Forum: Basic questions and answers
11-04-2022, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,790
More hammer/dlooy explanations.
You're very welcome, Jaroslav. I enjoy all your contributions as well.
Pete, there's some more explanations here, starting around page 17 by the pdf numbering, page 11 by the document numbering,...
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Forum: Basic questions and answers
11-04-2022, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,790
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Forum: Miscellanous products related to metalshaping
10-03-2022, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,300
I'm not as magnamous as you might think.
After diving deep down into the emerging "urban lumber" scene, I have found that large tree trunk sections are often actually a liability for many tree removal services.
The tree service I use...
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Forum: Miscellanous products related to metalshaping
10-02-2022, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,300
Oak stumps to go.
Several years ago, we lost over 3 dozen ash trees on our property to the EAB, or Emerald ash borer. So, we bought a portable bandsaw mill to harvest some lumber from the still-usable trunks. I am...
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Forum: Introductions
09-30-2022, 08:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,101
Welcome!
Welcome, Dennis.
Everyone here started out with "booger welds", practice will lead to better welds.
As for building a bead roller, I humbly suggest you start with a cheap off-shored one from...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-24-2022, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,124
technicalities
I readily agree many folks and even merchants currently use the terms interchangeably.
At the risk of being "that guy" I'm going to venture into splitting hairs here: The retired shop teacher in...
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Forum: Buck Building
08-26-2022, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 7,723
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Forum: Introductions
08-03-2022, 11:03 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,102
Welcome!
Welcome, Kelly.
For building your own wheel, loads to read here, you've come to the right place.
As far as building a roller, I was recently looking at my pile of scraps to see about building a...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-21-2022, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,711
Ascorbic acid
Yes, Vitamin C is ascorbic acid. Learned decades ago when I had backyard pool that it took rust stains and mineral accumulations off the pool liner and was pretty innocuous to use. Also use it now...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-19-2022, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,711
My 2 cents and a cautionary tale
I started with vinegar, then tried molasses, and now currently I am a fan of vitamin C.
Molasses worked better than vinegar for me. I bought it reasonably at a local feed mill where its sold as...
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Forum: Automotive Projects
10-12-2021, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,502
Repurposing suggestion
Have you thought about cutting off what you need from a larger cross section square or rectangular tube? A cut-off wheel or two on a grinder will separate what you need.
If all you are looking...
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Forum: Introductions
09-07-2021, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 787
Welcome, Alex, from northern Illinois.
I...
Welcome, Alex, from northern Illinois.
I spent some time in San Diego a few years back with my son. Amazing how little rust was on the local vehicles. Here in Illinois we have salt that kills...
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Forum: Introductions
09-05-2021, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,000
Welcome to the forum, Ken!
Normally a...
Welcome to the forum, Ken!
Normally a more responsive bunch, but I think things quieted down some over the holiday.
What generation Jeep(s) are you interested in?
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Forum: General Discussion
08-31-2021, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,985
Thanks for posting that!
The press...
Thanks for posting that!
The press makes so much sense,one of those thing where one asks why didn't anyone think of that before?
But at the 6:00 minute time stamp, they are using...
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Forum: Basic questions and answers
08-31-2021, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 11,428
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Forum: Shop Safety
08-31-2021, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 21,250
I'm with John (Overkill)
Ground...
I'm with John (Overkill)
Ground somewhere/somehow isn't good enough.
A suggestion: Through the years I have periodically tightened my cable ends. One time was after a weird problem I was...
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Forum: Shop Safety
08-29-2021, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 21,250
Which hand?
Makes a difference...
Hand with the torch, or hand with the filler rod?
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Forum: Introductions
11-19-2020, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,114
Welcome, Norm, from a fellow retired voc-ed...
Welcome, Norm, from a fellow retired voc-ed teacher.
In addition to several years full time, I worked in the trades just about every summer "vacation" while teaching.
I just responded to...
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Forum: Introductions
11-19-2020, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,185
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Forum: Basic questions and answers
11-19-2020, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,561
Hi, Berry. Welcome to the world of...
Hi, Berry. Welcome to the world of self-teaching from print and video. If I may offer my own humble 2 cents from my experiences, as I too, was putting in shape too fast to control at first.
For...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-17-2020, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,046
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Forum: General Discussion
09-16-2020, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,046
Just my personal experience
Several years ago I was looking at purchasing a burned-out Model A. The car was complete, in that it had been a stock restoration, and everything that remained after the barn fire was still...
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Forum: Basic questions and answers
09-13-2020, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 20,256
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Forum: General Discussion
09-06-2020, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,925
Thank You
Kerry thanks for the heads-up, but a bigger thanks for the bigger effort behind all that administrators do. I am not versed in these things, but I would wager that the 15 minute gap we might see has...
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Forum: Basic questions and answers
08-31-2020, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 20,256
John Glover's book
As for your most recent questions in post #10 regarding your pics, I will defer to others more experienced than I, as I am still learning myself.
It looks to me like you are making great...
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