- 101. Re: Drill Press recommendations? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 06:46:29 -0500
- Those cheap Chinese specials sold by the likes of Harbor Freight and others tend to be quite decent units. You can find them for even cheaper at the large car shows. Interestingly, if you scrape the
- /html/shop-talk/2002-10/msg00178.html (7,997 bytes)
- 102. Re: tractors (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:03:00 -0400
- The perfect car for you is.... That's why there is no single perfect tractor. Some folks love a two stage foot clutch, some love having a hand operated pto clutch. Neither is wrong. I don't know what
- /html/shop-talk/2002-09/msg00051.html (11,534 bytes)
- 103. Re: wood floor over a slab (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:37:46 -0400
- I've no direct personal experience with installing it myself. But, I do have an uncle who has installed it in his house about 1.5 years ago, and in my grandfathers house about 3 months ago. Both inst
- /html/shop-talk/2002-09/msg00056.html (7,718 bytes)
- 104. RE: Which cordless drill? (was RE: Cordless drill clutches) (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:55:47 -0400
- Battery charge is the achilies heel of the DeWalt tools. The design philosophy of the development team is for maximum umph for a few uses. It is assumed the user will only drive a few screws or drill
- /html/shop-talk/2002-09/msg00097.html (9,844 bytes)
- 105. Re: Manual tire machines (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:04:45 -0400
- Myself and a number of people I know (and even race with on occassion) purchased the manual tire changer from Harbor Freight when it was on sale for $49. It works just fine at both breaking the beads
- /html/shop-talk/2002-09/msg00115.html (8,386 bytes)
- 106. RE: Manual tire machines (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:08:38 -0400
- Now *that's* and obvious notion that never occurred to me! I think I'm going to change mine around this weekend to use the trucks hitch. That'll free up some space in the basement. Thanks! I welded a
- /html/shop-talk/2002-09/msg00116.html (7,376 bytes)
- 107. Re: Drill Drivers (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:33:21 -0400
- Other way around. B&D owns DeWalt, and has for many years now. since Dewalt bought out B&D their quality has come up significantly... /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.n
- /html/shop-talk/2002-09/msg00132.html (7,251 bytes)
- 108. Re:Re: welder (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 11:10:43 -0400
- I've been using the standard old fashioned non-auto shields for many years now, and have no plans to switch to an auto darkening unit. There are several reasons for this. With my old fashioned unit I
- /html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00054.html (8,736 bytes)
- 109. Re: Trailer loading question (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 11:12:22 -0400
- Lengths of chain with hooks on heach end, a cable type comalong (or two), and chocks. These are the tools I use when doing just the sort of job you describe. Loading: Roll the car down until it's sit
- /html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00074.html (8,673 bytes)
- 110. Re: grinders ??? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:05:49 -0400
- I've got a 4.5 and a 9" unit, most of the time I use the 4.5 because it's handier. The bigger one is more powerfull by far, but it's more exhausting as well, particularly when doing vertical or overh
- /html/shop-talk/2002-08/msg00259.html (8,075 bytes)
- 111. Re: Under the hood temperature (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 08:30:06 -0400
- A Radio Shack thermocouple, costing about $3 will do what you want. Connect it to your digital mutlimeter and read the results. If I had a magic wand I would like a temperature gauge that has the ran
- /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00018.html (9,022 bytes)
- 112. Re: paintball guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:13:13 -0400
- A baited electric fence can work quite well. This is not normal electric fence configuration btw. You mount the fence by placing two strands, one above the other, about 2-3' off the ground, seperatin
- /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00143.html (10,641 bytes)
- 113. Re: oil bath air filters (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 07:26:14 -0400
- I've serviced these types for years, and had them on various equipment The oil pools down in the bowl when the engine is shut off. This does block the air flow. When the engine is started, the air co
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00001.html (8,170 bytes)
- 114. Re: CBs and Lawn Mowers.. (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 13:45:31 -0400
- Hammer works well at straightening mower cranks. As for my lawn mower with the bent crank, I asked around at a couple of lawn mower shops in the area about straightening my crank. They looked at me l
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00051.html (7,523 bytes)
- 115. Re: window glazing (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 06:48:30 -0400
- I am no expert by any means. In reading your words, I immediately found myself wondering how well the glazing would stick to linseed oil soaked wood. about a year ago I reglazed the windows in my sho
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00141.html (7,062 bytes)
- 116. Re: Flooring for portable shelter? (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 06:47:18 -0400
- In the greenhouses my family owns, we've got black plastic down on the ground, about 6m thick. Raised on the edges and stapled to the batten boards that form the outline of the greenhouses, they keep
- /html/shop-talk/2002-05/msg00180.html (9,268 bytes)
- 117. Re: drilling brake rotors (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:38:55 -0500
- Just a FYI, the house brand brake pads sold by Advance Auto (Parts America.com and Checker also) is manufactured by Ferrodo, which is a darn good manufacturer. I've run these house brand pads on seve
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00074.html (8,413 bytes)
- 118. RE: Jacks (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 06:09:44 -0500
- Take a look at some Lincoln jacks, especially the old ones (about $20-40). I've got a 5 ton unit with a deck height of about 3.5 inches. No problem with a fake saddle scoop, the entire jack is low sl
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00082.html (7,334 bytes)
- 119. Re: Tornado air twister (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:38:09 -0500
- Yes it's a scam, and yes it does work. A vortex is not the fastest way through a passage, in fact it's pretty slow. Just watch how long a soap bubble takes to get down the spinning water in the drain
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00166.html (8,741 bytes)
- 120. RE: Tornado air twister (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:23:35 -0500
- Not familiar enough with the engines to comment on them. I'll stir the pot. Cue GM's line of Vortec(tm) engines. Are you saying that those have a mixing problem. Why do you think they would do Vortec
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00169.html (7,624 bytes)
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