- 221. RE: quick generator help? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 19:36:44 -0700
- Rule of thumb (not a very good one) ... takes twice the current to start as to run. There should be a nameplate on the compressor itself (inside the housing) that gives ratings; or you could just bu
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00005.html (8,759 bytes)
- 222. RE: quick generator help? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:25:28 -0700
- I've forgotten most of this stuff, but I think there's something wrong with that number. The window A/C unit I just installed is rated for 14600 Btu/hr, which is about 1.2 ton (1 ton = 12,000 Btu/hr
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00011.html (8,172 bytes)
- 223. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:12:55 -0700
- After equipping my entire shop with them, and then discovering that they only last a few years before they start leaking badly ... I don't think they are way better. For a leak-free connection, I ca
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00074.html (8,365 bytes)
- 224. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:46:29 -0700
- As others have said, I turn the power to the compressor off when I'm done. That way, if something should fail when I'm not home, I don't also have to pay to run the compressor continuously until I d
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00093.html (9,566 bytes)
- 225. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:56:25 -0700
- BTDT. Seemed like it might not be long until one of those ejected couplers (they do fly off with some force) might hit something like a fender or worse, a window; so I felt I had to do something. Th
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00094.html (9,557 bytes)
- 226. RE: Air Chucks and Blow Guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:02:06 -0700
- Check with any place that sells parts for large trucks. My Dad's Mack had one of these, and I occasionally see them on trucks on the street. http://www.sandstruck.com/catalog2000/S-A271m.htm Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00099.html (8,446 bytes)
- 227. RE: Off Topic - Pool Pump Patch (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:12:49 -0700
- Interesting. How is it that you have a new pool, and no one told you how to operate and clean the filter ? That's exactly why there is a pressure gauge on there, because the gauge tells you when it'
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00110.html (7,813 bytes)
- 228. RE: Oil change interval for synthetic oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:53:58 -0700
- And there was a test where they loaded Mobil 1 into a new fleet of taxis and followed the recommended service intervals. The test was discontinued at 40,000 miles due to excess oil consumption ... R
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00141.html (8,941 bytes)
- 229. RE: Oil change interval for synthetic oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:06:53 -0700
- That's all true enough, Trevor. However, as I'm sure you know, what the engineers say is frequently not what winds up in the owner's manual. Plus, engineers are always given design guidelines ... ma
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00142.html (9,826 bytes)
- 230. RE: Oil change interval for synthetic oil (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:42:28 -0700
- Trevor Boicey replied : I've never worked for the "big 3" US car makers, but I have friends that have. And if they could save even $.10 per car without raising the warranty costs at all, they would.
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00152.html (9,136 bytes)
- 231. RE: oil change (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:48:14 -0700
- Didn't STP used to do something similar ? I can't remember the details after all these years, but when I first saw the Lucas display at my local parts house, I thought someone had found an old STP d
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00157.html (7,737 bytes)
- 232. RE: oil change (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:34:26 -0700
- There's one crucial difference, IMO, PB Blaster really does work well in my experience. Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00163.html (7,483 bytes)
- 233. RE: Engine hoist question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:31:06 -0700
- Tony replied : I agree completely, but there's an additional consideration if you ever have visitors in your shop ... valves sometimes get turned when they shouldn't be. I've had my Chinese engine h
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00189.html (8,018 bytes)
- 234. RE: underground house electrical supply? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:43:56 -0700
- It can all be underground, but the transformer requires a fair amount of consideration including dryness, ventilation (they do get hot) and access. You may find it preferable/easier to install it ab
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00191.html (8,528 bytes)
- 235. RE: Getting hung (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:48:06 -0700
- I have only a few tools hung on the wall, things like hand and power saws, levels, long clamps, carpenters squares, etc. Everything else goes in drawers (except for the 'baby' sledge that lives on t
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00192.html (7,392 bytes)
- 236. RE: CFCs. What's the real truth? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:21:24 -0700
- Doesn't necessarily follow ... the ozone is being created at the outer edges of the stratosphere and decays as it drifts towards the surface. Ozone molecules are very reactive, and will decay if the
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00209.html (9,273 bytes)
- 237. RE: casters or what ? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:30:41 -0700
- If you haven't, you might want to try locking casters ... if the table is as heavy as you say then it's not likely to move even without the locks. The mass of the table should absorb the hammer blow
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00230.html (8,829 bytes)
- 238. RE: POR-15 or RustBullet? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:39:33 -0700
- Friend of mine gave a talk at the club just last night ... he said that when topcoating POR-15, you *must* either sand the surface (which he said is a pain, the stuff is really hard once it sets up)
- /html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00233.html (7,782 bytes)
- 239. RE: Blasting Sand (long, off-topic, pt 1) (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 08:52:42 -0700
- Right, but the distinction between those categories is size. Respirable particles are less than 0.2 microns in size. No, the respirable fraction ratio is about percentage of the sample falls in the
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00001.html (9,871 bytes)
- 240. RE: Blasting Sand (long, off-topic, pt 2) (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 08:55:15 -0700
- To some extent, certainly. But none of those things are "shop vac bags". And since EPA tests do not even recognize respirable particles as a separate size range, they don't tell us much about how ef
- /html/shop-talk/2004-08/msg00002.html (9,179 bytes)
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