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charlie b wrote:
There was a tale told here several years ago - a Tim The Tool Man type. Guy was given the task of whipping the cream for the Thanks Giving pumpkin pie. Guy figured his 28000 rpm router would do the job MUCH QUICKER than a little wimpy "mixer". No football watching due to time spent getting the whipped cream off the kitchen cabinet doors, the kitchen walls the kitchen ceiling and the clothes of the idiots who watched charlie b was probably a Walt Akers tale. I tried to use my router to cut drywall once since it was handy. I had to leave the windows open for two days in the middle of winter to let the dust out. |
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New Use for a Drill Motor
Last night I sat watching AFV (America's Funniest Videos) and saw
two...uh....men using a drill motor as a rotiserrie to turn two chickens on the barbie. Only trouble was, they apparently didn't have a variable speed drill. The chickens rotated very very fast. The guy doing the basting just held a paint brush against the birds while the other idiot tried pulsing the drill motor. Damn! BBQ sauce everywhere hey? So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! Philski |
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There was a tale told here several years ago -
a Tim The Tool Man type. Guy was given the task of whipping the cream for the Thanks Giving pumpkin pie. Guy figured his 28000 rpm router would do the job MUCH QUICKER than a little wimpy "mixer". No football watching due to time spent getting the whipped cream off the kitchen cabinet doors, the kitchen walls the kitchen ceiling and the clothes of the idiots who watched charlie b was probably a Walt Akers tale. |
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Eugene wrote: I tried to use my router to cut drywall once since it was handy. I had to leave the windows open for two days in the middle of winter to let the dust out. I've seen professional drywall crews do exactly that. They've got what looks like a little trim router with a straight bit in it. They slap a piece of drywall up over an electrical box, stab it with the bit and zip-zip-zip trace the outline of the box. Presto, instant electrical box hole, exactly the right size, in exactly the right place, in less time than it takes to explain it. |
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philski wrote:
So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! Only problem with this idea is that when a drill is ready to retire, the motor is completely shot anyway. Somebody gave me a B&D benchtop bandsaw that was powered by a drill motor. The switch wasn't working or something, so I investigated. Hoo boy, I've never seen so much arcing! The brushes were shot, but more, they had eaten huge ruts in the commutator, and had packed the ruts with conductive crud. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ |
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"charlie b" wrote in message
charlie b was probably a Walt Akers tale. David Eisan made a post and entered into infamy on [April 1st] 2001. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=wh...e.com&rnu m=1 The idea has been around as far back as Google can remember though. -- Greg |
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Roy Smith writes:
I've seen professional drywall crews do exactly that. They've got what looks like a little trim router with a straight bit in it. They slap a piece of drywall up over an electrical box, stab it with the bit and zip-zip-zip trace the outline of the box. Presto, instant electrical box hole, exactly the right size, in exactly the right place, in less time than it takes to explain it. Probably a Roto-Zip, a tool designed to do exactly that. Charlie Self "Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good." H. L. Mencken |
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:57:57 -0700, philski
wrote: So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! There was an internet porn flick floating around where two women were using a Ryobi reciprocating saw, with the blade replaced by a plastic wiener. G Barry |
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was probably a Walt Akers tale.
