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301. Re: Laycock de Normanville Overdrive (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:51:44 -0600
I just talked to J. K. Jackson in Florida who was reccommended as the Laycock de Normanville overdrive guru. He has ID-ed the unit I have as an "A" type big-piston unit for a Jaguar sedan, likely a M
/html/shop-talk/1999-02/msg00003.html (8,028 bytes)

302. Re: rounded off nut removal (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 00:11:34 -0600
Too tight a place for a socket? Usually, I can find a six point socket, worn out, metric etc. that will remove a rounded nut. If there's no socket room and it was rounded off with a 12 point box-end
/html/shop-talk/1999-02/msg00021.html (8,958 bytes)

303. Re: rounded off nut removal (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 13:36:31 -0600
Ummmmmmm, no . . .more like "Brute Force" . . . "NO STUPID 5 CENT NUT IS GONNA GIVE ME A HARD TIME! Tony
/html/shop-talk/1999-02/msg00028.html (8,536 bytes)

304. Re: rounded off nut removal (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:20:04 -0600
Yeah, but as I said with torch in hand, NOT FOR LONG!! Also amazingly, I find that I have infinite patience when I'm twiddling with something I love like my Lotus 51 formula Ford or my Lotus 23B spor
/html/shop-talk/1999-02/msg00030.html (8,668 bytes)

305. Re: Tools and rounded nuts... (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:25:19 -0600
Agreed, my best example is a HF 3/4" drive socket set that cost 39 bucks. I may use it 4 times a year, it's way to big for me to ever break, and you can't even buy one SOCKET from Snap-On for that mo
/html/shop-talk/1999-02/msg00044.html (7,246 bytes)

306. Re: removing rust from an engine (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:54:32 -0600
I think we've had this thread before but there's always room for new suggestions. I'd like to pass along my fav for dealing with rust. . .It's a builder's supply-type of a product stocked in the pain
/html/shop-talk/1999-02/msg00068.html (7,820 bytes)

307. Re: Painting floors (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:05:33 -0600
I've read several of the good responses to this subject and I'd like to add a couple of PS comments based on a few decades of maintaining concrete shop floors: 1. To clean a seriously dirty, greasy f
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00021.html (9,325 bytes)

308. Re: Painting floors (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 15:12:00 -0600
It may not be that the "water based" product is the only culprit . . . my alkyd/poly floor paint which is sprit-thinned does the same darned thing 'til it ages for about a year. I stopped the "pull-u
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00029.html (8,470 bytes)

309. Re: separating aluminum and steel parts (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 12:09:00 -0600
Herbert Tobin's response to this problem exemplifies what is wonderful about this list: contributors who've "been there, done that" and will take the time to give full and complete information on a s
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00046.html (8,215 bytes)

310. Re: Screwdriving (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 18:37:46 -0600
Ken, I had the same experience while rebuilding 60 feet of 1 x 4 alternate side paling fence last spring . . .I finally flung my phillips head screws in the trash and bought a box of the square drive
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00159.html (8,151 bytes)

311. Re: small paint booths (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:32:41 -0600
Brad asked: wall my Good idea . . . I'm sure you'll know to use a blower motor that's an "explosion-proof" sealed unit. Tony
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00207.html (7,645 bytes)

312. Re: small paint booths (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:43:09 -0600
space I bet Gerald knows to use non-flamable paints or has a good, sealed-motor vac. If I did that, however, paint would quickly seal up the !#$@$%$ high priced filter in my shop vac. Tony
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00208.html (7,176 bytes)

313. Re: Bridgeport (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:51:30 -0600
A friend faced this problem lately: He'd bought a huge lathe from a scrap yard to use for a contract machining operation. Must have been about a 5 hp motor Just before he spent a tremendous amount of
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00212.html (7,275 bytes)

314. Re: Bolts and Things (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:01:02 -0600
http://www.shoptools.com has a good tap drill chart in a big type size that prints out nicely. My suggestion on the bolt types is to find a local source that sells good grade fives "by the pound". Th
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00235.html (9,070 bytes)

315. Re: Oil pressure guage for testing an Overdrive Unit (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:10:45 -0600
In the yellow pages, the heading "Industrial Equipment & Supplies" should turn up a supplier in your neighborhood. Incidently, I have an old disassembled od unit which came with a batch of parts I bo
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00261.html (8,172 bytes)

316. Laycock de Normanville Overdrive (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 20:14:50 -0600
Brad, Bob, Barre and others: On the overdrive unit which I've mentioned as being surplus to my needs: I found the ID plate on the OD unit: it says: serial no. 28/60572/003813 I also dug into the "Vic
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00272.html (7,315 bytes)

317. Re: degreasers (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:45:24 -0600
parts Aaron, Gas is great but you're gonna get blown over the barn by the first spark you strike, believe me. If you don't want to use the great common degreasers such as "Gunk Concentrate", use some
/html/shop-talk/1999-01/msg00273.html (8,684 bytes)

318. Milling Machines (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 11:57:03 -0600
The Enco website: http://www.use-enco.com and the 800 873 3626 operator tell of a final close out sale at Costa Mesa, CA Dec 9-12. The 800 operator would give no source of pricing or items available.
/html/shop-talk/1998-12/msg00011.html (7,391 bytes)

319. Re: Drill size for 1/8" NPT tap? (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 20:13:06 -0600
My L. S. Starrett Co chart shows the following tap-drill sizes for NPT: 1/8- 27 R 1/4-18 7/16 3/8-18 37/64 1/2-14 23/32 3/4-14 59/64 Remember to respect the taper . . .practice on a scrap. Cheers, T
/html/shop-talk/1998-12/msg00062.html (7,059 bytes)

320. Bolt Clamping Force (score: 1)
Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:02:24 -0600
Can anyone point me toward a reference which will show the "clamping-force" of various sized and thread-count fasteners at various tightening torque figures? I've seen it somewhere but now that I nee
/html/shop-talk/1998-12/msg00063.html (6,390 bytes)

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