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    Anybody know what these little snap on sockets are for? Part number shows up nowhere, pat. No equally as useless….

    So like this? Somewhere I have a snap on ratchet that’s half of one of these… used to have a handle on it from the way it looks… it’s a small ish one… I wonder….
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    Anybody know what these little snap on sockets are for? Part number shows up nowhere, pat. No equally as useless….

    Anybody?? I’ve got 3 of them, the drive side is 7/16 or the closest metric equivalent … and the working ends are 5/16 ( small one ), and the other two are 3/8…. Notice 1 is about 3/16 longer than other. The shorter one has thicker walls. Numbers on side are as follows; (2) 3/8- N7127-6T ...
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    Dayton Speedaire - Unloader Valve Stuck - Help

    It’s been about 10 years so this probably needs to be addressed AGAIN. On my speedair , the genie valve is in BETWEEN the pump and pressure switch, otherwise the genie valve depressurizes the pressure switch causing it to cycle even if the tank is full. Or am I mistaken? I’m troubleshooting...
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    The Lost Art Of Lacing Cable

    Wow, thank you for sharing , that is beyond interesting. I had never heard of the 'living quarters but I do know that some of pges stations had basic smmenitues cots, showers etc for the guys that did the manning but as far as I know they all went home at EOS , or probably more likely, stayed...
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    The Lost Art Of Lacing Cable

    Of that I have no doubt, I know that PG&E has got some ancient equipment , I have spent a lot of time in substations mostly installing breakers , only as far as the actual 'grid' portion was concerned, all the scada and control stuff was the electricians portion. So as an operator, you did what...
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    The Lost Art Of Lacing Cable

    Substation electrician?
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    Vintage Reed Vises?

    I will say that vise saw some serious use before I got it, for about 50 years, then spent another 40 outside rotting. I sold it to a guy in Kentucky. It does have a set screw holding the split nut. But the oil above the hole. Cannot recall.
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    Vintage Reed Vises?

    so here's an r with a meatball not a puck. ...
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    Vintage Reed Vises?

    Off the top of my head, I think the R's major thing is double swivel locks. 10x is faxed base, 20x is swivel, I'm not sure there is a 30x if there is they are rare. 40x indicates swivel base and swivel jaw. If the 3 series does exist, I would hazard to guess that it is fixed base and swivel...
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    Starrett precision paperweight?

    Put some hash marks on it🤦‍♂️
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    *looks around* , *scratches head*…. Do….. ……. 🤨how long you been sitting on that?
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    I have recently invented a new method I think. I use an induction burner and a large plastic anything, I use a bunch of thick 1” x2”x5. Chunks of steel inside on the bottom, fill with detergent and water and fire it up to desired temp. Induction burner does its thing, which heats the metal in...
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    VISE REPAIR 101 all vise repairs, lubricants, sources for parts and the tricks to fix

    Yeah could be, I know that a filleted corner is far superior in strength to a sharp one, well I don’t KNOW that. It’s what I was taught. How much do we really know firsthand? 1% of our information? Less? … I diverge…. ADH….. huh?
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