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- Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:09 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Lead-Free Plumbing Solder: is it Greenie Garbage?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2116
Re: Lead-Free Plumbing Solder: is it Greenie Garbage?
I've been a plumber (retired now) since 1972. When I first started in the trade we used lead based solder for domestic water piping installations. When lead free solder came in to play the learning curve was about two solder joints. My point is if you couldn't do it with lead free solder, you couldn...
- Sun May 19, 2019 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Save my Lawn Tractor's Rockshaft Cylinder
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8733
Re: Save my Lawn Tractor's Rockshaft Cylinder
www.jdeereparts.com $169.00 new. There is a used on on Evilbay for $80.00.
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Today's Discovery: Wire Gauge Drill Bits for Carbs
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5172
Re: Today's Discovery: Wire Gauge Drill Bits for Carbs
My set is numbered on a nice little brass hex handle, otherwise it would be a jumble.
- Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Today's Discovery: Wire Gauge Drill Bits for Carbs
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5172
Re: Today's Discovery: Wire Gauge Drill Bits for Carbs
Sorry about your Dad Steve, it's tough, lost mine 3 years ago and I took care of him for 4 years after my Mom died. I'm still not caught up the way I should be. I have an Anderson-Forrester GDK4080 kit, had it for years for doing oil, propane and natural gas burner orfices, really handy. https://www...
- Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Time to have some fun!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2299
Re: Time to have some fun!
Congratulations RSG, I highly recommend it. I have about ten years of it under my belt and still haven't run out of things to do.
Good luck and enjoy whatever you choose to do.
Good luck and enjoy whatever you choose to do.
- Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:28 am
- Forum: Welding
- Topic: repairing cast iron handle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3955
Re: repairing cast iron handle
Silicon bronze, TIG would be my choice also.
- Sat Mar 09, 2019 7:11 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Angle Grinder Rant
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10366
Re: Angle Grinder Rant
Al Gore is probably responsible.
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:08 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: McMaster carr part number
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4047
Re: McMaster carr part number
Having worked in the plumbing, heating, and cooling industry for 50 years and having installed thousands of feet of copper tube I can tell you with certainty that no copper tube is measured or sold or ordered by it's inside diameter or I.D. Example, if you have a 5/8" copper sweat 90 degree ell it w...
- Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: steamin10 (Big Dave)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13548
Re: steamin10 (Big Dave)
Sad news, RIP Dave. . . your wit and wisdom will be missed by all.
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- Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: steamin10 (Big Dave)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 13548
Re: steamin10 (Big Dave)
Harold, thanks for posting this. Big Dave, I had open heart surgery 6 weeks ago and it's no picnic. You will get through it. Hug your pillow and try not to sneeze! The best part is when your body hair grows back and you feel human again.
Hang in there fellow putz,
b4autodark
Hang in there fellow putz,
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- Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:43 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Wind map
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2856
Re: Wind map
That is cool, it even shows why we have blizzard warnings today in western Minnesota!
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:16 pm
- Forum: Welding
- Topic: Welding c-clamp??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3482
Re: Welding c-clamp??
Used to use the brass screw c-clamps at work all the time for welding. Some were old and some brand new but none ever had the shield. That's a new one on me.
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