- 41. RE: need a list (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:47:46 -0700
- Little British Car. What is a LBC? It appears to NOT be a "Large Block Chevy". (SBC=small block Chevy). Mark V.S. in Austin, TX /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or
- /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00064.html (7,501 bytes)
- 42. RE: need a list (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:46:25 -0700
- 1. There is always at least one other person who didn't know but didn't ask. 2. Almost; this list has owners who are overwhelmed by their LBCs. Ken :)) Based on the number of responses I got to this
- /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00067.html (8,076 bytes)
- 43. RE: paintball guns (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:29:06 -0700
- My friends here in northern California who have deer problems end up fencing the areas they want to protect. In the summer dryness the deer get hungry enough to eat anything. Only a physical or compe
- /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00136.html (9,121 bytes)
- 44. RE: Grainger (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:16:01 -0700
- Grainger's is a chain of materials supply warehouses. Finding their web site, I have a second beef with them: http://www.grainger.com. These clowns _require_ that I allow all forms of cookies or I ca
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00018.html (7,980 bytes)
- 45. RE: Cut-off saw as a mitre saw? (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 10:06:04 -0700
- I have used abrasive wheels on my circular saws and know they are sold for that application. So they can at least run at the wood blade speeds. Ken PS, Lousy thing to do to a saw that isn't made for
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00030.html (7,693 bytes)
- 46. Mystery fastener (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 09:19:52 -0700
- I'm attempting to restore a pair of speakers and trying to find a mystery screw. It appears to be a 1/5" #12 wood screw with a double thread (that's the mystery part). Threads start near the head at
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00041.html (7,285 bytes)
- 47. RE: Mystery fastener (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 14:36:44 -0700
- Thanks for the lead... The URL's description does agree, except that my fastener has a pretty fine pitch. I wonder if McMaster has these beasts, too. [later] No, McMaster doesn't have them, nor MCS.
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00044.html (8,129 bytes)
- 48. RE: Mystery fastener (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 15:28:00 -0700
- The odd thing about the screws I'm trying to replace is that the pitch of each thread is the same as for a normal wood screw, making the double pitch pretty fine. But you're right, I am going to try
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00046.html (7,565 bytes)
- 49. RE: CBs and Lawn Mowers.. & high income N VA (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 14:17:23 -0700
- I built lots of Heathkits in my youth. But as miniaturization and automatic parts placement took over electronics manufacturing, it became more expensive to kit a Heathkit than it cost to just build
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00079.html (8,299 bytes)
- 50. RE: window glazing (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:47:36 -0700
- Wiping the wood with linseed oil was the mistake. Try this: clean it all out. Prime the wood with a really good primer like Zinsser 123 http://www.zinsser.com/. Glaze (I always used the canned variet
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00130.html (7,790 bytes)
- 51. RE: next question - cable access vrs DSL (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 09:34:19 -0700
- CLAIMER - I design DSL equipment, have for six years. The guy at the two-guy computer store is wrong about the sharing. DSL lines go from central office to each home so each user is independent. Cabl
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00144.html (11,311 bytes)
- 52. RE: next question - cable access vs. DSL (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 14:21:31 -0700
- I think that some more recent satellite systems actually communicate both ways. That phone line uplink always seemed silly to me, like racing slicks on the back and chariot wheels up front. Ken --Ori
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00152.html (7,106 bytes)
- 53. RE: next question - cable access vrs DSL (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:51:42 -0700
- That price difference is also why the phone companies have been slow-rolling DSL for six years. DSL at $60/mo would kill their cash cow T1s at $1500/mo. DSL has forced that price down to the mid hund
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00161.html (8,988 bytes)
- 54. RE: next question - cable access vs. DSL (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 14:12:40 -0700
- I wasn't clear enough. T1 (1.544 Mbps) Was $1500/month six years ago when DSL was first coming out. DSL can run at speeds from 128 Kbps to 8 Mbps depending on your distance from the central office an
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00164.html (8,388 bytes)
- 55. RE: summer is coming - need shop hvac help! (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:43:22 -0800
- How do you plan to do the insulation next winter? How do the plywood seams affect how well the insulation works? Are they wide enough to poke a finger through? If not, the insulation will still have
- /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00017.html (11,163 bytes)
- 56. RE: no more list? (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:00:27 -0700
- Everyone has a compressor, has painted his garage floor, poured a slab, and built a trailer. So what is there to talk shop about? Just a theory, mind you. Ken (TIC) Landaiche Whatever happened to us?
- /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00049.html (7,794 bytes)
- 57. RE: plumbing question (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:58:17 -0700
- Speaking of sewers and French drains, I once had a house with a septic system that had room for only half of the code-required leach lines. (It was grandfathered in.) The septic inspector, off the re
- /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00075.html (8,857 bytes)
- 58. RE: was plumbing question... now hole in a hole (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:34:57 -0700
- I used a 40-50 gallon can. But I hear that you can actually get cans-with-holes from Home Depot. Free enterprise is amazing. No gravel goes into the can. It acts as a large reservoir to absorb a sudd
- /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00080.html (7,162 bytes)
- 59. Grainger (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:50:18 -0700
- So tell me, how strict is Grainger about their policy of only working with businesses? My experience with the local outfit is that they are a little obnoxious about drop in business from private part
- /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00269.html (7,359 bytes)
- 60. Cleaning flagstone (score: 1)
- Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:10:26 -0800
- I have some freshly placed flagstone with a bit of mortar on the surface. Can I use muriatic acid and some form of brush for that? I have heard of using it to clean bricks. But when I etched my garag
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00088.html (6,945 bytes)
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