Shop and Tools: Tips and Tricks

[GLTHFJ60]

I mean, are wire wheels on angle grinders too bougie now?

 

[PAToyota]

That video has been showing up in my YT feed for awhile now. I'll have to find time to watch the whole thing.

I've been using citric acid for awhile now for cleaning. It really takes things like soap scum and water deposits off of stuff. It's interesting that the addition of the washing/baking soda chelates the iron molecules. A superficial observation would just assume that it would cancel each other out - like the old baking soda/vinegar volcano experiment.

A wire wheel is fine, except for the effort involved and being able to get into all the nooks and crannies that just soaking something does.

 

[dnsfailure]

I mean, are wire wheels on angle grinders too bougie now?

good luck getting the inside of a magazine with a wire wheel

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

mute speakers

 

[PAToyota]

And if you want a set: Tacking Band Exhaust Kit

 

[Lbhsbz]

Just use one of these

https://www.amazon.com/940387-Piston-Ring-Compressor-KIT69/dp/B0028QGTP4/ref=asc_df_B0028QGTP4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693366125519&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6697699548509792229&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031092&hvtargid=pla-459508380713&mcid=fe636fc324ac3da9aeb54da3481e41a5&th=1

 

[PAToyota]

Kind of hard to weld the joint when it is covered up by the clamp... 😉

And you could cut holes in the clamp like the tacking band clamp, but the piston ring clamps are much narrower.

 

[M92PV4U]

A piece of brake line slid over the wooden stick of a q-tip will let you apply more force getting the usefulness life out of it.

 

[Firstram]

A piece of brake line slid over the wooden stick of a q-tip will let you apply more force getting the usefulness life out of it.

Sounding?

 

[M92PV4U]

Sounding?

Trying to find my brain .

 

[Brad]

Sounding?

Someone Mentioned that in one of those threads and it’s something you can’t unsee

 

[Firstram]

Someone Mentioned that in one of those threads and it’s something you can’t unsee

Especially with those toes

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

This guy's videos are good.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Holy shit. This is awesome!

 

[billybob_81067]

I mean if you gotta pull them anyways, might as well just give em the ol' visual inspection. Multimeter in continuity mode with the beeper is by far my favorite way of testing them. Especially if they're still in the fuse block.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

I mean if you gotta pull them anyways, might as well just give em the ol' visual inspection. Multimeter in continuity mode with the beeper is by far my favorite way of testing them. Especially if they're still in the fuse block.

Most of the fuses I deal with don't have visual indication.

 

[budget76]

well i'll be damned. that probably works for blades too, just less convenient.

got 5 other ways to do it in the garage, but on the road that's not a horrible tip to throw in the back of the brain. too bad they never resurface

 

[M92PV4U]

Y'all don't use your motor test bench? Watch the far right meter.

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

Y'all don't use your motor test bench? Watch the far right meter.

clicky no worky

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

My biggest hack
When you got to work with the know-it-all
If you fumble around like you are struggling, they will push you out of the way to do it 'their' way, and you can wonder off to get bolts for him

The guys in my shop used to take bets on how long it would take for me to come wondering back into the bay by myself looking for bolts

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Y'all don't use your motor test bench? Watch the far right meter.

That's awesome.
I like the load flower.

 

[M92PV4U]

That's awesome.
I like the load flower.

You actually pull a load across the fuse line this, if it is barely hanging on it should blow. Where as with the ohm meter it may still show good.

It keeps motors with questionable windings from blowing up in your face.

 

[PAToyota]

clicky no worky

That's awesome.
I like the load flower.

Ok, so apparently some of us can see it and others can't... I'm in SGFO's camp.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Ok, so apparently some of us can see it and others can't... I'm in SGFO's camp.

Too bad.

Because it's awesome!

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

You actually pull a load across the fuse line this, if it is barely hanging on it should blow. Where as with the ohm meter it may still show good.

It keeps motors with questionable windings from blowing up in your face.

That's one of the reasons why I prefer to troubleshoot with a jumper wire instead of a multimeter.

Meters will show good voltage from a poor connection, add the jumper to load and voltage drops to zero.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Not sure where else to put this, but beware of those dirty chinese and their iron wire: