Recent content by bronuc

Methanol has always worked better than acetone or isopropanol for me in terms of removing sharpie cleanly. Never had access to pure ethanol so no experience.

Sorry a little late now but fusion orbital welding of small diameter (1/4") tubing is very common for high purity gas connections in the semiconductor industry. It's a tiny little TIG head that spins inside a split "jaw". The most common vendor in the field was Arc Machines, but Swagelock makes...

Yes, I had to repair a 2" pvc line that the landscapers found with a ditch witch (yes, it was buried to code, but they were going deep for new pipes). If you can get about 3' of slack on either side, it should be pretty easy. Cut out the bad coupling, glue in a new coupling and overlapping...

https://www.amazon.com/0-1-IP65-QuantuMike-Digimatic-Micrometer/dp/B072R1GMRG/?tag=atomicindus08-20 Mitutoyo QuantuMike 293-185 (0-1") for $127. This is a weird listing as it doesn't have the part number anywhere, but it is also 40% off... These are great mics, they have the fast spindle...

I got one of the earlier 3-plane pink levels and thought it was a great deal for occasional use, good enough that I bought one for a friend as well. I just ordered a 4-plane on a whim (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZWCPX1?tag=atomicindus08-20) and it comes with considerably more accessories in a...

A small hole, demarc box, and some caulking? When prepping for stucco, I used a 1/2" pipe to NPT pvc coupling to screw into the shear wall and then provide a nice round thing for the stucco guys to finish up to...

Mitutoyo battery life is better than Tesa or Sylvac, with a smaller battery, so if Starrett has licensed their technology, that doesn't bode well. Tesa/Etalon make nicer analog mics than Mitutoyo and Starrett, but it's hard to argue with a Mitutoyo Quantumike if you like digital. I feel like...

Upset the thread (damage it) and then thread the wing nut on, should gall nicely, especially with 316.

For the heat shrink connectors crimp tool, I believe this is the one highly recommended by the marine electrical how-to website whose name I can't remember. NSPA is also the manufacturer of a line of heat shrink connectors. https://www.nspa.com/product/t-r-45/ I ended up buying the crimp nests...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055860LA/?tag=atomicindus08-20 Made for this sort of thing.

https://www.daviscolors.com/ What the local ready mix places use. The way you finish the concrete and how it is sealed can have quite an effect on how the color turns out, especially when wet.

I first saw square hole (3/8") metal pegboard from either Hazet or Gedore. It seemed like it would solve all of the standard pegboard problems; metal panels, better accessory selection, retention on the panel, etc...

A couple updates. The Wera lifetime warranty does not apply to adapters, they are considered consumables. The Vessel has a very strong internal wire c-clip so excellent retention, but it is very difficult to get short bits out with greasy fingers, especially phillips and similar. The Milwaukee...

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm going to order the Milwaukee and the Vessel. The eject function of the Wera is great for small tapered bits with muddy or greasy fingers. I guess I'll give the warranty a try.

The PP generates the equivalent of high-leg delta. The third (generated) leg of a PP is quite a bit higher than 120V to neutral/gnd of the incoming 240V supply, approx 200V. If you hook up machinery that uses neutral and one of the legs to drive the controls assuming 120V, it is very important...