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41. Re: MIG welders (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 09:41:33 -0400 (EDT); Could you please explain to me the use of copper or stainless wire? Are you welding only copper and stainless steel? On british cars? I have an SP100, and as far as I know, the wire I have always use; /html/shop-talk/1996-05/msg00024.html (8,257 bytes)
42. Re: Tool purchase advice (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 16:00:23 -0400 (EDT); I'm afraid I would come up with a different set of morals than those you came up with. I would conclude: 1) If your wife lets you buy a Unisaw, when a Contractor's saw (the real one, not the Contract; /html/shop-talk/1996-04/msg00043.html (7,662 bytes)
43. Re: Drill press? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 16:04:08 -0500 (EST); Various people have complained about Delta drill presses. I picked a Delta 70-200 for our shop here at work, and it seems to work pretty well. ^^^^^^^^^^ A Palmgren also is a good vise. Or was this i; /html/shop-talk/1996-03/msg00018.html (7,518 bytes)
44. Re: Polishing Alumunium (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 10:52:37 -0500 (EST); I polished the cockpit surround on Kermit the frogeye. I used three grades of polishing compound, and it came out very bright. I suggest getting an Eastwood catalogue; they have a lot of aluminum pol; /html/shop-talk/1996-03/msg00031.html (7,879 bytes)
45. welders (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 17:11:38 -0500 (EST); I have a Lincoln SP-100 mig welder, which I like very well. It does not do particularly well when the thickness of the steel is 0.100 in or more, but it is fine on sheet metal. I suspect, however, th; /html/shop-talk/1996-02/msg00024.html (7,118 bytes)
46. Re: Parts Washer (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:46:20 -0500 (EST); ...something being a parts washer... (snip) I might be missing something very basic here, but I cannot figure why you need to cut and seal any holes through the side of the pail. Why can't your elect; /html/shop-talk/1996-02/msg00031.html (10,071 bytes)
47. Re: Wow (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 10:57:02 -0500 (EST); pallet > racks in various sizes? You know, the kind that can hold up a few dozen > V8 blocks or a pair of Spitfires without endangering the life of anyone > close by? Maybe I should start checking th; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00003.html (7,616 bytes)
48. Re: Garages (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 17:51:07 -0500 (EST); I have thought a good bit about the pros and cons of pits, because I need to expand my garage. Apparently lifts can be had for about $2500, and could be moved from house to house. A lift would be a g; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00010.html (7,950 bytes)
49. Re: floor paint (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 00:06:00 -0500 (EST); We discussed floor paint at one point on the british cars list. Roland Dudley had a clever idea; he said the paint used to mark lanes on streets and parking lots stays put--why not paint the garage f; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00021.html (7,667 bytes)
50. spot-blasters, review (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:06:29 -0500 (EST); I keep getting seduced by ads offering spot sandblasters, designed to let you sand blast a rusty patch without getting sand in every nook and cranny of your garage and body. These use a shroud betwee; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00027.html (9,688 bytes)
51. Re: New to List, need help. (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 10:42:41 -0500 (EST); I agree the Miller is good. I looked at it and Lincoln, and bought a Lincoln SP-100. It has worked beautifully for about 5 years now; the only drawback is it won't handle comfortably anything thicker; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00040.html (8,314 bytes)
52. Oilless air compressors (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 16:15:26 -0500 (EST); Lately, many of the compressors I've seen seem far smaller than the ones I grew up with, and I've seen these called "oilless design" or something like that. Usually, the compressor is covered by a pl; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00093.html (7,504 bytes)
53. Re: Parts Cleaners (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 14:07:25 -0500 (EST); My guess is that some (most? all?) crystal drain cleaners are NaOH. Cheap and effective, I suppose. But you want to be very careful not to splash it in your eyes. It isn't all that pleasant to get on; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00127.html (8,159 bytes)
54. Re: FW: Electrical ducting (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 21:50:53 -0500 (EST); If you are going to cover all this when it is done (i.e. if you are going to cover the pipes with sheetrock, so you can tolerate having the setup being a bit messy, try bending the copper pipe around; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00135.html (8,950 bytes)
55. Re: Shop floors, was Re: Shop heaters (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:53:51 -0500 (EST); Non car people are *very* strange. They patiently put up with all sorts of inconvenience and deterioration caused by keeping their car outside so their plastic leaf rakes will stay dry. [discussion o; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00194.html (10,214 bytes)
56. RE: Shop floors, was Re: Shop heaters (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:58:27 -0500 (EST); Only if the radiant heat pipes leak. Seriously, I cannot think of any reason why one form of heat is better than another in regard to moisture, *as long as the combustion products are vented to the o; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00197.html (11,154 bytes)
57. Re: Shop floors, was Re: Shop heaters (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 22:25:21 -0500 (EST); I should have said that I do this under and around long term projects; not under a car that's being driven. I'm not daft, however I may seem. Ray Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysic; /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00201.html (8,811 bytes)

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