Tips in general, little discussion , just the tips,

[aribert]

The big rectangular shape washing detergent plastic jugs are just the right size for a paint roller.
..Set the roller in the bucket 3/4 full of water for a half hour as you clean up the job site. Just dump the water-soluble paint on the lawn so it doesn't spill in your truck
When you get home refill the bucket (with the roller) to soak for overnight.
Yes, give a hose spray in the morning to make it like new.

I'm a small time landlord. I typically buy a rundown house and bring it up to the neighborhood as part of turning it into a rental. When working with latex paint where I will continue painting with the same color within weeks, I put the brush(es) and roller into a plastic grocery bag, push out the air as much as possible and wrap tightly around the roller handle and then repeat with a second bag. The bag with roller/brushes goes into the refrigerator (house is vacant ). I've kept brushes well over a month between uses in the fridge. Works better when the fridge is not at your residence although my wife has leaned to tolerate a brush bag in the fridge for a few days at a time at home. Don't do this with oil base paint or use the freezer for brush/roller storage.

 

[rawen2]

I've done similar with a paint roller I intend to use the next day.
Lay out some Saran or other plastic wrap on a flat surface. Put the paint roller on one end of the wrap and push. The wrap will stick to the roller and wind up around it. I usually wrap it around a few revolutions. Then twist the ends of the Saran wrap like a tootsie roll wrapper.

Most probably already know this: To break free a rusted-on nut don't just heat it. Heat it to a cherry or orange heat and then douse it with water. Beware of the steam! Thermal shock does the trick. Learned this in the 70's from my uncle at his body shop. Worked well for loosening rusted bumper bolts that an impact wouldn't budge.

 

[Luke.kerbey]

Always keep a hot air gun and a small butane torch.

Even the slightest heat on a hose or bearing will make the world of difference.

 

[Luke.kerbey]

Following on from your post - there is a right way and a wrong way to wrap the tape around the thread. Holding the pipe in your left hand and the tape roll in your right hand place the loose end of the tape on top of the thread and hold it in place with your left hand thumb. The tape needs to come from the bottom of the role . Wrap the tape over the top of the thread and then round the pipe. Easy to do, hard to describe.
3 wraps of the tape is usually enough.

Regards Tyrone.

That depends if you are mixing up tapered pipe threads with straight pipe! If the latter usually half a roll isn’t enough!

 

[technocrat]

That depends if you are mixing up tapered pipe threads with straight pipe! If the latter usually half a roll isn’t enough!

straight is unlikely to seal with tape or anaerobic sealant because it designed to seal by face compression seal to the fitting. If it seals, you got lucky.

 

[TedinNorfolk]

Keep your wire wheels and brushes sharp so they actually machine and not rub. Hold a stone lightly against a wire wheel as it is running. This puts a flat end on each wire. A light application of the stone after every few minutes of wheel use keeps it at optimum performance. Flying wires will become a thing of the past.
A side wheel tool grinder works best for truing and sharpening wire brushes.

I’d recommend tossing old wheels as the wires are all fatigued from abuse. New wheels need sharpening also . sharp wheels will leave a “sand blasted“ surface on softer materials.

I just put the wire wheel on the other way round,once every so often.

 

[TedinNorfolk]

Got so many chucks came without a key. Cut off a small piece of 5/8”hex and for each and mill the square for each. The 5/8 socket will do for all.

 

[Rickyb]

I just put the wire wheel on the other way round,once every so often.

That will work but only for a little while. however it does more harm than good by adding significantly to wire fatigue and having them fly off. I would never do it.
lightly pressing a stone against the wheel when you notice a drop in performance is close to zero effort. This really does work. You will no longer need to jam the workpiece into the wheel.

Here is another way to look at it. Would you use a rounded off lathe bit that has a profile similar to the end of your finger? This scenario is exactly what you are doing with your wire wheel without thinking about it. You have a bunch of rounded off wire ends that you are expecting to remove material with. Each wire is a cutting tool. The wire wheel or brush is no different than any other cutting tool in your shop. We have to change our paradigm about them.

 

[Bill D]

Fingernail polish is great for marking electrical connections for control wiring. Black, white, red, green, blue covers most. get them at the dollar store. Much cheaper then auto touch up paint in the same little brush top bottles.
Bill D

 

[Ox]

Fingernail polish is great for marking electrical connections for control wiring. Black, white, red, green, blue covers most. get them at the dollar store. Much cheaper then auto touch up paint in the same little brush top bottles.
Bill D

Have you got no shame?


I wouldn't wait at Dollar General for Ox to come through the check-out with fingernail polish in hand.
I jist don't see that happn'in in this lifetime...


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

 

[Bill D]

Have you got no shame?


I wouldn't wait at Dollar General for Ox to come through the check-out with fingernail polish in hand.
I jist don't see that happn'in in this lifetime...


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

My father, half joking, said he had kids so he could go watch Disney movies as an adult. He did see Fantasia during the war, in his uniform, so no one heckled him.
Take a neighbor girl with you to buy nail polish. Or one of "those" boys.
Bill D

 

[MrStretch]

It's 2023.
Nobody cares if a guy buys some fingernail polish.
Black works great for covering cracks in abs plastic bodied clarinets.

 

[Bill D]

black sharpie works well to cover any scratches in older Volvo instrument panel gauges. The painted flat aluminum face under the needle.
Bill D

 

[Ox]

Changing over to a different material?

To clean the chip conveyor out, if you have some ratts nest handy, shove some of that down the return side of the conveyor. If not, roll up 4-5 or so dirty rags and run those through.

That way the conveyor paddles don't pull up a wad of the wrong stuff now and aggin for the first cpl hours.


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Think Snow Eh!
Ox

 

[snowman]

If you gently tease just the tip in and out without enough lubrication you can end up really hard and unable to gain entry while causing damage to the tool.

 

[guythatbrews]

I struggled with getting to some socket head capscrews for years. Upside down back in a pocket I could barely get my hand in. I pressed a collar on the allen wrench to capture the screw head. No more struggles!

 

[Rickyb]

O.T. Tying a bundle tight w/o 3 hands. Rather than a standard overhand knot of one loop, use three or four loops and pull the twine tight. Now pull the left end to the right and right end to the left. This rolls this knot over on itself and holds the twine taut. Now tie the locking knot at your leisure. Works for bundles of most anything.

 

[1potatoe]

Always make sure your phone is completely hung up before calling someone an asshole

 

[Bill D]

I struggled with getting to some socket head capscrews for years. Upside down back in a pocket I could barely get my hand in. I pressed a collar on the allen wrench to capture the screw head. No more struggles!
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A little bit of drinking straw or rubber hose works well for less effort.
Bill D

 

[technocrat]

I struggled with getting to some socket head capscrews for years. Upside down back in a pocket I could barely get my hand in. I pressed a collar on the allen wrench to capture the screw head. No more struggles!
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Grease in the hole