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Oddest thing in your toolbox?
Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off
my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/ |
B.B. wrote:
Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. Toilet wax ring. Good for lubricating screws going into wood. Gary Brady Austin, TX |
Silly putty is also good for sizing bolts, nuts, screws, hex, allen type
heads and taking back to your tool chest to get the right size. Just use the SP to make a mold of the bolt/nut/screw. -Tom "B.B." u wrote in message ... Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/ |
Toilet wax ring? what's that? "Gary Brady" wrote in message hlink.net... B.B. wrote: Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. Toilet wax ring. Good for lubricating screws going into wood. Gary Brady Austin, TX |
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:09:11 +1000, the renowned "Tom Miller"
wrote: Toilet wax ring? what's that? http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/b...ng/replace.htm Cheap- about $1 US. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
Ignoramus31514 wrote:
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:35:29 GMT, Gary Brady wrote: B.B. wrote: Toilet wax ring. Good for lubricating screws going into wood. regular soap bars also work quite well... i You shouldnt use soap, it will "draw" moisture and rust steel screws. It will probably discolor wood also. Beeswax or parafin is safer. ...lew... |
On 24 Apr 2005 04:21:50 GMT, the inscrutable Ignoramus31514
spake: On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:35:29 GMT, Gary Brady wrote: B.B. wrote: Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. Toilet wax ring. Good for lubricating screws going into wood. regular soap bars also work quite well... Soap is hydrophilic (absorbs moisture) and can corrode or rust the hardware (as well as making your project smell like your bathroom.) ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Do. Or do not. * Stylin' Web Design Services There is no try. --Yoda * http://www.diversify.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
A tube of K-Y jelly. Great for lubricating heavy walled hose so it slips
onto the barb easier. But it gets some really strange looks from visitors to the boat shed. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "B.B." u wrote in message ... Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/ |
And I thought it was what you brought with you to the marine supply!:)
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When are we going sailing?
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:ogNae.33638$Zr.4592@lakeread08... A tube of K-Y jelly. Great for lubricating heavy walled hose so it slips onto the barb easier. But it gets some really strange looks from visitors to the boat shed. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "B.B." u wrote in message ... Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. -- B.B. --I am not a goat! thegoat4 at airmail dot net http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/ |
Try Dow High-Vacuum Grease instead. I keep it around for the vacuum work, but
it's perfect for any application where you can't use petroleum-based grease (plastics, rubber, etc.). It's a must-have for o-ring assemblies in everything from underwater cameras to the kitchen sink: http://tinyurl.com/8dwbw - Bruce "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in news:ogNae.33638$Zr.4592 @lakeread08: A tube of K-Y jelly. Great for lubricating heavy walled hose so it slips onto the barb easier. But it gets some really strange looks from visitors to the boat shed. |
Glenn Ashmore wrote:
A tube of K-Y jelly. Great for lubricating heavy walled hose so it slips onto the barb easier. And I thought I was kinky when I used it to slide new grips on my motorcycle handlebars... |
"B.B." u wrote
in : Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. Sterile syringes with hypodermic needles? |
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says... Depends on the toolbox - at work, one of them has ping-pong balls in it. I spent a lot of time down at Brookhaven Labs once, and you had to have your own for the table they had in one of the rec areas. At home, it would be the stack of outdated badges for different places I've worked. Can hardly recognize the guy on some of them... Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
An old lead souvenir of the Statue of Liberty - perhaps from
around the time when it first opened. It's a small mirror case with Miss Liberty on one side and an eagle on the other. I look into it and think of my grandfather looking into it, and his grandfather...They were patternmakers at the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. It's always been in our toolboxes. Charles Morrill |
Oh, I see. We use a different fitting system here in Auz.
