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    OT: 500 megawatt compressed air power storage

    Only in Kalifornia.....
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    OT- bait for mouse traps?

    Tether a sexy female mouse to each trap. That should attract the boys.
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    Can anyone tell me what happened to this jumper cable?

    Rodent damage on the insulation?
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    FRL Units - Good/Better/Best ???

    Filter, pressure Regulator, mist Lubricator
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    What I Am Currently Building

    Clim, were you a member on Chaski?
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    FS- Obishi Keiki, Old Mill Vise, Geometric Chasers

    Take a moment to put it on a bathroom scale? If it's 70lbs, USPS will ship it using their heavyweight service.
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    Need THREE Rockstar Machinists for Rocket Engine Components

    True, very true. But, an Amish machinist, part time farmer could be told about the job from a web surfin' Mennonite guy while eating lunch at a barn raising.
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    LeBlond regal servoshift

    In the 70's vintage Servo-shift models, the head shaft arrangement is different from that in the manual.
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    LeBlond regal servoshift

    Link no longer works.
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    FS- Obishi Keiki, Old Mill Vise, Geometric Chasers

    Call Fastenall, they were running a store to store freight system.
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    Need THREE Rockstar Machinists for Rocket Engine Components

    Why would that matter? You some kind of peacenik?
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    OT: Any of you guys that can or know how to run a license plate lookup?

    Hit and Run, a good reason to have front and rear cameras.
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    FS - Jacobs 20N drill chuck, used

    Used Jacobs 20N Superchuck, Supreme 4MT arbor Good Jacobs key. Clean, no rust, operates smoothly by hand, chuck barrel and jaws not worn and sloppy, taper not all dinged up. $175 USD + shipping
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    "Open Concept" Shop in large facility - any experiences

    Ann Arbor is a college town, can't imagine a worse place for industry or cheap industrial real estate. How about convincing a farmer to sell you 10 or so acres. Lease most of it back to him to keep the property zoned as farm and build yourself a house and shop. Maybe look at some small rural...
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    Power Plant Machinist

    And your steel-toe boots.
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    "Open Concept" Shop in large facility - any experiences

    That's a dry pipe system, I understand that. Sorry, I guess I've never worked in that type of facility. Been in plenty of places where one mishap between forklift or reach truck and a sprinkler head ruins everybody's day. If the open warehouse is a herb grow, legal or otherwise, it would be...
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    "Open Concept" Shop in large facility - any experiences

    I didn't know that all sprinkler systems are "dry". I thought the dry systems were only in unheated spaces.
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    "Open Concept" Shop in large facility - any experiences

    That would be your insurance. But who pays when the aged sprinkler system pops when the equally old heating system craps out.
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