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181. Re: [Shop-talk] weedwacker tech (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:33:50 -0500
Yes - you should be able to blow through it. It's usually a porous sintered metal piece. Karl _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/lis
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00255.html (8,173 bytes)

182. Re: [Shop-talk] Eastwood Rust Dissolver (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:40:33 -0500
They're doing daily specials just this week - today is a throatless shear for $169.99, regularly $199.99 China must be overstocked ;-) Karl _______________________________________________ Shop-talk m
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00256.html (7,097 bytes)

183. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil drain pan (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:33:27 -0500
I have a Blitz drain pan - the drain pan is one side of the flat, round jug. You lay it down pan side up, remove the plug and the relief port, and drain your oil. After draining your oil, wipe up the
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00265.html (8,660 bytes)

184. Re: [Shop-talk] A life changing experiance (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:06:02 -0500
Tractor Supply is OK, but if you think it's Mecca now, you'd better take a tranquilizer before you go to Farm & Fleet. And for my personal all-time grand prize for specialty stuff there's Stedman's i
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00292.html (8,544 bytes)

185. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil drain pan (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:30:34 -0500
That's the one I have too. Very satisfactory. The conical plug in the pan is unique, but Blitz sent me several extras when my original one cracked. The yellow vent plug is captive and can't be lost.
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00343.html (9,701 bytes)

186. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil drain pan (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:34:21 -0500
It didn't come up the first few searches I did either - Blitz drain pans did http://www.blitzusa.com/ Karl _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00350.html (8,588 bytes)

187. Re: [Shop-talk] WOW, (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:40:19 -0500
Thank you - I thought I was the only old coot who still called sabre saws sabre saws and jig saws jig saws. For more confusion, when they were still sabre saws, Sears sold a model with a knob on top
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00361.html (8,021 bytes)

188. Re: [Shop-talk] WOW, (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:45:41 -0500
My semi-old (early 1970's) sabre saw (from Black & Decker's first days of cheapness - they made only pro-type stuff before that) has a bearing just above the shoe to guide the blade, thus giving it a
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00376.html (10,163 bytes)

189. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical Panel Question (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:35:23 -0500
We had one in our old house, probably installed in about 1970 as a rewiring job (by an electrician who had every outlet except one in the whole house polarized backwards....). I replaced 4 or 5 of th
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00399.html (8,765 bytes)

190. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical Panel Question (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:05:47 -0500
Ummmm, OK, but remember I can't guarantee that the screws are captive in the breakers in your panel, just that all the ones I used years ago were. Nor that the breaker won't fall apart in your hand.
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00401.html (9,005 bytes)

191. [Shop-talk] Stud and pipe sensors (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:33:14 -0600
I need a good stud and pipe sensor. The current need is for locating electrical conduit. My 1871 house was moved and rebuilt in 1951, with rock lath (looks like small sheets of 3/8" drywall) and plas
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00038.html (7,104 bytes)

192. Re: [Shop-talk] Question on Dryway sanding / cleanup (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:32:27 -0600
Anything that will stiffen the fuzz enough will then allow you to quickly sand the walls down with a pole sander and drywall screen. I use BIN 1-2-3 as a primer on everything around here (well, not c
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00090.html (8,454 bytes)

193. [Shop-talk] Fluorescent ballasts in the cold (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:55:50 -0600
Electronic fluorescent ballasts are able to start the tube down to zero degrees F, whereas many plain old transformer ballasts recommend temps above 60 and practically don't seem to start well below
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00145.html (7,993 bytes)

194. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set- missing sizes? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:54:20 -0600
Weird old stuff - sometimes certain plumbing fittings, sometimes square nuts, sometimes it's a surprise. I've got a few 19/32 and 25/32 wrenches and I use one I use every year or two. There are a few
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00197.html (8,901 bytes)

195. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set- missing sizes? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:03:15 -0600
Front bumper (maybe rear too?) brackets on a '93 Suburban. Thanks to anti-lock brakes, my wife has given me 3 opportunities to change front bumpers on the poor old GMC. Before the Suburban and its lo
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00198.html (8,672 bytes)

196. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set and Suburban issues (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:57:53 -0600
Jill has, I repeat, had only one other accident in her nearly 40 years of driving, that when she was 16. And one of the ABS accidents was a t-bone of a Windstar going 40 on the cross street in a crow
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00202.html (10,195 bytes)

197. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set and Suburban issues (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:24:01 -0600
She grew up driving pickups and tractors in the South, so she can handle the Suburban, and she's driven most of the 160,000 miles since we bought it used 10 years ago. And she's got both a Midget and
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00209.html (9,298 bytes)

198. Re: [Shop-talk] harris welding torches and blue point jack? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:10:01 -0600
Harris IS a big name in gas welding equipment - an old firm. Most welding supply shops will have parts. That said, it's a much better deal if the regulators are two-stage. If it looks like there's an
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00222.html (10,654 bytes)

199. Re: [Shop-talk] harris welding torches and blue point jack? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 07:27:45 -0600
You mostly see that size in welding shops and on construction sites, where they use a seriious amount of gas. I gave away a set recently (they were given to me by someone who got them the same way) b
/html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00001.html (8,410 bytes)

200. Re: [Shop-talk] harris welding torches and blue point jack? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:41:17 -0600
That's why you usually buy the tank from the dealer in the first place - you get a rusty old beater tank in the first place and never have any higher expectations ;-) Did you actually buy NEW regular
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00233.html (9,720 bytes)

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