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      awake replied to the thread Head gasket.
      Don, what is the overall size of the gasket? I'm willing to take a try at it if it will fit within my laser cutter (max size is around...
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      awake replied to the thread 3 cyl build.
      Interesting. Why 22 and 36 rather than 18/36? I'm used to a 2:1 ratio for the timing gears, but I'm guessing maybe this has to do with...
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      awake replied to the thread Hello from Florida.
      Welcome to the forum!
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      awake replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      I remember many years ago when I took the one and only class I've ever had in welding (community college, continuing education type...
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      awake reacted to ddmckee54's post in the thread Drill press motor swap with Like Like.
      OK, last night I sorted enough resistors to be able to try putting together my perf-board comglomeration... It didn't work, the board...
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      awake reacted to ddmckee54's post in the thread Drill press motor swap with Like Like.
      That's kinda' what I was thinking. But now I'm not so sure about the 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.2, 3.3, 3.9, 4.7....etc., etc., ohm resistors...
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      awake replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      I hear you. My heirs are going to be sorting through boxes of 100 this and that and the other ... but it was a killer deal, and it got...
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      awake replied to the thread Drill press motor swap.
      Don or others, Don't know if anyone else has an excess supply ... but I have found a use for my empty medicine (prescription) bottles...
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      awake replied to the thread What is a Diesel Engine ?.
      Around here, an 18-wheel truck is called a semi, and it invariably is powered by a diesel, so ... :):):)
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      awake replied to the thread Howell V Twin, Webster Engine.
      Well done!
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      awake reacted to Jasonb's post in the thread Flywheels with Like Like.
      It is a combination of the two, what you need to work out is the moment of inertia which combines the mass and radius. So for example...
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      Spark plug boots I often use these little elbows, DORMAN ELP 47410, but they are not available in Italy, I should have placed the...
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      Around here, to dispose of everything at one time, I would look at an auction - in person or on-line or both. Is that a viable option...
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      awake replied to the thread Precision?.
      My version is, "don't use a sledgehammer to swat a fly." :)
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      awake reacted to ccolby's post in the thread Valve timing with Like Like.
      The down sides of John Deere's famous 180-degree arrangement was "second order" side-to-side shaking of the tractor and that the second...
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