Thanks Tom "Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:09:11 +1000, the renowned "Tom Miller" wrote: Toilet wax ring? what's that? http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/b...ng/replace.htm Cheap- about $1 US. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
"Tom Miller" wrote in message ... Oh, I see. We use a different fitting system here in Auz. Thanks Tom Ah, like what? I thought the old wax ring was universal. Lane |
"GrumpyOldGeek" And I thought I was kinky when I used it to slide new grips on my motorcycle handlebars... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whatever turns you on, baby. However, I am not sure that is the best product for this use, or the best use for this product. I use something like hair spray for installing grips--it's slippery when wet, but not after it's dry. |
Cool, an original gadget! Would think it would be bronze or somethin'
though? Tim -- "California is the breakfast state: fruits, nuts and flakes." Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms "Charles Morrill" wrote in message news:2005042416421027590%deichles@yahoocom... An old lead souvenir of the Statue of Liberty - perhaps from around the time when it first opened. It's a small mirror case with Miss Liberty on one side and an eagle on the other. I look into it and think of my grandfather looking into it, and his grandfather...They were patternmakers at the West Point Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. It's always been in our toolboxes. Charles Morrill |
Its similar,but the discharge pipe from the toilet pan fits into a sort of rubber spigot. "Lane" lane (no spam) at copperaccents dot com wrote in message ... "Tom Miller" wrote in message ... Oh, I see. We use a different fitting system here in Auz. Thanks Tom Ah, like what? I thought the old wax ring was universal. Lane |
Leo Lichtman wrote:
"GrumpyOldGeek" And I thought I was kinky when I used it to slide new grips on my motorcycle handlebars... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whatever turns you on, baby. However, I am not sure that is the best product for this use, or the best use for this product. I use something like hair spray for installing grips--it's slippery when wet, but not after it's dry. Spray paint works for this too. |
Squeeze bottle of mustard.
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In article , Leo
Lichtman says... "GrumpyOldGeek" And I thought I was kinky when I used it to slide new grips on my motorcycle handlebars... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whatever turns you on, baby. However, I am not sure that is the best product for this use, or the best use for this product. I use something like hair spray for installing grips--it's slippery when wet, but not after it's dry. Supposedly the 'final net' soulution may not work anymore. They may have changed the composition. My favorite for installing stuff like that is alcohol. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:33:09 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: "GrumpyOldGeek" And I thought I was kinky when I used it to slide new grips on my motorcycle handlebars... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Whatever turns you on, baby. However, I am not sure that is the best product for this use, or the best use for this product. I use something like hair spray for installing grips--it's slippery when wet, but not after it's dry. Try compressed air. Use a gun with a small nozzle, slip it into the gap between the grip and the bar as best you can, wiggle a bit until you get some inflation, and you'll find that the grip will slide along nicely. I did this the other day with some foam grips that didn't even have an end cap, it still worked perfectly. Wayne |
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:30:35 -0500, Bruce Spainhower wrote:
Try Dow High-Vacuum Grease instead. I keep it around for the vacuum work, but it's perfect for any application where you can't use petroleum-based grease (plastics, rubber, etc.). Ah yes, "magic jumping grease", isn't it? Open the tube, the room gets coated? |
"jim rozen" wrote in message
... | In article , Leo | Lichtman says... | | | "GrumpyOldGeek" And I thought I was kinky when I used it to slide new grips | on my motorcycle handlebars... | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | Whatever turns you on, baby. However, I am not sure that is the best | product for this use, or the best use for this product. I use something | like hair spray for installing grips--it's slippery when wet, but not after | it's dry. | | Supposedly the 'final net' soulution may not work anymore. They | may have changed the composition. | | My favorite for installing stuff like that is alcohol. | | Jim I'm really fond of isopropyl alcohol, which on rubber and similar materials is very slippery but evaporates completely when no longer needed. Denatured doesn't do quite as good a job. Rubbing alcohol, which has lots of water, doesn't do it, though. Straight iso. |
"ff" wrote: Squeeze bottle of mustard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And what do you use it for....drilling, tapping or eating? |
In article , Dave Hinz says...
