Recent content by Rural Pundit

recently inherited a bunch of rusty old tools.... and some old electric motors. I've been cleaning the tools with a wire wheel on an angle grinder. I recently bought a bench grinder with the intention of putting a wire wheel on it, and was seriously disappointed in the lack of accessibility...

I've just recently changed oil in my Rolair compressor. Its the first time I've ever changed oil in a compressor. I researched around the internets and decided to use Royal Purple Synthetic. It seems to be working fine. It might be a placebo effect, but it seems to be a little quieter as well.

I haven't used my corded drills in awhile as well. But I wouldn't consider throwing them away. I haven't really used my wife lately either, but I'll probably keep her around. Back in the 80s , in my first go round with cordless drills, my dewalt 12v batteries all gave out on me.... and I...

Thanks. It says 8=77 ..... I think I'll call it Elvis.

What can you learned viceologists tell me about this Wilton Vise I've recently inherited? Manufacture date? It works perfectly, but I do plan to refinish it soon. Any pro-tips on the best way to clean the slide, or a source for paint?

So, if I want to make one blower only, and run on 110, I would need to gut a gas furnace, not electric?

Thanks, I could live with just a single speed blower. What about the typical motor voltage? 120 or 240?

Mine is tied into my house central air, with an inline electric damper. It stays about the same as my house. 69-70 in the winter, and about 73-75 in the summer.

Xcelite

I recently tried to make me a Shop Dust Filter out of a Box Fan. It was a dismal failure due to lack of enough static pressure. However, my Dad had quite a few spare furnaces laying around with, I assume, working blower fans in them. If I gut all the heating elements out them and use them...

Well, for one thing, I just inherited a bunch of old tools that needed some cleaning 25 years ago. And now that I finally have a shop of my own, I pretty ****, so far, about keeping all my stuff clean. I think I will check into Scotchbrite, thanks. I seen something about them when I was...

I ended up not using the 5/8" collars because they were a little too wide to keep the wheel centered, but the 9/16" washers worked perfectly. I think I also learned an expensive lesson in that cleaning tools with a mini-grinder in a vice, which is what I was doing before, works better that a...

That seems to have worked. Thanks

I've been trying to learn how to posts pics on these forums. I seem to have somewhat figured it out. I simply upload them to Imgur, then copy & paste the BB Code into my posts. It worked great last night on my home computer, but when I got to work the next day, on my work computer, some of...

Delta 8" Variable Speed Grinder