What did you do today?

[Floorist]

Science is fun.
http://www.myfordtractors.com/electrolysis.shtmlThis won't work with one of the new, environmentally safe battery chargers.
You need the old style chargers.... the ones that keep charging untill you turn them off.
The trick is less amps is better. More amps create heat which has zero benefit. 6 volts and 2 amps is probably ideal or 12 volts and whatever the lowest amps setting your charger will produce.
Use washing soda not baking soda and never use stainless steel as your anode. Degrease whatever parts you put in there.
Have fun boys and girls.

I hate these new battery chargers. If the battery is fairly low, it can't find it. It keeps saying "connect the leads".

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Republicans believe in Science? Go figure

Considered if I should keep my walk behind self propelled scraper on board last week for unexpected material under a ceramic floor. Well today I paid for the wrong decision. Nafco plank luckily only in foyer and kitchen. @ 14 miles from home wasn’t worth getting timewise, labor was rough.

busted furniture leg awaiting installers to break. Composite deck cupping( unacceptable to me)

picture of dust on furniture prior to our commencing.

 

[Don Monfils]

High up, this is my latest M18 Fuel purchase.
1/2 impact, It has 1400 lbs of nut busting torque.
I tried it out on my trailer wheels. The thing is awesome. Not something I will use often but I’m sure I won’t be disappointed when I need it.

 

[C.J.]

‘Nut Bustin Torque’! I love it.

 

[zannej]

Z, you just need to kick the trash can over while yelling some crazy shit. Then see how long it takes for someone else to clean it up. Could take days so be prepared to wait.

Try months or even years. No one else will pick it up. My mom will have a fit about it and claim she nearly died from tripping over it, but my brother will just kick it around and step over it. He'll gripe about it too, but won't lift a finger to clean it up. When I was recovering from a car wreck & couldn't pick up the trash, the trash can got knocked over. While my brother did upright the can, he didn't pick up any of the stuff that fell. We all tripped over the stuff. It got kicked around. Mom is disabled and has balance problems so she couldn't safely pick it all up. My brother just refused to pick it up. When my back recovered enough months later I finally cleaned it up. My brother will let the trash can overflow long before he takes the trash out (and he has to be asked to take it out several times before he does it-- usually over a period of several days) then he will take just the one bag out and leave the trash on the floor. So I have to sweep it up. At least this time he actually put a new trash bag in (He took it out yesterday after mom harangued him).
Although, today he was having a lot of trouble with his lungs. His COPD does not like the hot humid weather. He was wheezing while loading the water in to the truck. We ended up not going to some of the stores we planned to go to since he was feeling so bad.

Since the local dentist said she couldn't see me until the 25th (just for an assessment) I called an out-of-town dentist, Dr.Honey. They asked if I could be there in half an hour. I told them it was over an hour away so they scheduled me for noon. Got me in there, gave me hand sanitizer, dis an x-ray. Good news is she thinks my broken tooth can be saved. And she gave me an RX for antibiotics to take on the day of the filling (due to my mitral valve prolapse-- she got in touch w/ my doctor to confirm and he fwd her my cardiology records) and sent me to a pharmacy where I could get if filled for free. I have to wait until August 17th. Bad news is it will be over $700 for the cleaning, repairs, and filling two teeth (other molar on the left side chipped so it's been giving me grief).

Popped in to visit my friend. He's doing OK. His employers responded to his ultimatum-- he gets to keep his job and work part time + on call but he will train someone to work full time to fill in hours when he isn't available. They have had a very hard time keeping people working for them in this area (partially bc the counterparts who work for the casino are a-holes who keep sabotaging things & trying to get people fired). Friend is a hard worker but he can't keep up physically and can't afford childcare while his gf is at work. Plus he can't drive at night due to the stroke & blood clot thing.

Friend is very happy about the child credit thing because it's helping him pay the bills. His grandfather gave him his old dishwasher. Friend needs to find a cabinet to put around it (or maybe we can build one if lumber prices come down). I'll stain it and finish it for him. Meanwhile, he decided to get rid of the carpet in the living room because the baby had a diaper leak and smeared crap all over the carpet. It was such a pain to clean up that he decided to put vinyl plank in there instead. I guess he's getting some similar to the kind in the kitchen. He said he's picking it up Wednesday. After it acclimates I'll bring my flooring saw over and help him install it. Probably have to bring my brother to help move the couch.

Hopefully the new stuff is just as forgiving as the older stuff. The floor is very curvy and the stuff we put in his kitchen just hugs the curves & stays together. We've also been discussing moving a new cabinet in above the dishwasher. It will hold the microwave so they can clear up more counter space. Will need to be low enough to be reached and cleaned easily, but high enough that stuff can be put underneath. I think it would be a good idea for him to get an electric kettle like the kind we have in our kitchen. Boils water- great for making tea or ramen. I use it when cooking stroganoff.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Here’s mine, works good on many things, mower blades, anything thats stuck. Always on the trailer for the tires.

