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  • Doing Mechanical Work At Home? Tools And Machines To Work More Efficiently


    Running an automotive mechanical shop out of your home can be a great way to make money and have a career while being able to set your own hours and rates, and having the best tools to help you is key. If are you growing your business quickly and starting to get lined up with work and jobs, there are some things that you should take into consideration, so you can purchase the best equipment and be as productive as possible.
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  • The Day Acid Ate Your Pallet Racks, And How You Can Bounce Back


    All manner of companies and all manner of products come through your warehouse. You often store barrels of various chemicals in your barrel pallet racks, too. However, nobody said those barrels would all be safe and never break or leak. If you have experienced a recent breach of a barrel on your pallet racks, and that breach involved acid of the most extreme kind, then your racks are gone. They are one melted, dripping mess, like a Salvador Dali painting.
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  • How To Make Custom Trim Improvements Look Professional With Few Skills And Less Labor


    Adding trim to plain walls adds detail and creates a handcrafted look. Carpentry can be difficult when it comes to cutting angles and doing custom trim work. But there are some secrets that make installing professional looking trim much easier, and with less work. Use solutions like corner blocks to avoid cutting angles or details for your trim carpentry project. Here are some tips to make trim look professional with very little effort:
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  • Need To Get Your Sports Equipment Organized And Easy To Transfer? The Items You Need


    If you are running a sports team or group organization and it's difficult to load everything up in your vehicle when you have to go to games or activities, there are some things you want to get for your club. Investing a little bit of money can make things easier, especially if you aren't always the one who has to do the hauling. Talk with the board or leaders about getting the following things for your organization.
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  • Important Reasons Your Compressed Air System Needs To Remain Clean And Dry


    Your industrial applications of compressed air depend on the air system being clean and dry for a few reasons. Because moisture is always a factor in air, taking steps to keep your compressed air system clean and dry is vital for your operations to remain productive and smooth-running. When the air in your system starts cooling down and reaches the dew point, condensation from moisture will turn to water. When water infiltrates your compressed air system, it can cause expensive damage.
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  • A Guide To Laser Cutting Services


    When you need some of the most effective metal fabrication and design work that you can purchase, laser cutting is among the finest available. This fabrication work consists of a highly focused laser beam slicing metal to precision, so that you are able to use that metal for your industrial needs. You have some points to consider with regard to this laser cutting work, including things to think about when hiring a contractor, whether or not you should buy your own laser cutting machine and the cost of services.
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  • Four Types Of Grinding Systems For Your Stone Crushing And Sorting Plant


    A grinding equipment system comprises a powerful motor, a grinder, and a surface against which to grind. It also often includes a feed chute to push stuff into the machine and an emptying chute and conveyor on the other end of the grinder. What you may not know is that there are at least four types of grinding systems, and each one may provide their own benefits for your stone crushing and sorting plant.
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  • 3 Tips For Maintaining Your Forklift


    Your forklift is responsible for so much of the work inside of your industrial building, so you need to do all that you can to keep it in the best condition possible. To do this, there are a few quality lift truck maintenance guidelines that you can follow in order to make sure it works for you in the way that it should. To this end, read below and follow these tips so that your fork lift works the way that it should for as long as you own it.
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  • Rubber Vs. Metal Grommets: Protection, Please


    Grommets help reinforce the edges of holes in materials, be they signs, machinery, or something else. Choosing a grommet is about more than strength, though; what you choose will affect the materials in and around the grommet. Rubber and metal are two of the most common materials you'll find for grommets, and the one you choose can affect your machinery or project greatly. Fraying and Friction Both rubber and metal grommets offer a type of protection against friction and fraying, but they differ on the source of the friction and fraying.
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  • Does Your Water Smell Or Taste Like Chemicals? What To Do


    If you are having some color and odor issues with your home water and you want to know if it's safe to drink, there are some things you want to do to before you continue to consume it. You want to find out what is in the water, or if there is something wrong with your pipes instead of the water being bad. Your water is treated at a local sewage treatment facility, and the problem could be stemming from the facility.
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