I tried to use my router to cut drywall once since it was handy. I had to leave the windows open for two days in the middle of winter to let the dust out. My wife tried to clean up our house last week as we did a lot of drywall sanding, etc and it was on the floor. She grabbed my big wet vac and didn't ask me. She failed to check the filter (which wasn't on at all) and went to it... About 5 minutes later, she looked behind her and couldn't see the otehr end of the house. It was blowing all the dst she was sucking up directly behind her and away from her. EVERYTHING in our house has a sheet rock dust coating. I'm on teh opposite end of the house right now and look at my brand new DSL router... It has a coating on it. Eventually, I gave her the extra long spare hose and let her blow the dust outside. Joe - V#8013 - '86 VN750 - joe @ yunx .com Northern, NJ Ride a Motorcycle? Ask me about "The Ride" http://www.youthelate.com/the_ride.htm Born once - Die twice. Born twice - Die only once. Your choice... Have unwanted music CDs or DVDs of any type? I can use them for our charity. eMail me privately for details. Donation receipts available. |
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:26:54 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
In article , Eugene wrote: I tried to use my router to cut drywall once since it was handy. I had to leave the windows open for two days in the middle of winter to let the dust out. I've seen professional drywall crews do exactly that. They've got what looks like a little trim router with a straight bit in it. They slap a piece of drywall up over an electrical box, stab it with the bit and zip-zip-zip trace the outline of the box. Presto, instant electrical box hole, exactly the right size, in exactly the right place, in less time than it takes to explain it. make sure you use a DOWN spiral bit.... |
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Last night I sat watching AFV (America's Funniest Videos) and saw
two...uh....men using a drill motor as a rotiserrie to turn two chickens on the barbie. Only trouble was, they apparently didn't have a variable speed drill. The chickens rotated very very fast. The guy doing the basting just held a paint brush against the birds while the other idiot tried pulsing the drill motor. Damn! BBQ sauce everywhere hey? So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! Philski I use a cordless drill all the time for mixing iced tea and other drinks. Chuck up a mixer beater and let 'er rip. I've found the trick is to use those 1L German beer steins. GTO(John) |
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:39:38 GMT, Ba r r y
wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:57:57 -0700, philski wrote: So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! There was an internet porn flick floating around where two women were using a Ryobi reciprocating saw, with the blade replaced by a plastic wiener. G variable speed, I hope. -Dan |
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philski wrote:
Last night I sat watching AFV (America's Funniest Videos) and saw two...uh....men using a drill motor as a rotiserrie to turn two chickens on the barbie. Only trouble was, they apparently didn't have a variable speed drill. The chickens rotated very very fast. The guy doing the basting just held a paint brush against the birds while the other idiot tried pulsing the drill motor. Damn! BBQ sauce everywhere hey? So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! Philski On a serious note myself. Before tossing that box of old 5.25" half and full height MFM and RLL hard drives I pulled the top off of one and found the spindle and head arm shaft have 1/4" bearings. After pulling apart the rest I now have a couple dozen guide bearings for router bits. |
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A little more serious. Friends of ours pull a 31' Fifth Wheel. They were
setting up next to us in a campground this summer and he pulled out his old Makita cordless drill motor and used it to operate the jacks. He told me the shop wanted over $100 to repair the existing motor so he adapted a back-up hand-crank end to fit the drill motor. Works great. |
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On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:52:39 +0000, Eugene
wrote: On a serious note myself. Before tossing that box of old 5.25" half and full height MFM and RLL hard drives I pulled the top off of one and found the spindle and head arm shaft have 1/4" bearings. After pulling apart the rest I now have a couple dozen guide bearings for router bits. those are nice bearings. some kick ass magnets in there too... |
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 15:21:01 -0600, "RonB" wrote:
A little more serious. Friends of ours pull a 31' Fifth Wheel. They were setting up next to us in a campground this summer and he pulled out his old Makita cordless drill motor and used it to operate the jacks. He told me the shop wanted over $100 to repair the existing motor so he adapted a back-up hand-crank end to fit the drill motor. Works great. I use my sears drill for that.. ours never were power, so you need to crank one in each corner.. 1/2 cordless with a socket works great.. |
