- 1. Re: [Shop-talk] kids tool bench (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:19:10 -0700
- Another great 'helping' routine is when you're working on plumbing under the sink. Put a wrench around some sort of fitting nearby and have your 'apprentice' hold it still. Tell 'em it's really impor
- /html/shop-talk/2008-09/msg00215.html (8,994 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Quick question on garage floors and garage lifts (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:23:28 -0700
- If the commercial lift is a two-post lift, t will take extensive anchoring to make it usable. If the lift is four-post, it can stand free on the floor without any anchoring. Costco has a four-post l
- /html/shop-talk/2008-10/msg00180.html (8,139 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] xmas lights that don't suck? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:16:16 -0800
- The incandescent 'mini-lights' have driven me crazy for years. The packaging assures you that if one bulb burns out the whole string will stay lit. However, the problem arises from a broken or interm
- /html/shop-talk/2008-11/msg00147.html (8,305 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Water de-ionizing resin? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:16:01 -0800
- I, too, got one of these deionized water setups from Costco. I can wash my black car and put it away wet, with no spots. I plan to use it for washing windows, too. I saw a van in England where the gu
- /html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00180.html (8,531 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Stud finder work with metal siding? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:08:28 -0800
- I would figure out the what height to mount the bracket and measure the height of one of the mounting holes. Locate a stud on the inside and mark the appropriate height. Then drill a 1/4" hole from
- /html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00078.html (9,037 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Speaker signal out to RCA input (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:39:54 -0700
- Why not simply connect the tape-output jacks to one of the RCA inputs to the TV. If you're concerned about the amplifiers not being hooked up to anything, leave the volume control turned down and re
- /html/shop-talk/2009-03/msg00038.html (8,749 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:42:04 -0700
- If the Miata has not had the spark plug wires replaced, that is the My dealer stopped me from making an appointment for a tune-up. They said to leave the car parked in the service bay, go buy the new
- /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00148.html (7,831 bytes)
- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Mailbox to end all mailboxes (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:09:06 -0700
- Here's my mailbox. My neighbors formerly each had their own 4x4 post. On Jun 29, 2009, at 4:39 PM, "Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA" <gsteve@hammatt.com ____________________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00222.html (9,830 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Mailbox to end all mailboxes (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:15:14 -0700
- Whoops. I forgot that pictures get stripped. I'll have to get the picture off my phone and to a 'better place'. Sorry for the goof. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net ht
- /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00223.html (9,094 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Mailbox to end all mailboxes (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:20:28 -0700
- Here's where to see my mailbox. <http://www.me.com/gallery/#100010/Mailbox> Double-click on the oval "album" and then double click on the one photo to enlarge it. ____________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00224.html (9,066 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] Car dealer tomfoolery and Costco Auto Buyer program (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:21:39 -0800
- This is done to protect the worker, in many cases. My cousin worked at an employment agency where all the ads in the media advised people to contact 'Mrs. Young'. In fact, the people at the agency t
- /html/shop-talk/2010-03/msg00022.html (8,706 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] Cable ferrule pliers? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:44:10 -0700
- You might be able to rent or borrow a ferrule crimper from a marine supply. Especially if you buy the ferrules from them. Don't rule out a tool rental store, either. - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA Bill R
- /html/shop-talk/2010-03/msg00195.html (8,403 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] communications cable to garage (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:19:32 -0700
- and I ran three conduits to my detached building. One for power, one for low-voltage such as CAT5 and coax, and the third to connect three-way switches in both buildings to turn on lights for the wa
- /html/shop-talk/2010-06/msg00161.html (8,343 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] Phone line management (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:53:27 -0800
- The second phone line is a good one. The business line would be deductible, whereas a baseball bat would not, and could lead to incarceration... endlessly. I work from home; lots of missed calls, eit
- /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00212.html (9,326 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] Help Identifying Kienzle Clock (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:29:17 -0800
- The only other German connections I can come up with are Wanderer (one of the four circles of Auto Union), or the East German Wartburg, which is more contemporary. Wanderer's logo was a wider letter
- /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00062.html (8,649 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] OFF TOPIC - wood splitting (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:54:31 -0700
- Please post location and hours of operation. Yum. ;-) - Bill Rabel Anacortes make pizza's to eat in the shop _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://ww
- /html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00155.html (7,721 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] Modular wall-mount storage rails? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 16:50:18 -0700
- I have used some Flow Wall, and the stuff is pretty good, although the hangers sure are expensive! They are well made, and the wall strips are extruded plastic, rather than the pressboard stuff I've
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00031.html (9,302 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Shop-talk] Modular wall-mount storage rails? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 19:10:42 -0700
- I have used some Flow Wall, and the stuff is pretty good, although the hangers sure are expensive! They are well made, and the wall strips are extruded plastic, rather than the pressboard stuff I've
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00032.html (8,860 bytes)
- 19. [Shop-talk] Portable Workbench (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 17:11:56 -0700
- Take a look at this workbench design. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJoGTf6KL8s> The designer, Ron Paulk, built my house. He is as attentive to detail as anyone I know. With homebuilding in the du
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00217.html (7,016 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Shop-talk] Mufflers (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:35:44 -0800
- I remember seeing a diagram many years ago of a muffler on a farm generator. It was a 55 gallon drum, buried in the ground and filled with rocks. The outlet from the generator was plumbed into the dr
- /html/shop-talk/2011-12/msg00050.html (7,758 bytes)
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