Recent content by MTBob

Johno: After looking at the photos, I'd like to restate a couple of safety items. - That open gearing & belt drive is a relatively dangerous setup. Be really careful about having any loose clothing, particularly on your left arm. If, by chance you have long hair, be really careful about...

Techniker: I'm impressed, you are one of the few people in higher educations that wants to work with your hands. Americans are, in general, losing the trade skills. Here's a couple of quick recommendations: 1) Check out the videos available on Smartflix.com. As an example, here's a link on...

Sebastian: I am also a new member to this internet forum. I decided to reply to your post since I find it fascinating that these kinds of forums bring together people from all over the world and from differing areas of interest. Last year my wife and I planned on visiting Ljubljana. We had...

This is a timely post. I just learned that most smoke detectors should be changed every 10 years. We just replaced our over 20 years old detectors with new ones from HD. Ours are hard wired to the electric service, and have battery backup. That meant we had to disconnect the wiring from the...

Here's a couple more thoughts for you: Browse through this website, it's got lots of good information and an email "tips" service. http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/ Check out both Miller and Hobart websites for their forums, you find a bunch of folks with a huge amount of experience ready to...

(This is somewhat off topic, but perhaps worth a mention .) A few years ago I returned to my shop after a long weekend away. I found the air compressor running - a fitting gave out and it had been apparently running for a long time. The motor was really hot, and it seemed to me that it could...