- 61. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:29:53 -0700
- I did this as a temporary installation in our previous house. Then when we moved to the current house 11 years ago, I mounted the hoses as a "temporary fix" again. I have hoses running to two hose re
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00082.html (9,238 bytes)
- 62. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:30:16 -0700
- It doesn't really matter with my set up. I have an automatic water drain on my compressor. It has a very slow controlled leak, and when the pressure drops below about 10 PSI it opens up and drains al
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00090.html (9,368 bytes)
- 63. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:08:58 -0700
- Sorry, Mike. I bought the valve about 25 years ago for about $5. I've never seen another one like it since - and I've looked. I have no idea who made it as it has no markings on it. I don't even reme
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00095.html (9,727 bytes)
- 64. RE: getting rid of gecko lizards (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 10:43:44 -0700
- When I lived in Hawaii as a kid (Air Force Brat) we had geckos living in our kitchen cabinets hall closet, etc. If we found one outside, we would let it loose in the house. It was the best cure for
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00034.html (6,908 bytes)
- 65. RE: Copper Brake Lines (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:03:50 -0700
- It all depends on what you mean by copper brake lines. Actual copper lines are not a good idea. Although you will not have corrosion problems, copper flexes and work hardens - then it becomes brittle
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00042.html (8,164 bytes)
- 66. RE: Yet more copper talk ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:16:45 -0700
- Copper can be used if you use the proper copper. I've seen two types of copper piping at the local Home Depot type stores - Type M, the typical household copper tubing is probably not the right stuff
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00050.html (7,754 bytes)
- 67. Keeping mice out of the shed (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:57:10 -0700
- Okay, since it's a slow period on the list... I have a storage shed in my back yard for the lawnmower, and yard tools. Some field mice have decided to take up residence in there. Which is not that b
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00063.html (8,250 bytes)
- 68. RE: Keeping mice out of the shed (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 08:14:34 -0700
- Thanks guys... I'll try the moth balls (I'd heard of that) and maybe a bar or two of Irish Spring - if one works, both should be better! 8-) Anything cat related is definitely out - my wife is deathl
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00076.html (8,190 bytes)
- 69. RE: Keeping mice out of the shed (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:25:51 -0700
- I'm just the regular Tim Mullen. There is also an Irish guy (I'm Irish, but only by ancestry), that drives Ferraris around Europe - I'm not him if that's what you mean... 8-) Yep. It's a small world
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00082.html (8,249 bytes)
- 70. RE: Pioneer Steel Buildings (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:01:20 -0700
- I would tend to disagree with you on this one. When I moved to this area (job transfer), we almost were forced into buying a place with the restrictive covenants. There were almost no choices in buy
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00112.html (8,714 bytes)
- 71. RE: Pioneer Steel Buildings (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:50:42 -0700
- Sorry Steve. There we a lot of "quotes" and I guess I got it wrong. I apologize. Me too. Yep. Shame on them. As for me, I didn't really know there was such a thing. I'd never encountered them before
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00115.html (8,748 bytes)
- 72. RE: covenants (Part 1) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:30:43 -0700
- Actually, all my neighbors think I'm wonderful. All it took was a large snow blower and some extra time when the last blizzard hit... 8-) 8-) Tim Mullen
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00129.html (6,952 bytes)
- 73. RE: car ramps (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:57:35 -0700
- Rather than build ramps, I'd go to Wal-Mart, Pep Boys, etc. and buy a set of Rhino Ramps. They can usually be had for under $20. They are "plastic", but very strong low profile ramps. I use them for
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00178.html (7,550 bytes)
- 74. RE: Framing nailers, HF or other (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:01:32 -0700
- I bought one of the HF Framing Nailers for a project I was working on. It worked well. It is sensitive to the air pressure - not enough, and it doesn't drive the nail all the way, and too much and th
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00182.html (7,827 bytes)
- 75. RE: 8pt sockets (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:34:57 -0700
- Four point bolts. Things like pipe plugs, and transmission and differential fill plugs. Old fashioned "square" nuts used around the house, tricycles, etc. Tim Mullen
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00200.html (7,212 bytes)
- 76. RE: uses for 8 pt sockets (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:14:46 -0700
- Someone that is tired of rounding off the over tightened pipe plug of the transmission fill plug on a car - tight quarters, boxed end and twelve point sockets tend to round things off. Crescent wren
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00205.html (7,146 bytes)
- 77. RE: using a tow dolly (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:55:00 -0700
- Assuming that it's a four wheel drive S-10 Blazer, can you shift the transfer case to neutral? It may help some too... Tim Mullen
- /html/shop-talk/2004-07/msg00079.html (6,928 bytes)
- 78. RE: Sand media for sandblasting. (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:47:41 -0700
- You can also buy nice new, clean 5 gallon pails with lids at Home Depot for around $5. I'm sure other places have them too... Tim Mullen
- /html/shop-talk/2004-06/msg00053.html (8,103 bytes)
- 79. RE: water pressure, was:Re: Shallow well water pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:53:54 -0700
- BTDT. We had a problem with the water system in our first house. Although the normal water pressure was around 50 PSI, the pressure would occasionally surge to around 100 PSI. I awoke in the middle o
- /html/shop-talk/2004-06/msg00054.html (8,933 bytes)
- 80. RE: Sand media for sandblasting. (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim (IIS)" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:39:58 -0700
- The one I bought a couple of months ago does. The orange Home Depot Bucket for about $4, and the orange lid - complete with the rubber seal - for $1.50. I had to search a bit to find the lids as they
- /html/shop-talk/2004-06/msg00061.html (8,129 bytes)
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