Recent content by Nolan

That comment just cost me a mouthful of coffee and a keyboard! :lol_hitti n

That's the MODERN Soviet torch. A buddy of mine that was in the Merchant Marine brought a Russian made torch back from Eastern Europe. This was in the late 1970's I think it was. It was an oxygen/gasoline cutting rig. Nothing like combining pressurized gasoline, high pressure oxygen, and fire...

Wow! What an interesting site. Thank you for sharing.

In space no one can hear you scream.

It might be worth looking at clamping the wrench under test in a vise and then tightening the bolt into the "painted" nut (held by the wrench) with a torque wrench to a predetermined level. Say 60 footpounds or whatever is perhaps 75% of the typical torque value for that sized fastener. This...

I didn't know that these were called a V-selector. For the last forty years, I've called them the Star Trek ratchet. The selector looks like the Star Fleet insignia that Kirk and the rest of the crew wore on their tunics. Back on topic, I don't have any Jap ratchets, but somewhere around here...

Is there any possibility that handle is shrinking? I've had several dozen of the older black handled Snap-on screwdrivers do that. The problem started maybe fifteen or twenty years ago and it still going on with some of mine. The local dealer warranted at least a half a dozen for me last year...

that really short spark plug is clever I never knew that these existed. Thank you for making it known. I could have used something like this a number of times over the years. I just drilled out the drive end of an extra Craftsman G series with a 9/16" bit. It easily clears the insulator of a...

Talk about a blast from the past! I haven't seen or used (or even thought about) one of those since the late 70's. I was wrenching at a Pontiac/GMC dealer at the time. I used to mark the center of one stud on each wheel with a yellow crayon and then circle the matching lug hole in the wheel...

Not to mention that early, how do you say, is it "speed handle" ? Wow, just think. Barbers were bleeding people with leeches and steam locomotives were the high tech transportation of the day when those were built. Wow, I can die now. There's no further reason to live. I've seen all that there...

This makes sense. I've always tried to used ATF for the ratchets and the air motors of my air tools. The only place I can think of offhand that I use grease is on the rotating drive shaft and little bearing block for the horse shoe of the air ratchets. Once I started NOT putting my air...

Best laugh I've had in a long time. Thank you.

Even more scary is that there's whole groups of people out there that use this tool on themselves: http://eunuchinfo.com/results.html Pretty darn twisted if you ask me.

I have a utility trailer with an stiff leg that fits in one corner. It's primary use is for transporting drums of diesel fuel home for the tractor. I just had a thought. I also have a portable set of torches using an MC sized gas and I think it's a 20cf O2 cylinder. I usually just set them in a...

It looks like they still make them and a new one is a little more than ten bucks. http://www.enasco.com/product/C00232(X)N I like the "clinical" description: The specially compounded rubber ring is easily put in place with the Elastrator, and left there. The circulation is shut off, and any...