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    Hello, If you need to bend sheet that is too...

    Hello,
    If you need to bend sheet that is too heavy for a press brake it is pretty easy to make a cheap new v block die that will let you bend thicker material.

    All you need to do is get two...
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    Hello, I don't want to burst any bubbles, but...

    Hello,
    I don't want to burst any bubbles, but having worked in Automotive OEM design facilities, the odds of getting anyone currently working for one of those names to come out here giving away...
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    What happens next

    Hello All,
    Unfortunately we may not be at the source of the rot just yet. It appears to me, that as with most fraudulent operations, the people really responsible keep just enough distance so they...
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    Hello All, This just crossed my mind, I hope...

    Hello All,
    This just crossed my mind, I hope this doesn't offend.
    The company I helped create, has now moved from a Research and Development phase and is now in a commercial phase, I would say...
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    Hello, I am still around.

    Hello All,
    Great posts Fizzissist (as always) I suppose the inertia behind the Climate Change world will force it's way through the bumpy times of "Climategate" the individuals involved will...
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    Re the scanned Page from Dufas

    Hello All,

    There is a great deal of truth in that little green square, I have seen first hand, a group of PHDs and Masters Degreed being corrected on the simple points by men that pull on...
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    Just as well machinists can cope with repetitious tasks

    Hello Len,
    I don't want to alienate you, but I feel the need to inform you that this thread has developed into a forum that questions the "facts" as a general rule. I would say that it is rare for...
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    Hello, The plexiglass seems to be pretty light...

    Hello,
    The plexiglass seems to be pretty light work, do you fit all of the LEDs up yourself? and do you have any pictures of the finished item with the LEDs turned on? as I was trying to explain the...
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    Thanks

    Hello Fizzissist,
    Thanks for the link to the "World Climate Report" website, I've had only enough time to read one report, but so far it seems pretty balanced, it is my opinion that "balanced" is...
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    Well done, How many hours would you say it took...

    Well done,
    How many hours would you say it took to build? not including time to source parts as this depends greatly on budget.

    It looks to be very effective, and simple enough to be built by...
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    Hello All, An old friend of mine had a saying, "...

    Hello All,
    An old friend of mine had a saying, " the figures never lie, but liars, can figure!" and unfortunately we live in a society that is entirely convinced by the written word,

    To me is...
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    the trouble wih clouds

    Hello all,

    One of my chemical engineers is a real climate change doom and gloomer, but as he is English, the only other thing he ever talks about is the inaccuracy of the weather forecasts,(that...
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    Not wanting to labour a point

    Hello all,
    dhellew2, you are quite right about the attic space being cold and a very big "sink" for the heat, but the model i used took this into account, due mainly to the fact that we have very...
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    Just a little point, i am curious about

    I don't wish to knock the Mercury article link just posted, but it states that 6 percent of US women have levels of mercury in their systems high enough to cause damage to a fetus, if one happened to...
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    Compact fluorescent bulbs

    I must say that I was angered by the EU directive that effectively outlaws good old fashioned light bulbs, for a couple of reasons, The least of my concerns was the Mercury issue, as has already been...
  16. Any size

    Hello all,
    "The Makerbot" is based on the "Reprap" project and as a result yes you could make it any size you wish, I think that to some extent the makerbot and reprap are both limited a little by...
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    Autistic scientists

    Mr Charlm,
    You really have stepped over the line here, Are you trying to offend the scientists or the greater Autistic community now. Are you claiming that Autistic people have no interest in what...
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    Scientists get a bad rap

    I am continually confused by the use of the term "scientist" as i mentioned in an earlier post even within a group of "scientists" there will be a conflict as to what a scientist is, unfortunately...
  19. Hello, Pardon my butting in, But, the resolution...

    Hello,
    Pardon my butting in, But, the resolution according to their website is the same as a commercial machine I used to contract in, to make some of our prototype models, the rough texture appears...
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    Hello Mr Dynosor, You are not on your own there,...

    Hello Mr Dynosor,
    You are not on your own there, I operate an engineering workshop that works in alternate fuels, we did a little survey amoung the employees and please note that these guys are some...
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    Hello! I didn't deny anything!

    You may like to read again, and see, that in fact I asked a question, this is the very beginning of any scientific debate, the asking of a question is not a sin, I find it interesting that the...
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    Quite right

    Hello all,
    On at least one point I must say that I quite agree with Mr "Chalm" More people means more energy use and if that is "bad" then we need to keep a check on the number of people.

    When...
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    BBQ bottles & garden hose

    Hello,
    Obviously laws and codes of practice are really important, but there needs to be a usable method of development, otherwise many responsible folk will never get a chance to discover the "next...
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    The good ol days

    Hello Again,
    As you correctly note the good ol days (Victorian Era) were full of pestulance, poverty, filthy jobs and without most of what we consider to be the essentials, BUT the engineer was...
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    Mudbricks and Poo

    Hello Ian, Mr Fizz and all others,

    I completely agree, The third world is not pleasant to look at, As you say mudbricks and dirt floors, not great, but it must be said bricks are pretty much...
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    Finally a proven, Cheap, Biomass energy solution

    Hello All,
    Seems we are all foretelling the coming of the Apocalypse (Energy Crunch), Having seen all of the Mad Max movies and dare i say, Waterworld(possibly the worst movie of it's kind), Is it...
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    Windmills; why not?(why not comment, that is)

    Hello all,
    First of all, congratulations on finding the most one sided report ever, WOW, that was harsh, and I am not even an advocate for windmills. I find it hard to beleive that windmills alone,...
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    The "Bush Still"

    Hello All,
    The old Bush still as described below must have saved a few lives, but is very hit and miss, it's usually ok to use when you are cleaning up a bit of rough creek water or vegetation...
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    "The Thing"

    Hello All,
    I do like the name that fuel cell device (if that is what it is) has picked up here, "The Thing" i always thought they needed to make fuel cells or any cutting edge tech, making it to...
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    Not so fast

    Hello All,
    Just a second, on the adding water to "internal combustion engines" thing, I have personally done quite a lot of engine test cell work and can categorically say that; designed well and...
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