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My two favorite things to put them in are my Fenix headlamp: Fenix 18650 Headlamps And my Opus battery charger: Opus Battery Charger

Maybe beyond that point the spring has a hard time retracting the cord?

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Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback! -- Carl

The part is readily available for about $40. My son repairs lawn equipment and sees this happen with the drive axle quite a bit; the effect of Florida sand. He is thinking of this as a proof of concept, as the same thing happens to much more expensive axles.

My kid brought me a self-propelled mower drive shaft and he wants to know if the worn area can be built back up. It's a .50" shaft and the worn place is .45" diameter. I told him I didn't know but I'd ask the experts. I have a stick/tig welder, what do you think? -- Carl

Wow, bet that hurt! Reminds me of ET's finger...

I appreciate all the good info. So far, so good. If I have issues I will report back on this thread.

Oh, and the coolest feature of this bench is that it has a heavy duty mount for an old Craftsman vise I got from my grandfather! -- Carl

Sharing a few things I learned... If you want to use this adhesive for permanent applications one of the sides you're sticking together needs to be porous, because the volatile part of the adhesive needs somewhere to go as it sets up. This wasn't an issue for my application but it might be for...

Thanks! That big hunk of green is a MEP-803a diesel generator that used to belong to the Marines. It's the reason I built the bench. I could move the generator around the garage with my pallet jack, but wherever I put it, it always seemed to be in the way. So I decided I would build a bench that...

All done! I left a couple inches unpainted all the way around for handling, really only needed a couple spots on each end. Here are pictures of right after painting, where the adhesive is white, after it sets, where the adhesive is clear, and final product. I really like how it came out. Now, to...

Good point, and exactly my reservation about using contact cement: one try. I've worked with me, and I can tell you I'm not that good! Most of the Formica stuff I've seen is designed so you can place it, then run a router around the outside to trim it up. I wasn't that smart when I built my...

That's what I'm looking for. Formica is tough, but I see it as sacrificial and want to be able to change it. Maybe I'll get tired of matte white and replace it was the that groovy boomerang pattern they used in diners in the 50s!

Okay, this got me pointed in a promising direction. There is a flooring product called Henry 650R Releasable Bond Pressure Sensitive Adhesive. It's used for applications like rental apartments where you need to pull up flooring and put down new stuff. I got some at HD. You apply it to the...

I hadn't even considered that, good suggestion. I want to try something I can roll to avoid sticky overspray.

I want to attach a piece of Formica to my bench. The current top is 1/8" steel sheet and the dimensions are 4' x 7'. Looks like contact cement will do the job, but I want to be able to replace the Formica down the road. Something kind of like contact cement, only not as permanent. Does such a...

Is there a "best side" to put the seam on when bending?

Wow, good wire nuts! Was it still running in the down position? -- Carl