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Tips for Curing the Wobblies from Brian Herr and Alan Lapp
I have found that small rubber o-rings work great in the joint. Find one that is
a little smaller than the OD of the joint. You can usually stretch one over the
end and get it to fit nicely between the joints. The rubber gives way when you
need it, but helps to hold it straight when trying to put the socket on the head
of a fastener. Most of the time I am using my u-joints for hard to reach places
where I can't get my hand in to steady the socket. (Brian)
I've also
encountered the "too wobbly" problem, and I simply slip a short piece of
radiator hose over the offending wobble extension. A ~1" section of hose lives
in my extensions drawer of my tool box. I suppose if you wanted to be all fussy
about it, you could hose-clamp it to the extension. (Alan)
A Tip for HOLDUM (Holding Threaded Parts) from Ron Rogers
The use of a die is a good idea. Another "quick and dirty" method is to saw a
slot in one side of a standard hex nut, thus allowing it to grip uniformly when
the chuck is tightened. It's often necessary to use 2 or 3 nuts in order to
achieve enough grip length. The more nuts used, the greater the stability and
concentricity. Needless to say, this is not super-accurate but works for many
jobs that only require light turning. Ron Rogers
A Tip for Polishing Planishing Hammer Dies from Doug Walter
I've come up with a simple variation of a tool Faye Butler uses to sand
and polish planishing hammer dies. His tool calls for using a bearing held by a stainless
hose clamp. A tube is welded to the clamp as a handle. A piece of
plastic/phenolic material is machined to retain the die post in the bearing.
This is used to hold the die as it is spun on a belt sander. While looking for a
bearing of the right size I came across a flanged bearing with a set screw which
allowed me to just insert the die tighten and hold the flange while spinning the
die on the belt sander.
A Tip for Using Hole Saws from Joe Pakiela
Here is a neat trick to try when using hole saws. You know darn well
that when the 1/4" pilot goes through, the saw is going to jam and
try to rip your arms out of the sockets. For small holes, slip a fender
washer on the bit.It will stopt from jamming On a larger saw a piece of
metal just a little bit bigger. An electriction showed me this
trick. He used a 4 square box cover. It works well.
A Tip for Saving Money on Consumables for Your Plasma Cutters by Christopher Moos
I have a Kustom shop in Ft. Worth TX a with a friend of mine. We own a
hypertherm plasma and not everyone carries their parts. We find
ourselves too busy to drive the distance often enough to keep stock
sometimes. On occasion a plasma cutter will have the tendency to leave
a little blow-out slag on the top of the work piece and cause the
nozzle to fuse itself. Normally when using a drag tip I grab the
anti-spatter spray and coat the work piece, my guide and the plasma
torch, and the rest is history. We have increased the life expectancy
of the consumables for our cutter by more than 500%. Not a good tip for
those who sell the parts but excellent for those of us that purchase
them.
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