 

[Floorist]

High up, this is my latest M18 Fuel purchase.
1/2 impact, It has 1400 lbs of nut busting torque.
I tried it out on my trailer wheels. The thing is awesome. Not something I will use often but I’m sure I won’t be disappointed when I need it.View attachment 12580

That would be nice to have. I have one nut on a riding mower that I am working on that I can't get loose. I have tried one rechargeable impact with no luck. Even tried a nut splitter, but the nut kinda sits down in a hole. All the mower needs is a drive belt, but I have to get that nut off.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

I use to curse rusted stuck on bolts. It was a game changer. I bought an electric craftsman one at a pawn shop, months later I tried to use it and the gears were stripped. A pneumatic one I bought at another pawn shop years ago didn’t have enough power or was worn.

 

[Floorist]

I have tried a 4 ft cheater on a breaker bar and can't budge it.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Yes I’ve done the same for years looking for pipes, connecting wrenches, pb blaster hardly ever working or even spraying out of can.

 

[highup]

I hate these new battery chargers. If the battery is fairly low, it can't find it. It keeps saying "connect the leads".

One of the first things I wanted to do with my new electronic battery chargers is use it to de-rust some metal. Looking on a forum somewhere under that particular model which is a schaur

I use to curse rusted stuck on bolts. It was a game changer. I bought an electric craftsman one at a pawn shop, months later I tried to use it and the gears were stripped. A pneumatic one I bought at another pawn shop years ago didn’t have enough power or was worn.

When I use mine, the first one I bought for five bucks. It was an old one but I looked it up and I think it had a 225 lb torque rating.
The specs were set at 90 lb.
I bumped it up to 115 and it took them right off. I know if they say 90 is maximum that 115 is probably just fine. Everything made has a tolerance knowing that people are going to do stupid stuff.
Hold my beer, watch this.
The new one that I bought for 40 bucks seems to have about the same power as the $5 one but it looks cooler and even has the name Bostich on it...... So even though I can't tell yet, I know it has more power with a name like that.

I was using mine with 40' of quarter inch hose.
I was going to look something up tonight but I haven't gotten that far. I was going to look up hose diameter effect on impact wrenches. I'm betting that 3/8 might be better. Just a hunch.

 

[highup]

Well damn I'm smart.
https://irtoolhelp.ingersollrand.co...021967914--FAQ-1-Impact-Performance-Hose-SizeMaybe I have 3/8 hose. Still looks like it's not nearly enough for the big jobs. In the meantime my compressor goes up to 140.
Hold my beer, watch this.
Rusty, if you have a torch it's worth heating the daylights out of a nut and then cooling it off with some WD-40 or better yet some knocker loose as it cools.
But it completely cool before trying to spin it loose. It might even take two or three times but he can do wonders.

 

[DarisMulkin]

I have tried a 4 ft cheater on a breaker bar and can't budge it.

Just asking but it could be left handed threads,

 

[Floorist]

Guess I need to dig out my compressor and use my CP impact.

 

[highup]

That said, if something you're heating up is aluminum remember aluminum goes to a solid to a liquid and a fraction of a second.

 

[Floorist]

Just asking but it could be left handed threads,

Tried it both directions, after I soaked it with WD 40 and then PB blaster. The nut has been on there since 1989. Got that old mower running like a new one, just needs the drive belt. Going to give it to my grandson.

 

[highup]

Just asking but it could be left handed threads,

Smart ass.
That's definitely worth checking out. Good call.

 

[highup]

High up, this is my latest M18 Fuel purchase.
1/2 impact, It has 1400 lbs of nut busting torque.
I tried it out on my trailer wheels. The thing is awesome. Not something I will use often but I’m sure I won’t be disappointed when I need it.View attachment 12580

Don, that's not something you need very often but there's nothing that replaces that tool. Stuff like alternator fans lawn mower flywheels and lawn mower blades are really hard to hold with any sort of a wrench or goofy contraption. You need something powerful buzz those little suckers off and an impact is the only route.
If nothing else they're good for breaking off bolts and studs, creating another adventure.
When using these kind of tools one thing that gently loosens a nut or a bolt is to alternate tightening and loosening the nut while it has some sort of penetrant on it. If you think you might snap something off, Tighten first then loosen, tighten then loosen. Just keep doing it over and over and over and that little bit of vibration along with some penetrating oil can take things loose without breaking them. You just need to be patient.
Same process works with a breaker bar. In between sessions, heat the nut or the bolt hot then let it cool. This in addition to the other method I mentioned can loosen things that would normally just snap off if you simply reefed on them.
Patience, Grasshopper.

 

[highup]

I hate these new battery chargers. If the battery is fairly low, it can't find it. It keeps saying "connect the leads".

I bought this battery charger and hoped it would work for the electrolysis thing.
It wouldn't do a darn thing.
I went online, typed in the name and model of the charger and mentioned the electrolysis process for the resting metal.
One guy mentioned that to trick the charger when it can't find any juice is to hold the charge and the on button...... Or all of the buttons on for about 15 seconds and it will induce a charge and start charging.
I tried it, and it worked. I didn't, however try and use it because being electronic I thought I might damage it by overloading it with A continuous charging process which might be hours or days.

 

[highup]

It was only a few months later that my neighbor came down to see if I wanted to buy a couple of his tools. I went up to his house and he had a couple of battery chargers, and I was telling him what I was attempting. He gave me this one and said it doesn't work. It's an antique Sears charger.
I took it apart sanded it repainted it and gave it new wires. The insulation on the old wires was falling off and the clips were no good. This is a 6 amp charger and the resting of the metal would probably be good with two or four. More apps just heats up the water and doesn't help at all. It's the voltage that does the work to remove rust.