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161. Re: [Shop-talk] Auto gas line repair (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:21:47 -0800
Saab solved that problem on the 99s and ur-900s - the plastic fuel lines ran inside the car, under the back seat and up the left-side rocker panel. On my '81 900T the lines ran right next to the rear
/html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00080.html (8,394 bytes)

162. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman deal.... (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:18:27 -0800
I have Craftsman stuff extending back sixty years or so, plus Snap-On/Blue Point, S-K, Facom, Utica, Proto/Challenger, Stanley (which is now what Proto is anyway, right?), Husky in old US-made (*my*
/html/shop-talk/2009-01/msg00173.html (9,203 bytes)

163. Re: [Shop-talk] Dimmable CFLs at Home Depot (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:11:33 -0800
I think what he means is that the silo into which the bulb is inserted is conical, conforming to the typical taper of an incandescent bulb, with a conventional Edison socket at the bottom, while the
/html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00093.html (9,836 bytes)

164. Re: [Shop-talk] Dimmable CFLs at Home Depot (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:11:19 -0800
I've got a 50ft hosereel and a 40ft cordreel (both Harbor Freight items) way up on the wall next to the door at the back of the garage. It's very nice to have them there. The hosereel works fine; the
/html/shop-talk/2009-02/msg00120.html (8,656 bytes)

165. Re: [Shop-talk] running ethernet wires (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:58:17 -0700
No. They're fine for the wire, and I think HD at least stocks Leviton connectors which are fine, but you don't CRIMP anything, you need a *good* 110 punchdown tool. Cat5E wire is good enough, Cat6 b
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00031.html (9,269 bytes)

166. Re: [Shop-talk] Wood filler for stripped out screw hole (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:29:04 -0700
Sometimes if having the screw center in the same place in the hole is critical, two of the flat toothpicks work better so the screw will more or less go between them, but yeah, works for me. John. __
/html/shop-talk/2009-04/msg00093.html (8,414 bytes)

167. Re: [Shop-talk] Leaky rivets (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:46:50 -0700
I'd tend to agree. It sounds like the best alternative, but I'd doubt that anything's going to work unless and until the area around the hole, the shank, and the head are clean. John. _______________
/html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00078.html (8,167 bytes)

168. Re: [Shop-talk] Help springs (sort of) (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:12:54 -0700
I once filled the back of my 3/4-ton '91 Suburban with 90lb sacks of ready-mix, then did the math while I was driving home and just about crapped. Fortunately, the tires are slightly oversize Load R
/html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00129.html (8,108 bytes)

169. Re: [Shop-talk] X-10 help (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:21:44 -0700
Yeah, there's receivers and signal-strength meters and etc. out there, probably start by looking around smarthome.com or googling for 'Leviton DHC' What kind of receiver/switch unit is being used, a
/html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00148.html (7,802 bytes)

170. Re: [Shop-talk] X-10 help (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:16:27 -0700
Can you describe the wiring to this fixture? The 'traditional' cheapie X10 wall-switch replacements do not use a neutral wire at the fixture, they expect to be able to get their neutral across the f
/html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00151.html (8,294 bytes)

171. Re: [Shop-talk] Mailbox to end all mailboxes (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:03:59 -0700
I was thinking something reinforced concrete three feet in diameter, jacketed with 3/8in steel, and with hot water pumped through it to melt any snow that builds up around the mailbox so the plow gu
/html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00174.html (8,163 bytes)

172. Re: [Shop-talk] Straightening brake lines (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:52:56 -0700
I've seen reference to a tool called a 'tubing straightener' but I don't have one and know nothing about them. Another option is to run your lines such that you don't ever need a truly straight leng
/html/shop-talk/2009-07/msg00062.html (7,054 bytes)

173. Re: [Shop-talk] Straightening brake lines (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:37:19 -0700
That's the one I saw, have never seen one in the flesh. I'd really like one, and certainly have use for it, but the price is pretty stiff... John. _______________________________________________ Sup
/html/shop-talk/2009-07/msg00064.html (8,152 bytes)

174. Re: [Shop-talk] Tirerack (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:00:58 -0700
I guess I've been buying from Tire Rack for a dozen years or so now, my last couple efforts at buying tires locally kinda failed (the shop guys had their heads up their backsides) and the shop I tak
/html/shop-talk/2009-08/msg00009.html (8,416 bytes)

175. Re: [Shop-talk] Extreme irony: Brand enginnering (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:22:29 -0700
Hey, it worked for Saab and the Trailblazer, right? *gack* John. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.t
/html/shop-talk/2009-10/msg00166.html (7,179 bytes)

176. Re: [Shop-talk] Garden Tool Hangers (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:14:03 -0800
Yeah, if you're hanging something with a handle or other sizeable hole you can put a fender washer or some such over a lagscrew, then a piece of rubber or vinyl tubing over the shank to hold the wash
/html/shop-talk/2009-11/msg00012.html (8,022 bytes)

177. Re: [Shop-talk] Plumbing a shop (it's that time of the year again) (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:52:34 -0800
I'm not sure if PVC work-hardens from the pressurization cycles. I know it doesn't react well to UV exposure. I'd never use Sch40 PVC in a pressurized-gas environment. I suppose Sch80 might be a diff
/html/shop-talk/2009-11/msg00071.html (12,516 bytes)

178. Re: [Shop-talk] Plumbing a shop (it's that time of the year again) (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:11:26 -0800
I understand and agree with the reasons for this. Type L ('blue', normal middle-thickness pipe) copper is OSHA-approved for compressed air and it's what I used. Type M ('red', the thin stuff) is not
/html/shop-talk/2009-11/msg00073.html (10,845 bytes)

179. Re: [Shop-talk] Plumbing a shop (it's that time of the year again) (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:17:16 -0800
The thing to remember about black iron pipe is that it's sold mostly for gas pipe, and gas service is 0.5psi, and in gas service it's pressure-tested at something like 15psi, and most of the hardwar
/html/shop-talk/2009-11/msg00077.html (10,152 bytes)

180. Re: [Shop-talk] Plumbing a shop (it's that time of the year again) (score: 1)
Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:22:37 -0800
...and sometimes the guys at OSH or HD who don't know what they're doing will leave you with a big long thread where the end is cut/tapered so far that it rattles loose in the fitting, and you'll en
/html/shop-talk/2009-11/msg00078.html (9,323 bytes)

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