Recent content by lynnmor

The Bridgeport brand vises are not the best, you want the type in the lower right position in your photo. The BP vise has no support for your workpiece at the outer edges and the rear jaw will lift when clamping a piece near the top.

The life of an anode rod depends on the water, some will last only one year and some can last ten years. Mine needs changing every three years. It is best to pull a new rod after one year and then make a judgement on life expectancy.

Those hot dog string anodes are something to avoid, the hot dogs split and stop you from removing it as the harder you pull the more it widens. I wasted nearly a day fighting that junk.

89 octane gas is simply mid grade available almost anywhere. If 89 isn't available move up to what is. Octane and ethanol are two entirely different subjects, ethanol will increase octane in gas but the destructive nature of it is what folks are trying to avoid. So be careful when moving up...

Things will never change if customers don't push back against shoddy workmanship. That Kubota factory in Georgia is an embarrassment to this country.

Appears to be a poor weld having a cavity that holds water, I would want a new one.

After my Stihl trimmer plugged up I found this.

I bet you are using Stihl oil, it will plug up the exhaust in short order.

Sam's Club Seasoned Rotisserie Chicken $4.98 How do they do that?

I have aluminum scraps for that, often pennies are used since they are cheap.

Your clamping ain't bad, clamps get a smile over time and there is no perfect height, thus the steps in the blocks. On a setup like that it is very possible to skid the part as the clamp is tightened. Personally I would have held the part in a v-block that is clamped in a vise.

I don't like a tight fit and let a fair amount of air to leak into the vacuum. If you pull a high vacuum debris can be pulled in past seals and past the loosened filter.

This might have been a good job for DEXPAN

I have a number of different size, expensive brand jacks. I could count on one hand the number of times I used them since 1985. It all depends on the type of work you might get, for fixing tractors they might be more useful.

Tons of them out there: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=cigarette+lighter+plug&ia=shopping&iax=shopping