Maybe if you change the format to one like "25-mar-2012", you can enter dates in that format with no ambiguity, and later the spreadsheet can be printed or displayed in whatever format you want? Doug
A permanent blast cabinet setup is so handy that it is worth putting up with a somewhat undersized compressor. You will have to stop and wait occasionally, but that will take less time than: 1: earni
The manual for my full-size compressor says to use "SAE-30 API CG/CD Heavy Duty" oil. The manual for a little compressor I have says the same, but also "non-detergent". I have always used that type o
Several years ago I did this with a drill. I think I used a wooden dowel or something similar to connect the drill to the pump. BTW, you have to run the drill COUNTERCLOCKWISE! It wasn't so much a ma
I once read some compressor manual that said to avoid multi-viscosity or detergent oils (one or the other, but I forget which) because they would cause carbon deposits to build up on the reed valves.
I got one of the generic Chinese retracting 50-foot ones at a swap meet several years ago, and and it has been a joy. It leaks a little bit in really cold weather, but that is not a problem in practi
Here's a tip: After a few years, the last few feet of my reel's air hose stared getting beat up. So I swapped the hose end-for-end on the reel. The beat-up end moved to the inside of the reel, where
You can add registry entries to remap any key to a different keycode. I have added one to my PC to disable the caps lock key, which I hit accidentally far more often than deliberately. Hopefully ther
I took my kids to CA over spring break a couple of years ago, and we drove from SF to Yosemite. On the way, in the middle of the Central Valley, I saw a sign for the Castle Air Museum, which I had ne
I'd love to know, too. I have some concrete block walls in my garage I'd love to paint. I often see painted concrete block walls in schools and other institutional buildings where the paint is in per
The seal is sort of dodgy: A flat part of the metal M/C presses against a flat part of the plastic reservoir, and there is a flat rubber washer between them. Given how much a new one costs, I would t