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  1. Ironman

    Ham Steak. $1.88 in 2019 $5.99 this past week

    It dawned on me this morning that rural people have another advantage, in food trading. Inevitably I grow more food than we need, so we give food to those who need it. They in turn give us what they can, in food or labour. Yesterday we recieved 40 packages containing 2 frozen Atlantic lobsters...
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    Looking for non-US made angle grinder

    Milwalkee - made in China
  3. Ironman

    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    This is a vitally important truth. It cannot be ever ignored. I see it daily where the fake news media will use a false statement in or near the headline, and build off that. One of the favoured terms is the get-out-of-jail card "allegedly," or a reports of a credible source....
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    Car Rust

    You let this get too far, but next time, when you see skin cancer, Take it to a boxliner shop and have them lay in boxliner in a 3 inch band around the wheel wells and the door sill plate etc. You can buy Hercules on Amazon, but the truck people will grind off everything to the bare metal when...
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    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    School is a place to brainwash kids in the teachers politics, so they can riot and barricade and chant in university
  6. Ironman

    The hypocrisy and unfairness in schooling

    I was lucky. I started school when I left home at 16. I was old enough to realize when I was being lied to. They got me on the anti-oil propaganda though, and talked me out of my desire to be an auto mechanic. I was 18 and had passed Grade 10 with flying colors when they decided that everyone...
  7. Ironman

    Electronics Help

    Most wall warts are a switching power supply, you need a transformer wall wart, they are out there. Glad you got the noise killed off
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    Electronics Help

    What sensor are you using? Are you using a gear tooth counter, hall effect, or infrared? The Machtak will use a variety of sensors, but for the tooth counter and the infrared, first thing I would do is clean the sensor. grease and dust will befuddle an infrared and any magnetic chips wil...
  9. Ironman

    Tool Homemade Headstock Lathe 1 foundry work

    That's an impressive amount of work. I have seen a home made metal lathe in the West Kootenays in BC, it was accurate to a thousand with light cuts, but this one is way better.
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