- 61. Re: New car, new problems (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 08:38:27 -0700 (PDT)
- What's a re-breather? What happened to your lungs? I built a paint booth sort of like what you're talking about with a cheap $10 fan. I used plastic sheeting to enclose the 'booth' and then used the
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00112.html (10,015 bytes)
- 62. Re: calipers or mikes (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 11:42:47 -0700 (PDT)
- You're going to get a lot of replies like this, but basically calipers aren't accurate enough to measure those things. For bores, I use a bore gauge I got from Enco. You need a bore gauge to get accu
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00034.html (8,215 bytes)
- 63. Re: Cheap workbench advice wanted. (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:07:10 -0700 (PDT)
- If I were working on car engines or heavy bike engines I'd agree with you. As it is, the bike engines I work on are light enough that I can hoist them up to the workbench myself. I use the top of a l
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00109.html (10,850 bytes)
- 64. Re: Loc-Tite vs. Anti-Sieze (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 08:45:23 -0700 (PDT)
- You don't want the studs to come out, right? Then Loctite 'em. If you do ever want to remove them, you can break the Loctite by heating the stud. But since you don't need to remove the studs to take
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00142.html (8,681 bytes)
- 65. Re: Atlas lathes and Shopsmiths (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:50:03 -0800 (PST)
- Sears bought Orchard a year or two ago. That's why Orchard sucks now- no more wierd metric sockets or other interesting/useful tools and parts, just "mainstream hardware" items. -- Eric Murray Chief
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00123.html (8,061 bytes)
- 66. Re: Compression Ratios (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:18:41 -0800 (PST)
- However as carbon builds up, the compression ratio does change, because the combustion chamber holds less volume. -- Eric Murray Chief Security Scientist N*Able Technologies www.nabletech.com (email:
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00160.html (8,129 bytes)
- 67. Re: Workbench Constr & shop ventilation (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 11:15:29 -0800 (PST)
- This is probably a dumb question, but how does the slab stay stable with styrofoam under it? I've got an old barn which will be replaced with a shop when I get some more money. Its concrete foundatio
- /html/shop-talk/1998-02/msg00057.html (9,212 bytes)
- 68. Re: Bending steel tubing? (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 07:56:22 -0800 (PST)
- How well do those hydraulic tubing benders that you see in Harbor Freight and other stores work? Judging from the catalog pic, the radius wouldn't be as tight as Mike needs (unless maybe he can use a
- /html/shop-talk/1998-01/msg00116.html (8,092 bytes)
- 69. Re: Drill Press (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 14:14:59 -0800 (PST)
- [why not tapered chucks on drill presses?] I've heard of people mounting a drill bit in a vice on the table, and lowering the chuck with its jaws open onto it, drilling a hole through the chuck and i
- /html/shop-talk/1997-12/msg00097.html (8,783 bytes)
- 70. metal shop building cost (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:06:29 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi gang. The Home for Wayward Motorcycles is moving to new grounds in the Los Gatos mountains. The new place has an old barn which is gigantic but is also about to fall down- part of the foundations'
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00001.html (7,752 bytes)
- 71. PVC air piping (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 19:59:53 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi gang. The PVC air piping that's installed in the garage of the house I'm buying is in the walls, covered up by sheetrock. Does that make it safer? I'd think that the insulation between the sheetro
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00003.html (8,059 bytes)
- 72. Re: PVC air piping (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 12:49:02 -0700 (PDT)
- Me too, although I was going to smash them with a hammer. To get the full effect, you might want to have a long length of tubing (more air volume). -- Eric Murray Chief Security Scientist N*Able Tech
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00024.html (8,669 bytes)
- 73. Re: new toy (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 17:20:03 -0700 (PDT)
- When I was in the Forest Service and using chainsaws a lot, we used a mix of el-cheapo motor oil and kerosene for chain oil. Now I use the same left-over two-stroke oil that I use to lube my motorcyc
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00052.html (7,794 bytes)
- 74. Re: new toy (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 12:16:42 -0700 (PDT)
- Sorry to hear that. Steel-toe boot are a must when running a saw, as are saw chaps and eye protection. Nothing like getting chips in your eyes just as you've made the final cut on a tree and you need
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00057.html (7,474 bytes)
- 75. Re: [Non-MG] Dremel tool (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 10:59:06 -0700 (PDT)
- I have two Dremels- a cordless and a fixed-speed flex-shaft one. The cordless doesn't turn all that fast for a Dremel so it doesn't work as fast. Sometimes thats good, sometimes not. The battery last
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00105.html (9,416 bytes)
- 76. Re: spraybooth (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:03:34 -0800 (PST)
- One way to make that safer is to have the fan blow into the booth rather than sucking out of the booth. You need to carefully duct the air however to prevent stirring up paint dust. -- Eric Murray Ch
- /html/shop-talk/1997-10/msg00160.html (7,015 bytes)
- 77. Re: Air compressors and Migs (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:43:20 -0700 (PDT)
- [..] Regular MIG is easier to handle than flux-cored... no splattering or smoke to get in your way. It also keeps the work cooler because of the gas flow. -- Eric Murray Chief Security Scientist N*Ab
- /html/shop-talk/1997-09/msg00048.html (8,189 bytes)
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