- 261. Re: Turning brake rotor (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 14:40:37 -0600
- Phil Ether harumps: version, which made >some of the same points I did, so I hope this does not look to argumentative in retrospect. Phil Augumentative? Never!!!!!!!! :-) My notes (computer stutters
- /html/shop-talk/2000-02/msg00127.html (9,063 bytes)
- 262. Re: The Rodent Report...... (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:38:55 -0600
- once My wife was distressed when she saw a hawk snatch a cardinal off our bird-feeder . . . I consoled her (not!) with: "Hey Doll, it's just another way to feed the birds" Tony_______________________
- /html/shop-talk/2000-02/msg00152.html (8,037 bytes)
- 263. Re: Insulated Garage Doors (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:21:24 -0600
- Right! properly galvanized steel has the characteristic of "healing over" sheared edges, scratches and holes unless attacked by some acidic corrosive force before the "healing" takes place. Most eve
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00093.html (7,610 bytes)
- 264. Re: Craftsman Tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:14:59 -0600
- Uncle Jack wrote about his company, John Deere. Uncle Jack, I'm curious about your racecar choice of Triumphs with those Ferguson tractor motors . . . I'd think a John Deere man would want to have an
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00110.html (7,345 bytes)
- 265. Re: The Ideal Shop (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 20:09:40 -0600
- Phil Ethier comments: was Hmmm indeed!. . . I clad an outbuilding on my shop lot with shiny galvanized material and noted that in direct summer sun, the shiny metal was so hot I could not bear to hol
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00176.html (7,446 bytes)
- 266. Re: Shop security (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 12:43:49 -0600
- I'd ruther have burglars!!!!!!!!!! Tony
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00200.html (7,883 bytes)
- 267. Re: Safety question (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 01:39:19 -0600
- Gordon worried: Space, safe solvents, welding area screening and a lot of awareness can prevent most scary happenings.....Less expected is the hazard of grinding sparks . . . I've seen disc grinder s
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00217.html (7,945 bytes)
- 268. Re: Tap and Die set (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 02:06:09 -0600
- Kyle asked: Sears I one I get along okay with an old Sears set . . don't use it THAT often, but it's a necessity . . My biggest gripe with all sets is the lousy handles for both taps and dies . . . I
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00218.html (8,517 bytes)
- 269. Re: Shop security (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 02:39:36 -0600
- Warning signs have always intrigued me . . . "Keep Out" or "No Trespassing" don't hack it, I toyed with "BURGLAR ALARM TEST LAB" "RADIATION DANGER" (causes impotence) THESE MONKEYS BITE AND SCRATCH A
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00219.html (8,833 bytes)
- 270. Re: Can't read the numbers on sockets? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:17:54 -0600
- I've been using the "Quick Find" tags for years . . . they really help these old bifocaled eyes . . . I like them so much that I bought a set for my wrenches as well. They CAN be scratched if the soc
- /html/shop-talk/1999-12/msg00266.html (7,630 bytes)
- 271. Re: Toilet/Shower drain help. (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 21:26:36 -0600
- A friendly plumber put me on to the solution of this problem which had plagued me for years: 3 or four times a year, preferably when you're going to be away for a few days, flush the toilets and at t
- /html/shop-talk/1999-11/msg00062.html (8,806 bytes)
- 272. Re: Dyno? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:23:40 -0600
- Uncle Jacks wondered: No, but I have spent a considerable amount of time discussing and dreaming about such a project! :-) The inspiration was often the occasional availability of portable dyno units
- /html/shop-talk/1999-11/msg00073.html (7,557 bytes)
- 273. Re: HVLP to spray latex? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:53:51 -0500
- I donno nuttin' about HVLP but I hired a pro to do "airless" on a clean, prepped 16 by 40 metal building. Gawd! He put on a perfect job in about 30 minutes and I was impressed! Paint stores rent them
- /html/shop-talk/1999-10/msg00044.html (7,025 bytes)
- 274. Re: shop press (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 01:20:18 -0500
- I want a press too but I don't really need one very often . . . I'll probably keeping "leaning" on buddies for serious work and continue using a $20 HF 1000# arbor press for most little bushing-type
- /html/shop-talk/1999-07/msg00004.html (7,160 bytes)
- 275. Re: Not the floor paint thread again... (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:31:56 -0500
- My experience with the muriatic acid etch was a mottled mess when I merely poured it on and tried to "broom" it around. I laid my hands on a humongous plastic garden sprinkler can which let me get "f
- /html/shop-talk/1999-07/msg00046.html (7,136 bytes)
- 276. Re: elastic stop nut torque multiplier? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 17:43:16 -0500
- Matt reckoned: And you were correct . . however, the extra torque would be negligible on a "nyloc". There ARE industrial fasteners which operate on the principle of deformed nut bodies or threads whi
- /html/shop-talk/1999-06/msg00010.html (7,790 bytes)
- 277. Re: air tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 23:31:40 -0500
- Ed, try the tools on a "real" lug bolt or a nut and bolt clamped in the Then, attempt to loosen with a torque wrench to give you an idea of the power your tools have. Tony had
- /html/shop-talk/1999-06/msg00018.html (8,114 bytes)
- 278. Re: products for fully cleaning a windshield (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:52:44 -0500
- Someone wrote this great tip: I'll add that the resultant really, really clean windshield allows your "Rain-Ex" to work about nine times better! Tony
- /html/shop-talk/1999-06/msg00043.html (7,054 bytes)
- 279. Shop Security (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:01:26 -0500
- Matt Ligett wrote about some low-tech shop security like cactus planted under the window and asked: My shop security is magnified by the fact that my shop is clear across town from my house. Though m
- /html/shop-talk/1999-06/msg00055.html (7,090 bytes)
- 280. Re: Garage Security (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:44:57 -0500
- I have a story . . A friend had a cycle shop back in the 60s and I was visiting him at closing time one night. He was laboriously feeding a chain thru every bike frame and then he locked the chain,
- /html/shop-talk/1999-06/msg00059.html (7,202 bytes)
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