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[WesternSaw]

ProMac 610

Hey fellas just like you know that I made a transaction with fellow member ProMac 610 and that I had a very positive deal with him.It was kinda tool related so thought I would mention it.
Lawrence

 

[deye223]

Compression Tester

Gday all can any one tell me if the Lisle 20250 Compression Tester is any good or just another cheap
tool not worth having. cheers

 

[parrisw]

Gday all can any one tell me if the Lisle 20250 Compression Tester is any good or just another cheap
tool not worth having. cheers

Lisle makes some decent stuff.

 

[deye223]

Lisle makes some decent stuff.

thanks

 

[Warped5]

This has been posted here, ..

... maybe in another thread, I dunno.

I 'gifted myself' a bit early for Christmas with this one. One of those things that after you use it you have a "Why didn't I think of this?" moment .... the unit is very well made and works like a champ!

Recoil spring rewinder

 

[husqvarnaguy]

... maybe in another thread, I dunno.

I 'gifted myself' a bit early for Christmas with this one. One of those things that after you use it you have a "Why didn't I think of this?" moment .... the unit is very well made and works like a champ!

Recoil spring rewinder

Looks like it works good.

 

[DSS]

I think I'm gonna get me one of those things too.

Does it work on glass eyes Ted?:rolleyes2:

 

[Warped5]

I think I'm gonna get me one of those things too.

Does it work on glass eyes Ted?:rolleyes2:

No, it doesn't, o horned one.

See my PM about your Shinny coil?

 

[DSS]

No, it doesn't, o horned one.

See my PM about your Shinny coil?

Yes I did. You are da man, aka DET.:smile2:

 

[Warped5]

What's wrong with you guys?

Like 2 weeks since last post?

Where's bmorgan when you need him? His posts are really informative!

Giving this thing a jump-start here ...

First up is a little gem picked up on eBay for winding up recoil springs:

A Majestic brand vise rescued from my MIL's basement:

A pump is a tool, right? Shindaiwa model off eBay, just needs a bit of fuel line work:

Lastly, my favorite one of all:

 

[Brmorgan]

Heh, how ironic, i was bored so I decided to check things out here, and lo and behold i had been summoned! Whatcha need, Ted??? I do have a few things i could post but i'm on my phone right now and don't have the pics handy. I built myself a nice heavy welding table back in September, found a perfectly good 16 gal. contractor's air compressor at the scrap that I fixed up for a second unit for my shop, and just a couple days ago one of my bosses gave me a little 4x6" metal cutting bandsaw that one of his tenants left behind and he has no use for.

Lawrence, I don't check my Shaw email account much anymore because I get a lot of spam on it now, and my gmail account is linked with my phone so it's just a lot easier to use. But i just went searching back thru my shaw account and i can't find anything from you since i was down to visit in May... not sure what's happened??? But in any event you can email me from now on at bradbobmorgan at gmail.com. Sorry to hear you're having a rough time right now, if you wanna talk sometime feel free to drop me a line.

Back in mid-August I got a job at Canadian Tire here working in the automotive shop. Just a couple weeks ago i got my apprenticeship papers from them, so once those are sent off i'll officially be on my way to being a licensed mechanic. Not making near what i was at the mill, but if I can tough it out for a couple years, i'll get there again - the licensed guys can make $32/hr at the top end, and if I moved on to another company I could make more than that. And hopefully it'll be a more stable field of work. There will always be cars to fix and tires to change, whether the mills or mines are running or not. Not sure I like the work itself quite as much as industrial maintenance/millwrighting, in that i don't find it all quite as interesting, but on the other hand I'm not going to be out working in 30-below-zero winds and two feet of snow this winter either. And it's a good company to work for, as far as big retailers go. Benefits and profit-sharing, for example.

 

[Warped5]

Hey bmorgan! Long time no hear from!

Many of us enjoyed your posts and always felt as though something was learned from each one.

Now we learned that you found a situation that's better for you ... even though it may not necessarily be as 'cool' or involve as many 'toys' as the previous job.

 

[Walt41]

Here is a handy little tidbit I have used for a while, I keep a jewelers loupe handy for parts inspection. It is amazing what you can spot with one of these things, from a bad bearing to a micro crack in a rod, just today I was cobbling together a trimmer from my spare parts pile and I noticed that one of the two pistons that I had to choose from had a micro crack that was not visible and could not be felt by hand, had I used it I'm sure failure would not be far off.
A loupe is also handy for metal sliver extraction when you can feel them but not see them.

 

[BobL]

Heh, how ironic, i was bored so I decided to check things out here, and lo and behold i had been summoned! Whatcha need, Ted??? I do have a few things i could post but i'm on my phone right now and don't have the pics handy. I built myself a nice heavy welding table back in September, found a perfectly good 16 gal. contractor's air compressor at the scrap that I fixed up for a second unit for my shop, and just a couple days ago one of my bosses gave me a little 4x6" metal cutting bandsaw that one of his tenants left behind and he has no use for.

He Brad, good to hear about your job situation. . . . .

I picked up a very old 4x6 last year. Since then I added a coolant loop using an aquarium pump and changed the handles over to swivel type handles. I also changed the vice so that it can hold stuff right up close to the blade.

 

[Warped5]

A compressor question ..

.. for our friends in climates North of me.

If you have a compressor in an unheated building, do you run SAE 20 oil in it in the winter?

Mine has SAE 30 compressor oil in it, but is having a hard time starting up these days. I got it early last summer, so this is its first winter with me. Yep, my oil is fresh.

Thanks!

 

[Mastermind]

.. for our friends in climates North of me.

If you have a compressor in an unheated building, do you run SAE 20 oil in it in the winter?

Mine has SAE 30 compressor oil in it, but is having a hard time starting up these days. I got it early last summer, so this is its first winter with me. Yep, my oil is fresh.

Thanks!

I run 10 weight in mine in the winter.......20 in the spring and fall......and 30 in the summer.

Framing houses with nail guns taught me that.

 

[Warped5]

I run 10 weight in mine in the winter.......20 in the spring and fall......and 30 in the summer.

Framing houses with nail guns taught me that.

You're amazing.

 

[Mastermind]

You're amazing.

Well......I'm really just a aftermarket hack. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[DSS]

Randy aint a hack. He's a hillbilly with an agenda. Worse than a mexican with a credit card.

I run 10 oil in mine too Teddy. Good for -25.

 

[Mastermind]

Randy aint a hack. He's a hillbilly with an agenda. Worse than a mexican with a credit card.

I run 10 oil in mine too Teddy. Good for -25.

The Bovine said Hillbilly. :hmm3grin2orange: