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mcostello

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  1. I have a shaft to make for a mower gearbox. It has been unavailable for 30 years. I bought a piece of 0-1 water hardening drill rod and hardened it at around 1700° and tempered at 325° for an hour. The middle was file hard, ends came out soft. After more research another site said to harden at 1400° and I tried again, it is anealing right now and the ends seem hard now. Would the extra heat bozo the job? Double heat treat is good or bad? How hard is file hard at the minumum? This shaft has to roll on needle bearings and 58rC seems adequate, specs say I should be able to get 62-64rC. Doea all this sound right?
  2. It's not using leaves for the Mr Clean finish that worries me. It's the missing the ONE Poison Ivy leaf.
  3. The only question I usually have is "Do You have any more?"
  4. Birthday Oct 19- Floyd Merryweather Sr. Evander Holyfield National examine Your life Day, and the best National Gin and Tonic day.
  5. I ran an female outlet in the garage to a receptical behind the refrigerator only. Plug the generator into the outlet and shut the garage door. Fumes outside. Unplug refrigerator and put in LABELED outlet, extension cords to anything else. Cannot feed anywhere else. Uses standard extension cord.
  6. Oh, so You just made a generator hook up plug.
  7. Have a friend that trims trees. Up in a tree and the trunk was about 12" in diameter, He cut it off and let it fall to the ground. Before it fell He turned around and put His hand on the stump. The top of the tree was hung up and the top of it made a small circle and came back down and made a small touch and go on His hand. I seen Him the next day and His hand was all grey and about twice as big as normal. Healed with no problems. Thank God.
  8. Any calories in iron? Quarter pounder would be mighty small.
  9. Have any of You ever got one from "The FBI will be at Your door shortly or We could settle this over the phone now" Heard about the one that starts out Knock on door and "Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire Arms". The Guy answered because He thought it was a delivery. One email said " the Girl was outside in My driveway right now waiting". I DID NOT look out the window.
  10. What does the digested iron turn into? Iron pellets?
  11. I would like to see one big enough to hurt a foot when dropped.
  12. I was a pipe test station inspector for a while, the things I've seen. One house had (evidentally) a toilet that was stopped up on one side of the house, so They went in the yard outside, #2's and all. The other side of the house had the kitchen and the kitchen garbage went out the window on the grass everywhere. The other side had a electric meter that was removed by the electric company and They took Their wire off of it. So the people ran their own wire off the transformer and it went inside through a window. I did not get close to anything there.
  13. Knowing when to stop improving and just call it done is also a gift.
  14. Crickets and tree frogs in the cool of the night.
  15. IronDragon, neatsfoot's go to the same place Baby's go after They get the baby oil out.
  16. Does the flux melt at the required temperature, or is it still too low?
  17. Somebody's gotta ask. Where?
  18. I am pineing away for the old days.
  19. We took a small railroad ride with an old timey coal fired engine. Everyone else sat in an enclosed dining car. I sat right behind the engine and enjoyed the aroma. Conductor thought I was nuts.
  20. Why not put a new battery in then remove the key, and disconnect the battery, trouble shoot at Your favorite time.
  21. BIL is special needs and can shovel a little snow out to the mailbox. A County snow plow came along at speed and BIL stood about 6' off the side of the road watching things. Got plastered with snow, He thought the plow would quit plowing. Got mad cause the path He just made was buried. Went into the house so the cloud of steam coming from His ears would not make a traffic hazard. Went out later to reshovel the path and the plow driver evidentially turned around and cleared the path. I hope BIL learned not to watch from close up.
  22. I have seen an old picture of 2 Guys cutting a rail with a hacksaw, blade looked about 24 inches long and the saw had about a 12" throat.
  23. A Master can fix His mistakes while people watch not even noticing what is going on right under Their noses.
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