Search results

I started on a draft head for a keezer that's going in the house. I am working, mostly, with scrap I have laying around waiting to be recycled into something more useful. They throw away a lot of goodies where I work and I try to be first in line at haul-it-off time. Picture #1-A scrapped...

This is a kegerator I built for the shop.. Sometimes we party in the shop and almost all of the smoking takes place out there. Some of the wilder drinking games go on out there as well. Picture #1-The kegerator and STOP DROOLING ON MY BREWBABE!:o Picture #2-What's inside the kegerator. (I...

You wouldn't happen to be Mike V's nephew, would ya'?

One more time... Call an appliance guy before you give up. Your particular problem may not be that bad. It could still be just a start capacitor. Replacing a compressor on a chiller is worst case scenario and even it isn't that bad. Your particular problem may be minor. Buying a new...

Direct wiring it may not help even if the compressor motor is good. The capacitor is usually used as a phase shift to start the motor. No capacitor, no phase-shift, no motor start. Call your appliance guy and see about an estimate before you give up. It may not be that bad. I had a...

The thinner wall material tends to kink much easier if you are planning on bending it.

The orange o-ring is made of silicone and will handle a lot more heat. The black one you replaced it with is most likely buna or butyl, will not handle near as much heat, will start to get hard and crack fairly quickly. It would be best to replace the o-ring with another one made of silicone...

Are you trying to say that you have small stones?:o

Whatever you use you become used to using. Why bother changing just because somebody else uses something different. Try representing speed as furlongs per fortnight. It confused the heck out of traffic cops.:D

Actually a stone is 14 pounds.;)

We like what we have and are very resistant to change. I work in highly technical fields and use different systems as the need arises. But to convert based on, "the rest of the world has done it...", will not fly here. We are a country based on non-conformity and individuality. To expect us...

The questions you should be asking are, "What is your pot made of?" and "What are you using for a heat source?" I find that most of the people supporting that aluminum is just fine for a brew pot are actually brewing in a stainless steel pot. So why do they steadfastly support that aluminum is...

Process equipment tech/eng in the semiconductor industry. On the side: Machining/welding/fabrication

Swagelock fittings are not laquered or have any other treatment to them. The only addition is paraffin on the threads of the coupling nuts to prevent galling when tightened. Leave them in phosphoric acid for an hour or two, it is often marketed as Metal-Prep to treat steel prior to painting...

I'll give 'em that one. I have heard of them honoring guarantees that anybody else would have chalked up to user abuse. But from my experiences with HF tools. I would much rather buy a used Milwaukee, Makita or other professional class tool than to waste my time and fuel making trips to HF to...

I've burned up 3 of them, 2 on the first day. I have several DeWalts that have been run hard for the past 2 years, a big Makita that is over 20 years old, a big Milwaukee that is a beast for power, a Porter-Cable that will run with the big dogs, a Walter polisher that is as fine a system that...

Every power tool I ever got from Harbor Freight felt like junk when I got it and let the magic smoke out very quickly. It didn't take long to learn that if you expect it to work when you need it, spend the money and buy the good stuff to begin with. Have you tried Milwaukee or Hilti dental...

I use a lot of SS flareless tube fittings at work. We normally use Swagelock, there is still some Hoke floating around and a little bit of Parker. I personally prefer Swagelock, plus the ferrules and coupling nuts are interchangeable with Hoke Gyrolock fittings. After they were torqued onto...

There was a dog ranch just off the backside of the base. I biked laps around the perimeter road every day for exercise and the smell would just about knock you over if the wind was blowing the wrong direction. One day they neglected to put the tarps up around the area where they killed the...

Use a single-flute countersink or a de-burring tool.