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    Looking for Good PLC Tutorial Books

    Check out the web site called thelearningpit.com They have a PLC simulator that you can program different senarios Traffic lights, garage doors ect. It is allen bradly plc simulator for your computer. Good practice for sharpening up you programming skills.
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    OT - Oak Floor Installation

    I decided to go different with my oak floor installation. I installed the flooring diagnaly. It looks very nice, but the trouble I ran into was the edges would "tuck" towards the wall just a little bit on every row. When I got to the longest point of the room (corner to corner) there was over...
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    Where to buy high-density closed-cell foam? How to cut?

    you could use the pink or blue styro-foam from your local big box.... say about 1" thick - cut to size of your tool box drawer and then use a hot tipped soldering iron to "melt" holes custom fit for each socket. Sure is nice if you see an empty hole then you know there is a socket missing. The...
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    O-T shop doors

    How about the bifold overhead doors they look like they are trouble free. Here is a place on the net that sells them. http://www.metalbuildingdepot.com/aspx/garagebifold.aspx
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    ot...residential wiring Q

    I upgraded a fire alarm system in a retirement home and used a couple of hundred of those hooks to support the cable in the attic. But that was classified as a low voltage install. I am sure that the hooks can be used as a method of suporting romex aslo. Check with local elec. to make sure.
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    ot...residential wiring Q

    I upgraded a fire alarm system in a retirement home and used a couple of hundred of those hooks to support the cable in the attic. But that was classified as a low voltage install. I am sure that the hooks can be used as a method of suporting romex aslo. Check with local elec. to make sure.
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    ot...residential wiring Q

    I upgraded a fire alarm system in a retirement home and used a couple of hundred of those hooks to support the cable in the attic. But that was classified as a low voltage install. I am sure that the hooks can be used as a method of suporting romex aslo. Check with local elec. to make sure.
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    magnifiers

    Have you seen the Safety glasses with the bifocals in them. They come in three different strengths. Princess Auto here in Canada sells them. Don't know who else may sell them though. They are handy when I forget my regular glasses at home.
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    OT never to old ...or young...to learn.

    The other day I picked up some salt blocks for the cattle, and instead of taking them to the feed bin, the truck was beside the shop so I put them inside. It was raining that day and quite humid out but never thought nothing of the equipment in the shop. ( we have only had a lathe in there...
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    Killed by Angle Grinder

    The neibours 15 year old son was helping is older brother on a project. The zipcut blade(5" X 3/64) that the older brother was using let loose sending fragments everywhere. The younger brother got caught by some of the shrapnel. Severed an artery and was killed instantly. Older brother was...
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    OT- Flight time of electric helicopter ?

    http://www.rctoys.com/rc-products-catalog/RC-HELICOPTERS.html This web site has a few more options.
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    OT- Flight time of electric helicopter ?

    http://www.4hiddenspycameras.com/noname3.html I do not want to brag about this Canadian Company but what the heck. I seen this on the discovery channel the other day and boy they sure look like fun to fly. It is called the Dragonflyer III. The company is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
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    OT - Ever scrapped a perfectly good machine by accident??

    Found a skill saw in the dump. Wondered if it worked. Took it home and pluged it in. Worked perfectly. Probably would have worked better for the old owner if he would have put the new blade on the RIGHT way. 1 for me 0 for him.
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    Need spiral retaining ring supplyer

    Hello. I am looking for a company preferably in Canada that supplies external spiral retaining rings. I only need one 3" ring. Does anybody know where or who could supply me with one?
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    What is it worth.

    Well thanks all for the info. I will have to see if I have time to go to the sale, since it is right in the middle of calving time. If it goes cheep enough I may have to purchace it, if not then I will bid someone up. There is quite a bit of tooling there. I hope that there are not to many...
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