- 361. Re: Leak-Down Testing (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 23:50:49 -0500
- own More like $70 with the spark plug hole adaptors and freight but still a good buy unless you're a "twiddler" like me and have to try to make one (justifying shop existance and gaining brag rights
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00092.html (8,588 bytes)
- 362. Fw: Leak-Down Testing (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:34:56 -0500
- Someone asked: I already have an adjustable regulator and a gauge on my compressor so all I need is a 1/4" npt pipe tee with a .040 - .050 orifice (drilled soldered-up hose barb) on the inlet side, o
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00096.html (8,569 bytes)
- 363. Re: Leak-Down Testing (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:38:34 -0500
- <Major snippage> on been I'm certainly not a "fluid-type" but I DID disect a "real" leakdown tester ("Auto Test Inc., Bellville, Wisc") and discovered that the leak percent guage is simply a regular
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00098.html (9,162 bytes)
- 364. Leakdown tester test (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 20:36:20 -0500
- I did a test run of my "home brew" tester against a factory "AUTO TEST INC" tester and I was surprised to find that the orifice size is super critical. In order to duplicate the "leak percentage" fig
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00099.html (6,705 bytes)
- 365. Re: leakdown tester (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 18:12:03 -0500
- Rex, the orifice size that my "home-brew" tester needed in order to "flow" the same percentage leak-down as the factory made leak-down tester was a number 57 drill size, not a .057" . The actual diam
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00102.html (9,352 bytes)
- 366. Re: leakdown tester (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 23:44:10 -0500
- Hey! We're a little past that! We don't want to just compare cylinders and listen to apertures for wind. We'd like to learn something about engine condition. We want the reading to mean something, no
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00104.html (7,987 bytes)
- 367. Re: latex gloves (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 14:20:11 -0500
- latex. I'm Ditto and: they are much more resistant to some chemicals such as paint stripper and carburetor cleaner in my experience. I note that "Gempler's" has them in a 4 mil thickness, s, m, l or
- /html/shop-talk/1998-05/msg00127.html (7,205 bytes)
- 368. Re: Cheap workbench advice wanted. (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 09:18:08 -0500
- Some ergonomics guru I was reading suggested "elbow height" as the optium distance above floor level for work while standing . . . I have one bench that height (for me) . . .at least I never have to
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00070.html (9,075 bytes)
- 369. Re: Workbenches (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 10:38:47 -0500
- remodeled, were free, even got and room Bob's a "scrounger", and I'm one also. I too, have a restaurant stainless bench but I have also "scored" 11 7 foot tall electronics rack-mount cabinets which I
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00079.html (7,682 bytes)
- 370. Re: Dzus fasteners (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 10:56:37 -0500
- Thanks! 'Preciate your taking the time to share a good site with the list. Tony -- thought you sorts of Liggett 900t SPG
- /html/shop-talk/1998-04/msg00138.html (7,227 bytes)
- 371. Re: Air-powered grease guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:55:16 -0600
- air-driven models We used a good brand (Lincoln) in my shop and experienced no problems in almost continuous operation for years. Two caveats: 1. Whatever brand you buy, replace tips with a good qual
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00015.html (7,036 bytes)
- 372. Best value shop tool (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 11:31:35 -0600
- Everyone will have a different "nomination" for the "best value" tool in his shop but my vote goes to the my "el cheapo" air hammer. I don't even know what brand it is; it only cost about 15 bucks an
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00016.html (7,266 bytes)
- 373. Re: Garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:08:05 -0600
- saving ground. I've had a Modine 130,000 btu gas fired overhead unit in my 30 by 60 shop for over 10 years. It's been trouble-free and it can get the shop a comfortable 65 degrees from 32 degrees in
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00032.html (7,533 bytes)
- 374. Re: Garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:19:50 -0600
- And it I don't experience as much difference in the air temp from ceiling to floor as I anticipated. In a 30 by 60 metal building with only 2 inches of glass insulation, the difference in temp on tw
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00033.html (7,729 bytes)
- 375. Re: tiny air compressor (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 18:27:25 -0600
- Brilliant! I've the same problem and I have a couple of old freon bottles; I feel a project coming on! Tony race track remove wheel pick up nailers. But... unit was got an 5 why not pig in portable -
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00034.html (8,231 bytes)
- 376. Re: Garage Door Balance (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:37:13 -0600
- I think that you've already figured this out; You increase the pre-load on the springs. On the two similar doors on my garage, you hold the spring-securing hub by inserting a 1/2" steel rod into the
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00072.html (10,369 bytes)
- 377. Re: Garage Door Balance (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 14:33:42 -0600
- Someone wonders: but the One big ol' cup point setscrew "machines" it's way into the bar and will hold more torque than you can apply with one hand; my doors have 2 set screws on each collar. It take
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00084.html (9,134 bytes)
- 378. Re: Shopsmith and tools in general (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:08:50 -0600
- Ken asked: car's and tools?Ken Landaiche The Shopsmith lathe (and everything else) is strictly for woodwork according to them, don't know what you'd do on your car after you finished a nifty shift kn
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00085.html (8,559 bytes)
- 379. Re: Fw: Shopsmith and tools in general (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 21:53:08 -0600
- <Snips> Brand new Enco (1-800 873 3626) Mill-Drill 2 hp, R8 Spindle, 16" swing, 12 speed, tapping switch, 60 piece of accessory kit for $999.00! Yum, Yum! Tony
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00098.html (8,523 bytes)
- 380. Re: Atlas lathes and Shopsmiths (score: 1)
- Author: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:27:18 -0600
- Don't have an extra 3 jaw chuck for a 1 inch by 10 thread spindle, do you? ;-) Tony must been weeks guage these, But originals. been as chucks bear threads, feature.
- /html/shop-talk/1998-03/msg00119.html (8,918 bytes)
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