- 61. Re: [Shop-talk] QUALITY TOOLS (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:23:39 -0500
- *Regretfully, I have some cheap and sorry tools intermixed with my shop *Some were bought for one-time or rare and non-critical use, most fail to satisfy.* *The ONE cheap item I have that I feel was
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00027.html (7,275 bytes)
- 62. Re: [Shop-talk] Hydraulic fluid question (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:24:22 -0500
- *Why that's one hundredth of a Stokes, o' course! A measure of viscosity, water has a stokes rating of about 1.000; that's why I always drink beer.* *Tony* ___________________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00112.html (8,210 bytes)
- 63. Re: [Shop-talk] Hydraulic fluid question (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:19:17 -0500
- (cSt) Saybolt Second Universal (SSU, SUS) Typical liquid 1 31 Water (20oC) 4.3 40 Milk SAE 20 Crankcase Oil SAE 75 Gear Oil 15.7 80 No. 4 fuel oil 20.6 100 Cream 43.2 200 Vegetable oil 110 500 SAE 3
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00122.html (8,143 bytes)
- 64. Re: [Shop-talk] Another Hydraulic fluid question (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:30:20 -0500
- *I'm an old ex-tractor dealer and we sold several lines and serviced nearly all makes of tractors and equipment. It was maddening and expensive to have to stock several types of hydraulic fluid and l
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00138.html (8,131 bytes)
- 65. [Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:08:15 -0500
- *Okay, open your minds . . . the guy on the next bar stool opines that on his straight six '95 Jeep Cherokee work car, he is considering removing the rocker arms and pushrods on every other cylinder
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00166.html (7,701 bytes)
- 66. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 to 3 fuel saving (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:25:46 -0500
- *I followed Steven's link and read about all four of the systems in use to reduce the effective displacement of engines for economy. The electronic/hydraulic complexity of the systems combined with t
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00179.html (8,736 bytes)
- 67. Re: [Shop-talk] Nova - PBS show (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:58:20 -0500
- *If I lived in Oklahoma, I'd be checking this out:* *http://www.cngvehiclesforsale.com/* *If it's to be believed, one can buy a used CNG vehicle and run it on $.91 a gallon fuel and there are lots of
- /html/shop-talk/2008-07/msg00202.html (10,959 bytes)
- 68. Re: [Shop-talk] dust in engine? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 14:54:57 -0500
- What do you think? any at all . . I'd just leave the plugs out, give each cylinder a squirt of your favorite WD 40-type stuff and give it a good whirl which will blow out any remaining crud while you
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00003.html (7,748 bytes)
- 69. [Shop-talk] HB drill press (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:03:27 -0500
- *Someone tactfully pointed out to me how to get accurate work from a Chinese (or any) drill press:* ** *measure the center web of the bit you'll use for the final hole.* *Center-punch the location an
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00198.html (6,623 bytes)
- 70. Re: [Shop-talk] church keys (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:50:30 -0500
- *Maybe they're still around . . my daughter sent me one a year ago that plays "The Virginia Tech Fight Song" every time you pop one . . surely the batteries will go down eventually . . sigh. Tony* __
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00209.html (8,502 bytes)
- 71. Re: [Shop-talk] Quality Ratchets (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:56:11 -0500
- *I have a couple of those li'l 3/8 drive Snapon rachets built in a 1/4 drive *Model FM 70 . . handiest thing in the box but they get misused and both have been broken for 15 years. The Snapon site do
- /html/shop-talk/2008-08/msg00250.html (8,018 bytes)
- 72. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:52:04 -0500
- *There are tens of thousands of ag and industrial equipment units in service that were originally 6 volt and have had one-wire 12 volt alternators, 12 volt batteries, and 12 volt coils installed. The
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00023.html (7,502 bytes)
- 73. Re: [Shop-talk] 6 volts (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:21:04 -0500
- *The 8 volt thing worked pretty good on tractors and industrial units but had it's drawbacks in an auto application. My college "ride" was a 52 Chevy with a very hotted up 302 CI GMC motor. The 8 vol
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00041.html (11,216 bytes)
- 74. Re: [Shop-talk] recessed triangular screw heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:42:34 -0500
- *Don't ya hate it when a manufactured does stuff like weird fastners . . ya gotta think it's an attempt to trhwart repairs so one will go buy a new one . . . or something.* ** *My favorite was a Krup
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00104.html (7,915 bytes)
- 75. Re: [Shop-talk] Levels (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:36:49 -0500
- *I buil a water level 50 feet long of garden hose with clear plastic hose spliced on both ends . . found out why my stupid gutters didn't work!* _______________________________________________ Suppor
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00124.html (11,373 bytes)
- 76. Re: [Shop-talk] lawnmower blades (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:57 -0500
- *I and several of my buddies have excellent luck with the little 4 inch disc grinders as blade sharpeners . . If you have lots of heavy grinding to do, a good one from Makita or DeWalt is a smart pur
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00168.html (7,993 bytes)
- 77. Re: [Shop-talk] Levels (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:16:31 -0500
- *I'm like Wayne: I'm an old business major and I paid attention in economics classes but I don't understand wot's going on . . A tool dealer told me, 10 year ago, that the universal 40 piece 3/8" dri
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00185.html (8,502 bytes)
- 78. Re: [Shop-talk] Chemical rust remover? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:21:52 -0500
- *I bought at our local Home Depot:* *a Klean Strip product:* *"Phosphoric Prep & Etch" which is sold for rust removal and concrete etching. $13.00 a gallon.* *If I remove the surface rust mechanicall
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00216.html (8,707 bytes)
- 79. Re: [Shop-talk] Levels (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:47:47 -0500
- *Before this thread dies, I've gotta mention our use of liquid tube levels. We race in vintage racing events, a Lotus 51 formula Ford and if one wishes to do well, the corner weights and alignment ar
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00240.html (8,328 bytes)
- 80. Re: [Shop-talk] Dead Dremel -- suggestions? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:47:18 -0500
- *Time to chime in: I trashed my quality air-powered die-grinder in the middle of a project and ran out for a $15 Chinese one just to finish . . It ran powerfully and so much faster than my "good" one
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00306.html (7,664 bytes)
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