- 1. Re: Graingers Vs. HD (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 13:38:37 -0700
- - very big snip - Gosh, sorry Roger, I got so wound up on that one that the focus of the post glossed over the main issue almost entirely. What I was thinking, and should have been saying, was that i
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00002.html (9,825 bytes)
- 2. Re: painting fans (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 17:35:25 -0700
- I have just returned after three weeks, so I apologize if this was discussed while I was away, but if you are using a fan to exhaust paint fumes, I would want to make certain that the fan motor and a
- /html/shop-talk/1998-08/msg00188.html (7,032 bytes)
- 3. Parts washer solvent comparisons (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 13:27:28 -0700
- I'm embarrassed to even ask this as I know it has been beat to death, but I finally am ready to order a parts washer (a barrel mount, 30 gal, 200 GPH unit from Northern Hydraulic), and need to buy 5-
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00000.html (7,501 bytes)
- 4. Re: Parts washer solvent comparisons (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 21:57:20 -0700
- -- Hi John, Agitene is made by Gray-Mills who also make "high-end," commercial-grade parts washers ($500-$6,000). It is described in the MSC catalog and also on Grainger's web site. It has very low v
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00006.html (9,546 bytes)
- 5. Re: Air Compressor HP? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu> (by way of George Zhookoff <zookstr@mindspring.com>)
- Date: Fri, 03 Jul 1998 21:13:08 -0400
- -- George and Listers, This horsepower rating business is getting a little absurd, if that is even possible :) I have a household vacuum cleaner that draws 8.4 amps at 115VAC (that really ought to pr
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00012.html (11,779 bytes)
- 6. Solvent Disposal/Reclamation (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 08:39:53 -0700
- As Nils said, most every community has a day when you can take motor oil, paints, pesticides, etc., in for disposal. They may have some limits on quanitities, though, say a maximum of 5 or 10 gallons
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00037.html (7,828 bytes)
- 7. Parts/Dish Washer Machine (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 09:32:09 -0700
- Using a dishwasher as a parts washer actually is a very interesting idea. I wasn't going to admit it here, but I guess it is safe as my wife does not see this newsgroup. I have been using our new Kit
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00038.html (10,221 bytes)
- 8. Re: Parts/Dish Washer Machine (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 12:59:55 -0700
- I certainly would not use any petroleum-based solvents in a dishwasher--although the tank in my KitchenAid is steel, many of them are plastic, and the racks and sprayers usually are plastic or plasti
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00041.html (8,524 bytes)
- 9. Re: Parts/Dish Washer Machine (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 15:47:27 -0700
- Yes, the flash point does sound low, but what it actually is telling us is that we could put a match directly into the solvent if the temperature of the solvent is less than 110 degrees, the match wo
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00045.html (10,952 bytes)
- 10. Re: Parts washer fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 18:53:06 -0700
- Hi Gerald, This sounds like the optimal strategy, actually, but yesterday I was told by the mechanic at the local motorcycle shop that, here in Los Angeles, anyway, they will no longer be able to dis
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00050.html (8,294 bytes)
- 11. Re: Two stage 'compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:14:10 -0700
- Hi Bob, You don't say what brand, the amperage draw or the CFM, but generally speaking, the two stage units use the larger frame, heavier current draw (more powerful) motors. A typical "6 HP" single
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00067.html (8,290 bytes)
- 12. more on air compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:33:03 -0700
- -- Sorry for the waste of bandwidth, but I forgot the "most important" advantage of a two-stage over a single stage, about twice as much air. A typical 5 HP single stage compressor will put out aroun
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00068.html (6,786 bytes)
- 13. Parts Washers and Agitene ---the next to last installment (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 17:15:18 -0700
- I finally setup and filled my parts washer (the space shuttle gets less lead time than this project has had). Anyway, I got a 30 gallon barrel-mount parts washer from Northern Hydraulic--I am very ha
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00074.html (9,486 bytes)
- 14. Re: Agitene (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 14:26:02 -0700
- Hi Ron, I don't have a copy of it, but I posted a long message a month ago or so about Agitene and the 105 degree flash point. In a nutshell, though, you should not have to worry about it. Agitene is
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00118.html (8,983 bytes)
- 15. Re: parts washers (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 19:40:44 -0700
- Dwade and Tool Heads, The NH 3.5 gallon unit has some advantages: small, inexpensive, requires only 3.5 gallons of solvent. It also has some disadvantages: small, inexpensive, contains only 3.5 gallo
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00163.html (9,406 bytes)
- 16. Graingers Vs. HD (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:50:28 -0700
- Question: what is the benefit of a Graingers (presumably heavy duty) shop fan over a lower cost Home Depot type of attic exhaust fan or whole house fan ? TIA -Roger Hi Roger and list, This question d
- /html/shop-talk/1998-07/msg00173.html (8,701 bytes)
- 17. Re: Air Compressor HP? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 13:08:29 -0400
- -- George and Listers, This horsepower rating business is getting a little absurd, if that is even possible :) I have a household vacuum cleaner that draws 8.4 amps at 115VAC (that really ought to pr
- /html/shop-talk/1998-06/msg00006.html (11,320 bytes)
- 18. Re: Air Compressor HP? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 17:55:00 -0400
- - BIG SNIP - John, I envy your access to three phase, for most of us that requires a single phase to 3 phase converter at some cost and varying efficiencies and output. But I agree, three phase is ho
- /html/shop-talk/1998-06/msg00009.html (8,519 bytes)
- 19. Re: Air Compressor HP? (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 20:07:49 -0400
- Hi Mike and Listers, Most residential areas are wired only for single phase, 3 wire 220VAC. If you have a run through your neighborhood that services a commercial/industrial area downstream, then you
- /html/shop-talk/1998-06/msg00013.html (9,717 bytes)
- 20. Re: drying air from a compressor (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <dshook@usc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 17:52:56 -0400
- -- Hi Chris, Yes, that was me--I just used four rows (I think) of 24" long, 3/4" copper tubing sweated into a bunch of "T" fittings on each end so that the tubes are all in parallel, and inserted in-
- /html/shop-talk/1998-06/msg00027.html (9,691 bytes)
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