- 1. Re: Sill replacement with Oxy-Acet, techniques? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 16:32:26 -0400 (EDT)
- I recommend buying from a local welding supply house over a catalog, unless there is a big difference in price. I have a Lincoln SP100, which I've had for about 8 years -- it works very well. I think
- /html/shop-talk/1997-07/msg00049.html (8,301 bytes)
- 2. Re: painting questions (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:15:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Probably not too thin; it is unusual to cover completely in one coat. But no primer??? He could have rubbed out the roughness you describe later, if it was not too bad. Of using a top coat of hardene
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00052.html (10,684 bytes)
- 3. Re: How to convince my wife I need another car? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 13:24:55 -0400 (EDT)
- My lady friend is very much opposed to motorcycles. So when I see one for sale by the road, I always stop, look it over carefully, note the address and phone of the owner, etc. When I get back in the
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00003.html (9,587 bytes)
- 4. Re: garage Floors (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:18:17 -0500 (EST)
- I'd go with a concrete floor with a vapor barrior under it. I can't see many advantages for a wood floor in a garage (comfort and warmth, possibly), and i can think of several disadvantages. Ray Gibb
- /html/shop-talk/1997-04/msg00004.html (7,719 bytes)
- 5. Re: Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 09:51:01 -0500 (EST)
- He is correct about the efficiency, but the problem is that the 6 HP rating on most 6 HP compressors is wildly optimistic. It is probably a 3 HP compressor at best. The 2 stage will deliver a lot mor
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00014.html (9,964 bytes)
- 6. Re: Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 10:35:44 -0500 (EST)
- If it makes you feel any better, I sandblasted a high percentage of the surface of my bugeye with a good pressure sandblaster powered by a Sears 2 HP compressor. Now those are old horsepower, created
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00025.html (9,124 bytes)
- 7. Re: Shop Vac choices (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:56:06 -0500 (EST)
- I am on my third as an individual, and used two others at work. At work we have an expensive Makita, I believe it is, which is an average performer. It annoys me by using a non-standard hose and wand
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00032.html (8,830 bytes)
- 8. Re: Magnaflux (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 13:27:15 -0500 (EST)
- This thread reminds me of an old movie, No Highway in the Sky, starring James Stewart as a "boffin" who calculates that the tail assembly will fall off a new airplane at x hours. This is just an inte
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00052.html (8,700 bytes)
- 9. Re: question from left field (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:59:56 -0500 (EST)
- You should subscribe to rec.woodworking, and ask the question there. You will also find specialized hardware companies among the advertisers in the magazine "Fine Woodworking." Ray Gibbons Dept. of M
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00081.html (7,259 bytes)
- 10. Re: metal brake line replacement (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:13:57 -0500 (EST)
- Since I did not do my own brake lines, I might be mistaken. But it was my impression that my 37 year old bugeye had bubble flares. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Verm
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00104.html (7,838 bytes)
- 11. Re: Cutting Torch Settings? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:51:01 -0500 (EST)
- I haven't done it for a while, but as I recall, the procedure is something like this. Open the tank acetylene control a couple of turns. Open the tank oxygen valve fully (there may be a second seal o
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00111.html (8,999 bytes)
- 12. Re: Amputation Saw (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:56:00 -0500 (EST)
- There is a battery powered Dremel tool that takes a miniature circular saw. I imagine the main drawback would be that the tool would need to be parallel to the limb, which would practically force one
- /html/shop-talk/1997-02/msg00006.html (8,594 bytes)
- 13. Re: retractable cord (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 10:25:06 -0500 (EST)
- I have one. I think I got it from Griot's Garage mail order. It works fine, and while I don't remember what it cost, it sure wasn't that much. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics U
- /html/shop-talk/1997-01/msg00006.html (8,020 bytes)
- 14. Re: Grinders vs Buffers (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 11:04:38 -0500 (EST)
- You can. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
- /html/shop-talk/1997-01/msg00027.html (7,841 bytes)
- 15. Re: welding and grinding sheetmetal (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 13:01:06 -0500 (EST)
- David and others, It's also a good idea to wear an apron. When one of the wires breaks at 12K rpm, it is like shooting a needle at you. I wear a full face protector, not just safety glasses. After th
- /html/shop-talk/1997-01/msg00103.html (9,151 bytes)
- 16. Re: Air Compressors and Lurking! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:48:03 -0500 (EST)
- This was very informative. I saw an ad last week for a 6 hp Devilbis at an incredible price, $380. I feel deprived with my older Sears 2 HP, so I wrote down the specs on my Sears and then went to loo
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00031.html (9,164 bytes)
- 17. RE: Air Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 09:58:40 -0500 (EST)
- I've been thinking about this, since I have one good 2 HP already. I don't see why you could not simply create (out of iron or copper pipe) a manifold that has an inlet from each compressor and an ou
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00033.html (8,045 bytes)
- 18. RE: Ray's Air Compressor thread (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 17:26:36 -0500 (EST)
- I think that's it. If you want 20 cfm and you have restrictions causing high resistance to flow, you either have to increase the pressure enough to force 20 cfm through to the tool you are using, or
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00040.html (8,155 bytes)
- 19. RE: Ray's Air Compressor thread (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 00:15:08 -0500 (EST)
- I have to disagree. The aggregate resistance between the compressor and the tool is what limits the flow, just as the total resistance in an electrical circuit limits the current. If you have one sma
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00044.html (8,133 bytes)
- 20. Re: Flanger thread/13 (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:01:58 -0500 (EST)
- For a long time, I have wanted to ask a well-known professional restorer something, and this is my chance. I have read about cars that needed major surgery being restored "without the use of lead or
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00055.html (7,989 bytes)
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