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- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 "...
- 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...
- 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...