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    The Automatic car adapter ODB-II

    Anybody tried one. Didn't find it in the search. https://www.automatic.com/ Seems like a cool idea to get ODB-II decodes and some nice features as well.
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    Ikea bench tops

    Ok, they call them countertops, but they are bench tops to me. I bought 3 of the 96"x25" beech butcher block tops. They are 1 1/8" thick. They come oiled, but a bit dry. I oiled them with Tried and True varnish oil and waxed them with Johnson's. I'm sure they won't stay pretty, but they can...
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    Back to school

    Welding school that is. Next Saturday morning I start an intro to welding course at Eastfield campus of the Dallas County Community College system. It runs 7 weeks, about 6 hours on Saturday, covering safety and equipment, theory, OA welding, stick, MiG, TIG, and cutting with OA and plasma. I...
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    Irwin Industrial Tools 54113 Bolt Extractors

    Short report on the Irwin Bolt Grip bolt extractor sockets. These are the bomb when you have a rounded off bolt head in a location where you just can't get to it with other methods. These are sockets with a left hand spiral lobe inside that really grabs onto the bolt head no matte how chewed...
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    Greetings and salutations from Texas

    I'm a long time old tool and machinery collector and user. I started with woodworking and ended up with a bunch of machining equipment to keep my other old machines alive. I built a new shop last summer and I'm still outfitting it and moving equipment from my last shop, which I still own for...
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