- 21. Re: MIG welding galvanized steel (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 08:17:04 -0500 (EST)
- I'm not aware of any way to do it without first removing the galvanizing. At least I know that MIG welding won't work. If you try gas welding it, the heat will cause the coating to come off. Remove t
- /html/shop-talk/1996-12/msg00077.html (7,800 bytes)
- 22. Re: Flanging tools (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:48:05 -0500 (EST)
- I have a pneumatic flanger that operates off my air compressor. One jaw sets a flange, another punches a 3/16 inch hole for plug welding. It works very well. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00017.html (7,681 bytes)
- 23. Re: Pozi-drive and the Snap-On Man (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 09:59:19 -0500 (EST)
- Looks like a phillips, but usually (always?) is marked with 4 radial lines or 4 dimples between the bars of the X-shaped slot. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00021.html (8,472 bytes)
- 24. Re: Re[2]: Air compressors yet again. (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 14:13:47 -0500 (EST)
- Dunno about the effect of a larger motor, but the way it runs sounds as if the previous owner might have tried to up the output by putting a smaller pulley on the compressor. I suspect that because I
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00095.html (9,191 bytes)
- 25. Re: welding gas tank (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:21:31 -0500 (EST)
- I also wear bifocals, and I've observed this. I think when you start out in the dark, and there is sudden light, your first subconscious decision is which part of your glasses to look through, then y
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00054.html (8,686 bytes)
- 26. Re: Painting (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 15:49:57 -0400 (EDT)
- Not a good idea. Oven cleaner is not good for aluminum. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802)
- /html/shop-talk/1996-09/msg00025.html (7,092 bytes)
- 27. Re: Oven Cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:14:00 -0400 (EDT)
- I'm not sure; in some of the cleaners I think it's NaOH (caustic soda, or sodium hydroxide). Whatever it is, many if not all of the cleaners will eat aluminum. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiolo
- /html/shop-talk/1996-09/msg00031.html (7,656 bytes)
- 28. Re: Oven Cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 15:13:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Guys, guys, please! Many oven cleaners are NaOH. Heaven only knows what the others are. NaOH not only cleans baked on grease, but it eats aluminum and removes paint. Do you really want to use this to
- /html/shop-talk/1996-09/msg00035.html (7,779 bytes)
- 29. Re: Recommendations for an electric grinder/cut-off wheel? (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:09:00 -0400 (EDT)
- You might also consider an electric hand-held jig saw with a fine-tooth metal cutting blade. It doesn't make quite as much noise as a die grinder, especially if you keep the metal from vibrating, and
- /html/shop-talk/1996-09/msg00046.html (8,849 bytes)
- 30. Re: Wire brush wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:14:35 -0400 (EDT)
- Please wear eye protection while wire brushing. An apron isn't a bad idea, either. At 12K rpm, bits of wire get thrown off like little arrows. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics U
- /html/shop-talk/1996-08/msg00072.html (8,266 bytes)
- 31. Mini-garage... (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 16:33:46 -0400 (EDT)
- ... or how I spent my summer vacation I've been seized with garage envy of those of you who talk about your 30x70 ft garages with lifts, etc, etc. I have a 14x27 garage; I can squeeze Kermit the frog
- /html/shop-talk/1996-08/msg00076.html (10,827 bytes)
- 32. Re: Compressors, 110/220vac, misc (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 11:16:14 -0400 (EDT)
- It figures. I was attracted by a low price on a new Sears 5 HP compressor. I wrote down the cfm ratings at 40 and 90 psi, and found they were only slightly higher than the ratings on my old Sears 2 H
- /html/shop-talk/1996-07/msg00002.html (7,276 bytes)
- 33. Re: measuring cyl. taper (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 10:56:17 -0400 (EDT)
- I want to correct a slip of the tongue, er, finger. The taper, if by taper you mean the change of cylinder diameter, should be the number of thousandths by which the ring gap changes *divided by* pi.
- /html/shop-talk/1996-06/msg00011.html (8,157 bytes)
- 34. Re: MIG Welders (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:43:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Your dad's nobody's fool. When I had the big tanks, they stayed right there in my garage. My saws-all, however, disappeared the next day after I bought it, and was not returned until my daughter was
- /html/shop-talk/1996-06/msg00045.html (7,701 bytes)
- 35. Re: Electricity Theory/Practicality (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:07:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Jon replied: My 2 cents: Yes, it is probably better to get somebody who knows his/her way around 220 to do this. But if you want to persist, at your own risk, of course, I have some suggestions. I as
- /html/shop-talk/1996-06/msg00059.html (10,560 bytes)
- 36. Re: Electrics + Genius = Not ! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 11:23:18 -0400 (EDT)
- I hired a genuine licensed electrician to do a bunch of wiring in my house, including a 220V outlet in the garage. He put in 4 wire cable (black, white, red, green) from the breaker box to the recept
- /html/shop-talk/1996-06/msg00060.html (9,983 bytes)
- 37. Re: Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 12:20:28 -0400 (EDT)
- These things do not work. The rust will come back through the paint. Few primers are really water proof. Rustoleum used to have a fish oil base, maybe still does. It sticks pretty well. I have seen a
- /html/shop-talk/1996-06/msg00070.html (9,164 bytes)
- 38. Re: Electrics + Genius = Not ! (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 11:51:30 -0400 (EDT)
- I never thought of that, Jon, obviously you know a hell of a lot more about it than I do (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing). But now, if others will bear with me, I'd like to indulge my curios
- /html/shop-talk/1996-06/msg00071.html (10,843 bytes)
- 39. Re: MIG Welders (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 14:56:41 -0400 (EDT)
- I think it is important to buy a brand that you can get parts and service for locally. I have a Lincoln SP-100. It has been very reliable and works well. Its only limitation is that it really is for
- /html/shop-talk/1996-05/msg00015.html (8,288 bytes)
- 40. Re: MIG Welders (score: 1)
- Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:44:12 -0400 (EDT)
- No, the SP-100 is a MIG welder from the start. I suppose you could put flux core wire through it, but I never have. I think (not sure) the flux core one is called something like the "Weld-Pack 100."
- /html/shop-talk/1996-05/msg00017.html (9,033 bytes)
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