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:30:35 -0500, Bruce Spainhower wrote: Try Dow High-Vacuum Grease instead. I keep it around for the vacuum work, but it's perfect for any application where you can't use petroleum-based grease (plastics, rubber, etc.). Ah yes, "magic jumping grease", isn't it? Open the tube, the room gets coated? Heh. My favorite story involved a lab cheapskate who wanted to waterproof his leather boots. He was too cheap to go out and just buy some bear grease made for that, but instead swiped a big tube of DC silicone grease and used that. Apparently he developed the biggest case of foot-rot because the silicone grease completely prevented the leather from breathing at all. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
"B.B." u wrote in
: Me: silly putty. I use it to get any "fuzz" of magnetized metal off my drill bits, screwdrivers, and anything else. Oh, and a mustard bottle full of bearing grease. Lipstick. If you have a sticky collet in a screw machine, it works every time, just put a little on the taper. Grease washes away, lipstick sticks. It also works on 5C spin indexers and screw type collet closers. I also have weed whacker string (monofilament line) for lining up bar feeders. -- Dan |
On 25 Apr 2005 11:50:52 -0700, jim rozen wrote:
In article , Dave Hinz says... On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:30:35 -0500, Bruce Spainhower wrote: Try Dow High-Vacuum Grease instead. I keep it around for the vacuum work, but it's perfect for any application where you can't use petroleum-based grease (plastics, rubber, etc.). Ah yes, "magic jumping grease", isn't it? Open the tube, the room gets coated? Heh. My favorite story involved a lab cheapskate who wanted to waterproof his leather boots. He was too cheap to go out and just buy some bear grease made for that, but instead swiped a big tube of DC silicone grease and used that. Apparently he developed the biggest case of foot-rot because the silicone grease completely prevented the leather from breathing at all. I've heard, er, rumors (yeah, that's it) that Dow Corning optical grease (as used to couple photomultiplier tubes to scintillation crystals) is a right bitch to get off of, say, the windshield of a particularly annoying coworker. The more he wiped, the worse it got. Hypothetically, that is. |
In article , Dave Hinz says...
I've heard, er, rumors (yeah, that's it) that Dow Corning optical grease (as used to couple photomultiplier tubes to scintillation crystals) is a right bitch to get off of, say, the windshield of a particularly annoying coworker. The more he wiped, the worse it got. Hypothetically, that is. Heh. I think the approved method is to boil in NaOH solution. Tough to get a beaker that big. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
On 25 Apr 2005 12:59:10 -0700, jim rozen wrote:
In article , Dave Hinz says... I've heard, er, rumors (yeah, that's it) that Dow Corning optical grease (as used to couple photomultiplier tubes to scintillation crystals) is a right bitch to get off of, say, the windshield of a particularly annoying coworker. The more he wiped, the worse it got. Hypothetically, that is. Heh. I think the approved method is to boil in NaOH solution. Tough to get a beaker that big. When we had to clean the grease off the crystals, we used isopropyl and some really nice lint-free cloths, and a LOT of elbow-grease. The glass on the crystals, however, had a much better polish (and was quite a bit smaller) than his car's windshield. Wish I had a few boxes of that cloth... |
In article , Dave Hinz says...
Wish I had a few boxes of that cloth... There's a story about those lint-free cloths too. Seems like there was a wafer fabrication facility that used them. Actually used a lot of them, really. Their annual budget for them was a few million dollars. Then one of the guys on the line got the idea, that they could use them twice - once on each side. He submitted it as a suggestion, and it turned out they could indeed do that. He saved the company about a million dollars per year. Basically by using both sides of the rag. :) The nice thing was they had the policy that anyone who did that, got a sizeable cut of the savings. Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
On 25 Apr 2005 14:11:37 -0700, jim rozen wrote:
In article , Dave Hinz says... Wish I had a few boxes of that cloth... He saved the company about a million dollars per year. Basically by using both sides of the rag. :) The nice thing was they had the policy that anyone who did that, got a sizeable cut of the savings. Yup, GE used to do that too - called it the "Business Driver" program. (no clue why the name but they had a racecar logo so it looked good on the shirts or something). They discontinued it because, among other reasons, there was a bored third-shift tech who kept turning in things like "part number (xyz) has the same function as part number (abc). abc is an off-the-shelf commodity product, part (xyz) is custom-machined. We could save (real number - with 5 digits) per year, based on a (number) of scanners per year, by switching the 3 instances of (xyz) to (abc). This is without considering possible quantity discounts (etc etc etc)" They'd counter with "changing the bill of materials would cost (blah), and we have a contract for (xyz) which would cost (blah) to break, so shut up and go away", and then do it anyway a while later. After a few of those, I stopped participating. |
Leo Lichtman wrote:
"ff" wrote: Squeeze bottle of mustard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And what do you use it for....drilling, tapping or eating? Good tapping oil dispenser. After I finish off the mustard :-) |
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