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I've been doing barrel work for rifles for about 30 years. A fellow in the tooling industry turned me onto insert tooling, and hooked me up with a holder and threading inserts. The inserts are the "top notch" type and it allows me to thread right up to the shoulder. I got 5 inserts with his...

Is it just me that has problems with strings of Xmas lights? Not just interior that always a section goes dark. Replacing bulbs does nothing. But exterior has turned out the same way. I bought 3 strings a few years ago, advertised about replaceable bulbs, had nice size globes of different...

I have a large Maple that has 5 main trunks from about 3 feet above ground. They spread out and the whole tree is big. Plus, it is now big/tall enough it poses a danger to my house. Several years ago, I used an extension ladder to get as high as I felt comfortable with, and threaded a 3/8 cable...

I tried to right click a pic, copied image address, to send to my wife. She says she cannot open it. Why won't that work to share a picture?

How difficult would it be to bend 22 gauge aluminum about 3 feet long? I don't have a brake, but I've clamped angles back to back on galvanized and rolled it over, but never tried aluminum.

Will be having a new roof installed soon, and I want to remove the bolted down antenna mast I have now. Many houses around here have a pipe up the side of the house that extends above roof line. I'm not wild about the idea but I don't want roof penetrations on a new roof. My first thought is...

I have a 80's Kubota L2550 with a front end loader. The cylinders started leaking fluid quite a bit, so I bought seal kits for all 4 cylinders. There isn't anything complicated about this at all, but one of the seals is inside the head cap which screws on the end of the cylinder. The first one...

Taking up a glued down vinyl sheet floor. The wear surface separates from the backing. Heat seems to be the answer, so off to HF I went and got one there. They didn't have to one I wanted, despite the website saying they were in stock. Hopefully it'll get me through this little project.

Years ago, stainless flashing was used quite a bit on buildings. They used irons and bar solder, usually 50/50. But in certain gun work, some parts are soldered on, this would be simple mild steel. A certain supplier sells a 5% silver/95%tin, says it flows at 475 degrees, and this is desirable...

I installed the heat pump in our house about 10 years ago. I have checked the charge using super heat readings a few times and it has held fine. I have had an old analog/capillary tube temp gauge (salvaged from a demo job) in the supply duct for a long time, and I would glance at it and knowing...

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