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mac davis wrote:
A little more serious. Friends of ours pull a 31' Fifth Wheel. They were I use my sears drill for that.. ours never were power, so you need to crank one in each corner.. 1/2 cordless with a socket works great.. I would have loved to have a motor the other day. I pulled a dumbass rookie 101 screwup. I backed under a loaded trailer, cranked up the dollies, hooked up the lines, let go of the brakes, then pulled away. WHAM! I didn't check the hitch. It was 1:00 AM, and there was nobody around to help me crank. Have you ever cranked a fully loaded 45' semitrailer back up high enough to get the tractor under it? I found out what the low gear is for on that crank. Urk. That sucked. We don't even haul much weight. If that had been something heavier than furniture, it probably would have sheared the feet right off, and then I would have been in a world of trouble with the boss man. Funny how you do something a long time (eight years) and that's when you make stupid newbie mistakes, because you get too comfortable that you know what you're doing. There's a woodworking lesson in there somewhere too, I'm sure. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ |
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"Silvan" wrote in message ... mac davis wrote: A little more serious. Friends of ours pull a 31' Fifth Wheel. They were I use my sears drill for that.. ours never were power, so you need to crank one in each corner.. 1/2 cordless with a socket works great.. I would have loved to have a motor the other day. I pulled a dumbass rookie 101 screwup. I backed under a loaded trailer, cranked up the dollies, hooked up the lines, let go of the brakes, then pulled away. WHAM! I didn't check the hitch. It was 1:00 AM, and there was nobody around to help me crank. Have you ever cranked a fully loaded 45' semitrailer back up high enough to get the tractor under it? Yup! One time! Fortunately it was an empty. Dropping an empty @ the shipping dock to be loaded. You develop a routine, but someone interrupted the routine in the middle, wanted me inside for something, just when I would have cranked dollies. Came back out, pulled the pin, got in, started to pull away. Heard that odd "grating" noise & hit the brakes, just a microsecond too late. Single axle Astro(before air ride suspension), and the front of the trailer had already passed the center point on 5th wheel, *spit* the tractor out from under trailer like shooting a watermelon seed by squeezing it. Used several of the comments from JOAT's thread about ww'ing philosophy, then shut up & saved my breath for cranking the dam dollies! -- Nahmie The law of intelligent tinkering: save all the parts. |
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Norman D. Crow wrote:
*spit* the tractor out from under trailer like shooting a watermelon seed by squeezing it. Used several of the comments from JOAT's thread about ww'ing philosophy, then shut up & saved my breath for cranking the dam dollies! -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:07:22 -0500, Silvan wrote:
mac davis wrote: A little more serious. Friends of ours pull a 31' Fifth Wheel. They were I use my sears drill for that.. ours never were power, so you need to crank one in each corner.. 1/2 cordless with a socket works great.. I would have loved to have a motor the other day. I pulled a dumbass rookie 101 screwup. I backed under a loaded trailer, cranked up the dollies, hooked up the lines, let go of the brakes, then pulled away. WHAM! I didn't check the hitch. It was 1:00 AM, and there was nobody around to help me crank. Have you ever cranked a fully loaded 45' semitrailer back up high enough to get the tractor under it? I found out what the low gear is for on that crank. Urk. That sucked. We don't even haul much weight. If that had been something heavier than furniture, it probably would have sheared the feet right off, and then I would have been in a world of trouble with the boss man. Funny how you do something a long time (eight years) and that's when you make stupid newbie mistakes, because you get too comfortable that you know what you're doing. There's a woodworking lesson in there somewhere too, I'm sure. I've seen several trailers dropped that way. On two occasions the legs went up through the bottom of the trailer. That one had to be unloaded by hand - about 60,000 pounds of can goods. The other was a tanker. When the legs sheared off the punctured the bottom of the tank -- fortunately we didn't have to unload the 7,000 gal. of #2 fuel by hand. :-( No, I wasn't the driver of either one. Bob |
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Bob Carpenter wrote:
