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    Shrink Fits/Freezing

    Yeh, while you guys are on the subject of dry ice the next time any of you are in a hail storm do this: buy some dry ice, cover the infected area of the car with the ice, then cover it with a insulating blanket, then wait for a sound that sounds like pop-corn poping. When you don't hear the...
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    Inside bend radii for various grades of sheet aluminum

    We were always in such a push to get the job done so the save standard became this: The inside radius was always the thickness of the aluminum. When cold forming a 90 degree bend. It never gave us a single crack at the joint. If the design required a sharper bend than that more likely than...
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    Cheapest timer for a 5w light bulb for 3-5 min

    All of you guys that replied to my post. I had to take my wife into emergancy surgery. So yes it is a 120 vac source and yes they are intending to use a 5watt inconddesant light bulb with a photo sensor. And yes I know, I have checked out all of the available ones on the market right now...
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    Cheapest timer for a 5w light bulb for 3-5 min

    Ok, I know, I know. I used to teach this stuff. But three strokes has erased some of my gray matter and I have to still work a little bit longer. After a two year period of no money I finally have a small design job and I finish the housing and get down to the electronics and run into a brick...

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