Recent content by Amos Ives Root

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    Let her help

    hahaha, can't say i've never been there.
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    My “Class Act” Trailer's Structural Integrity Failure

    You're also an idiot for bringing that up when you are not expressing yourself professionally. Do you remember the engineering ethics portion of your exam? Those weren't just words. Here's ASME's ethic statement. "Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public in...
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT OldCarGuy’s New Toy Shop

    :puke: how could you even call that a "shop?"
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    Looking for ideas on how to terminate my wiring for a lift

    how much do you want to spend? :bounce: http://www.amphenol-industrial.com/new/industrial_catalogs/12-025-6_AC_Threaded.pdf http://www.multi-contact-usa.com/pdf/literature/roboticline-g.pdf :eek:
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    30 X 56 new construction in CA

    beautiful. it looks like a hangar. i love it.
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    Herbrand: Stop outbidding me

    Herbrand? Like this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120506034758&rvr_id=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=WXF%3F&GUID=f73574cd1250a0b58af69636ff406e1e&itemid=120506034758&ff4=263602_263622 :dunno:
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    Electricial work and steel toe boots?

    1000 kV? You were installing a gas line under a particle accelerator? :headscrat Steel toed boots must meet the ASTM F2413-05 (formerly ANSI Z41 PT99) I/75 C/75 standard. Part of this standard is the Electrical Hazard rating. If your boot is electrical hazard (EH) rated it is tested to...
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    shop spectators

    If you make it a point to never interact with the customers, how would they know which one you are?
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    most useless tool

    Nearly every oil filter wrench design that you find in automotive stores. Another useless tool is big box hardware stores like Lowe's and Home Depot. The selection and organization of these stores is very poor. Why are the tapping kits not next to the drill bits? In every one of these stores I...
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    shop spectators

    The tools used are not important. It's where the money is coming from. As a repair technician your services are directly marketed to the general public. If you don't want the general public to watch, then you should get a production job and not a service industry job. Even then, you will still...
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    shop spectators

    You could always go to work in a factory where you don't have to deal with customers spectating. Instead you'd be watched by another employee with a stopwatch and clipboard. As an auto mechanic, you are primarily working in the customer service field, not a technical one.
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    Your vote for the best Penetrating Oil!!

    If you want to try this without buying a specialty product... Pick up a few cans of compressed air from the store. Wear gloves and hold the can upside down and spray whatever you want to freeze. These cans contain a liquid refrigerant. When refrigerants change phase they make things very...
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    The tool cabinet that I design

    These methods of locking are fine. #1 is preferable Make the toolbox with removable tool tray drawers. This is the main idea. Make the removable drawers 550mm x 350mm x 70mm. 4 drawers tall. Removable tool drawers!
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    When Origin is Put Aside, What Brand Has the Best Tools, in Your Opinion?

    All the presses at the factory I worked in seemed to have an 1970's era Gedore wrench nearby. This is what a real tool looks like.
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    I recently wanted to design tool cabinets, please tell me your request

    weiwin can you add this feature?
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