- 1. Mower - bent crank? (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:45:44 -0500
- A bent the crank on my (expensive) John Deere by hitting a stump. Pulled the motor off and headed over to the dealer, where they put it on a jig and straightened that sucker! (This is a push/self-pro
- /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00198.html (6,754 bytes)
- 2. Coating brass after buffing (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:04:17 -0500
- I've just used to buffing wheel to brighten up a brass fixture and now want to coat it: 1. What's the best coating for a bathroom environment? 2. Will a spray-on polyurethane work? 3. What about clea
- /html/shop-talk/2001-10/msg00072.html (7,165 bytes)
- 3. Results of powder-coating polished brass (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:45:33 -0500
- Last week I asked about coating brass after polishing. Not much in the way of replies, but I thought I'd try powder coating (clear). It worked -- it's still fun to put such a hard, shiny coat on thin
- /html/shop-talk/2001-10/msg00225.html (7,926 bytes)
- 4. Women (->was wench -> was Trailers...) (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 10:56:26 -0500
- This whole wenching experience has been very entertaining, you wascals! It brings up another question: * Are there any women subscribed to the shop-talk list? Just wondering. All of the car-related (
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00001.html (7,452 bytes)
- 5. RE: Jaguar XJ6L (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:39:55 -0500
- Inch - there is a VERY valuable resource available for these cars at http://www.jag-lovers.org/xjlovers/ Click on links such as "FAQs" and "Buy/Sell info" to get very good, detailed information abou
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00105.html (7,625 bytes)
- 6. RE: OT: Pergo flooring (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:37:34 -0500
- I didn't install our Pergo, but I watched the guy who did. He said that the most important prep was to get the supporting surface completely flat. (In our case, a slab foundation.) I thought it look
- /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00023.html (9,197 bytes)
- 7. torch flashback link? (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 12:26:11 -0500
- Just got home vacation and tried to see the torch flashback material that you guys discussed the other day... link doesn't work, nor does the workaround that someone used. Whassup? -Lee /// /// shop-
- /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00166.html (6,587 bytes)
- 8. RE: At home powder coating (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:00:02 -0500
- Mike - The most prolific home-powder-coater I know is Fred Thomas, who hangs out on the Triumphs list. I believe that he uses this Harbor Freight unit, and even prefers it over the Eastwood unit. I
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00077.html (7,877 bytes)
- 9. RE: X10 question (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 8:15:48 -0500
- Richard - The X10 switches are supposed to be good for up to 500W; perhaps you got a bum switch? (I've had a couple of bad ones.) What are you using to send the signals to the switch? I had some poo
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00123.html (7,687 bytes)
- 10. Thanks! (flooring) (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:25:42 -0600
- Mark - As I was sweeping our Pergo floor this weekend, I had some more thoughts to pass on. I've had the Pergo for 3.5 years now, and have had several wood floors in the past. I got to comparing them
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00021.html (8,015 bytes)
- 11. 100- vs. 200-amps: the result. (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 9:47:48 -0600
- And I agree- what a great source... -Lee Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding daniels@tamu.edu Texas A&M University '74 TR6 '88 XJ6 http://acs.tamu.edu/~lmd1191 /// /// shop-
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00115.html (7,005 bytes)
- 12. RE: Water Alarm (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 13:36:17 -0600
- If you want a lot more technology (for more $$) check on a more sophisticated system. Look at some of the systems at www.smarthome.com -- search for "waterbug", "sensaphone", and "water cop". The se
- /html/shop-talk/2000-11/msg00010.html (7,838 bytes)
- 13. RE: Bone Creeper (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 8:48:30 -0600
- http://www.ntxtools.com/bone.htm - $89.95 http://www.qn.net/~ahtech/bone.html - $99.95 http://www.tooldiscounter.com/EnterVendor.cfm (search for bone) - $73.12 Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecula
- /html/shop-talk/2000-11/msg00165.html (7,442 bytes)
- 14. RE: x10, interesting, but drifting off topic (proposed solutions inside) (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:18:03 -0500
- There is a "home automation" news group, of which about 95% of the discussion is about X10: comp.home.automation It's really pretty good, as news groups go, and lots of technical info is there. Ther
- /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00017.html (7,310 bytes)
- 15. matchmaker...Hmmmm. (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 15:47:01 -0500
- Ok, I think I've got this pegged. And then on Tue, 3 Oct 2000 he explains that... HEY ERIC: It sounds like you should have bought such a device much earlier!!!! -Lee "I couldn't resist" Daniels Lee M
- /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00019.html (7,045 bytes)
- 16. "Citrol": D-limonene; was Re: Solvent/gloves (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:37:10 -0500
- The "citrol" solvent (not really a solvent -- it's a *solute*, which is dissolved in a solvent--water, in this case) is available from many different sources in varying forms. Several different lubri
- /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00075.html (8,631 bytes)
- 17. RE: X10 (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:16:33 -0500
- The Leviton signal bridge can be seen at the SmartHome site at And then a diagram of how it hooks up is at http://www.smarthome.com/images/4815dgm.gif although I don't understand all the connections.
- /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00123.html (8,386 bytes)
- 18. RE: leather cleaner and conditioner. (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:05:22 -0500
- Some of the guys on the Jaguar list swear by "Leatherique" and claim that their products are much superior to the others. This is just hearsay coming from me; you can read about it at www.leatheriqu
- /html/shop-talk/2000-06/msg00078.html (7,520 bytes)
- 19. RE: Nyloc nut source ? (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 10:39:34 -0600
- I saw "nyloc"(TM) at two different hardware stores this past weekend (Lowe's and Furrow). I don't recall what grade they were, but you're not going to get the best grade at these stores. They were ab
- /html/shop-talk/2000-02/msg00055.html (7,383 bytes)
- 20. Toolbox organization- THANKS! (score: 1)
- Author: Lee Daniels <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 15:37:44 -0600
- I kept all of the responses regarding how to organize my new tool box, and I printed them out and read them over as I sat in front of the box to begin filling it. The various ideas were quite helpful
- /html/shop-talk/2000-01/msg00035.html (6,998 bytes)
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