Recent content by spatchthepunk

Consider a pair of broomball shoes,super spongy and the holes almost act like suction cups.I had a buddy who wore them all winter in Mn and swore he never slipped on ice.I was putting metal on my horse run in shed in a slight drizzle, it was only about 8 feet to the eaves I slid slowly to the...

I just used this same paint in off the shelf gloss white from Menards.I used it to paint 14 1960's? aluminum storm windows.I removed the storms scuffed the aluminum with a scotchbright pad.I didn't use a primer just painted a light first coat then 2 more coats maybe 5 hours apart.I just used a...

I hope the tourney gets to happen.The Twin Cities has had 48 inches of snow this year and due to that there is a huge amount of slush under the snow, the lakes are just not building ice this year.I live 40 miles northeast of St Paul we have probably 12 lakes in a 10 mile radius and nobody is...

Great advice I'm a locksmith at a small college and I am in charge of maintaining about 4k doors from high tech to 100 plus years old. The first thing I do on any poor fitting door is tighten the hinges. If there is room on the latch side of the door shimming the hinges to move the door is my...

I was at the races from about 1970 when I was 10 until 1976 or so when I got my own car hanging out with dad kinda stopped. My dad did a lot of small chrome stuff at Plating Inc so I bet he knew Johns 56 I never saw it, As you know superior was more about big stuff and high production parts...

It was the red cuda he was running at the time. I don't remember the small charger or arrow? he ran later.I remember the wheels as being gold anodized at the time? I do remember the noise (the only earplugs were fingers in your ears)and I can still smell the smell and the sunburn we would get...

Dad was foreman first at Plating Inc on Prior ave in St paul then at Superior plating in n.e mpls.Before Crosby park near Montreal and Shepard road was a park we used to bring the mini bike there.We kept getting beat by a Rupp Black Widow so dad had John modify it. after that it would almost...

Pat I stand corrected I just realized you do have a billboard north of Gander Mountain on 35 in Forest Lake.My dad was a foreman at the plating company that did most of the chrome for Arctic Cat in that era.I didn't get a chance to reply to the minibike thread but ours was bought with contractor...

Pat I miss your billboards on 35E on my way to work in St paul. I'm pretty sure I am only qualified to sweep floors or drive a truck but I bet it's a fun place to work. My old 73 el tigre would have gotten stuck getting off the trailer in that snow, I miss the old days of my kids and I spending...

Pickles I love your build it brings back great memories. Back in the 80's my band used to play at the Cubby Bear Lounge fairly often, most of our Chicago bands friends lived in what we called garage houses nearby. Some lived in converted garages some lived above the garage. That brick-rolled...

Sorry not much help on the van.I do know lots of the commercial guys use a surface mount set up that includes a hasp and a puck like padlock that fits over the top,search for hidden shackle padlock. Ddawg I agree the best home defense is a big dog,and plenty of lighting around the property also...

Ddawg I agree It's easier to just chuck a rock through a window than defeat even the cheapest deadbolt.I have had every type of break in attempt you could imagine on my campus, none of them involved manipulating the keyway.I would suggest a minimum of a grade 2 lockset or deadbolt, grade 1 is...

There are large format and small format interchangeable lock cores as well as other systems. Basically instead of pulling the lock apart to remove the keyable part you insert a special key (control key) that turns back a side part of the lock core to remove it you then reverse the process for...

I've been a locksmith at a small college for 21 years. We have been on the best system forever. The patent has run out on those keyways so they are available just about anywhere.I would stick to the A or E keyways. 6 pin would be fine as not all locks accept 7 pin cores.Beware that the pinning...