The other was a tanker. When the legs sheared off the punctured the bottom of the tank -- fortunately we didn't have to unload the 7,000 gal. of #2 fuel by hand. :-( No, I wasn't the driver of either one. Ugh. It cost us $14,000 to clean up a spill from where one of our trucks lost a fuel tank strap. I shudder to think how much the cleanup from that spill was. They probably had to dig up half whatever state that was in and truck it off to be decontaminated. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 14:36:01 -0500, Silvan wrote:
Bob Carpenter wrote: The other was a tanker. When the legs sheared off the punctured the bottom of the tank -- fortunately we didn't have to unload the 7,000 gal. of #2 fuel by hand. :-( No, I wasn't the driver of either one. Ugh. It cost us $14,000 to clean up a spill from where one of our trucks lost a fuel tank strap. I shudder to think how much the cleanup from that spill was. They probably had to dig up half whatever state that was in and truck it off to be decontaminated. It happened about 45 years ago. The reaction was, O-MY-GOD, we lost 7,000 gal. fuel!!! Oh well at least it'll keep the dust down (the spill was in a sand pit). Nobody thought about the environment back then. Now about 10-12 years ago one of my drivers ran over a broken spring on I93 just north of Boston. He spilled about 15gal. of fuel and it cost us $6,000 to dig up and dispose of 6 barrels of road-side dirt. They dug it up, trucked it to upstate N.Y., and buried it. ?? BTW if you ever get up to N.E. let me know. Dinner is on me. Bob BTW New F***ing York is NOT N.E.!!! |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:07:22 -0500, Silvan
wrote: mac davis wrote: A little more serious. Friends of ours pull a 31' Fifth Wheel. They were I use my sears drill for that.. ours never were power, so you need to crank one in each corner.. 1/2 cordless with a socket works great.. I would have loved to have a motor the other day. I pulled a dumbass rookie 101 screwup. I backed under a loaded trailer, cranked up the dollies, hooked up the lines, let go of the brakes, then pulled away. WHAM! I didn't check the hitch. It was 1:00 AM, and there was nobody around to help me crank. Have you ever cranked a fully loaded 45' semitrailer back up high enough to get the tractor under it? I found out what the low gear is for on that crank. Urk. That sucked. We don't even haul much weight. If that had been something heavier than furniture, it probably would have sheared the feet right off, and then I would have been in a world of trouble with the boss man. Funny how you do something a long time (eight years) and that's when you make stupid newbie mistakes, because you get too comfortable that you know what you're doing. There's a woodworking lesson in there somewhere too, I'm sure. the closest I ever came to that was getting off a forklift a little too soon.. it hadn't stopped enough to set the brake and it kept going at about walking speed... right off the end of the dock..lol |
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"Bob Carpenter" wrote in message news snipe BTW New F***ing York is NOT N.E.!!! You got THAT S**T right!!!!!!! -- Nahmie The law of intelligent tinkering: save all the parts. |
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I have a trailer story for you. I previously worked at one of those big box
stores, and one afternoon they delivered a trailer to be unloaded that night, dropped it and took off. Well the unloading crew got to that trailer at about midnight and found out the driver didn't back it all the way up to the dock. He must have ran into something and didn't pay any attention, so he thought he was against the dock and took off. He was ten feet from the dock. At that time of the night, there was nobody locally they could call, so they had someone drive down from the warehouse (two hrs drive) to back it up the last ten feet. It made for a good laugh! |
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In article ,
philski wrote: Last night I sat watching AFV (America's Funniest Videos) and saw two...uh....men using a drill motor as a rotiserrie to turn two chickens on the barbie. Only trouble was, they apparently didn't have a variable speed drill. The chickens rotated very very fast. The guy doing the basting just held a paint brush against the birds while the other idiot tried pulsing the drill motor. Damn! BBQ sauce everywhere hey? So, the moral of the story is - don't throw away those old drill motors! Get creative. See if Emeril will buy them from you! Philski Yeah, that is funny. Anyone with experience would know that the proper way to apply the BBQ sauce is with a HVLP spray system. Then, if the drill speed is adjusted properly, as each piece of chicken cooks to the proper point, it will become tender enough that it will be thrown or "ejected" from the rotisserie. Wings first, then legs, etc. When only the chicken carcass is left on the spit, bring out the lathe tools and start shaving off that breast meat. -- Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland |
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