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    Scam Awareness

    Many years ago I gave a guy $500 as a deposit for some car parts that were in Toronto. I met the guy in person in a town up island and I did have some concerns, but I gave him the money anyway. When it all went sideways I figured it served me right and was a cheap lesson. I also thought maybe...
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    Crankshaft Deflection Gauge - Anyone Need One?

    This arrived and I opened it today. It was really nicely wrapped inside and out. I'm very happy. Thank you Chris
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    Crankshaft Deflection Gauge - Anyone Need One?

    I would be interested. I'm in Victoria. Chris
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    BB Surface Plate on Sale

    I bought two BB surface plates from BB in Vancouver, maybe 15 years ago. I'm thinking I paid $40 each. Maybe even a little less. Chris
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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    What about a hinged cover with a cutout where you need access to the work piece. I'm thinking something along the lines of a CPU socket lid. Drop in your work piece and flip the lid over to hold it in place. You would need to figure out an easy to implement clip to hold the lid down. Chris
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    DavidR8's shop shenanigans

    Something else maybe to consider for your shop floor drain is an oil interceptor. If you drop 5 litres of oil on the floor, where will it end up? Chris
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    Tool Tools you acquired that are useless

    Actually you can buy adapters for the M18 batteries on Amazon. I just got a couple, and some E26 base LED bulbs that run on 12-36v. I plan to put them in the shed I am building. It is too far from power to be cost effective to run wires. Plan is to have the M18 adapter on the wall just inside...
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    Tool Tools you acquired that are useless

    I have a Milwaukee grease gun (18V). I'm pretty happy with it. Wish the tubes of grease lasted longer. Chris
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    Joke - Poll - Is your name John?

    There was a joke on the TV show "Murphy Brown" many years ago, to the effect that a kid has to have a middle name. Otherwise he can't tell when his mother is really mad. Chris
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