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[tom_d]

Not an old wives tail. The non-magnetic stainless is a bit soft and can gall easily. Use a lube of some sort, especially when stainless on stainless,...

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Common in the UK too?...

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Maybe we're both a bit off here. Whether we consider it running, where it can maintain itself on a fuel supply, or slowly coasting to a stop with residual...

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Used to be a joke that went something along the lines of: "yeah, California is like the worlds largest granola bar. Once they export the raisins...

[tom_d]

I'm willing to call that a zero rpm engine IF the heat generated with each combustion is enough to maintain temperature in the glow bulb. That bulb holds...

[tom_d]

No. That's not time consuming. That's all time well spent. You've done an excellent job doing a complex project using simple machines combined with refined...

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Yeah, I think that would get under my skin in short order. Totally with you on the PCB oils. I'm of that generation too. It seems like it was just overnight...

[tom_d]

Money well spent on injury prevention. Looks a little top heavy when full extended. Gotta be careful about chips and things on the floor interfering with...

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Not just the UK. I'm hearing of driver shortages in every country developed enough to have delivery drivers....

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Yeah from what I've seen most garage sales are not so much about making money as they are about saving as much as possible on disposal costs later on...

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Was she looking for maximum money here, or was it more important to her that her dad's shop tools will be put to good use and appreciated rather than...

[tom_d]

Yep. Never known any other way. It's just something that's done automatically with each load, but in my case it's done at the end of each load. Put it...

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The machine featured in the original post is like mine, in that it has the advantage of being portable with the 120V input. That was my primary reason...

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Yep. A paint gun type pressure pot with long probes to reach deep into body cavities and box frame rails. It absolutely does make a freakin' mess of the...

[tom_d]

Old school DownEast types were known for spraying the frame and under-body with used engine oil at the beginning of toboggan season. It might have seen...

[tom_d]

I think the SP-125 that replaced my model had the dual voltage feature. The newer ones also changed to a selector switch with a limited number of heat...

[tom_d]

Would this be similar to those baseball players that take a bunch of practice swings with a weight on the end of their bat and then drop the weight and...

[tom_d]

That looks like a fun project. Trucks of that vintage are depreciated out in terms of price, yet they were common enough that parts are still readily...

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I'm feeling a bit lazy tonight. Can you provide a link to the supplier? Are they only available on "your side" of the pond?...

[tom_d]

I have one of the first of this new generation of portable MIG welders produced. It's a Lincoln SP100 that I bought back in the late, late 1980's. It...