Re: A rather useful tool
Chain Vise Grips are a useful, well made tool. Mine are genuine, not Asian copies. I've got one pair that I added an extra length of chain for torturing larger things ;-)
Roy
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Roy
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#118994
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Re: A rather useful tool
Vise Grip is not same without the name Vise Grip on side.
Back 1970's there a lot cheap Vise Grip copies and in a shop they would not not last a week. So all shops would only buy the name brand.
In
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davesmith1800
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#118993
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Re: A rather useful tool
I don't have that kind of chain wrench, but I have the kind that's a chain
Vise Grip (misusing that trademark too).
But what does that matter? Roy, have you ever in your whole life asked for
a
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Miket_NYC
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#118992
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Re: Threading and Compound
There are some that have an extension shaped for internal threads:
< https://www.hdchasen.com/internal-and-external-thread-repair-file >
When I bought one in France, the shopkeeper tried dissuade me
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Roy
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Re: A rather useful tool
"Crescent" is a brand name, not really a generic name for an, "adjustable wrench."
< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustable_spanner >
Another useful implement of destruction for recalcitrant
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Roy
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Re: A rather useful tool
Cool video!
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BuffaloJohn
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Re: A rather useful tool
Cryogenic bits - the Norseman CN-Tech bits are the ones I am most familiar
with, The bits get a nitride coating and then cooled to -300F. They become
harder and stronger and less brittle.
For
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BuffaloJohn
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Re: Flame / Candle Engine photo and drawings.
Do you know if the engine runs?
The second download is great
Now if I could read German and use monkey marks I great shape.
A red pen will fix the monkey ? marks and good guess on German writing
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davesmith1800
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#118987
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Re: A rather useful tool
??? Some real scientific info on cryogenic drill bits .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAxi5YXTjEk
??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: Flame / Candle Engine photo and drawings.
Just saw the second dow load .
Viewing now.
Thank you
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: Flame / Candle Engine photo and drawings.
Thank you both
They both look like the same engine a 1939 reprint of Popular Mechanics.
Witch is only draw I have.
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: A rather useful tool
I could tell mush difference in Cobalt or HSS.
Use? both Cobalt and HSS
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Re: A rather useful tool
Never seen or used cryogenic bits , what makes them better ? When I buy
tool blanks I usually buy plain HSS & then buy a couple in the same
sizes in Cobalt . I read somewere that ya should wear a
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mike allen
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#118982
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Re: A rather useful tool
My approach to the bits question has been ¡°buy the cheap sets, then replace the ones you use enough to have to resharpen with good, expensive ones.¡±
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Bruce J
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#118981
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Re: A rather useful tool
Amen to sharp bits.
I'm a fan of cobalt and cryogenic bits as well...
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BuffaloJohn
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Re: A rather useful tool
I'm a fan of cheap tools but expensive (for me) sharp bits.
Seems to work better than the other way round.
Tony
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Tony Smith
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Re: Flame / Candle Engine photo and drawings.
There¡¯s this one: https://books.google.com/books?id=e9wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA927&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false
I made a pdf of the article, attached
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I¡¯ve got quite a collection of
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Bruce J
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#118978
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Re: A rather useful tool
I have a 24¡± pipe wrench (not even the biggest HF sells! They go up to 36") for the same reason: it was worth the cost to take off that one fitting I needed undone that one time, because it beat
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Bruce J
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Re: Flame / Candle Engine photo and drawings.
here's a
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mike allen
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#118976
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Flame / Candle Engine photo and drawings.
Looking for photo and drawings on Flame / Candle Engine.
My next project wis going to a flame ? engine and looking for data.
Dave
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davesmith1800
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