I will occasionally buy stuff from Horrid Freight, mostly stuff I'm giving away to folks I know will lose/abuse them, but I'll never trust anything that is a hazard to life/limb -- -- Charlie www.bay
Always wondered - OK, get a little muffin fan, and retrofit the drill with a cooling fan... -- Charlie www.baysidephoto.com www.thegallos.com -- This email is free from viruses and malware because av
This is an important statement. I know someone who is/was involved in machine tools from China. He says "You can get real good stuff, you can get real junk, all out of the same factory. They WILL, if
Hey Gang, Sort of antenna, sort of RFI, more safety.. I've decided my back of desk grounding situation needs to be improved Now, we all know the standard is a nice, thick copper buss. Question is, ho
Tapping copper, particularly for studs isn't that big an issue. What you do make sure you are thick enough for 3 threads, and use NC threads, and put in studs, and et the studs take any abuse I could
One thing I don't worry about is how to make a connection that won't pull out. I have a machine shop, and know the tricks. It all depends, there are different ways to do it. Like I said, more than th
...snip... ...snip... Now thing of it a slightly different way.. The center of the bar has the cable to ground, and each section of bar is a LARGER conductor (aka lower impedance) than a wire the sam
Actually, when I asked the question, it was only secondary to lightning, it had more to do with general "good grounding practice". Yes, I know we have to keep the current outside, and I'm upgrading T
Nyloc nuts are great (as are "jet" aka "k" nuts) but be careful re stainless. Look at rated strength vs say a grade 8 nut. A jet nut has a 160000 psi strength, where you are talking 85k-100k for stai
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There are actually suppliers who will supply stainless hardware with anti galling lube pre applied as a dry lube. Most are wax with Molly d, or something similar, and you don't have to worry. Btw, ga
Can't help you on the ID, but FYI, the sawtooth type gear is called a "rack" and the gear that mates to it a Pinion, as in "rack and pinion steering" -- Charlie www.baysidephoto.com www.thegallos.com
Yeah, I noticed this first time I used it. I made up a little pigtail extension cord, and used a type 31 ferrite. Forget the exact model, but it is about 2.5" long with about a 1" or so inner diamete
They make Stainless Steel wire ties, even available at Home Depot. Those won't degrade in UV -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
Ceramic balls have an issue, they really really don't like jarring loads. Their failure mode is to break, vs rust -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _______________
Exactly what I'd do if I needed to rebuild a thrust bearing, unless I could get some free torlon or vespel (haha, I'm funny, those are crazy expensive and overkill) Low rotation rate, shock loaded, o
I used to work in shock and vibration analysis (I ran a lab) one of the classic stories is what Ford found out RE shipping cars. The HARDEST thing on wheel bearings turns out to be shipping cars on t
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Most loose ball bearings use imperial measure -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@co
There is probably no ideal antenna for all situations. I have a Force 12 C3ss and a D104. Wish I had sprung for the 3 el steppir with 40 el loop. Why? Extra elements, WARC, and is physically the larg