- 21. RE: New guy on the list... (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 10:27:19 -0800
- Since you are talking about where to put the compressor of choice, I have a question. Would it be OK or really stupid to put a stand-up compressor in the same closet as a gas fired water heater? I ke
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00005.html (6,593 bytes)
- 22. RE: Compressor air-lines and tank draining.... Was:New guy on the (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 10:32:34 -0800
- I remember one lister suggesting using a coil of copper as an air cooler out of the compressor. What is the problem with copper anyway? Does the air heat un-sweat the joints, or can't copper handle t
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00006.html (6,825 bytes)
- 23. RE: Painting floors (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:35:25 -0800
- Sam, that's some shop! I have worked by hand on less than 1000 sqft, so I can authoritatively say you will need machines to do this floor. I'd go to a local janitorial supply store and get their advi
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00019.html (8,921 bytes)
- 24. RE: Painting floors (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:55:32 -0800
- I had good etching results with the help of a 3"x6" wire brush head on my push broom handle. But I like the plastic sprinkler idea. Ken Landaiche 2. I too, could never get a good muratic acid etch b
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00022.html (8,359 bytes)
- 25. RE: Heating Garage (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:25:26 -0800
- If I remember the numbers from an energy efficiency class, heat loss through the ceiling accounts for over 50% of the total loss, 11% through the floor, and the rest through the walls. So you might i
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00087.html (9,091 bytes)
- 26. RE: Heating Garage (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:36:35 -0800
- I friend of mine did this to the shop he carved out of an old, dark shed. It was kind of funny how proper and finished the old hulk looked just with white paint over every inside surface. Ken Landaic
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00089.html (9,082 bytes)
- 27. RE: Heating Garage (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:38:56 -0800
- The ceiling, probably. Over 50% of the heat is supposed to escape through the roof. But your two stories of walls are a lot of area. Unless you don't use the second floor in the winter, I'd still sta
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00090.html (9,336 bytes)
- 28. RE: roto saw (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 10:43:39 -0800
- Doug, What brand did you get? Ken I just got one for Christmas this year and have used it to install a direct vent wall furnace. It works pretty much like a router (30K rpm), but you can cut any line
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00095.html (7,051 bytes)
- 29. RE: Bending Plywood (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:56:42 -0800
- When I was a kid, I helped my dad build some Altec Lansing speaker cabinets that included a curved plywood horn. We ended up using thinner plywood, bending either two or three sheets in succession to
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00129.html (7,574 bytes)
- 30. Workbench plans (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:10:38 -0800
- It seems to be time for the annual workbench discussion, so I'll start it off. I know from previous threads that bench heights ought to be about elbow level for general work, with some sections at lo
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00130.html (8,344 bytes)
- 31. RE: Workbench plans (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 11:46:23 -0800
- Are you suggesting putting the tool cabinets under the workbench? I hadn't thought of that, leaning as I was toward taking up a little of the bench top area and having the tools at easy height. What
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00133.html (8,581 bytes)
- 32. RE: Re[2]: Workbench plans (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:10:58 -0800
- While I like the wealth represented by the ultimate garage's site, the benches look uncomfortable without toe holes under the last drawer. Are these designs actually usable? Does anyone here have suc
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00135.html (9,048 bytes)
- 33. Screwdriving (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:40:05 -0800
- Last week I tried to drive some four inch deck screws into studs to hold some 2.5" furring strips. even with pilot holes, I kept getting near the end when the bit would slip out of the philips slot a
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00147.html (7,446 bytes)
- 34. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 14:01:00 -0800
- Yes, my dad taught me that one for driving screws by hand. I didn't think of using it for a power driver. It seems to me (scratching his head) that contractors, who use a lot of screws, wouldn't have
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00153.html (7,920 bytes)
- 35. RE: Screwdriving (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 17:24:20 -0800
- I know what you mean about old fasteners. A few weeks ago I took apart some of my old Wedgewood stove to replace a cast iron foot. It used slotted screws (remember those?) and square nuts located in
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00161.html (7,573 bytes)
- 36. RE: Workbench plans (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:14:16 -0800
- I have seen two different materials, probably the products of two different manufacturers. They have no structural strength and would sag unless closely braced. On the other hand, they don't splinter
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00167.html (8,246 bytes)
- 37. RE: Workbench plans (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:01:16 -0800
- All right, it has _some_ structural strength! But a deck with joists on 16 inch centers would show sagging pretty soon. Using them as the face boards in a fence would be perfect since they would hang
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00177.html (8,633 bytes)
- 38. RE: Soldering copper pipes? (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:15:32 -0800
- A friend soldered up my garage's plumbing over the Christmas holiday, so I have some over the shoulder knowledge to share. You didn't mention the drain for the sink. Since that has to work by gravity
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00178.html (9,896 bytes)
- 39. RE: Salvation, now concrete anchors (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:27:47 -0800
- Thanks for the update. Well after you last broached the subject, I realized that I might want to add some interior walls to my garage. I'll look for the Remington. Ken So I finally go to it. I got t
- /html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00259.html (7,390 bytes)
- 40. RE: Drill size for 1/8" NPT tap? (score: 1)
- Author: Ken Landaiche <ken.landaiche@dlcc.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:02:31 -0800
- What do you mean by "respect the taper"? I have tapped straight holes, so I have the basic idea. But I never did a tapered hole. Ken Landaiche Chris, My L. S. Starrett Co chart shows the following ta
- /html/shop-talk/1998-12/msg00064.html (7,316 bytes)
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