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381. Re: [Shop-talk] Fw: [mg-tabc] More on ZDDP (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:34:51 -0600
Chris, I really don't know - I'm passing on info from another list, unedited and unchecked. The last set apparently came from the website linked at the beginning of the message. I fully agree with yo
/html/shop-talk/2009-11/msg00057.html (7,931 bytes)

382. Re: [Shop-talk] Garage door opener problem (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 18:49:19 -0600
If didn't work when it was cold, then worked again later when it was warmer, I really doubt that it's stripped gears. Electrical / electronic issue ? If it clicks but doesn't run, perhaps a sticky re
/html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00036.html (8,713 bytes)

383. Re: [Shop-talk] Options for carport floor? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:48:20 -0600
Fiberglass gratings are used as catwalks and as floor grids to keep feet off of wet floors in chemical plants, etc. Those gratings look as you describe, and are wonderful for stabilizing grass areas
/html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00056.html (8,825 bytes)

384. [Shop-talk] Is this really true ?? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:08:19 -0600
Today's Hemmings weekly newsletter had the following article on a new copper-coated aluminum battery cable material from Accel. The aluminum cable is said to conduct as much current as a similar gaug
/html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00057.html (9,034 bytes)

385. Re: [Shop-talk] Is this really true ?? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:46:11 -0600
Indeed, I've long heard of "skin effect" in antennas, but never heard of it in electrical power transmission. 12-gauge stranded wire is rated the same as 12-gauge solid, so it sounded like BS, but I
/html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00065.html (9,279 bytes)

386. Re: [Shop-talk] GPS Systems (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:23:54 -0600
Having had a hand-me-down Garmin 60C for a year and a half, I thought it was just my old model GPS causing the same problems others note with their far-newer Garmins. Why are they supposed to be the
/html/shop-talk/2009-12/msg00096.html (9,260 bytes)

387. Re: [Shop-talk] Running a building costs, 6k ft^2 block garage (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:08:27 -0600
Regular basic vented natural gas or propane heaters wall require no electricity. I have one in the garage, and though it's old, it brings in combustion air from outside so paint and gas fumes aren't
/html/shop-talk/2010-01/msg00057.html (9,346 bytes)

388. Re: [Shop-talk] Odd-shaped door? (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:10:17 -0600
If you're impressed by Tractor Supply, you'd love Farm & Fleet. 4 or 5 Ttractor Supply stores would fit into one Farm & Fleet. Lots more of everything. Karl __________________________________________
/html/shop-talk/2010-01/msg00126.html (8,265 bytes)

389. [Shop-talk] Ford's snow tractor - 1926 silent film (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:10:27 -0600
Some pretty neat engineering. I wonder if they ever sold any of these ? I want one for the Model T - imagine driving through town with this !! This is a really interesting 1926 silent film of a snow-
/html/shop-talk/2010-01/msg00127.html (7,195 bytes)

390. Re: [Shop-talk] Mythbusters sucks! [rant] (was: water heater (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:52:48 -0600
Because the bottom of water heater tanks is concave, and as they noted, it became convex, it seems reasonable that the change from concave to convex at high pressures introduces lots of stress parti
/html/shop-talk/2010-01/msg00253.html (7,731 bytes)

391. Re: [Shop-talk] How to remove corroded batteries from an Aluminum (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:50:45 -0600
I'd try to figure out the brand of batteries and take them up on their "No-Leak" guarantee. That said, I still have some leaked-in stuff collected around here that's never quite made it to the Post O
/html/shop-talk/2010-01/msg00371.html (8,131 bytes)

392. [Shop-talk] How bad is Sprint wireless service (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:53:33 -0600
How bad is Sprint currently ? We've had Verizon wireless for years - since they bought out Ameritech Cellular, which we had for years before that. 4 phones on a family plan, CHicago area, very limite
/html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00003.html (9,225 bytes)

393. Re: [Shop-talk] How to remove corroded batteries from an Aluminum (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:18:26 -0600
And the one AAA-cell "Solitaire" model - my favorite pocket flashlight until the tiny and powerful Photon Micro Light came out. Karl _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net
/html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00005.html (8,299 bytes)

394. Re: [Shop-talk] How bad is Sprint wireless service (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 13:58:20 -0600
I bet that makes you very able to comment on who has the best quality overall, and whether I have a legitimate concern. But can you say more, or are you discouraged from doing so by your employer ??
/html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00008.html (7,673 bytes)

395. Re: [Shop-talk] IR temperature meter (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:39:08 -0600
Monthly in Popular Mechanics and American Rifleman (NRA magazine) for two possibilities. Not always 20%, but often, and never less than 10%. Karl _______________________________________________ Suppo
/html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00014.html (7,546 bytes)

396. Re: [Shop-talk] Off topic, airplane stuff (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:25:44 -0600
The pilot in that video, John Cabigas (known as Cabi) flies for fun, too. He's active on the Piper Cub forum - that's right, off duty he flies a Cub, kind of a change from a U-2 !! Karl _____________
/html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00120.html (7,095 bytes)

397. [Shop-talk] Miter saw or compound miter saw (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 01:00:31 -0500
Hi everybody ! Been off this list for months - bad story, not relevant anyway. My middle daughter is about to close on a house 150 miles from here and I will be needing to install some floors, basebo
/html/shop-talk/2010-08/msg00001.html (8,305 bytes)

398. [Shop-talk] Portable compressors (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 01:04:56 -0500
For my daughter's house project, as well as trimming some of my house, I want to buy a portable compressor. Since I have lots of 2+ HP compressors, at home I could just buy more hose, but for the Ind
/html/shop-talk/2010-08/msg00002.html (6,797 bytes)

399. Re: [Shop-talk] Miter saw or compound miter saw (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:04:18 -0500
OK - here's a little more of my ignorance exposed. Aside from cross-cutting wider boards, which isn't my main need, is there any other advantage to a sliding compound miter saw saw vs a chop-style co
/html/shop-talk/2010-08/msg00028.html (9,175 bytes)

400. Re: [Shop-talk] Problem with refrigerator (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:07:45 -0500
I'd be willing to bet that the refrigerator's defrost drain hose is plugged up. They tend to grow bacterial slime which eventually plugs the line, so when the defrost cycle produces water, it can't d
/html/shop-talk/2010-08/msg00047.html (10,102 bytes)

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