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81. Anybody know anything about rigging a boat launch? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:38:20 -0500; I just bought a modest (ok: beat up) 15 foot fiberglass boat that I have a 20hp motor I'll be putting on. It came with a good trailer. Have a cottage, and now need a way to get it in and out of the w; /html/shop-talk/2004-03/msg00037.html (9,087 bytes)
82. Re: Anybody know anything about rigging a boat launch? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 02:49:16 -0500; I've seen an item like that at: http://www.boatndock.com/cgi-bin/store/00LRF%2dAF%2dLRA32.html ...if the URL doesn't work, just go to boatndock.com and hunt in the left menu for roll-a-rail and view; /html/shop-talk/2004-03/msg00048.html (9,116 bytes)
83. Re: Anybody know anything about rigging a boat launch? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:04:51 -0500; Which brings me to the next question, any guesses how much this thing would weigh? Finally got a picture: http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/boat.jpg I sort of have an elaborate plan to winch it all around; /html/shop-talk/2004-03/msg00051.html (8,803 bytes)
84. Re: Anybody know anything about rigging a boat launch? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:07:37 -0500; Maybe it's a lifetime of owning British Cars, but I tend to trust nothing. I guess I don't want to be sitting here at the house wondering if up at the cottage, some neighbor is enjoying a pint watchi; /html/shop-talk/2004-03/msg00052.html (8,980 bytes)
85. Re: auto-body spray gun - for appliances? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:29:43 -0500; I painted a car in Acrylic Enamel without the hardener. It works and looks fine, but it took two weeks to dry enough to even assemble the trim. Fine for a car, I just closed up the garage and forgot; /html/shop-talk/2004-02/msg00059.html (7,867 bytes)
86. Re: A reprise.....how to build a gantry for a chain falls.... (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 01:16:33 -0500; Here's my rambling story of mixed success... I did get some tubing that was a sliding fit. It was square mild steel, with a visible seam in the middle of one seam. I used it to make a pair of "safety; /html/shop-talk/2004-02/msg00142.html (9,664 bytes)
87. Re: Garage Door Adjustment (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 19:38:27 -0500; I've done it myself twice, once in my old house when I installed my hoist and needed some door clearance and inclined the rails (see upper right): http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/magnette/pics/magnette_w; /html/shop-talk/2004-01/msg00003.html (8,417 bytes)
88. Re: OBD-II scan tools (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:01:37 -0500; I have a Carchip (http://www.carchip.com/) which I received as a gift from a friend but has worked well. It's a PC based solution, but you don't need the PC in the car. The unit is only slightly bigg; /html/shop-talk/2003-12/msg00015.html (8,949 bytes)
89. Re: Can anybody explain this? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:13:54 -0500; 11mm is only 4 thou smaller than 7/16" so I assume they are expecting you to use it...; /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00069.html (8,239 bytes)
90. Re: VolksAir (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:57:57 -0500; Agreed that for general shop use that would be a must, but for personal use, you could just use a blowoff style pressure regulator. (assuming you can find one that works at that volume!) That's the "; /html/shop-talk/2003-11/msg00090.html (8,162 bytes)
91. Re: Engineering Question Regarding Splined Shafts (score: 1): Author: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 20:54:33 -0400 (EDT); Eeek! Remind me not to work on the same codebase as you! Writing software that works once is something any kid can do. Writing software that will work in the real world, be maintained, be changed, a; /html/shop-talk/2003-10/msg00046.html (10,009 bytes)
92. Re: Lally column rust (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:12:49 -0400; I would worry about it... The house I live in now, when I signed the deal, had a basketball hoop on a steel pole embedded in concrete on the driveway. Although I didn't care much, it was listed as "i; /html/shop-talk/2003-08/msg00033.html (8,721 bytes)
93. Re: Lifts - shipping? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:10:50 -0400; This is heavily dependent on lift design and how it comes shipped, but when my four post came, I unloaded it by hand using two friends and a little help from the driver. From the minute it backed in; /html/shop-talk/2003-08/msg00091.html (9,299 bytes)
94. Re: Lifts - shipping? (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:34:21 -0400; Yes, and in my case I kind of end up disappointing them. I'm willing to share my lift for friends, but inevitably when somebody wants to use it I have some horribly paralyzed LBC stranded on it. It's; /html/shop-talk/2003-08/msg00101.html (8,461 bytes)
95. Re: Lifts - concrete psi (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 12:56:08 -0400; I guess it's easy for me to be Mr. Grumpy here, but I would be careful with that. As mentioned, it's almost impossible to load a two post lift balanced properly fore-to-aft, so you can be sure that t; /html/shop-talk/2003-08/msg00139.html (8,020 bytes)
96. Re: synthetic oil in Tecumseh (no oil thread intended) ;) (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 00:43:51 -0400; If it's in the Tecumseh manual, isn't that the final word on the topic? I don't work in the mechanical field and my mechanical knowledge is only average for this list, but I do work in an engineering; /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00040.html (10,492 bytes)
97. Re: synthetic oil in Tecumseh (no oil thread intended) ;) (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 14:50:36 -0400; Let's not confuse saying a product is "perfect" versus saying a product is "known". They may KNOW that the weak spot of the design is the connecting rod, or the flywheel end of the crank, etc. etc. T; /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00049.html (11,110 bytes)
98. Re: Parts Washers (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:37:25 -0400; Guessing based solely on the wording, but it obviously sounds like something to keep the fluid in the tank flowing around. This would certainly help if you placed something in the tank to soak off re; /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00098.html (7,580 bytes)
99. Re: Oxy Acetylene Torches (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:11:32 -0400; ...I remember a story, perhaps from somebody on this list, where a person had a pair of tanks from Nazi Germany that they still used. I recall that the swastika had been crudely "disguised" by adding; /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00099.html (8,889 bytes)
100. Re: Breaking off a tap?! (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:41:58 -0500; I would guess that it keeps the thread pitch accurate. If you were tapping with a lot of force, and only one or two threads were riding the "completed" thread, the danger would be that the thread pit; /html/shop-talk/2003-03/msg00031.html (9,062 bytes)

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