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Anyone know someone who's built one or thought of building one? I'm intrigued. It would be great to be able to build components for electronics projects and the like. There are quite a few open sources available. The one that caught my eye was the Reprap. Great, like I needed another project...

Making a little room in the shed. Pair (2) mechanical shocks- $15 + shipping 12" eye-to-eye. Max 520lb load rating per shock. 2" maximum compression. Mounts with 1/2" bolts. Two grade 8 bolts included. 12" Azusa steering wheel- $15 + shipping Includes hub for 5/8" splined steering shaft. Has...

Another boat motor project. This one is a mid-60's Evinrude outboard. 4-cylinder, 2-stroke, electric shift. Pulled the starter off, disassembled, cleaned, reassembled, and reinstalled. Wiring harness is falling apart, so I pulled that off and plan to rebuild it. Up next will be the carburetor...

My uncle and I have been trying to get his old Chrysler Striper boat running right, and I don't know enough about 2-strokes to diagnose. It's bogging down at anything past 1/2 throttle. Every once in a while, if you give it 3/4 throttle or so for a few seconds, you can feel the RPM jump and the...

Yeah, so I found out today for sure that I'll be starting a job in Virginia on Wednesday (the 22nd). This means I finally have an excuse to move to VA! Job is at a Toyota dealer as a service tech. Anyway, I bring this up because, in case no one's noticed, I haven't touched a kart in months...

I walk into English class last week to find the warmup question going something like this: After reading these two articles about college, do you think hard work can lead to success? Is the American Dream still possible? My answer, of course, was generally, yes. My definition of success...

After going skeet shooting for the first time last Friday, I seem to have caught the firearm bug. I guess it was inevitable, coming from a family of southern farmers. Used a .410, which was more like using a BB gun than a shotgun. Managed to hit 80% of the clays. Now, I came up to my great...

My neighborhood is "super safe" so kids flock to it on Halloween. Whats Halloween without a little tricking? Wore my welding shirt and mask and sat still until they got close. Kids say the darnedest things:roflol: "Is it real?" "Go touch it,". "No you touch it!" "Throw something at it" Then I...

One of the genius POs of my '79 F150 decided to bypass a 4 port vacuum switch and throw out the spark delay valve which allows a limited amount of vacuum to reach the distributor during warmup. I need to get that part, but no parts vendors sell them. Its basically just a piece of plastic with a...

My next door neighbor became temporarily legally blind over the summer. It just so happens that shes a teacher at my school, and I cant get a parking pass, so Im parking in her parking spot and driving her home on occasion. First day, I pull in. Teacher standing in the lot asks why Im parking...

Im looking at getting a new laptop and just wanted to know y'all's experiences as far as brands. The last one I had was an Acer and ended up with a broken power supply board, which would have been $120+labor. So Im shying away from Acer. My mom has a Toshiba which has been acting up, so Im sorta...

Post your/your families old stuff. That means cars, furniture, books, houses, tools, etc. FYI, antiques are as such: Automobiles: 25 years or older. Furniture, art, or the like: 100 years or older(although lets see anything pre-60's) Tools: 50 years or older. So lets see them. Ill post some of...

In the last few years Ive developed a bit of an interest in genealogy/"ye olden tymes". Ive looked through photo albums 5 times my age, books that predate the civil war, heard stories about family antiques, etc. With the disuse of physical record keeping, tangible pictures, and quality home...

If anyone here knows any CSS, I could use a tad bit of help. Im in the middle of creating a new website and need to figure out how to use an external style sheet to add a navigation bar. I can get it to work if I use an inline style sheet but... I have a feeling its the html thats making it not...

Ive always wanted to try this, and now that Ive got a truck I may have to:roflol: Just need to get some friends to ride around with me:auto:

My uncle and I are planning on selling the 1972 Chrysler Striper that we've fixed up over the last 2 years. Work done: Sanded and painted hull Repainted trailer New seats Cleaned carb. Replaced fuel lines Custom built windshields(made by me:D) 2 New tires on trailer Replaced steering and...

Yes, I know this site already has a facebook page. But I noticed when I was setting up a page for my site that you can add a like button or box to your website. I think that it would be a good idea to have one on the homepage. Robert?

My 2hp air compressor has been acting up. I turn the thing on, and it slowly pumps up to 50psi, then continues running, but without developing anymore air pressure. It should go to about 130. I tightened up all the bolts, thinking maybe some had rattled loose, but the same thing. Now Ive taken...

When those crappy, paper thin nylon spacers wear out, you have 2 choices, order new nylon spacers online, or improvise like I did. Tools you'll need: Hacksaw Flat file Round file Pointed punch Small ball peen hammer Grease gun Welder Grinder Drill & 1/2in bit Supplies: 2-1/2in ID brass...

Im Just cant decide what color to paint my '61 Plymouth. Attached is the OEM color sheet and a pic of several cars painted the colors. It has to be one of those colors, but which one?? Im leaning toward cherry red or pale jade (original color, labeled "luminous green poly" in the 2nd pic).