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1. Re: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:19:15 -0600
My only experience with thermal cleaning was with a shop that destroyed a pair of antique Pontiac heads that way, then they tried to claim they had been cracked before they baked them. Since I'd just
/html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00024.html (7,604 bytes)

2. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:24:11 -0600
I checked into an instant heater a few months ago. While they seem to be common and inexpensive in Europe and Canada, they're ridiculously expensive in the USA - for one that would handle a full-flow
/html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00025.html (8,457 bytes)

3. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:32:47 -0600
We have a 40-gallon gas water heater. I typically use the whole tank during a long shower. The water temp drops down to 130F or so and stabilizes, so once I've shut the cold water off completely, the
/html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00026.html (8,814 bytes)

4. Re: Oil change interval for synthetic oil (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:25:04 -0500
Not necessarily. Much of the time, it's marketing, not engineering. You may have been around long enough to remember the last round of the "service interval wars" in the 1960s, starting with "permane
/html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00144.html (9,338 bytes)

5. Re: Comperssor questions (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:33:12 -0500
I have the same problem. I replace the belt, cleaned the pulleys with carb cleaner, checked the motor/compressor alignment with a straightedge, levered the motor out to make the belt as tight as I co
/html/shop-talk/2004-09/msg00145.html (9,057 bytes)

6. Re: Disposing of used razor blades (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:35:57 -0600
I have a 5 gallon plastic bucket by the bandsaw. All small metal scrap - razor blades, old lifters and timing chains, uselessly small cut-offs, etc. go into the bucket. The local "metal recycler" wil
/html/shop-talk/2003-07/msg00070.html (7,810 bytes)

7. Re: DIY waste oil heater (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 18:50:02 -0600
They have to catch me first. -- ==ronin@aristotle.net (Dave Williams)== == waiting, anticipating / for someone to save her soul / well, I == == ain't no new Messiah / but I'm close enough for rock an
/html/shop-talk/2002-11/msg00178.html (7,036 bytes)

8. DIY waste oil heater (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:16:23 -0600
I've been looking for plans for a homebuilt waste oil heater. I have an effectively unlimited supply of used motor oil and ATF from a friend's truck fleet. Years ago, I remember seeing some type of o
/html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00079.html (7,538 bytes)

9. Re: Storage of sheet stock cut-offs (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 19:00:18 -0600
Small squarish stuff goes on top of a cabinet. Long bits lean alongside a bench. Big pieces are mixed in with the plywood and paneling that lean against a wall. My long flats, rounds, and angles lean
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00034.html (7,577 bytes)

10. Re: welder (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 17:27:30 -0600
My problems are, the bottom of the helmet bumps my chest or throat when I'm up against something and have to look straight down, and down here in Dixie humidity, sometimes my welding "duty cycle" is
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00058.html (9,051 bytes)

11. Re: Line trimmer (no car stuff at all) (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:37:08 -0600
The rubber is eaten by bacteria that live on and adjacent to the road surfaces. Really. -- ==NEW: ronin@aristotle.net== I've got a secret / I've been hiding / under my skin / | Who are you? my heart
/html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00148.html (8,619 bytes)

12. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 04:28:46 -0600
Though Bruce is a nice guy and worked hard at the FAQ (and is a petrochemical engineer by profession, so he gets paid to know that kind of stuff), he's limited by his sources. For example, being in N
/html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00039.html (10,134 bytes)

13. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 07:41:44 -0600
Aaaaahh! Just after the first version of his FAQ came out, Bruce and I butted heads several times over the issue of MTBE. Bruce refused to acknowlege "anecdotal evidence" that contradicted what his r
/html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00057.html (9,159 bytes)

14. Re: need a list of acronyms (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 18:56:56 -0600
Yeah. The acronym bozoids worked overtime at NASA. When "jet pack" became "MMU" knew NASA was in its final days as an effective organization. Nowadays their "space research" seems to be mostly the en
/html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00073.html (8,359 bytes)

15. Re: Air compressor shed? (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:36:45 -0600
My compressor is in an adjacent storage shed, with a 1" pipe running to the main shop manifold. It's much quieter out there... Freezing temperatures are not an issue. -- ==NEW: ronin@aristotle.net==
/html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00086.html (7,301 bytes)

16. Re: MIG welders (not asking for advice) (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:37:26 -0600
I have a two-drawer Steelcase filing cabinet mounted on a small angle-iron base with large (4" or so) casters. The MIG sits on top at chest height, the helmet and goodies go in the drawers. -- ==NEW:
/html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00110.html (8,159 bytes)

17. Re: bar height (inches)? (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:19:26 -0600
Call around your local grave marker or "monument" shops. They cut and polish lots of stone. A flat piece without lettering or artwork is what you'd want, or they might dress the back side of a marker
/html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00150.html (7,975 bytes)

18. Re: was Prepping a floor, Now lifting beam (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:19:31 -0600
I've used both longitudinal and lateral fixed trolley beams. They worked just fine. For longitudinal, you just roll the car back to sit the engine down. Right now I just have a fixed lift point and m
/html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00151.html (8,292 bytes)

19. Re: blowing up gophers (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:04:02 -0600
We want VIDEO! And MPEGs! Remember kids, fuel-air explosives are like chocolate - more is better! -- ==NEW: ronin@aristotle.net== I've got a secret / I've been hiding / under my skin / | Who are you
/html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00234.html (9,073 bytes)

20. Re: blowing up gophers (score: 1)
Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:03:30 -0600
Red Devil lye is no longer sold around here for some reason. However, it's the same stuff engine rebuilders use in their caustic tanks for cleaning grunge off car parts. It works best when hot, but i
/html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00235.html (9,888 bytes)

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