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21. three phase? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 06:30:00 -0500; I have a largish file on what three phase is and how to make your own; it's on my web site, URL below. My homebuilt three phase convertor works a-verra-nahss. ==dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us== I've; /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00059.html (7,379 bytes)
22. Re: Anti-Freeze (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:55:00 -0500; Ethylene glycol, with additives and packaged as coolant, is incredibly sour and tastes *terrible*. No animal is going to take more than a couple of licks. I drank some of the stuff once to prove it'; /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00116.html (8,594 bytes)
23. Re: Welding vs. Brazing was "Welding" stainless (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:08:00 -0500; Step 1) turn on welder Step 2) play with lightning or Step 1) light torch Step 2) play with fire Seriously. I did the same thing; read everything I could find, welder sat idle while I developed a bi; /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00089.html (10,286 bytes)
24. Re: Welding vs. Brazing was "Welding" stainless (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:19:00 -0500; That was an attitude I developed young and it took me a long time to break it. I'd also try to bullshit my way out when I'd trap myself, too. After I got older I realized how foolish it was. I once; /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00097.html (11,194 bytes)
25. Re: Welding vs. Brazing was "Welding" stainless (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:20:00 -0500; Ah, the local Safety Nazi weighs in... It's probably not a good idea to stick the welding electrodes in your ears, either. I wonder how long it'll take before they start putting warnings on the pack; /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00098.html (9,798 bytes)
26. FUD (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:25:00 -0500; Apropos of several enquiries about this particular TLA <grin> FUD: "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt." Also used as, "FUD factor," as in, "that task has a high FUD factor." I picked it up from NASA usage, bu; /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00099.html (6,812 bytes)
27. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:06:00 -0500; "Really fscking tight" will do. There are blade-tension guages, but they don't tell you what tension to run anyway. Most of my troubles went away once I cranked the tension up. Make sure you open th; /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00112.html (7,780 bytes)
28. Re: Hardwood Shop Floors (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 23:24:00 -0500; The (US) national fire code recommendations cover wooden construction. Basically, if the wood is thick enough, it's not considered a fire hazard. "Thick enough" depends on the location of the wood a; /html/shop-talk/2000-06/msg00029.html (7,834 bytes)
29. Ceiling for a Garage (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:12:00 -0500; Sheet rock is heavy as hell and almost inflexible, making it a real hassle to move around in confined spaces. It's easily gouged and needs to be painted. Melamine 'bathroom board' costs three times; /html/shop-talk/2000-04/msg00016.html (7,308 bytes)
30. Re: Welding (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 05:54:00 -0500; That's one of the few times in my life being color blind has been a real problem. I bought a torch, tanks, the whole thing... and I can't set the flame on the #*@&! thing. With enough random fiddlin; /html/shop-talk/2000-03/msg00055.html (7,260 bytes)
31. Re: Setting up air lines in the shop (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 07:33:00 -0500; That's where I put mine - in the little storage shed next to the shop. A friend built a little "outhouse" to cover his compressor, which he put outside on its own midget concrete slab.; /html/shop-talk/2000-01/msg00025.html (7,794 bytes)
32. Re: ceiling truss loading (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 02:57:00 -0500; I'd always used ceiling hoists, pushing the car back and forth as needed. A shop crane looked like it would be more useful, so I bought one. I barely had room to maneuver it, and when I wasn't using; /html/shop-talk/2000-01/msg00049.html (8,289 bytes)
33. Household tools! (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 06:46:00 -0500; I use exactly the same thing! One has assembly lube in it, the other has two stroke oil. They've worked fine for years.; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00068.html (7,405 bytes)
34. Re: cheaper dyno? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 07:13:00 -0500; You'd *think* so. You'd be surprised at how many different formulas I've collected for that over the years, and the different results they give.; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00069.html (7,188 bytes)
35. Re: cheaper dyno? (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 10:53:00 -0500; I proposed both on the mc.chassis list some years ago. Any automotive engine shop with a Stewart-Warner balancing machine can balance the rotors with no problem; mine will take a rotor up to 6 feet; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00082.html (8,398 bytes)
36. Re: plastic ratchets (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:24:00 -0500; "Use it once and throw it away" isn't a great recommendation for tools.; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00085.html (7,124 bytes)
37. The Ideal Shop HELP (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:00:00 -0500; I hate you. I just wanted you to know that. - Dave "Space - The Final Frontier" Williams; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00128.html (7,816 bytes)
38. RE: The Ideal Shop HELP (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:02:00 -0500; Absodamlutely. I did the same thing. It was well worth it. I plan to add a few of the high-efficiency white incandescents - the kind with the grapefruit-sized bulb and kiddie-pool-sized reflectors -; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00141.html (9,129 bytes)
39. RE: The Ideal Shop HELP (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:08:00 -0500; You can write on it with a felt tip and wipe it off later, too. I've paneled computer rooms with the stuff and drawn twenty-foot-long network diagrams on it.; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00150.html (8,865 bytes)
40. The Ideal Shop Thanks & Progress (score: 1): Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams); Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:12:00 -0500; Just find a monitor with the right size screen, pull the case off, and slide the chassis into the gutted Philco cabinet. You'd have to do some bracket work, nothing major. I think that's a tuff idea; /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00151.html (7,027 bytes)

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