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    Socket organizer need help for homemade

    I pulled a bunch of things out of my tool box and played my hand at (George Jetson button pushing) printing.
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    Socket organizer need help for homemade

    (1) I used to by epoxy by the five gallon bucket (five part A, five part B). Even by the five, it was expensive. Add to the forgoing, most epoxies are formulated for relatively thin pours of about 1/8". More than that and you'll see smoke rolling off the pour. Formulas that tolerate thicker...
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    Bought a couple new jack stands, in light of the fiddling I need to do under the truck (brakes, wiring . . .) Have a couple more white-orange, heavy duty jacks. I set two other blue, no-name's out on the street to disappear (lasted almost an hour). AND I bought a new charger. Our car has an...
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    I was messing with an engine I had sitting in the bed of my pickup. Was going to get a step ladder, but remembered I'd bought one of the tire steps like Ricko1966 posted. It was perfect. Put me right at the right height for fiddling with the leveler and the lift hook on the motor. Too, I bought...
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    Wood-fired Square

    There is so much info that seems lost to other than a few, but which is gold in many situations. It's like the world of wood work. Sometimes, old technology is better, or the only solution. One example of old school being a solution is, my wood fence. Years down the road, it looks far better...
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    Wood-fired Square

    A.I. is so dependable - NOT. On a whim, I ran a search for "did the U.S. government have a fleet of gassifier vehicles. It responded "No." Knowing I read many articles about gassifiers and a few talked about the feds experimentation with such, I ran a couple more searches, basically...
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    Wood-fired Square

    Long before Mother Earth News was around, there was WWII. To the end of dealing with the limited fuel supplies, the feds had a fleet of gassifier powered rigs. Now, engineers/ scientists devised systems that even burn the CO2, as fuel. A stage down from burning CO2 is, the world of rocket...
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    An important thing to note about many of these protective finishes is, they rely on, that is, REQUIRE, rust to work. Accordingly, cleaning the project down to bare metal negates the effectiveness of products that convert rust. Tannic acid reacts, chemically, with rust (iron oxide) to transform...
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    One site claimed things like lacquer were all but a waste of time, for protecting metal from rust. From my decades of dabbling with [primarily wood] finishes, surface coats like lacquer are far from permeable, for purposes of dealing with water intrusion. To the contrary, they add a good layer...
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    Sealacamp, that might be the one which came out on top in tests Project Farm did (it started with an "O"). Second was an Eastwood product. NOPE, I wasn't close. It was POR-15, at about $30.00/bottle, but highly rated.
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    Franken... Yep, it works, but works differently than the tannic acid. Searches indicate a better solution is, combining it with the tannic acid, which is why commercial versions of rust treatments do.
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    In addition to the above, I have used and keep in my shop Corrosion X. There are two versions. One hardens and the other remains sticky. Both perform amazingly. In fact, I've used it on my machined tablesaw top. Normally, setting a pop can on it would leave rust in just a few minutes. Treated...
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    ANOTHER thing to look into is, a product found in paint sections at hardware stores, Penetrol. Penetrol is an additive for oil based paints (Flotrol is the latex-waterborne version, and of no value to us for these purposes). A few decades back, when I was researching protecting hard to reach...
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    Bucket, yep. A lot of us were looking at ways to treat rust decades longer than a lot of members have been alive, so are well aware there are commercial products. In fact, we used to buy our rust treatment by the gallon (not just phosphoric acid) to treat our farm equipment each fall. The...
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    RABBIT TRAILS: Dealing With Rust, the Old School Way

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1290045756333474 AI Overview Tannin baths, commonly using tannic acid, interact with iron and steel to form a protective, blue-black ferric tannate layer that converts active rust into a stable, corrosion-resistant surface. This process, acting as a natural...
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    Looking for the GMC grill emblem for a 1990 Suburban that fits the grill I have

    Got a picture of what you're looking for? THAT is one of the reasons I bought a high end 3-D printer to play with. To make items for my 78. I don't know how familiar with 3-D printing you are, so I'll just ramble a bit. Different filaments are used for different applications. For examples, I...
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    Fix this Paint? Any ideas that I do not have to repaint the whole Suburban?

    From Eastwood, known for these things:
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    EXCEPT the ones that bite.
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    I have a set of the squeeze handle strippers I got about 40 years ago. Stipped a lot of wire with them in that time, and they're still going strong.
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    Fix this Paint? Any ideas that I do not have to repaint the whole Suburban?

    Yep. Most of us have seen those failing paint jobs the experts put on new Dodges, GMC's, Fords. . . .
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    Fix this Paint? Any ideas that I do not have to repaint the whole Suburban?

    That single coat, no clear thing reminds me of my commercial painting days: (1) Any paint job (automotive or structures) is ONLY as good as the base they are put on. Based on the foregoing, if the clear coat is failing and you paint over it, you are building on that clear coat, rather than on...
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    Bench seat with floor shifter..to console or not..

    My old 69 was a 3 speed with overdrive. I'd installed a Hurst shifter. Though it was at a comfortable height and had a good throw pattern, it still required major hands on attention. That old step side was my daily driver, and I had two fellow workers ride with me to and from work every day...
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    Fix this Paint? Any ideas that I do not have to repaint the whole Suburban?

    Like I said, I don't know. It MIGHT be it would work fine. And success may depend on how it's approached. I believe the problem starts when that thin, money saving clear coat wears out in one spot, then just keeps working back, as the elements work at the joint of the still existing clear coat...
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    Fix this Paint? Any ideas that I do not have to repaint the whole Suburban?

    A friend asked me to buff out his car when it had that problem. I explained that I could make it look good, but it would only last a week. The reason is, the buffing would just remove the detached clear coat and feather the part that was yet attached into the paint so it looked good, but the...
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    Need advice on what to do.

    Eastern WArshington? Winter? What's that?

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