The Home Machinist!

I have always heard that moles eat cut-worms, which eat the roots of the grass. If your neighber were to spread the proper chemical to kill the cut-worms, the moles will go elsewhere for food. Mike

Thanks, Scott.

I am considering a Thermal Arc 130-S TIG welder. It is used, and appears to be in good shape. This would my first TIG machine. I have a A/C stick welder. Since I took welding class at a local school, i have wanted to get a TIG. It has the fewest controls I have ever seen on a TIG. Why? Are these a g...

Matt, Consumer Reports agrees with your thoughts on extended warenties. I remember reading a few years ago where they said that extended warenties were in most cases a waste of money, and that companies make far more profit from them than the products. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif"%20al...

FYI, Any time you put copper near concrete you need to isolate it from the concrete, even if you pour the concrete after you lay the pipe. There is a chemical reaction between the concrete and the copper that will eat holes in the copper. A number of houses in this area had to have their plumbing re...

Just a thought. This eliptocline engine is very simular to the compressors used in automotive air conditioning.

I'll take a stab at it. The only engine like this that I know of is a Paslode Nail Gun. No compressed air supply like normal nail guns. It uses gas and a battery for spark, to fire the single cylinder linear engine to push the nail.

They sure beat draging a hose arround all day!

There is a product at most home centers like Lowe's or Home Depot called DryLok. It is specificly for this problem. It is a paint-like substance. I have not used it (no basment), but I hear it works great.

I hope this helps.

I'm going to show my ignorence here... [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif"%20alt="[/img] What is a Derr Boiler? How is it different from other boilers? I have been wondering if a boiler small enough to fit in a car, but with big enough steam capacity to run modern speeds could be built s...

Thanks all for the very informitive and detailed answers. I can see that as shown by Bruce's and Roger's answers, the old saying "There is more than one way to skin a cat" is very true.

Wow! They did some wonderfull enginering!

THanks again.

Mike

I have couple of questions regarding articulated locomotives like the allagany's (sp?) and big boys. How did they pipe the steam to and exhaust from the cylinders on the articulated frame? How did they make the articulated frame support the front of the engine and allow it move left/right and up/dow...

I hope this helps. My 5' bed SB13 weighs 1800#. So, is probably a couple hundred pounds more than that.

Mike