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Doesn't Work for Me

  I enjoy creative projects. I like to test my skills and develop new ones. I don’t like to be mis-led into experimenting with materials that do not work. I have been fooled into attempting to cleanly burn out a resin-based plastic used with three-dimensional printing to produce investment cast...
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Hi Quality 3D

The next workshop tool is a Wanhao DLP 3D printer. It is a very high resolution 3D printer that uses UV light sensitive resin to create solid 3D objects. My action plan is to test run it for awhile until I master or fully understand the operation and it capabilities. Then it will be used for making ...wanhaod7red 2
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Nifty Line Switch

I went to Lowe's to buy an electrical plug to repair my desk lamp. There was an open in the wiring right at the molded on plug. Easy repair. While I was looking in the store bins for the suitable repair plug, I found this item. I didn't know it existed. For all the tools I have with a plug and no sw...6957064555110
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Arts & Crafts

An important activity for me at this point in my life is the ability to create. This means making tangible “artsy stuff” that didn’t exist until I make it. The process of taking various materials and using my abilities and thoughts to make them become more than they were or something different, is a...
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"Sleeper" tool

I had some extra cash become available. I am using it to add a new vice to my GRS holding system. Interesting thing is I first thought the GRS Multi-Purpose Vise was something not worth considering. I now have one and I'll have to call it a "sleeper". That's an old hot rodder term for a souped up ve...
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