- 1. Housecleaning: 10k magazines & shop manuals (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:59:24 -0500
- We have too much good stuff accumulated and are on a mission to find a deserving home for it. Shop manuals and parts books dating from the 30's for Chevy and Plymouth. Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac f
- /html/shop-talk/1997-01/msg00015.html (6,993 bytes)
- 2. fiberglass panel bonding adhesive (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 15:22:05 -0500
- I'm putting fiberglass fender flares on a 71 Corvette and am wondering if anyone has tried a construction type adhesive for this use rather than the two part (expensive) automotive use bonding adhesi
- /html/shop-talk/1997-01/msg00117.html (6,694 bytes)
- 3. Re: Air Compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:45:30 -0500
- I have hooked up 2 compressors in parallel and it does supply ~ the sum of the two compressors capacity. The one anomoly was synchronizing the pressure switches of the two. I can't recall what was ha
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00047.html (8,278 bytes)
- 4. Re: Micrometer responses (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:45:22 -0500
- I inherited one of these from my Dad. It is a Starret model 230 You store grease in your mic box too!? ;-( Bruce
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00073.html (7,754 bytes)
- 5. Re: Pozi-drive and the Snap-On Man (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 09 Nov 96 10:39:21 EST
- Many years ago my father had a set of screwdrivers for a cross head screw called Reed & Prince. They and Phillips didn't work very well in each other's crosses. Bruce
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00025.html (8,127 bytes)
- 6. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 10 Nov 96 08:51:35 EST
- I used one of those radiant propane heaters for many years in Michigan. Yes the warmup is slow. What I did was to point it in the general direction of where I was and it could easily toast me because
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00032.html (7,404 bytes)
- 7. RE: FREON TANK TO AIR CONVERSION (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 15 Nov 96 08:03:23 EST
- Before I converted these I checked into this and was told that these tanks need to be caplble of handling 300 psi for a full load of Freon in hot and high sun load conditions. The only drawback to t
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00058.html (6,912 bytes)
- 8. Re: Penncraft tools (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 96 11:37:20 EST
- Ususally true, however Sears won't cover the ratchet head of their Torque wrenches. Been there, done that. (Maybe I didn't squeak enough) Bruce Wentzel
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00070.html (7,368 bytes)
- 9. more Re: Air compressors yet again, & gettin' silly (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 96 18:11:40 EST
- Yup. Also called flame arrestors on boats, when made of the proper material. Bruce
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00103.html (6,663 bytes)
- 10. Re: Brake fluid disposal (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 06 Aug 96 21:08:58 EDT
- My local auto parts store put in a waste oil heater this past year and they accept oil, gear lube and brake fluid to operate it. Maybe you can locate a place with one of these heaters in your area t
- /html/shop-talk/1996-08/msg00034.html (7,365 bytes)
- 11. Re: Brake fluid disposal (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 09 Aug 96 20:54:07 EDT
- Pardon my confusion, but how can PCBs be in so many products including brake fluid if they have been banned? Are they imported for these uses? Bruce
- /html/shop-talk/1996-08/msg00049.html (7,237 bytes)
- 12. Re: Car ramps (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 11 Aug 96 09:51:23 EDT
- My solution is to build your own from scrap 2x10 or 2x8 and thin plywood. stack 3,4 or 5 or however many to get the height you want, vary their lengths to get the effective ramp angle you need, angl
- /html/shop-talk/1996-08/msg00053.html (7,629 bytes)
- 13. Go Soak Your Head (score: 1)
- Author: bruce wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 08 Feb 96 03:21:28 EST
- With all those furnaces running and the humidity low and those hammer heads getting looser, nows the time to soak them in a bucket of water and tighten them up. GREENDOT
- /html/shop-talk/1996-02/msg00028.html (6,270 bytes)
- 14. Re: Compressor Maintenance (Was Re: benches) (score: 1)
- Author: bruce wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 17 Jan 96 12:47:13 EST
- I wish I could just post this anonymously since it doesn't speak very highly of my attending to maintenance details, but here's the short story. I bought a new 2 HP Sears compressor in about '71 or '
- /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00092.html (6,982 bytes)
- 15. Re: Shop floors, was Re: Shop heaters (score: 1)
- Author: bruce wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 96 19:58:26 EST
- Someone responded regarding the fire hazard of the grungy version of the carpet. My$.02 from my own experience, get commercial carpeting. It usually has a very short pile, so your floor jack will ro
- /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00209.html (8,431 bytes)
- 16. Re: Shop heaters (score: 1)
- Author: bruce wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 96 19:58:23 EST
- One thing about these that I didn't see in other commentaries is that these tend to be loud. My local auto parts just put one in and I find it uncomfortable to be in there for any length of time. Br
- /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00210.html (7,427 bytes)
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