- 101. Re: Tool Question (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 10:27:25 -0500
- They have a page at www.truper.com . They are a Mexican company and they do seem to be the manufacturers of a broad range of tools. The page is in Spanish which, unfortunately, I am not able to read
- /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00018.html (8,174 bytes)
- 102. Re: Setting up the Ideal Shop - What are the requirements? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:22:41 -0500
- AIR CONDITIONING!!! The most magnificent shop in the world turns into a torture chamber if it's miserably hot during your summer. Not only will you be able to spend more time in the shop, you'll also
- /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00056.html (8,742 bytes)
- 103. Re: Setting up the Ideal Shop - What are the requirements? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 22:42:48 -0500
- have no need for A/C!<< It would be nice . . I once looked at property in the highlands of Costa Rica. It never got colder than 60 degrees f nor hotter than 80 degrees f! One didn't need heat, air co
- /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00067.html (8,455 bytes)
- 104. Re: Pouring a floor (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:31:09 -0500
- Ron asked: Rebar is the worst possible form of junk recycled steel and presents some challenges to the welder . . try to weld some first before you go to big trouble rigging up. Tony /// unsubscribe/
- /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00167.html (7,861 bytes)
- 105. Re: Hydraulic Hatch Holders (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:28:56 -0500
- There are a jillion pages of info under "gas strut" from a Google search . . I didn't read them but surely one has some engineering data on them . . please post it to the list if you find it. conside
- /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00194.html (8,047 bytes)
- 106. Re: Hydraulic Hatch Holders (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:19:40 -0500
- Ron!! Where else you gonna put the swimming pool? What's 'ell is digging a new hole at every stop! Tony /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.
- /html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00196.html (7,087 bytes)
- 107. Re: GPS receivers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:19:47 -0500
- Now the new airport manager has said we can no longer make permanent markings on the surface. And there is also a chance we may have to modify our course to adapt to some changes being made. So a new
- /html/shop-talk/2003-06/msg00046.html (8,218 bytes)
- 108. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:47:54 -0500
- If it's just oil-fouling, a spritz with spray-can carburetor cleaner will work . . how'd you foul 40 spark plugs? /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http:/
- /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00043.html (7,689 bytes)
- 109. Re: Cleaning fouled plugs (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 13:40:59 -0500
- Keith added: YEP . . Good thinking . . if you have particles, THAT many particles, you want to find the source which, in my experience, will usually be dirt entering by some sneaky method like intake
- /html/shop-talk/2003-05/msg00044.html (8,281 bytes)
- 110. Re: need press-off switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 17:27:34 -0500
- There's a neat switch that turns itself on when outside light enters your closet thru an open door and shuts off after a time delay . . many others that operate from a jamb switch . .Do a "Google" se
- /html/shop-talk/2003-04/msg00083.html (7,861 bytes)
- 111. Re: What kind of screw is this? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:43:56 -0600
- Randall's screw driver slot sounds good to me if there is vertical clearance but first, I'd try a trick using two flat blade screwdrivers . . One with the flat placed vertically as a fulcrum and the
- /html/shop-talk/2003-03/msg00043.html (8,509 bytes)
- 112. Re: dang-banged @#^&%$## welding wire (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:39:02 -0600
- I hope you get good answers from pro welders but: In my meager experience with a little Century 110 volt short-circuit mig welder, there is NO tolerence for corrosion on the wire and it will hang and
- /html/shop-talk/2003-03/msg00079.html (7,207 bytes)
- 113. Re: weed eater (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:33:16 -0600
- If you have a dealer in the area, I seriously suggest you check out "Tanaka". . . Weed & brush-cutting "weedeater" type machines are their MAIN line of business . . . they have several home-style mac
- /html/shop-talk/2003-03/msg00109.html (8,286 bytes)
- 114. Re: slightly OT: hitch ball ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:00:02 -0600
- This thread reminds me of the theories of roller chain lubrication on equipment operating in dirty conditions. I was a dealer of such equipment and it was interesting that there was NO agreement on T
- /html/shop-talk/2003-03/msg00156.html (8,785 bytes)
- 115. VHS tape cassettes (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:43:44 -0600
- While I'm spending serious time cleaning and servicing my VCRs, I've become curious about the cassettes that I've accumulated over the last 20 years . . I've made no effort to date them so I have new
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00037.html (7,020 bytes)
- 116. Re: Drill a hole in round tubing? (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:32:03 -0600
- I'm pretty sure Carroll Smith, author of "Engineering to Win" and 5 or 6 other race car builder books, would have said the exact same thing. Tony in Texas /// unsubscribe/change address requests to m
- /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00056.html (7,735 bytes)
- 117. Re: Paint sprayer recommendation (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:15:56 -0600
- irregular surfaces you mentioned. It goes very fast, so >you could probably do it in a weekend, if all of the prep was done beforehand. Good advice from my observation. It is also worth the effort to
- /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00164.html (7,364 bytes)
- 118. Re: Diesels on ether (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:23:52 -0600
- Steve wondered: Having sold and serviced a few thousand diesel powered ag & industrial engines, I've heard lots of stories about ether starting fluid. The manufacturers generally allow limited intell
- /html/shop-talk/2002-12/msg00074.html (7,722 bytes)
- 119. Re: Air tank (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:15:18 -0600
- Those ol' 30 pound freon cylinders which the air conditioner guy once discarded are good . .they hold close to a cubic foot and you can still buy air tank kits with the proper fittings for a few buc
- /html/shop-talk/2002-12/msg00100.html (7,969 bytes)
- 120. Re: Air tank....another idea.... (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:36:06 -0600
- That sounded SCARY ''til I read the instruction plate on my similar unit . . ."tested to 500 PSI". I have a habit of using a clip-on chuck for filling my air tanks . . . then I walk "way over there"
- /html/shop-talk/2002-12/msg00113.html (7,817 bytes)
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