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1. [Shop-talk] Watts connectors and the great conspiracy (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:24:03 -0600; Have you tried going directly to Watts ? MY RO system is a Watts and I find that buying directly from them is economical and easy. There's a good website but I usually just call them. The knowledgeab; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00256.html (9,937 bytes)
2. [Shop-talk] Home air cleaners (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 20:38:27 -0600; We'd like a few room-size, freestanding air cleaners - like the Honeywell models that remove pollen and pet dander, etc. I never paid any attention to them, having been completely disillusioned by an; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00314.html (8,022 bytes)
3. [Shop-talk] Brazing Aluminum (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:50:06 -0600; So now it's sold as "Durafix". Still the same old crap - I bought some of this 35 years ago as "Lumiweld". Don't bother to buy it and ruin your manifold with it. It's a zinc compound and while it wil; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00343.html (10,337 bytes)
4. [Shop-talk] vice paint (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:48:07 -0600; Rust Oleum. Don't know how well their hammered finish holds up outside, but their regular colors hold up just great outdoors here in the frozen north, with sun, rain, snow, ice, and dog pee. If rust; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00399.html (9,221 bytes)
5. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:49:29 -0600; Who makes the best dishwasher today ? Our present KitchenAid Superba dates to about 2003. The 1977 Superba it replaced only needed one timer, one soap door, and one set of racks in 26 years. About 7; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00402.html (9,288 bytes)
6. [Shop-talk] Welding cast iron boiler? (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:03:32 -0600; I presume it's a low-pressure boiler, which are usually set around 5-7 PSI. If it's higher pressure, it's gotta be done right, not patched. Is it in a place where you could install a repair plug ? ht; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00414.html (8,623 bytes)
7. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:49:31 -0600; I've read that too, and reviewers note it as a drawback. I don't want an "eco" dishwasher. I always leave ours on the sanitizer cycle and high-temp scrub. We'll go looking at dishwashers this weekend; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00419.html (10,637 bytes)
8. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:20:49 -0600; Thanks but... I checked the pump output, and have confirmed that the upper spray bars aren't moving. I just haven't taken the pump out and apart yet because the seal is a pisser - it took 3 tries to; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00420.html (10,847 bytes)
9. [Shop-talk] potfillier was: dishwashers (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:55:26 -0600; Is a potfiller is somehow exempt from the "save the planet" ideas that ruined faucets and shower heads some years ago? How does it differ in result from a faucet with a pull-out? We have a triple-bow; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00436.html (8,461 bytes)
10. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (and milk) (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:10:15 -0600; I hereby nominate this for best reply of the year in the free-style category. If was drinking milk when I read it, the last sentence would have made mammal lactation squirt out of my nose!! Karl <sni; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00437.html (9,801 bytes)
11. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? (and milk) (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:19:52 -0600; Best brands/models aside, consider that most dishwashers nowadays are deep (vertically), and the bottom of the tub and lower rack are close to the floor. Unless you're short, it's a long bend to get; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00438.html (10,538 bytes)
12. [Shop-talk] Portable garage heater (score: 158): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:49:44 -0600; I have a Reddy Heater, made by DESA, same as Mr. Heater. It's a propane torpedo heater, I think 75,000 to 125,000 btu. Works great, but it does put out a jet of hot air and some flame for up to a foo; /html/shop-talk/2011-01/msg00487.html (10,255 bytes)
13. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? - Epilogue (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:14:32 -0600; Thanks everyone for all the suggestions - here's what happened... We looked at other dishwashers and read lots of reviews - none of them seemed any better than what we have and every brand has its sh; /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00191.html (7,792 bytes)
14. [Shop-talk] Best dishwasher? - Epilogue (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:07:14 -0600; Hi Wayne, Didn't see it before, but I just found it. Funny! There's a dog in the clothes washer commercial there too, and after the real dog kept trying to get in, it wasn't obvious to me that the li; /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00192.html (7,914 bytes)
15. [Shop-talk] Changing transmission fluid (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:51 -0600; A friend owns a large transmission shop (28 service bays in one third of the shop, bench work area in another third, plus a converter department and parts storage, locker room, etc. in the last secti; /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00217.html (10,355 bytes)
16. [Shop-talk] historical machine shop question (score: 158): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:21:14 -0600; You mean an overhead drive shaft (or in larger factories there'd be a series of them running parallel over the shop), each turned by an endless belt, right? I've heard them called overhead drive shaf; /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00213.html (10,513 bytes)
17. [Shop-talk] gah. Moron press <-- Gutters (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:08:19 -0600; Wish I'd known some years ago that someone would eventually want these. I had boxes of that crap left from my Dad - brand new. They eventually went into recycling. He'd just installed them in one spo; /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00255.html (10,648 bytes)
18. [Shop-talk] Oxy/Acetylene regulator repair? (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:05:05 -0500; As John says, fix them - you'll probably find that a cleaning and new diaphragms will make them work like new for only a few bucks. Nothing much to wear in a regulator, but the diaphragms do deterior; /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00314.html (9,006 bytes)
19. [Shop-talk] CSP 3 (ICRI) (moderately not OT) (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:54:25 -0500; What about etching with something like muriatic (hydrochloric) acid to give the surface some tooth ? Phosphoric is also used for etching and cleaning concrete. With that and a binder, as Nick suggest; /html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00391.html (9,975 bytes)
20. [Shop-talk] Phantom air leak (score: 149): Author: kvacek at ameritech.net (Karl Vacek); Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 21:27:50 -0500; Bad check valve at the compressor? Unloader valve leaking? Karl So, I've got this somewhat older 80 gallon air compressor mounted in the back yard, and plumbed to the garage. The garage plumbing isn'; /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00314.html (8,498 bytes)

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