Hey Keith, are you going to bring Miss Kathy to
any of the meets at Maxton this year? I think we
all have a right to meet her!
Dick J
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> You guys have some understanding wifes... I
> used the oven to crinkle paint
> a Part on Miss Kathy's bugeye and still haven't
> heard the last of it.... Let
> alone oiling her down...
>
> I did get a hand sticking the Air handler up in
> the attic the other day...
> but when she smashed a finger on the
> staircase.... well nevermind... you get
> the picture.... I am still being shown JUST
> which one it was....
>
> some girls just got no appreciation for the
> finer things in life...
>
> Keith ( hey Bruce it's supposed to snow down
> here tomarrow... should I get
> my axle bearings ready? )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris R Harris" <yesford@clear.net.nz>
> To: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>; <kturk@ala.net>;
> <ddahlgren@snet.net>;
> <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <jdincau@qnet.com>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 5:03 PM
> Subject: Specialized engine building equip
>
>
> > If its confession time with regard to the use
> of household appliances and
> > fittings for engine building, the best place
> to wash a crank before use is
> > in the bath. Just lay a clean section of
> ply-wood in first to stop the
> > counterweights marking the porcelain and go
> for it. Plenty of fresh clean
> > hot water on hand for washing and rinsing,
> easy to totally submerge the
> > whole shaft. You would be amazed at the crap
> the that comes out of the oil
> > drillings from a core brush scrubbing. The
> other cheap household item that
> > works real good is one of those rounded
> toilet brushes for scrubbing
> freshly
> > machined cylinder bores. Your wife never
> fails to be impressed initially
> > when you show up from the store with this
> item under your arm and a grin
> on
> > your face.
> >
> > Chris Harris NZ
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <FastmetalBDF@aol.com>
> > To: <kturk@ala.net>; <ddahlgren@snet.net>;
> <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > Cc: <jdincau@qnet.com>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 8:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: Flash Back protectors
> >
> >
> > > Keith, you said you couldn' t
> imagine putting a ring gear on a
> > flywheel
> > > without a torch ....... well ( now don' t
> let Miss Kathy hear about
> this )
> > > that' s
> > > what OVENS are for !!! Just make sure
> the ring gear is NICE & CLEAN
> !
> > > You will get more EVEN heating all
> around the whole circumference
> > > than you can with that torch ! I have
> used our oven very successfully
> > to
> > > warm axle bearings, both open and sealed,
> and drive them on the axle
> with
> > > a length of pipe, several blocks of wood,
> and a few hammer blows, when
> > > no press was available . On one occasion,
> when Doug & Darrell were
> > > "understudies" in my garage, we had the
> added benefit of a snowbank
> > > next to my driveway to chill the axle in (
> I do NOT think Mary Ann would
> > > have gone along with me cleaning out the
> fridge to stuff an axle in
> there
> > ! ),
> > > and it helped get the job done . The
> oven also makes a nice preheater
> > > for parts you wish to weld with less
> thermal shock to them, as when you
> > just
> > > strike an arc on them . Remember the key
> thing ...... CLEAN parts
> only,
> > > and better yet ...... do it while she' s
> OUT shopping !!!
> > > Those few thousandths gained with the
> careful use of heat and cold
> > > assisting each other can make all the
> difference ....... but of course
> we
> > all
> > > know some parts can't be treated ( no pun
> intended ) this way !
> > > The submarine shipyard where I spent
> over a third of a century
> > keeps
> > > a large supply of DRY ICE on hand for
> these very expansion fits that
> > > they utilize on many components, both
> large and small .......
> > > You can also throw in one of those
> frozen ( cardboard ) pizzas
> > > while you' re cooking your parts ...... now
> that's efficiency !
> > > Bruce
> > > Necessity is the Mother of Invention
> > > PS : Messrs Barrett, Dincau, Vette Scoy
> can all disregard the snowbank
> > > info ...... probably never seen one .......
> sure won' t have one
> available
> > > .......
> > > and you all got big presses, anyhow !
> >
>
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