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221. Testing auto battery chargers (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:16:20 -0400; Does anyone know how you could test/troubleshoot an automatic float battery I have a bunch of them (all different brands and such) and just recently, 2 batteries that I had on them went kaput. I don'; /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00000.html (6,362 bytes)
222. Re: chain saw rec/saws to avoid? (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:14:13 -0400; I have a VERY old McCulloch. I mean REALLY REALLY old. It was old when I got it from my dad about 15 years ago. I put a one size shorter bar on it and this thing is unstoppable! Of course, you need t; /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00083.html (8,082 bytes)
223. Re: Ground contact tool maintenance (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:44:37 -0400; I hang mine all on the wall. But I clean them first. Check it out... http://tinyurl.com/ykp6eu In the top lefthand photo, past the rescue truck. (yes, I have a small rescue squad at my house. 4 Truck; /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00086.html (7,099 bytes)
224. Fun pic of shop (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:53:56 -0500; So how much do you love YOUR shop? check out this pic... http://www.megageek.com/photo/photoa~1.nsf/a7ffeab012bbfb5b85256eb1007ca7f6/382a3ec05f4387ca8525721b00795180?OpenDocument Or http://tinyurl.co; /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00022.html (6,386 bytes)
225. Jack Knifed Fork Lift (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:40:10 -0500; well, not a true "jackknife" but the other day I had a little "loading Some background, I was loading 8 pallets of books on a truck at my house. The driver wouldn't let me stack a pallet on another p; /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00028.html (7,655 bytes)
226. Re: removing stain from glass? (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:02:33 -0500; OK, I don't know exactly how the glass is stained (if it's in the glass or on the glass.) But I scuba dive and often find really cool old bottles. Many of them have a "stain" on them from being burie; /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00058.html (7,689 bytes)
227. Re: "lift-proofing" garage floor/electric (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:49:47 -0500; Normally it requires about 6" of floor. Now, you could pour a 4" floor and then, when you buy the lift, cut the floor and put in 6" footers where the lift will go (I'm not sure how big they need to b; /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00068.html (7,600 bytes)
228. RE: Measuring tool recommendations? (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:49:40 -0500; I may be wrong (since I never do much work that requires complete acturacy,) but as long as you use the SAME tool throughout the project, I'm guessing it doesn't matter if the tool is giving you an a; /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00075.html (8,082 bytes)
229. Testing a battery float charger (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:53:27 -0500; I think I may have posted this before, but if I did maybe it never got Anyway, is there a way to test an automatic battery float charger? I've got about 5 of these that I can't figure out if they are; /html/shop-talk/2006-11/msg00086.html (6,497 bytes)
230. Re: Cell Phone Spam (sort of!)--Non-LBC (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:23:14 -0500; Jim, it seems that you have to tell your cell phone provider that if they can't stop the charges, you will drop them. I would dump the provider and move to another cell phone company. In the US, we h; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00018.html (6,911 bytes)
231. waste oil (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:35:17 -0500; Can someone tell me if it's OK to dump waste oil in the oil tank for my home heating oil? I don't generate alot of waste oil (maybe up to 15 gals a year), so a dedicated waste oil heater isn't worth; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00040.html (6,789 bytes)
232. Re: sealing concrete (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:23:57 -0500; Here is what I did 2 years ago. Its held up great. The only problems are where the floor itself gets chipped. Recently, I've had a few problems with saltwater, drying under the truck tires and it pul; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00041.html (7,547 bytes)
233. Re: sealing concrete (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:19:42 -0500; It didn't say to go over a damp floor. It did say that it could go on new concrete. (I think I had to wait 3 days.) the Waterborne means that it wasn't oil based I think. Inch "We all know we're dyin; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00046.html (7,382 bytes)
234. Re: Air line piping (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:41:31 -0500; I'm still looking into this for my shop, but what I found is that the black pipe is suck a cheaper, safer solution that the others don't make sense. Even if you rent a threading machine, the cost is; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00109.html (9,475 bytes)
235. Re: Air line piping (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:51:01 -0500; John writes... Bum-Fornication Everywhere, sometimes used as shorthand for "The middle of nowhere." My favorite expression of "nowhere" was from my hero, Al Bundy! It was "Burnt Scrotum, New Mexico."; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00126.html (8,382 bytes)
236. Re: Dishwasher issues (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:37:32 -0500; Jim, I'm not an expert, in fact, I don't even use my dishwasher. (A single guy has no need for one, except for cleaning guns and auto parts!) Anyway, I've helped a few people with them and it always; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00158.html (7,131 bytes)
237. Steam Pressure washer for sale (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:49:52 -0500; OK, I'm cleaning up and I found this and realized that I don't get that much use out of it. So I thought I'd put it on the block and see if anyone is interested. This is a steam pressure washer (that; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00159.html (7,430 bytes)
238. Great Contractor truck for sale, cheap! (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:57:51 -0500; One more item for sale that I'm offering here first, it's a Ford crash truck that spent it's life as a rescue truck for a dive organization that I'm a member of. It's stripped of it's emergency light; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00160.html (8,475 bytes)
239. Re: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:14:17 -0500; OK, I have NO idea if this would work, but it's just a suggestion. If you have you generator plugged into your panel, wouldn't just flipping the main breaker prevent it from back feeding up the line?; /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00192.html (8,827 bytes)
240. New theory of mine (humor, hoping to start a fun thread) (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:36:21 -0500; OK, I have new theory that I'm curious if I'm right about. The theory is based on the fact that you can tell a "self-taught" mechanic from one that learned from working with others. Here is the way t; /html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00051.html (8,682 bytes)

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