- 1. [Shop-talk] Gutter on metal roof (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:29:15 -0800
- I have a 24 x 48 foot pole building shop. There is a 24 x 48 open lean-to shed on the north side where I park my tractors. The pole building and roof are metal, and the tractor shed roof is also meta
- /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00318.html (9,771 bytes)
- 2. [Shop-talk] Skirt for a Play Cottage (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:52:00 -0800
- Why not go ahead and use the wire netting or hardware cloth, and then put wood lattice over it. The wire would never show.
- /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00464.html (10,280 bytes)
- 3. [Shop-talk] technical question about force applied to mount (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:34:39 -0800
- I have one, and always bolted it to the floor into anchors when I needed it, and put it away when I didn't. I know of some people that bolted theirs to a sheet of plywood and then used it that way, s
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00158.html (11,193 bytes)
- 4. [Shop-talk] Electrolytic Rust Removal on a large part (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:38:36 -0800
- The Old Wood Working Machine (OWWM) guys use this process (the technical term is "spooging") a lot to do cabinet saws and other large iron and steel objects. Works fine. Kiddie pool or home made tank
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00178.html (11,884 bytes)
- 5. [Shop-talk] Cement patching in cold weather? (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (Dave C)
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:43:39 -0800
- If it's just a temporary patch until the weather warms up, then asphalt cold patch, tamped in place with a 2x4, should work. Try to get it up to room temp first.
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00193.html (8,825 bytes)
- 6. [Shop-talk] Tire changer mount, the conclusion (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:28:50 -0800
- Did we talk about welding a piece of square stock to the bottom of the tire changer and shoving it into a car's receiver hitch?
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00237.html (10,426 bytes)
- 7. [Shop-talk] historical machine shop question (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:23:03 -0800
- Some people are still using them. If you go to owwm.com (Old WoodWorking Machines), several of the people on the old woodworking machines forum have lineshafts set up in their shops to run their vint
- /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00218.html (10,382 bytes)
- 8. [Shop-talk] Fwd: 3PT Hitch rolo tillers (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:45:32 -0800
- Yeah, pretty much what Tony said. I have a couple of tractors, an old gray market early 80s vintage Mitsubishi 16 (or so) hp, and a newish New Holland TC 30 30 HP. Both have manual gear boxes. The Mi
- /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00262.html (11,613 bytes)
- 9. [Shop-talk] My equivalent of a nuclear meltdown..... (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:17:06 -0700
- My dad used to have trouble with skunks on his property. He would catch them in a live trap, then use a long pole to pick up the trap and then drop it in the stock watering tank. It wasn't particular
- /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00308.html (11,550 bytes)
- 10. [Shop-talk] vacuum cleaners (non-shop) (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:01:43 -0700
- We had a big, heavy, noisy Panasonic for about 15 years or so. It finally got to be too much of a PITA and after much research my wife got a Hoover "wind tunnel technology" vacuum. It also came with
- /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00344.html (10,343 bytes)
- 11. [Shop-talk] OFF TOPIC - wood splitting (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:09:56 -0700
- My experience splitting fir, hemlock, alder and a little maple is that it's always easier to split when it's green. I've used a maul and wedges, and I have owned a splitter for at least 15 or 20 year
- /html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00386.html (10,395 bytes)
- 12. [Shop-talk] testing (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 18:40:06 -0700
- I'm here, too. Local news: I got a C'Man 1/4" and 7/16", and a NAPA 7/16" combination wrenches at the local pawn shop for the grand total of a buck fifty. (They went missing from the set at school.)
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00376.html (8,575 bytes)
- 13. [Shop-talk] Air Compressor (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 22:05:11 -0700
- The ones I have seen have been a whimper, not a bang. The corrosion finally weakens the tank and it starts to leak and won't hold pressure. I think the chances of a catastrophic failure due to corros
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00421.html (11,354 bytes)
- 14. [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 19:54:44 -0700
- Antique boilers were made of iron, probably, and were riveted together. The also have a lot more volume and surface area than a shop air compressor tank, which would contribute to the force of any ex
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00424.html (12,442 bytes)
- 15. [Shop-talk] What's the hot ticket for a new deck? (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:49:00 -0700
- I had a wood deck on my previous house. Cedar and PT. It was ready for replacement or major repairs after about 15 years, so we moved.... We're in the PNW, lots of rain and evergreens, and the deck w
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00429.html (11,148 bytes)
- 16. [Shop-talk] Oxy-Acetylene for soldering copper pipes? (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:47:10 -0700
- When I put my air system in my shop I sweated all the lines (1/2 and 3/4") with an O/A torch and didn't melt anything. Just keep it moving and keep the flame small. It goes really fast.
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00451.html (9,830 bytes)
- 17. [Shop-talk] stripped screw hole in carb (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:59:00 -0700
- I'll throw in another recommendation for some sort of insert or rethreading one size up. I have used JB Weld a lot, and while it's good as a filler and in compression, my results with it in shear or
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00476.html (11,593 bytes)
- 18. [Shop-talk] generac generator won't start ??? (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:10:51 -0700
- Could still be a bad battery. I have had situations where the battery showed full voltage but still wouldn't provide the current for starting. I'd try a different battery (or maybe a jump start?) bef
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00556.html (11,059 bytes)
- 19. [Shop-talk] Water testing (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:51:03 -0700
- County health department? County AG extension agent might also have some ideas.
- /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00258.html (9,571 bytes)
- 20. [Shop-talk] Parts solvent (score: 158)
- Author: cavanadd at frontier.com (David C.)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:08:15 -0700
- I prefer solvent based cleaners. Kerosene will work but it's smelly and oily. Likewise diesel. I prefer regular mineral spirits/paint thinner/stoddard solvent. If you're feeling wealthy, you can use
- /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00271.html (9,815 bytes)
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