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141. Re: refrigerator compressor (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:10:10 -0500
I can pull a vacuum equal to whatever the ambient pressure is, according to my gauge set. Never had a moisture problem. Heck, some people use vane pumps or even those venturi gadgets - now THOSE can'
/html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00074.html (7,991 bytes)

142. Re: refrigerator compressor (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:22:02 -0500
boil, then it may left. OK, Randall - but another thing to remember about all this is that the absolute volume of water in an HVAC system should be miniscule - enough that the receiver/drier should
/html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00080.html (8,908 bytes)

143. Re: Ladder saftey and Ladder racks for trucks (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:11:01 -0500
I'm far from an expert, but here are a couple of tips from a long-time ladder user: Fiberglass, not metal (probably a requirement from the cable or electric company anyway). Metal ladders are waaaay
/html/shop-talk/2006-08/msg00085.html (8,129 bytes)

144. Re: Infrared bathroom heater (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:50:27 -0500
Sure you can, Even Horrible Freight has them. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45603 for instance. Karl "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net> wrote ... more.
/html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00063.html (7,803 bytes)

145. Re: Electrical Question (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:36:17 -0500
True - and besides, it's not legal to feed another circuit through the push-in connectors.
/html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00102.html (7,494 bytes)

146. Re: Hot water for garage bathroom (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:13:05 -0600
Watts sells an instant hot water system too. Theirs has a little pressure-boost pump that installs at the water heater, raising the hot water pressure slightly. At any (or every) faucet you can insta
/html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00039.html (8,446 bytes)

147. Re: Garage door eye alignment (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:27:33 -0600
Not sure where you got the German origin. Chamberlain has been in the Chicago area since at least the mid 1950's, when they were Perma-Power. I _think_ the owner Duchossois is the same guy that owns
/html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00001.html (7,311 bytes)

148. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:35:10 -0600
OK - I'm obviously cultuurally deprived. What's OSH - to me that's Wittman Field in Oshkosh, Wisconsin ;-) And I know what a great tool a BFH is - but what's BFE ?? Karl
/html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00123.html (8,569 bytes)

149. Re: air grease gun tube (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:16:17 -0600
On the grease gun thread... I've got perennial problems with poor grease gun connectors, and usually struggle to get the nozzle onto the zerk, particularly when using the hose extension. Buying name
/html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00183.html (8,507 bytes)

150. Re: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:56:53 -0600
You may want to rethink the male plug aspect. When the circuit is normally powered, the prongs of that male plug will be hot. How about adding a receptacle to serve the pump and then when the power g
/html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00191.html (8,885 bytes)

151. Re: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:27:29 -0600
Pat - Think about it again. He proposed adding a pigtail with a plug from the pump to allow it to be plugged into a generator. That pigtail would be connected to the pump and when the pump is regula
/html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00204.html (9,434 bytes)

152. Re: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:58:30 -0600
You're right. I need to get back to finishing my last few 2006 jobs and not half-reading e-mails. I suggested that he do just what he was going to do in the first place. Senior moment -- SORRY to all
/html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00207.html (9,391 bytes)

153. Re: Air line piping: Part Deux...er...Trois (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 14:42:13 -0600
Read "Civilization One" by Christopher Knight and Allan Butler and then let's talk about the foolishness of the US and Imperial measurement systems. And Jefferson's involvement. And the relationship
/html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00038.html (8,992 bytes)

154. Re: Air line piping: Part Deux...er...Trois (score: 1)
Author: Karl Vacek <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 15:52:34 -0800 (PST)
I agree completely, Randall. My point was just that the bullpoop that we've all been taught about the origins and relationships of both systems is just plain wrong. The feet-yards-gallons-pounds syst
/html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00045.html (10,108 bytes)

155. Re: An off-topic question.... (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:08:27 -0600
If the Internet broadcaster a major radio station, etc., they probably have this well covered, but if the problem is with the Internet broadcaster and he's a small-time operator, he might have the bi
/html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00223.html (8,530 bytes)

156. Re: Oilstone query (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:51:00 -0600
I still do, although my childhood isn't nearly over even if it is well into its second half century !! Karl
/html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00248.html (6,522 bytes)

157. Re: Any using Nitrogen? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:56:50 -0600
Consider the actual number of oxygen atoms inside the tire. The oxygen in the tire amounts to only about 21% of the total air in the tire -- nitrogen as it's already been pointed out is already about
/html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00075.html (8,581 bytes)

158. Re: how to remove rust from inside old gas tank (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 21:23:45 -0500
If you just clean the tank and do nothing to coat the inside, at least use metal prep (phosphoric acid) to convert the cleaned surface and any remaining rust to iron phosphate. Otherwise, the first m
/html/shop-talk/2007-05/msg00018.html (8,083 bytes)

159. Re: Being Bad can be pretty good. (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:22:43 -0500
Let us know how it works in a couple of weeks when the foam has really cured. It's resilient for a while till it really hardens - and if it stayed that way long-term you might be happy as long as the
/html/shop-talk/2007-05/msg00020.html (7,422 bytes)

160. Re: [Shop-talk] [Bulk] abrasive blasting with a pressure washer (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:36:26 -0500
BTDT long ago with a set-up completely designed for this particular application. As everyone else says, it's MESSY, but of course not as dusty as dry blasting. An alternative (my favorite for this ap
/html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00001.html (8,233 bytes)

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