408 cid Ford Windsor Stroker Engine | Plastic Measuring Tool

I’m so tired of hearing this. It’s not hard to design that. But engineers are beholden to the their bosses and the bean counters, not the DIYer or your local mechanic. I know this because I’m one. Once you start signing our paychecks, we’ll engineer an engine bay just the way you like it.

Moreover, with a 3-axis process, there is little alternative to the ball nose end mill to generate contoured surfaces. To get a smooth surface requires multiple passes with very small step-overs, which takes a lot of machine time and may still require another secondary process to smooth the cusps. With five-axis machining, you can even use a flat nose end mill to generate some of the contoured surfaces. In a process sometimes referred to as “sturtz milling,” the tool is tilted into the cut presenting the radius of the tool to the surface of the part.

If you have a set of quality tools, and you use them respectfully, they will probably be family heirlooms !

With the ability to integrate with automation features—such as a six-pallet changer—this five-axis machine series is used across a wide range of industries such as aerospace, automotive, energy, medical, mold making and more.

Should you need all the power the M12 can muster, it will stop, flash, and let you know that it won’t go any tighter when it gives its full 30 ft-lbs.

Carmelo Anthony may only be the shadow of Rudy Gay’s silhouette these days, but sign me up for this, just because. 

I truly doubt it was the screws being made of plastic that prompted them to put it on their “too complex” list.

The cell-permeant fluorescent general oxidative stress indicator dye, 5-(and-6)-chloromethyl-2′,7′-dicholorodihydrofluorescein diacetate (CM-H2DCFDA; Molecular Probes C6827), was used to visualize ROS accumulation (excitation, 470 nm; emission, 525 nm). One hour before imaging, worms were incubated in 25 μM CM-H2DCFDA made from 10 mM DMSO stock. For WMF experiments, following a 23-hour WMF preexposure period, whole worms were removed from the MagShield box, cut into pharynx fragments, placed into 25 μM CM-H2DCFDA, and returned to the MagShield box for the 1-hour incubation period. For ROS inhibition experiments, following a 5-hour pretreatment period, whole worms were removed from DPI, cut into pharynx fragments, and then placed into a combination of 10 μM DPI plus 25 μM CM-H2DCFDA for the 1-hour incubation period. After the 1-hour CM-H2DCFDA incubation period, all worms were rinsed three times in fresh worm water and then the ventral side was imaged using 35 mm FluoroDishes (WPI FD35-100) and 25 mm round no. 1.5 coverslips (WPI 503508). Signal intensity at the wound site was normalized to signal intensity of the central body to control for differences in dye loading between animals. Experiments were performed twice (except for DMSO and DPI). Total biological replicates for each condition were as follows: untreated, n = 37; 45 μT, n = 26; 200 μT, n = 24; DMSO, n = 19; and DPI, n = 15.

The atmosphere was electric at Lambeau Field for the first NFC title game in Titletown in 29 years. The official temperature at game time was 3 degrees above zero with a wind chill factor of minus-17, but the fans in Green Bay were ready for a celebration. The Packers were the league’s best team in 1996 while the Panthers were upstarts who were somehow one game away from the Super Bowl in the franchise’s second season of existence.

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Jason Kelce While it seems like Kelce is leaning toward returning for another season, he has at least thought about retirement and I wonder if it has something to do with his contract. He’s set to make $6.5 million in 2019 but it’s all non-guaranteed money. The Eagles could cut him with zero penalty in 2019 or 2020. He’s 31 now, but Kelce is arguably the best center in the league and should be another candidate for a contract extension. 

In a finding that runs counter to a common assumption in physics, researchers at the University of Michigan ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away.