- 1. Cleaning up horrible paint (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 02 Jun 1997 23:15:56 -0500
- My Midget was given a horrible paint job by the PO to help it sell. It's got bad orange peel and runs. What can I do to clean it up? I thought perhaps 1200 wet-dry (w/ water), followed by polishing c
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00001.html (7,129 bytes)
- 2. air compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 05 Jun 1997 09:20:53 -0500
- I know this subject has been covered a lot in the past, but I was not in a position to buy at that time. Now I have $150-$250 available to buy a new or used air compressor. What should I look for? I
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00004.html (7,517 bytes)
- 3. Re: air compressors (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 05 Jun 1997 13:01:26 -0500
- Well, I'm a homerenter for now and for the next 5 years, too, I'd assume. But, I do have a Midget & a Mini, hope to get a Lotus someday, and the wife reallllly wants a Jag. Oh, I should face facts. I
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00008.html (8,224 bytes)
- 4. Re: Sand blast/paint booth (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 16 Jun 1997 11:50:06 -0500
- What's this, then? Please spill the beans on this project, eh? Sounds like a low-budget, high-output type deal. Deadly curious, -- Matt Liggett <mliggett@pobox.com> | Bloomington, IN, USA | '60 Mini
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00046.html (6,722 bytes)
- 5. Re: Emergency kit (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 17 Jun 1997 17:06:27 -0500
- Any bank offers free traveler's cheques. Any travel agent offers these. Devil's advocate, -- Matt Liggett <mliggett@pobox.com> | Bloomington, IN, USA | '60 Mini <URL:http://pobox.com/~mliggett/> | '8
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00056.html (8,268 bytes)
- 6. sourcing automotive wiring (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 17 Jun 1997 17:12:48 -0500
- I'm looking for a mail-order source for spools of automotive wiring. I'd like to get good quality gas- and oil-resistant wiring in a variety of colours with and without stripes. Anyone know a good (
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00057.html (6,955 bytes)
- 7. Re: Emergency kit (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 17 Jun 1997 18:30:44 -0500
- Oh yeah. I forgot; I get that free from State Farm. -Matt
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00061.html (7,797 bytes)
- 8. Re: Emergency kit (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 17 Jun 1997 22:46:36 -0500
- I don't think so. I don't think my state would let me get off that easy, either. AAA never offered me anything like that when I was a PLUS member before. -Matt
- /html/shop-talk/1997-06/msg00063.html (7,883 bytes)
- 9. shop-vacs (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 01 May 1997 11:47:28 -0500
- I'm planning to get a shopvac to suck up the messes I make working on my cars. In the near future, this will just be dirt, grime, rust, and paint dust. I'll also use it to suck out fireplace ashes (
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00002.html (6,715 bytes)
- 10. washing shop towels (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 11 May 1997 22:48:45 -0500
- I've been going through a lot of red shop towels lately working on my Midget and my Mini. I've been washing them per the instructions: warm water, mild detergent, no bleach. Problem is, there is stil
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00048.html (7,426 bytes)
- 11. Re: washing shop towels (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 10:11:03 -0500
- When you dump the bucket contents into the washer, do you include all the soapy/greasy water? Seems like you'd want to leave out whatever dissolved grease or particulate matter is in the bucket. Than
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00053.html (7,745 bytes)
- 12. WANTED: discount hardware sources (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 15 May 1997 15:54:08 -0500
- This isn't exactly related to making a shop, but this seemed like a great place to ask. I'm working on a project where I'm using a lot of 5/8" and 3/4" hardware. It contributes substantially to the c
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00106.html (7,365 bytes)
- 13. Re: WANTED: discount hardware sources (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@bluemarble.net>
- Date: 15 May 1997 17:06:02 -0500
- Boxes of 25. That's what the per unit price is in boxes of 25. I'll keep looking. BTW, I did find threaded steel rod at the metal salvage place (probably unfinished) for .20/lb. That works out to und
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00108.html (7,230 bytes)
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