- 81. Re: pumping oil (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:16:06 -0500
- If you're willing to use 5 gallon pails of oil, there are any number of pumps available. I use one of the gallon bottle pumps. It works fine, most of the time. If it's cold, it's much improved by hea
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00138.html (8,184 bytes)
- 82. Re: workshop floor (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:46:41 -0500
- Rather, there's one locality that didn't get concerned with the problem 70 years ago. Just about everywhere there's a building code requires new construction garage floors to be made of non-combustib
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00173.html (9,133 bytes)
- 83. Re: Consumer Reports (was : car batteries. who do you trust?) (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:47:46 -0500
- The Ford Foundation is not FoMoCo. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00212.html (7,617 bytes)
- 84. Re: Workshop Floor (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 01:33:43 -0500
- No doubt about it. Broom finish has serious texture added, with a broom, naturally. It's nice for extra traction on things like the concrete under the eves. It's a huge pain to work on. It eats cloth
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00223.html (7,532 bytes)
- 85. Re: 1/2 ton; 3/4 ton; 1 ton (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:38:06 -0500
- It goes to 11! -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00006.html (7,762 bytes)
- 86. Re: Clarification on installation of lift (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:29:26 -0500
- I'd call the manufacturer or sales agent for the lift, and ask them. You can't possibly be the first person to drill the holes wrong. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00087.html (7,493 bytes)
- 87. Re: Source for left hand 1/4" pipe plug? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:19:01 -0500
- Beverage dispensing equipment supplier. At least, googling for "1/4 npt left hand thread plug" turns up a number of beverage people selling them online.... -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00145.html (7,186 bytes)
- 88. Re: welders MIG vs. TIG (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:19:02 -0500
- The machine is certainly capable of good results. I'd go down to .023 wire, though. Unless you're doing thick stuff (>1/8"). But for sheet and exhaust work, I find .023 to be nicer. -- David Scheidt
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00172.html (9,274 bytes)
- 89. Re: Chevy suburban fuel tank/pump replacement (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 11:46:21 -0500
- Which engine, which size tank? Both make a difference on what tank you can fit. However, I don't think the van tanks cross with the truck tanks. The good news is that the any 1/2 or 3/4 ton truck (C,
- /html/shop-talk/2004-11/msg00013.html (7,266 bytes)
- 90. Re: concrete floor cleaning? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 01:41:49 -0500
- Yup. You can get urine in concrete. You can also get it in drywall. Wash everything with an *acidic* cleaner. Dried urine is apparently alkaline, it's mostly ammonia compounds. There are also profess
- /html/shop-talk/2004-10/msg00022.html (8,426 bytes)
- 91. Re: cutting torch or?? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 01:15:20 -0500
- You can use a torch for anything. It's a poor choice for most personal hygiene tasks, though. The nifty thing about torches is that they're expandable. Even a fairly modest torch is capable of cuttin
- /html/shop-talk/2004-10/msg00068.html (10,381 bytes)
- 92. Re: Cleaning Gear Oil (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:25:15 -0500
- Find a Land-Rover owner, and sell it to him. We're all either congenitally unable to smell gear oil, or so used to it we'd never notice. If you've really got it in a seat cushion, you're going to be
- /html/shop-talk/2004-10/msg00092.html (7,192 bytes)
- 93. Re: Oil removal from concrete?? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:46:04 -0500
- It works okay. It's a bit caustic, so you don't want to get it on anything. On fresh spots, I've had good luck with oil dry, followed by some oil spot removing stuff I got from the hardware store. Ha
- /html/shop-talk/2004-10/msg00102.html (7,422 bytes)
- 94. Fwd: Critter Control (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:13:29 -0500
- There are very few mammals that can't swim. I rather expect the poor thing drowns after exhausting himself, since he can't climb the walls of a plastic bucket to get out. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@g
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00051.html (7,881 bytes)
- 95. Re: Comperssor questions (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:10:25 -0500
- Compressor oil is like other lubricating oils. Even if it doesn't get dirty, it wears out in other ways. Corrosion inhibitors get used up, the water carrying capacity is reached. I wouldn't expect th
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00109.html (7,730 bytes)
- 96. Re: miller spool guns for doing aluminum (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:59:17 -0500
- I'd have thought that's a big enough machine for lincoln to offer a spool for. In any event, third parties can do so. It's not a hugely complicated mechanism. I think HTP will sell you a spool gun th
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00085.html (10,116 bytes)
- 97. Re: aircraftspruce.com - spam (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:40:43 -0500
- A very big negative is they read all your mail. The only thing I use this address for is a bunch of mailing lists, all of which are archived on the web. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00123.html (8,754 bytes)
- 98. Re: Hex to socket adapters (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:39:04 -0500
- I haven't a clue what a paddle bit is, but I don't think that matters. Most of the hex stuff like this I've used has 5/16 or 1/4 inch hex. A deep well socket may well work. I don't know that this wil
- /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00165.html (7,610 bytes)
- 99. Re: Trick Irwin sockets WORK! (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:37:47 -0400
- I've got a set, as well as a larger set for lug nuts. They almost always work. Generally it takes longer to get the nut out of the socket then it does to get it off the bolt. -- David Scheidt dmschei
- /html/shop-talk/2006-04/msg00011.html (7,373 bytes)
- 100. Re: Automotive vs. Industrial Air Hose Fittings (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:30:31 -0400
- There are a number of different milton couplers. The garages I've worked in have used Milton "A" (I think, maybe M?) couplers and fittings, which don't interchange with the industrial interchange fit
- /html/shop-talk/2006-04/msg00057.html (8,213 bytes)
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