"Robatoy" wrote:

We were talking about air nailers, not instrument air.


This was an oil burner.

Instrument air is a whole different world which is rapidly going away,
thank heaven.

Digital electronics have made 3-15 PSIG puff puff totally non
competitive.

Wait a minute, this was about Teflon tape.

A little story aside.

Way back when Teflon was first introduced, there was a technical paper
written in French that needed to be translated into American English,

Hired a local college professor to translate.

Came back a few days later saying he was almost finished except for
the word "Te-Fla".

Not sure whether the chief engineer broke the news to him or not.

Lew