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A plastic drink bottle and length of tubing will make a fine funnel in a pinch.
Cut the bottom off the bottle, and a hole in the cap slightly too small for the tubing. Force the tubing in and...

I feel your pain. My 48 Pontiac silver streak was lowered into the weeds, and the doors are heavy. I have a rolled up towel to use as a lumbar support on the bench seat. It's a minor challenge...

Shock therapy indeed.

I just finished a week in the ceiling of the plant, rolling in a bucket lift. When I got to the warehouse lights (more rolling) I discovered "The Beast" liked to develop a...

Or if you snap the end off a tap: voila, it's a perfect candidate to become a bottoming tap! Just grind it down, you'll use it eventually.

We just got a machine shop at work. A personal best, I threw virgin chips on the horizontal band saw, the drill press, and the milling machine. I got sloppy seconds on the lathe, but three out of...

For everyone to do it, would have to be quick easy, and cheap!

Your fuse box can never be too easy to access. I wouldn't criticize an installation on drawer slides, that pulled out for inspection. Hmm.. that was sarcasm, but it sounds like a good idea.

My .02

Rule one: don't lend it if you need it (money also)

Rule two: very dear (responsible) friends are exempt from rule one.

One thing you can try for your new tig:

Set your amps to what you will need, no more.

Then, you can just run the pedal wide open, release at the end of your weld. That will povide function...

After a little research on torque to yield bolts, it appears that my initial assessment was correct: the fastener is taken into the plastic region: it stretches past the point from which it will...

What is the point of the new fasteners needing to be replaced after a single use?

Things like that feel like a manufacturing scam to me.

From an engineering viewpoint, it sounds as if the...

I like using the washer to locate the hole, by tacking it down. Clever.