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1. Re: Power washers (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:37:55 -0800; Get a special nozzle, sometimes called a 'turbo nozzle'. It has a spinning nozzle inside it so the spray comes out in a cone pattern. It allows you to clean a larger surface with each pass. It does; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00050.html (7,838 bytes)
2. Re: Power washers (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 19:37:59 -0800; If this is an issue, I suppose one could get a length of radiator hose and put a sleeve of it over the pressure hose to protect it. - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00057.html (7,693 bytes)
3. Re: Parking Lifts: Starting to get serious (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:20:56 -0800; I went to the Cytech website today <doublepark.net/index.html>, and the account is suspended. There is no answer from their 800 number. I guess I'm going to order an Eagle unit, which is made offsho; /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00017.html (8,122 bytes)
4. Re: Parking Lifts: Starting to get serious (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 17:03:45 -0800; The saga continues. Cytech is still in business. When I tried to call Cytech's 800 number a second time, the call went through and I left a message. Bill Lewis, the owner, called me back today. He is; /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00021.html (9,072 bytes)
5. Re: Pressure Washer (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:38:12 -0800; Make sure it isn't just the nozzle tip. When the tips get worn, the pressure will drop, also. Buy a new tip before you attack the seals. Some commercial units include a pressure gauge so one can mon; /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00026.html (7,150 bytes)
6. Re: winding garage door springs (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:04:33 -0800; You described the technique perfectly. Do the adjusting with the door down, so you can heft the door to check the adjustment. - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00044.html (8,259 bytes)
7. Re: core drilling brick (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:56:02 -0800; My company rents rotohammers and carbide bits, but not core bits, because breakage an/or abnormal wear are always the subject of an argument. Don't expect to be able to rent a core bit. Some rental y; /html/shop-talk/2006-01/msg00084.html (8,886 bytes)
8. Re: Parking Lifts (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:28:45 -0800; The only failures seem to have been financial. The price and availability of steel, coupled with the competition of lifts built 'offshore' has pretty much killed the manufacturers that built hobbyist; /html/shop-talk/2005-12/msg00206.html (8,373 bytes)
9. Re: Parking Lifts (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:26:35 -0800; The one thing I don't like about the Backyard Buddy is that the guides for the lift encircle the posts, so there's a safety issue if anyone (or anything) is leaning on the post while the lift is rais; /html/shop-talk/2005-12/msg00211.html (7,843 bytes)
10. Re: Parking Lifts: Starting to get serious (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:47:36 -0800; Cytech is out of business. I had a lift on order for over a year, and the owner kept stalling me. He said they were waiting for hydraulic pumps, for aluminum, for steel, and once even said it was bei; /html/shop-talk/2005-12/msg00255.html (7,782 bytes)
11. Re: Lead battery adapters (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 10:29:00 -0800; shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Miata batteries from Mazda have a tubing system to vent the gases out of the trunk. The replacement battery would be great; /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00019.html (7,952 bytes)
12. Re: Lead battery adapters (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:41:11 -0800; shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Sorry. I haven't been in the market for the Miata battery for about ten years. At the time, I was unable to find a replacem; /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00022.html (8,231 bytes)
13. Re: Tornado air swirling thingies (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 15:13:57 -0800; shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com I just fill my gas tank with water and add one of these special 50- cent 'pills'. Then I don't have to worry about Detroit'; /html/shop-talk/2005-11/msg00057.html (8,900 bytes)
14. Re: Tool names. (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:48:07 -0700; This reminds me of another tool that kids nowadays have no knowledge of, namely a 'church key." - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00123.html (7,008 bytes)
15. Re: Tool names. (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:49:08 -0700; I go nuts during news broadcasts when they describe heavy equipment. It's always called a 'bulldozer', even if it's really a backhoe, excavator, wheel loader, etc. It's called a crane, even if it's; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00124.html (7,619 bytes)
16. Re: Another electrical mystery (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:41:12 -0700; <snip> This GFI doesn't sound healthy... In many kitchens, depending on the electrical code, the kitchen outlets in each gang box can be on two different circuits, to help distribute the appliance l; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00134.html (7,895 bytes)
17. Re: Another electrical mystery now DSL (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:26:03 -0700; If you go to Verizon's website, you might find an on-line upgrade for the modem. I have a DSL modem from Qwest that worked better after such an upgrade. - Bill Rabel Anacortes, WA; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00172.html (7,409 bytes)
18. Re: Parts Washer (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:31:36 -0800; The environmental impact of this might get you in deep trouble. This is right up there with dumping your waste oil down the sewer. If it were a closed loop, with the liquid (water? solvent?) recircu; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00268.html (7,623 bytes)
19. Re: Parts Washer (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:57:35 -0800; shop-talk supported in part by Fat Chance Garage http://fatchancegarage.com Yeah, like with my wife, for starters. However, there's a big difference between the normal use of a clothes washer or dish; /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00272.html (8,548 bytes)
20. Re: need direction on restoration project. (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@dlux.net>; Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:59:28 -0700; The Polecat was manufactured by Pitman Crane and used by many utility companies. The model is still in production, according to their website. <http://www.pitmanmfg.com/index.html> - Bill Rabel Anac; /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00099.html (7,258 bytes)

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