- 61. Re: Washing Machine Motors (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:03:58 -0600
- Do you think the problem might just be bad contacts in the motor's internal start/run switch producing lots of resistance but still giving part of the starting torque ? electric a ... an and a not (l
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00151.html (8,978 bytes)
- 62. Re: welders MIG vs. TIG (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:41:23 -0600
- WARNING - LONG, BORING REPLY - better delete it now !! I empathize completely. I've been welding oxy-acetylene for decades, lots of chrome-moly aircraft stuff, automotive sheet metal, etc. - even som
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00162.html (9,966 bytes)
- 63. Re: welders MIG vs. TIG (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:03:07 -0600
- Loooong boring reply follows..... due the welds pretty with it's A properly penetrated weld is pretty similar whatever process is used. However, one very important consideration is normalizing the we
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00179.html (11,951 bytes)
- 64. Re: welders MIG vs. TIG (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:13:02 -0600
- Yup !! That's just what you should do, particularly if it's a highly-stressed area. Body parts (let's leave out modern cars with high-alloy, heat-treated panels) will probably warp if you overdo thi
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00182.html (8,185 bytes)
- 65. Re: welders MIG vs. TIG (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:31:41 -0600
- had to Traditionally, that's close - EAA has recommended gas welding to the exclusion of most other methods because of the simplicity and relative fool-proof nature of gas welding on chrome-moly tub
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00183.html (9,804 bytes)
- 66. Re: Floor Grinding (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 07:59:31 -0600
- I've done this to level a concrete slab prior to installing a wood floor. I rented a rotary floor grinder and diamond bits. As the project progressed we found more areas to do, so we actually rented
- /html/shop-talk/2004-11/msg00008.html (8,587 bytes)
- 67. Re: concrete floor cleaning? (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:55:46 -0500
- Our first house had been occupied by several cats with no litter box. I really hate the smell of cat pee. Nothing including a special formaldehyde disinfectant formulated for me by a chemical firm my
- /html/shop-talk/2004-10/msg00023.html (8,505 bytes)
- 68. Re: garage door openers (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 05:32:09 -0500
- Doesn't Chamberlain still make Sears units? AFAIK they always have. I've got a 1957 Chamberlain and although I've twice had to replace 2 snapped roll pins keying the sector gear to the sprocket and a
- /html/shop-talk/2004-10/msg00156.html (8,039 bytes)
- 69. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:39:37 -0500
- Milton is pretty much the original air line quick disconnect, although they sell foreign stuff today too. Available at NAPA among others. Watch out for incompatibilities among some brands, but the m
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00065.html (7,981 bytes)
- 70. Nailer choice (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 20:26:03 -0500
- I need a finish nailer, and I've never owned any nailer. Two basic questions: - How do I choose between angled and straight? Looks like the angled models might get in more places, but then why do the
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00066.html (6,659 bytes)
- 71. Re: Cordless Phones (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:02:13 -0500
- FWIW, my admittedly limited testing showed that 3 different 2.4 GHz models had poor range compared to the far-cheaper 900 MHz ones. And there's a limitation on proximity of the base station and poor
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00071.html (7,896 bytes)
- 72. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 18:21:53 -0500
- Randall wrote... Well, in 1971 as a loyal Binks employee I bought 100 feet of 3/8" Binks red air hose, cut into a couple of lengths to permit us to use them wherever. It wasn't cheap even with my dis
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00107.html (8,546 bytes)
- 73. Re: my 'new' table saw (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:05:27 -0500
- Most table saws I've used have fences that travel the width of the table and thus allow you to work on either side when the blade is upright. The direction the arbor tilts will determine which side
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00108.html (6,926 bytes)
- 74. Re: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:16:27 -0500
- Actually, no. Binks only made hose assemblies from hose we bought and fittings that we mostly manufactured in-house. We were in the spray equipment business, not rubber manufacturing. Sure, the hose
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00117.html (8,881 bytes)
- 75. Re: Cordless Phones (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 17:11:40 -0500
- OK - this is a really old thread, but I have a related question. What is the advantage of buying a base station that takes more than one handset, versus just buying several single wireless phones? We
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00182.html (7,518 bytes)
- 76. Re: Mounting a compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:05:34 -0500
- "Rush" <jdrush@enter.net> wrote... Why not use Unisorb? It's a sandwich material designed for such use. For decades we have mounted everything from huge presses down to small compressors on Unisorb.
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00010.html (7,893 bytes)
- 77. Re: Canon scanner cartridge (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:32:46 -0500
- Ditto here - all I succeeded in doing with one each HP and Epson ink jet cartridges was making my hands multi-colored for a few days, and my wallet thinner by the cost of the refill kits. But the el-
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00030.html (7,860 bytes)
- 78. Re: HF (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 11:53:58 -0500
- Our store will also accept printouts from the web site. I always look for the low price and take it along. Is it time for my annual tutorial on how to get the lowest price at HF on any item every day
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00090.html (7,397 bytes)
- 79. Re: HF (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:46:24 -0500
- Damn - looks like they did fix it at last !! Well, it was fun while it Karl Yeah, the last time I checked, it didn't work. They now seem to use a different number when they want to sell something at
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00099.html (7,598 bytes)
- 80. Fluorescent light problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 22:09:08 -0500
- My bathrooms - both upstairs and downstairs - burn out fluorescent tubes at an incredible rate. Although fluorescent tubes are rated for about 20,000 hours plus, I have to replace my upstairs and dow
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00163.html (8,382 bytes)
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