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Sometimes, there's a lot to be said for doing exactly what you've been told to do. It's the only way to make them own the result. Play stupid.

When a gas is compressed, energy is stored in it. It's the energy required to compress it. The same is true of steam. It's like compressing a large spring. And that's why it's carefully regulated. Testing's done with water, and that is in the form of hydraulics because the water's not very...

That's correct. The handsets snapped into a metal cradle. Been there. There were many different circuits for different areas. At battle stations, the phone talkers wore a special helmet to fit over the headset.

I think that could be a handset for an EE-8 field phone. It appears to have ring terminals with TL-137 clip adapters. It also has a push-to-talk button. An Army lineman could have carried one for line testing. We used field phones for years on our rifle range to talk between the firing line and...

I have a square aluminum bar with a dowel pin pressed in one end and the indicator clamped in the other as a tramming fixture. It's much more accurate to tram over a longer distance.

It's been on the shelf over the bench next to the Simpson 260 and the shop Fluke for 20 years now. I found it the week before I retired, out back by the loading dock.

Years ago, a friend owned a gas station, and he paid a local homeless guy to clean the toilets. He allowed the guy to spend his nights there in one of them. I think the ladies' side was a bit larger.

I fished mine out of a dumpster. It's a Lectroetch etching power supply. It's capable of 0-30 volts DC or AC and up to 50 amps. It uses a Variac to adjust the voltage and has both a voltmeter and an ammeter. I had to install banana jacks on the front panel to replace an original connector.

Re: The Classic Craftsman 100/150 Drill Press The jackshaft pulley small step needs to be facing down. The motor pulley and spindle pulley should face up.

If he said that to me, I'd just pull up at Departures at Atlanta airport, grab my bag, and leave him with his junk car.

In the one shop, we had a big vapor degreaser that used trichlor. It was used to clean up engine blocks.

Carbon Tet was used extensively in fire extinguishers years ago, including Pyrene. It was phased out when it was found that it would cause liver damage and also because using it on a fire caused it to break down into a dangerous gas. Used car dealers used the stuff to free up stuck hydraulic...

Plumber's test plugs. They come in all sizes and types. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=plumbers+test+plug&page=2&crid=F56CQEJWCVQK&qid=1614356680&sprefix=plumbers+test%2Caps%2C191&ref=sr_pg_2

What about rubber chemistry corks? They're cheap and can be had with a hole through them. All sizes are available.

Those poor bastards must have been in Patton's Third Army during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. Patton wouldn't allow tops up. He claimed that having a top up hindered being able to bail out in an emergency

If you can't find one, Boston Gear is the place to go. They stock spur gears of all types. They'll need tooth count, pitch, width, and pressure angle. They also have machining services for modifications. https://www.bostongear.com/products/open-gearing/stock-gears/spur-gears/spur-gears

One of the wrenches was for a water pump. There was also a reference to a nose wheel. So it might be for a liquid-cooled aircraft with tricycle landing gear. It was late enough in the war that it could also have been for a P-63 Kingcobra, most of which went to the USSR.

I agree with that 100%. Don't keep reminding him that he's said that several times. He knows that he could use about 32GB more RAM, and it's annoying to be corrected all the time. just let it pass or say "Right, I've been thinking about doing that since you mentioned it the other day, and I...

Be careful if you use one with an impact gun. It's real easy to sling a socket off if it gets away. That should have been a pin detent rather than a ball.

I learned long ago to never get involved with family over anything that involves money or property. It's not worth the grief.