- 61. Re: compressor fittings (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 18:15:20 -0400 (EDT)
- I'm guessing the "groove" in the pipe was swaged; you might want to try this. Get a wheel from a tubing/pipe cutter and grind the circumference of it to look like the groove should look by convertin
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00131.html (8,898 bytes)
- 62. Re: corrosive perspiration (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 21:58:10 -0400 (EDT)
- YOW! You don't suppose the nail keg had some special heat-dissipation or fire suppresion characteristics, do you? Well, I feel better about the oily rags. Though I will contiune to try to work safely
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00133.html (8,514 bytes)
- 63. Re: corrosive perspiration (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 00:10:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Well, many thanks to Randall, Elton, Roger (no, I'm not redheaded, but I do have Scottish blood in me, and I'll check the r.c.metalworking archives (thanks!),) Phil, Roland, Scott, Mike and Rex for a
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00176.html (8,016 bytes)
- 64. Re: corrosive perspiration (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:56:22 -0400 (EDT)
- The "stuff that rots tool steel" i was speaking of is my own perspiration <BG>. But you are absolutely right that there are plenty of harsh chemicals that most people ignore. I will definitely try t
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00180.html (7,612 bytes)
- 65. Re: South Bend Info (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:50:18 -0400 (EDT)
- Have you tried http://www.lathes.co.uk/ He has the MOST info about almost all lathes. HTH, Donald. /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majord
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00184.html (6,965 bytes)
- 66. Re: Finding the center of a circle (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 00:34:06 -0400 (EDT)
- Carefully draw a right triangle inside the circle. The hypotenuse of this triangle is a diameter of the circle. Now draw another right triangle different from the first. Where the hypotenuses cross
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00001.html (7,811 bytes)
- 67. Re: Pipe dope vs. Teflon(r) tape (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:12:11 -0400 (EDT)
- I don't know about tape vs dope, but I do know that white tape is not for use on natural gas. There is a yellow tape for that. I've always (in the past) though used tape on any non-gas joints and dop
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00066.html (8,307 bytes)
- 68. Re: A bubble flaring tool that works ? (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:11:53 -0400 (EDT)
- I picked up mine at the local CarQuest. I think the brand was "Old Forge" or such; worked great for the half-dozen flares I had to form. HTH, Donald. /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00086.html (7,578 bytes)
- 69. Re: Carburetor cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:01:52 -0400 (EDT)
- That would be Hydro-Seal; a less-hazardous version of it is available from some auto parts stores (a local CarQuest, f'rinstance f'rsure has it). I haven't tried this newer version, so YMMV, ... Dona
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00005.html (7,648 bytes)
- 70. Re: rags (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:57:54 -0400 (EDT)
- For true lint-free, you need to use KimWipes or such. Regular (quality) paper toweling is more lint-free (and scratch-free) than cotton rag. (I usually use Bounty, FWIW, and have found it quite clean
- /html/shop-talk/2001-05/msg00013.html (7,859 bytes)
- 71. Re: cotton vrs paper towels (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:07:56 -0400 (EDT)
- What can I say? My plastic-lens glasses are four years old, have the high-transmission coating, and have only ever been dried with Bounty paper towels or KimWipes. No scratches yet, and I wear them a
- /html/shop-talk/2001-05/msg00020.html (7,916 bytes)
- 72. Re: Air Compressor Whoops (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:38:41 -0500 (EST)
- FWIW, a 2-stage compressor will compress more air to a higher pressure using the same power. In other words, it is more efficient and more effective. Because of the compressibility of air, the more
- /html/shop-talk/2001-02/msg00071.html (7,294 bytes)
- 73. Re: Ideas needed...... (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:44:20 -0500 (EST)
- I'll volunteer -- area of a piston is pi*r*r ("pi times radius squared") area of 2 in dia piston is 3.14*1.0*1.0 = 3.14 square inches area of 3 in dia piston is 3.14*1.5*1.5 = 7.07 square inches forc
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00016.html (7,112 bytes)
- 74. Re: acronyms (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 17:21:36 -0500 (EST)
- OK, I'll weigh in with my favourite, which I believe is actually derived from a MIL-std -- MIL-TFP (make it like the print!) Donald. /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00084.html (7,385 bytes)
- 75. Re: Any ideas? (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:40:01 -0500 (EST)
- Congratulations! I like the ramp idea; wish I'd thought of it. Donald. [SNIP] /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00144.html (7,935 bytes)
- 76. Re: cell phone wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:15:01 -0500 (EST)
- I've viewed a few other responses to this thread, and have to add that (IMO) talking to a passenger is usually accompanied by that passenger becoming a part of the driving -- like someone else keepin
- /html/shop-talk/2000-12/msg00221.html (9,311 bytes)
- 77. Re: Copper Sealing Washers, (was leaky J-type overdrive) (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 23:10:03 -0400 (EDT)
- All Nolan says is true. I also found new copper sealing washers at the local CarQuest. Donald.
- /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00077.html (8,422 bytes)
- 78. Re: Finding an elctrical short (score: 1)
- Author: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:34:32 -0400 (EDT)
- The compass needle will turn perpendicular to a current-carrying wire. Isolate the bundle so that current is only flowing through the wire where it shouldn't, move the compass along that bundle and w
- /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00127.html (7,210 bytes)
- 79. Re: Question about TIG (score: 1)
- Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 01:23:57 -0400
- I would guess insufficient gas flow. You are using the correct gas (argon) and DCEN (straight polarity), right? I also recall that snapping off the tungsten can generate internal cracks that don't sh
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00071.html (9,012 bytes)
- 80. Re: Question about TIG (score: 1)
- Author: "Donald H. Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 17:52:40 -0400
- 20 CFH does sound like enough gas flow. Distance to the work should be quite short -- on the order of 2 to 4 mm, I would say. And once you get to clean bare metal, you should be all set even on the
- /html/shop-talk/2000-07/msg00078.html (8,247 bytes)
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