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    lookin' fer a lathe - it came!

    Re: lookin\' fer a lathe - it came! I have the Grizzly 7x12 mini lathe and i find it to be a great little tool. Granted, it is not a prewar southbend, but it's thoroughly adequate for small machining operations like flashlight bodies, and other stuff. The grizzly version of the mini lathe...
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    New Incandescent light innovations at Sandia...

    A new experimental microscopic tungsten lattice can increase the efficiency of an incandescent electric bulb from 5 percent to greater than 60 percent by converting waste heat into visible light. This should put a kink in LED light development... /Dan
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    Water resistant/proof cases with knobs???

    I'm designing a splash resistant case/racking system for my icom 706 mobile amateur radio, and I'm wondering about making proper knob placements for 5, 1/4" knobs which will be wired into place doing duty as volume, main tuning dial, sub-dial and IF control. there will also be 13 buttons, but...
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    Water resistant/proof cases with knobs???

    Does anyone have any experience with designing or just know the inner workings of military style equipment cases with water proof knobs and dials that still operate correctly? I'm trying to design a case for a radio I own and I'm having an impossible time finding any info on knobs and dials...
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    Terrorist Attack

    Being in NYC and a tiny part of the aid effort, I can tell you that they have an amazing amount of large machinery in the city... many many cranes/front end loaders/etc have been freely sent over to the site by private contractors from all over long island city and other surrounding areas. I...
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    Terrorist Attack

    Today was a very...very...very overwhelming day. I can still hear the horrible police scanner and hamradio traffic, which followed the attacks... My friends/family are all ok, thank goodness, but we're all very shaken... A friend's sister was in a highschool literally 2 blocks away, she saw...
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    CPF members, are you a minor or an adult?

    Well, just to answer the q, I'm 22. -Dan

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