On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, jmwagner wrote:
> In using compressed air... I just wrap a rag around the dangerous end, folded
> over a couple times, with some slack... and hold it the rags tightly around
> the sides... and let it "shoot" into that... thereby stopping within a few
> inches of the bore... This may have been what you had in mind... but I
> would hate to see people trying to aim their master cyclinder at a pile of
> rags several feet away, etc...
Yes, that's what I had in mind, just not what ended up on screen. D'oh.
But at Bubba's Garage, they set up a pyramid of beer cans across the
other side of the shop- the object to knock down as many as possible with
one master cylinder piston shot ;-)
> BE EXTREMELY careful about this... it does come out as a projectile... but it
> is easily stopped by rags... I've only managed to hurt myself doing this, over
> the years, when I accidently allowed a finger or part of my hand wrap around
> the dangerous end... hence...shooting myself... fortunately... it's always
> just been one of those wounds that the TV guys get... it grazed me.... no
> damage.
Hmm, did it look like you had dunked you finger in the ketchup bottle?
;-)
> SECONDLY.... I have often found that it breaks free simply by giving the
> cyclinder a good strike downward on a piece of wood. ...while this very
> often does the trick for loosening it... I usually still find I can't withdraw
> it... so... once again... a little air pressure seems to be the way to go.
Yes, Andy Mace came forth with this one too. They've all been filed away.
-Malcolm
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