- 1. Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 221 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:23:50 -0500
- Dave I was in the same boat, with a 10 year old machine and about the same needs as you. I looked long and hard at all the sub $300 deals out there and all were lacking somewhere. I ended up at Fry'
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00078.html (9,101 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Liquid paint stripper? (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:46:03 -0500
- I use brake fluid a lot for paint stripper, but I found it doesn't work on latex paint. I had exactly the same need as the OP, get some paint off some brass hinges. Brake fluid did not touch it. -- R
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00114.html (8,338 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] MIG welders (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:06:45 -0500
- Ft Worth TX Jim, My needs an usage are almost entirely like yours. I have had 3 low-end 110V welders from Century, Sears, and now Firepower. I have been happy with all 4, but this Firepower (div of
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00132.html (11,131 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] HB Drill press (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:16:45 -0500
- All those tabletop and even floorstanding DPs have a lot of slop. I have a Craftsman benchtop DP and a Ridgid floor model. I consider them barely adequate for woodwork. When drilling metal, no matter
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00168.html (7,708 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] HB Drill press (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:25:56 -0500
- Phil, do yourself a favor and buy three more things at HF: Cheap DP vise, size small Vise-Grip like hold down.It will save you some lacerations when the piece of sheetmetal you are drilling starts sp
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00170.html (8,324 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] 2 by's for truck ramp (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:33:57 -0500
- Last time I needed ramps was about 15 years and 3 trailers ago. I used 6" C-purlins, lightweight sheet steel in a "C" cross-section from a metal building supply. Welded two side-to-side, cut a shallo
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00185.html (8,727 bytes)
- 7. [Shop-talk] Antennae (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:29:05 -0500
- Absolutely! The TV antenna is a super FM antenna. Run the wire. -- Rex B Ft Worth TX _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00252.html (7,358 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 314 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:15:09 -0500
- John, I occasionally buy and sell a firearm long distance, similar money probably. The standard deal is USPS money order, or if Paypal add 4% (buyer pays the fees. This is SOP. Some people will take
- /html/shop-talk/2008-10/msg00161.html (7,964 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] "AIRCRAFT TOOL SUPPLY" (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:14 -0600
- Tony, those aircraft engines are based on designs from the 1930s generally, and some of them have valvetrains well over a foot long, of alloys that were not optimized for less expansion. Have you hea
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00079.html (7,950 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 2, Issue 364 (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:57:00 -0600
- I use my 30 year old Dremel about once a week. I have a full machine shop and all the power and hand tools I've ever wanted, but some things require a Dremel. Best example offhand is cutting screw s
- /html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00089.html (7,691 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] Networked home wiring (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:42:42 -0600
- I dabbled with X10 stuff a few years ago, still have some switches installed. I found the inside switches to be cheap. Buy the levelor paddle switches. The X10 switches break off the tops pretty quic
- /html/shop-talk/2008-12/msg00105.html (8,807 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] Blast Media (score: 1)
- Author: "Rex Burkheimer" <burkheimer@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:54:35 -0600
- If these are pot-metal castings, walnut shells are probably as aggressive as I'd get. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailin
- /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00002.html (7,192 bytes)
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