Recent content by FatherWes

If you Google it. The USA is charging the Tariffs on any goods arriving in the USA, regardless of the final destination.

Just a heads up. I just bought some motorbike stuff from a company in Germany. Shipping with UPS. I expected an invoice for duty, taxes & of course, the brokerage fee. I didn’t look at the invoice (from UPS) closely enough. Canadian Duty was there, taxes were there along with the brokerage...

Yes, I thought that might be a problem, with the shaft being horizontal. I used this for wrench/lever for the top nut on my QCTP. The socket sits down on it so no droop. Lots of splined shafts in cars. I think this was mentioned (#6,@Dan Dubeau ), but, the axles on a lot of smaller FWD cars...

What about a nut and a 12-point socket?

If the motor is not original, is it the same speed? (so the speed table is correct…) And/or, is it 3 phase (for use with VFD)?

Could a person swap the 10 HP motor out for a much more “hobbyist-friendly” 5 HP motor? You might not be able to “take very large cuts”, but I think most of us could live with taking more, less aggressive cuts. I just don’t know what else would have to be replaced.

I have a Clymer manual for my BMW motorcycle. BMW seems in love with specialty tools. In almost every instance, Clymer provides a work-around and in some cases, dimensioned sketches/drawings to make your own.

Old socket. (Pawn shops often have a bucket of loose sockets…) Piece of pipe (apparently 2” SCH 40). Weld. Rough grind the really ugly clumps of weld. Finish cleaning up bubble gum weld & grinding marks with the lathe. Voila.

Do you have to take a borescope so you can view through a small cut in the plastic, or will the seller actually open it up?

Those louvres are really outstanding (pun intended). I am very impressed. Nice work.

Could you use bluing or gear marking compound? My intuition says a nice uniform trace across the mid 1/3 to 1/2 of the depth of mating teeth and uniform across the width?

I can’t help but feel we really needed this one. Thank you Team Canada.

I must be missing the point

Pictures please! Sounds like a hack worth knowing!

I’ve run into bolts and threaded rod that I could easily start a nut and thread it on by hand for a few inches but then the nut would get tight. Often it’s due to damaged threads but more than once I realized the bolt had been stretched.