valve noise might indicate insufficient clearance and valves that would not be fully closed, which is probably worse than being too loose....

[PStechPaul]

What many do not consider is where the money paid to the queen goes. If it is not simply accumulated as private wealth, it is paid to people, or companies...

[PStechPaul]

Some quotes and perspectives about doing nothing all day:
https://www.quotemaster.org/doing+nothing+all+day

The Dire Straits get "Money...