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Building A DIY Custom Bicycle Rack From Scraps
Making A Custom Bicycle Rack On The Cheap With Minimal Equipment
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Anodizing Aluminum Without Sulfuric Acid
Anodizing at Home, Using Sodium Bisulfsate Instead of Sulfuric Acid. Aluminum (along with most other metals) naturally grows a passivation layer of metal oxide. This protects the underlying metal from corrosion. That is why your car/house/other metal object doesn’t dissolve in the rain. Unfortunately this layer is very thin- only a few nanometers. A tiny…
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DIY Box and Pan Brake
Building an Advanced Sheet Metal Tool on the Cheap. Every trade has it’s own specialized tools. You can do good work with basic tools, but eventually you’ll want to get some of the specialized ones. Metal work has a wonderful variety of tools that are way too expensive for the amateur to justify buying. Building…