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[ChazzC]

Another day fiddling with tools –

Received the lens & "gasket" for my $10 Cabin Fever Starrett 815 Toolmakers Hammer. With...

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Not a lot of reviews, and some significant negative ones, including from someone that got it for free. I've had limited success with after market batteries,...

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Part 2:

I also spent some time curating my Starrett Collection, replacing the ratchet on the 224AA 0" — 4" multi-anvil micrometer...

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Nothing on the machines, but did get some things accomplished. I haven't been happy with the lighting over my low-height work table where I do a lot of...

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I saw one of the yellow ones when they first came out. In yellow I thought it looked good, but you could buy a Camaro for less so I didn’t dig into...

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Exactly why storm water retention is such a big deal: in addition to preventing top soil from being eroded into streams/rivers/bays/oceans, it slows down...

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Golf courses and parks are generally liked since most of them have pods to collect rain water and often fountains that aerate said water....

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Since the State House of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has not been able to get anything started this year, they have decided to go on the road and...

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Good solution. Years ago (30-ish), Black &Decker had a bench-top bandsaw that was designed to use a hand drill for a power source: my father had one...

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I have been known to buy the last three cigars just to get the box, then give the cigars to those who partake. More recently I just look for wooden cigar...

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Regardless of where the water comes from (in my area where there are a lot of private wells, or sewer bills are based on water consumption – and typically...

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My Sherline 4”/100mm RT has a threaded center hole with a locating bore that I use for all attachments: 5” round fixture plate, 3” & 4” self-centering...

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Exactly; most rain water West of the mountain ranges runs straight into the ocean: there are no underground storage structures that would slow thing’s...

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pH Test Strip?...

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here’s a screenshot (ASIN B000TGM7HY; sorry it’s blurry):

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But why only one of the tubes?? Unless one of the tubes was a high silicon alloy?

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-40C = -40F: it’s the cross-over point (one of the two C/F temperature “pairs” I remember; the other is 68F/20C.

Yes, I remember that...

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SS foil & titanium rods, with 1/32” aircraft cable?

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I don’t have any specifics, but these is rotary equipment inside of storage freezers that work at -20F to -40F, so they are out there. Most likely ...

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Nice meeting you & John. Most of what I got I picked up Friday, not much new today.

Did you catch up with George on your way out?...