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21. Air tool mufflers (score: 1): Author: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 17:37:57 -0500; Sorry to break up all the wonderful discussion about colors and shop design, but I had to pass this along before I forgot. One of my Christmas gifts to myself was a new 1/4" air ratchet. Beautiful l; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00186.html (7,365 bytes)
22. Re: Another frozen fastner question (score: 1): Author: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 19:34:49 -0500; If these are delicate things try hitting them with a hand engraver. The mini air chisel effect of the engraver can sometimes help free things up a bit. I've always pushed on the outside of the screw; /html/shop-talk/1999-11/msg00112.html (8,300 bytes)
23. For emergency use only (score: 1): Author: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:44:47 -0400; Fellow Shop Rats, I had an experience this evening while working with fiberglass that I thought you might find humorous and possibly useful. I wouldn't recommend getting fiberglass resin and fuzz stu; /html/shop-talk/1999-10/msg00068.html (8,042 bytes)
24. Re: E-Z Out (score: 1): Author: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 19:17:00 -0400; I've enjoyed the discussion about removing broken E-Z Outs. Easiest way I've ever seen this done was by welding a vertical lump of filler rod onto the E-Z Out with a TIG welder, then grabbing this l; /html/shop-talk/1999-05/msg00075.html (7,744 bytes)
25. Re: Silencing noisy air ratchets? (score: 1): Author: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 22:51:10 -0400; Depending on where your exhaust is located on the ratchets you may be able to use the system I use on my die grinders. They have a rear exhaust outlet, so it's easy to slip an old piece of bicycle i; /html/shop-talk/1999-05/msg00096.html (8,312 bytes)
26. Re: air grease gun tube (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:22:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00); I've gotto agree with Arvid about the handiness of the pneumatic grease gun in odd positions, but there was a bigger concern for me. I suffer from arthritis and painful tennis elbow, and the pneumat; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00170.html (7,558 bytes)
27. [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:39:40 -0500 (GMT-05:00); We're trying to put together a contest at work for our newsletter, matching shop slang terms to the actual meanings. Things like calling a cutting torch a "smoke wrench", or trim adhesive "Gorilla sn; /html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00132.html (7,890 bytes)
28. Re: [Shop-talk] auto shop slang (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:03:04 -0500 (GMT-05:00); Hot Damn Elton, "Possum Pecker"!! That's one I'd never heard. I may be the only guy in the shop that immediately knew why you'd call it that, but I'm probably the only one with cats and possums livin; /html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00146.html (8,151 bytes)
29. Re: [Shop-talk] weakening a spring (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:33:39 -0700 (GMT-07:00); Try taking a few strokes with a file on the exposed coils. by reducing the wire diameter, it oughto reduce the tension. Generally I can do this by running the entire length of a spring against a bel; /html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00212.html (6,817 bytes)
30. [Shop-talk] Removing rust stains from concrete? (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:33:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00); May have been covered before, but does anybody have a solution to get rust off concrete? We've tried the steam cleaner, muriatic acid, and all the other nasty solvents we have in the shop. Nothing wi; /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00233.html (7,416 bytes)
31. Re: [Shop-talk] erratic fuel gauge and a legitimate shop talk (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:03:19 -0800 (GMT-08:00); GM Fuel senders. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've replaced so many GM fuel sending units that I don't even bother with resistance checks and gage sweep tests anymore. The contacts that G; /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00091.html (9,320 bytes)
32. Re: [Shop-talk] Liquid paint stripper? (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:13:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00); Old brake fluid, as Eric suggested, would do the trick since you're not in a Auto shops that do flushes oughto have enough used stuff to let you take a quart. There are some "safe" aircraft coating r; /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00111.html (8,544 bytes)
33. Re: [Shop-talk] Mailbox to end all mailboxes (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:04:13 -0400 (GMT-04:00); --Original Message-- Last notice I got from the Postmaster encouraged me to use a wooden post, but didn't require it. My Dad made a mailbox post out of a 6" auger bit. The mailbox still got knocked o; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00175.html (9,274 bytes)
34. Re: [Shop-talk] work boots (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:38:03 -0400 (GMT-04:00); I was happy to see Redwing get early recommendations. I've got three pairs now, and have been wearing Redwings for ...geeze, 36 years. My favorites for work have been resoled about 20 times, had pat; /html/shop-talk/2009-07/msg00120.html (8,275 bytes)
35. Re: [Shop-talk] Brake squeal (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:07:01 -0400 (EDT); Did you look at the face of the pads? I've seen several that squeeled because they had what looked like thin smears of steel stuck in the surface. (sometimes 1/4" wide an 1/2" long) Sand pads on a fl; /html/shop-talk/2009-09/msg00093.html (8,298 bytes)
36. Re: [Shop-talk] Brake squeal (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:04:41 -0400 (EDT); I use two 80 grit adhesive sanding discs stuck together. The back one keeps them in place on the bench while you sand the face of the pad. You'll see it get dull in the places where you've sanded pr; /html/shop-talk/2009-09/msg00097.html (9,071 bytes)
37. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:50:08 -0400 (GMT-04:00); If this is a tank full of flamable liquids (like gasoline) it's a lot of work to drain/fill with water/drain water/dry/refill w/flamable liquid. Far easier to just remove the oxygen needed to suppor; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00153.html (8,472 bytes)
38. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:40:22 -0400 (EDT); You aren't seeing the set-up here. Fuel tank has a filler neck. The exhaust from an idling internal combustion is pumped IN there with a hose. It is allowed to purge all the oxygen inside the tank f; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00158.html (9,896 bytes)
39. Re: [Shop-talk] Tractor Won't Start (score: 1): Author: Chuck <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 22:44:15 -0400 (GMT-04:00); Hi Richard, Have you checked all the connections between the battery and ground and B+ and the starter? If both batteries are unable to provide the current the starter needs there may be a high resis; /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00276.html (13,608 bytes)
40. Re: [Shop-talk] Camouflaging a connex (intermodal container) (score: 1): Author: Chuck <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 22:29:07 -0400 (GMT-04:00); Paint the container tan with darker random vertical "branches" and plant Kudzu or bamboo around the container. In a couple years you might not even be able to find it. C _____________________________; /html/shop-talk/2015-06/msg00022.html (9,354 bytes)

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