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by TomB
Tue Jan 21, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Installing thread inserts
Replies: 21
Views: 10170

Re: Installing thread inserts

I’m back. My schedule has me driving to Albany NY every Monday to visit with my wife. She is in a dementia care nursing home. That keeps me away from forum all day. My only experience with inserts was calling them out on some tooling I was designing/documenting in 1966. On that encounter I had the a...
by TomB
Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Installing thread inserts
Replies: 21
Views: 10170

Installing thread inserts

Next plea for help on my hapless attempt to restore my “they were flooded” machining tools. Currently I am close to finishing my Grizzly G4030 horizontal bandsaw (the old version with the dark paint). It’s currently first priority because I need it to cut replacement steel for the horizontal mill wh...
by TomB
Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Smearing On Cutter Block After Using Evapo-Rust
Replies: 13
Views: 9736

Re: Smearing On Cutter Block After Using Evapo-Rust

I've seen that "smeary finish" on things that came out of my Evaporust bucket. I've tried several things to clear it away but nothing seemed to have any effect. I've decided I like the "smeary white " finish, but I will look forward to reading other responses to your question.
by TomB
Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:35 am
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: Rodents like wiring.
Replies: 44
Views: 40107

Re: Rodents like wiring.

I worked for Lockheed Martin for 28 years specifically in the area of flight avionics and prior to that for IBM's Federal Systems Division focused on flight avionics for 29 years. Much of my work was relative to the E3-AWACS and other military planes so I was very much involved in joint projects wit...
by TomB
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:18 am
Forum: Site Software Questions and Answers
Topic: Getting password reset
Replies: 4
Views: 16311

Re: Getting password reset

I still have not been able to change my password. I could not figure out how to do PM. When I tried I got into some strange state and it offered me chance to reply but when I did so I have no idea where the reply went. My email address is tbarker****31415.gmail.com with the **** removed. I will fore...
by TomB
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:10 am
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: Metal type for heat treating?
Replies: 2
Views: 5747

Metal type for heat treating?

While reading the descriptions of steel suitable for heat treating in the McMaster Carr catalog I came across a short paragraph on a steel type that turns Black when heat treated. I read the note last spring but can't find it now. But I have discovered that I need to replace the cutter blade in my l...
by TomB
Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:12 am
Forum: Site Software Questions and Answers
Topic: Getting password reset
Replies: 4
Views: 16311

Getting password reset

I have always kept my password in the MS archive and it gets filled in automatically. I decided to change browsers from MS Edge to Firefox and Firefox does not read the old archive. Everything is going better except I don't remember my Home Machinist password. I've tried to use the forgot PW feature...
by TomB
Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Splicing Romex?
Replies: 40
Views: 19989

Re: Splicing Romex?

It frequently is easier to add a sub panel on the wall near the new outlets. Then you only need to run a single wire from the original panel to the new panel. In my case I brought a 220v line from the old to the new then split it to some 120v and a couple of 220v outlets.
by TomB
Fri Sep 06, 2019 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Opening Evaporust 5 gallon pail
Replies: 9
Views: 5371

Re: Opening Evaporust 5 gallon pail

Thanks to all for the advice. I had to go in for an Out Patient surgery and expected to be back in the shop trying to open can the next day. However it took me most of the week to get back to walking. I did get into shop this afternoon and using a small pipe wrench to function like the tools that we...
by TomB
Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Opening Evaporust 5 gallon pail
Replies: 9
Views: 5371

Opening Evaporust 5 gallon pail

I bought a 5 gallon pail/can/bucket of Evaporust planning to take a gallon out and put it in a currently empty can. Then I planned to just lower the rusty parts into the bucket. As such I wanted the 12" diameter top off and not just the pour spout open. The top has a note embossed saying "...
by TomB
Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need a name for strange locking washer
Replies: 6
Views: 3948

Need a name for strange locking washer

On the machine I am rebuilding I remember taking off some strange locking washers. At the time I knew where to find them in the McMaster Carr catalog, but I've forgotten that detail. They were a flat area about the diameter of a nut with about 12 tabs that stuck out beyond the nuts diameter. They we...
by TomB
Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:16 pm
Forum: Lathes
Topic: First machine tool, need a bit of help identifying and advice on restoration steps
Replies: 19
Views: 17487

Re: First machine tool, need a bit of help identifying and advice on restoration steps

Before you get too involved in alternates to Evaporust test he effectiveness of what you are buying. For many years my shop was in a cellar that flooded every 5 years of so. As such I have tried many more things for rust treatment than I can remember. I now limit my choice to 'Top Saver' and 'Evapor...