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    Anyone Help with Identifying Custom Ti Flashlight

    I'm not very familiar with Alephs other than old tailcaps, nor McGizmos in general. I'd ask on the McGizmo forum area.
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    Anyone Help with Identifying Custom Ti Flashlight

    On the light engine, "YC 2007" indicates Yamaguchi Consulting, the Sandwich Shoppe fellow.
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    When did black conductive anti-static foam stop being conductive?

    I wonder if you need a low DC resistance for static safety? What happens if you use probes on a static-safe plastic bag? Rapidly looking at a random spec sheet for static dissipative foam, I see a spec for surface resistance of 10E3. I suppose it's also possible some products did have a low...
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    USA made AA to C adapter?

    All of my Eneloop adapters (AA to C or D) are made in China.
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    Fisher Space Pen

    Not all the Fishers are $80, I have a perfectly functional Cap-o-Matic and they're $25 list. As I said, I put the refills into a Zebra compact with the head drilled out. They have adapters for most Parker-type pens. Now I should investigate the Uniball Powertanks and Schmidt pressurized, but I...
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    Is There an LED Version of Oven Lamps?

    My Panasonic 1200W microwave I bought last year came with a filament-style LED lamp, like this: https://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Equivalent-Incandescent-Refrigerator-Electrical/dp/B07F8TS3FK/?tag=cpf0b6-20 It seems well protected in a perforated steel cage. But when it comes to the regular...
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    Fisher Space Pen

    Of course they make waterproof paper! https://www.amazon.com/s?k=waterproof+printer+paper&tag=cpf0b6-20
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    Fisher Space Pen

    I'm not so sure. I recall Bics in the 60s had all metal cone tips, which were then changed to brass-colored plastic except at the very tip. And I use a lot of Fishers because I like to do crossword puzzles, on a clipboard, in bed. Only the Fishers write upside down or sideways, although I think...
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    Checking your steak

    I was treated to a classy steak joint the other night. Of course, it's rather dark, and the wait staff had little penlights to help see the wine flow while decanting it. When the steaks arrived, they recommended cutting it to see if it was done to our satisfaction, using their penlights. I, of...
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    RuPaul, flashaholic - who knew?

    Not my kind of entertainer, but interviewed on NPR-Fresh Air. Excerpt (Mosley is the interviewer): RUPAUL: I am still into cars. I love cars. They represent freedom. I love cars. I love flashlights. I have, like, a thousand flashlights. MOSLEY: Wait. What's with the flashlights? RUPAUL: I...
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    Cordless power tools

    How do torque limiting extension bars work? Is there a clutch built into them? I'm old school/lazy and use a small drill motor with a light clutch to set my lugnuts, then do a patterned final tightening with my click-hand-torque wrench.
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    What LED Flashlights Have An SOS Mode?

    Some of them seem to have an "SOSOSO...." mode, does that count? Some have "SOS...SOS..."
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    Petzl Actik

    I got a Tikka Core last year. It's fine for a small headlight, but I wish the CRI were better, or that it were easily openable and moddable. The box says 450 lumens max. Mine says Made In Malaysia.
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    Latest alkaleak

    Batteries replaced with Kirkland (Costco), now confirmed to be made by Duracell. They leak, too, but that's all I have! Detector appears to be working normally. I can see that leaking is not necessarily a sign of voltage drop. The goo had some time to dry and leave crystals inside the plastic...
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    Latest alkaleak

    The latest, a CO detector with OEM Kidde AA cells, Gold Peak branded, made in China. Several years old. It beeped, so I investigated. Luckily, the goo was all at the bottom of the case and the battery contacts here are just a crossover bar to make the 2 cells into a series, so the circuit...
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