You're a regular Bob Hope. After I posted my question I kept thinking about it and it dawned on me that if the face of the clock was broken up into 24 divisions, then a movement whose hour hand made...
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You're a regular Bob Hope. After I posted my question I kept thinking about it and it dawned on me that if the face of the clock was broken up into 24 divisions, then a movement whose hour hand made...
Tried googling it but all I got were explanations of military time. So here's the scenario. I'm replacing a bad quartz movement in an analog outdoor clock with long hands and I found a high torque...
I'd use the white pvc coated spiral metal duct, the coating will stop corrosion and it will surely outlast you. Plan your shop layout carefully using grid paper to scale. When I built my shop I did...
If it were me (and I did this on my cabinet saw) I'd replace all three with Fenner PowerTwist Plus belts. Check your local power transmission supply house like Motion Industries, Applied Industrial...
I have a lathe just like that except mine doesn't have the quick change gearbox. You might find the Jacob chuck works better for drilling when inserted into the tailstock! That way you can mount a...
High school machine shop and auto shop. Served 2 apprenticeships for my day job, Machine Builder and Machine Repair. Most of the Journeymen that took me in were wise and helpful. The biggest...
Hmmm....didn't see many (if any) kudos for Whirlpool. I wonder why. Could it be that that their CS stinks as bad as their products? My Duet washer lasted a month shy of its third birthday...would...
Here is a gloat...I picked up a Stanley-Bostitch N80SB-1 28 degree framing nailer from a buddy for $20, gently used with a bit of surface rust on the black oxided parts.
Yeah, I second that. If you won't eat your dinner served on a nice plank of PT lumber you shouldn't make the cattle eat theirs on it.
Don't be offended, just my take on the matter.
I am installing a 150 sq. ft. paving brick patio. So far I have shoveled 7,880 lbs of 1/2" crushed rock for a 4" base over the area. Then I'm going to plant the garden and set up the pool.
I'm...
You gotta check this out!!! I about died laughing when I saw this.
http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/tls/1176000741.html
Mods, if this violates any statutes, I apologize.
My old one had a knurled knob about 1/2" in diameter and nearby is a little white recessed screw...yes I followed the procedure to the letter and my little green LED would never light.
Once...
I've had 2 lumber wizards. The first one had a small sensitivity knob and a recessed fine tuning screw. It was junk...I couldn't get it to repeat worth a darn. I contacted wizard and was given a...
My trellis has about 1" clearance to the siding. Last night I looked in my snooty outdoor products catalog and the trellis shown in my post goes for $789 + S & H.
Here are a couple shots of the AZEK trellis. Notice how it can be machined as easily as wood.
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I made a Clematis trellis from a picture in a very expensive East Coast mail order catalog. I used AZEK. It machines easily and can be sawed, shaped, routed, etc and I used the AZEK cement and...
Generally speaking, you would use a flatter angle like 135 for tougher materials like Hastalloy and steeper angles like 118 for mild steel. In essence softer materials can use a steeper angle. I...
I'd probably do as you said except for the 3x3 stuff for legs. I think you'd get a more stable leg from a glue up of 3 boards. Cut them a bit oversize, glue up make a pass across the jointer then...
According to my research, the salinity of a salt water pool is about or less than the salinity of human tears. There is an in-line chlorine generator after the filter in the return piping that uses...
Anybody here operating a salt water swimming pool? I have been researching them a bit on the net and find the concept to be very attractive.
Recommendations on chlorine generator equipment,...
As a skilled tradesman myself holding 2 journeymans certificates, I am absolutely amazed at the number of people out there that can't fix anything......ANYTHING!!!
Living in Michigan, if my job...
I also have a Sears lathe made by Atlas here in good ol' Kalamazoo. The machine has been gone through (by me) and fully restored/repainted. It works good for emergency projects at home, but if I...
Were those walnut shavings?
As a believer in "better living through chemistry", I would apply a generous amount of 12-12-12 to replace the N lost when the sawdust rots. I do it on my plot every spring and till it in.
I would resaw the boards at the bandsaw then run them through the planer so that you end up with your desired 1/4" thickness. Then I would rip the planks into 3/4" strips. Much safer, in my...