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    OT: Prostate cancer, need I say more........

    Successful radiation patient here in 2016. Five days a week, about 7 weeks. 60 seconds on the treatment table. Biopsy, implanted gold targets, three tiny tattoos. Blood in the urine after biopsy is disconcerting, but passes in a few days. Be wary of search results while studying up on the...
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    Your Suggestions, Please: Best Way To Remove PSA Stickem from an Acrylic Base Pad

    Hexane works very well and will not damage most plastics or paint. When (lithographic) film was king we used hexane sold as Anchor Film Kleen and private labelled by many printing supply dealers. https://www.fujifilmdirect.com/index.php/film-kleen-7065-anti-stat-gallon.html The price has jumped...
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    Aluminum part for proof of concept

    The bottom of the groove will be rounded with a stock key-cutter tool. Thanks for the comments and thank you to the moderator of this sub-forum for his offer to help, awaiting his quote.
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    Aluminum part for proof of concept

    The garage door cable drums are exactly the same as the clockmaker's application. Ours uses the same principle but not to compensate for torque, but rather for varying circumference. Our application puts the fusee and the web roller on the same shaft. A pair of them are arranged parallel to each...
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    Aluminum part for proof of concept

    We are developing a low-power mechanism to wind up the actuating cable pulling a "web" of thin material. Think of a window shade without an internal spring. The circumference of the roller with the shade changes continuously. The circumference of this component varies to match the windup and...
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    OT: Is there a fast way to remove glazed window panes while preserving the glass?

    The strength of old glazing putty comes from asbestos fibers. They were added to MANY materials to improve physical, thermal, and other properties. Wear an appropriate mask or respirator if you can't avoid scraping or grinding the stuff.
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