- 141. Re: Balancing wheels - DIY (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:24:00 -0500 (EST)
- I'm not completely sure I'm reading you correctly above, but it sounds like what the MC tire busters used back when I was racing bikes. Basically you just have a U shaped stand that has two bearing
- /html/shop-talk/2003-12/msg00072.html (9,074 bytes)
- 142. Milwaukee battery dead? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:11:39 -0500 (EST)
- So I have a relatively new (< a year) Milwaukee battery that the charger won't light off on. I was using it with the Milwaukee flashlight, which I suspect drained it to completely empty of charge (o
- /html/shop-talk/2003-12/msg00081.html (6,929 bytes)
- 143. Re: Milwaukee battery dead? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:17:46 -0500 (EST)
- Well, as an update to this... I brought the battery back in the house (my garage is only heated to ~40 deg when I'm not in there working), along with a charger and let them both warm up. Slapped the
- /html/shop-talk/2003-12/msg00084.html (7,408 bytes)
- 144. Re: Can anybody explain this? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:28:24 -0500 (EST)
- Well, I don't share your enthusiasm for Stanley w/regards to mechanical tools, but whatever. No idea why they'd skip 7/16"... That said, GearWrench (KD Tools I think?) ratcheting combination wrenche
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00070.html (9,064 bytes)
- 145. Re: Can anybody explain this? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:21:35 -0500 (EST)
- I suspect they have good woodworking tools (they used to, back when I did carpentry in the summers in college), but I've never heard their name associated with any _mechanical_ tools... Like wrenche
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00074.html (9,455 bytes)
- 146. Storing jacks in a trailer (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:12:44 -0500 (EST)
- Ok, so its for a mobile shop... :-) I'm looking at options for quickly stowing a floor jack in the enclosed trailer. Ideally I'd like something where I essentially drop the jack and it stays exactly
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00114.html (7,279 bytes)
- 147. Getting metal filings off welding magnets (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:13:16 -0500 (EST)
- Ok, I'm really, really hoping that someone knows a good way to solve this minor but consistent irritation... My welding triangle magnets have this unnatural attraction to metal filings/shavings/what
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00115.html (8,286 bytes)
- 148. Re: Getting metal filings off welding magnets (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:45:08 -0500 (EST)
- Wait. You mean I can just take a pick or whatever (doesn't have to be magnetic, just iron/steel) and run it around on the magnet? Really? Mark
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00117.html (8,122 bytes)
- 149. MIG welding wire diameter & spatter (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:04:29 -0500 (EST)
- I was talking with a friend yesterday about MIG (GMAW) welding and wire diameters... I've got a Lincoln SP-175+ (220v suitcase mig) that I've been running with .030" wire and 75% Argon/25% CO2 gas.
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00121.html (7,657 bytes)
- 150. Re: Getting metal filings off welding magnets (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:10:09 -0500 (EST)
- Doesn't weld spatter just instantly screw the bag? Mark
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00125.html (8,014 bytes)
- 151. Re: MIG welding wire diameter & spatter (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:01:43 -0500 (EST)
- Well, I am using ER70S6 (Lincoln's L-56 actually). I do frequently see a bit of a brown film on the top of the end of the weld bead, and I mostly don't grind off the mill scale in the weld area (tho
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00126.html (9,723 bytes)
- 152. Re: "Good Enough" but Good Value (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:46:59 -0500 (EST)
- I don't completely disagree with this attitude, but I also don't think its complete. I run into some folks with this idea that have a few really good tools (set of snap-on phillips head or whatever)
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00160.html (9,728 bytes)
- 153. Re: "Good Enough" but Good Value (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:12:24 -0500 (EST)
- Remember that the next time you're checking ring gear backlash and knock your very nice Starrett dial indicator about four feet down onto the floor... Mark
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00170.html (8,066 bytes)
- 154. sheet metal nibbler (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:52:47 -0500 (EST)
- I'm going to be needing to cut a bunch of sheet metal to piece in around rollcage tubes. There'll be a few of us working and I've only got one plasma cutter which is what I normally use for this kin
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00197.html (7,123 bytes)
- 155. Email address for Mark Andy changing (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:18:17 -0500 (EST)
- If you care, my email address is changing to mark@sccaprepared.com. Please update your address books. The old email address will stop forwarding in a couple weeks. Thanks! Mark
- /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00208.html (6,497 bytes)
- 156. Re: miller spool guns for doing aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:15:26 -0500 (EST)
- Related to this, for those of you that have been there and done that... Two questions. like trailer cabinets, etc.? Do you need to use a different gas than the normal 75/25 Ar/CO2 (if I remember tha
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00082.html (7,232 bytes)
- 157. Re: Living with a Small Garage (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 10:34:26 -0500 (EST)
- My main advice is to build up, not out. I.e.... Use that space over your head (both above and below the rafters/cross ties or whatever they're called that the "ceiling" screws to). Make racks or wha
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00149.html (7,760 bytes)
- 158. garage drawing package for cheap? (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 15:22:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Anyone got any pointers to a building drawing package for free or cheap? I'm looking for something that I can use to draw up a future garage, to kinda see what it'd look like, etc. I don't need it t
- /html/shop-talk/2006-04/msg00001.html (6,785 bytes)
- 159. Re: Radiator Hoses (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:29:28 -0400 (EDT)
- Syl-Glide Mark
- /html/shop-talk/2006-04/msg00067.html (7,579 bytes)
- 160. Re: Radiator Hoses (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 22:56:14 -0400 (EDT)
- I learned about the syl-glide stuff from a buddy who's a pro mechanic. He puts it on pretty much anything rubber that needs to stay conditioned, etc. Frankly, until you asked this question the other
- /html/shop-talk/2006-04/msg00077.html (8,429 bytes)
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