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<p>We still locate water lines here with 2 bent
wires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>
Cecil<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I think he means rent one.
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<p>Surely your local hire company would have one of these
or similar?</p>
<p><a
href="https://www.bosch-pt.co.nz/nz/en/products/d-tect-150-sv-wallscanner-0601010008"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.bosch-pt.co.nz/nz/en/products/d-tect-150-sv-wallscanner-0601010008</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">On 26
February 2020 at 10:31 Cecil Bearden <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">crbearden@copper.net</a>>
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<p>I have thought about that, and have an old and a
newer 4 post lift just not installed. When you work
on both trucks and tractors, the lift can get in the
way. I would like to install the 4 post 30K lift, but
the floor has water pipes for heat under the slab. We
don't know where they are, and the posts have to have
a pier under them. The floor has 8" piers under the
slab, cannot remember where they are. I thought of
fastening 4' x 4' plates 1in thick to the floor and
then fasten the posts to them. The floor is
reinforced with reinforcing steel. I need to find the
reinforcing in the floor and try to miss the bars with
the plate anchors. <br>
Cecil</p>
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<p>Surely a two poster would be a better bet?</p>
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26 February 2020 at 08:29 Cecil Bearden <a
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<p>Since I have a spinal problem and now one worn
out stiff knee, getting up and down under anything
is a problem. Once I get down I have to either
make do with what I have or haul all 300 lbs of
myself up and get what I need then when I get
within a foot of the floor, I usually just try to
fall on something soft!!!!!! I have seriously
been looking at this creeper made for aircraft. <span
style="color:rgb(51,102,255)"><a
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I just wish it was available with an electric
pump. I have been looking for a drill powered
hydraulic pump to adapt to this creeper. <br>
Cecil</p>
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<p>Which is what I do. And danged if I still
don't have the right one!</p>
<p>Ron Cook, Salix, IA</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a matter of fact I
turn 58 today, and I maintain my physical
fitness to the best of my ability, so you're
probably right in that regard. But sorry, I
reject the notion that bringing the wrong
wrench is a blood-pressure-raising event,
and I stand fast by my comment. This simply
isn't an argument against the metric
system. Seriously, just bring several
wrenches...</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at
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<p
class="gmail-m_-7436778977563860140ox-f833f35c16-ox-1c987087de-msonormal">You
may not have reached the age where
getting down and under a vehicle and
then getting back up is a major
effort. Having the wrong wrench when
I get under there is not a happy
event. Should I give up DIY
wrenching? Not a chance as long as my
body is still warm. If I didn’t keep
trying to do this stuff I would have
been 6’ under a long time ago, </p>
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VP</p>
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Junction, AZ</p>
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Re: [AT] Supposedly why our old
tractors are not metric and a fairly
simple tutorial</p>
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might want to re-think the whole DIY
wrenching thing if that's all it
takes to get your blood pressure up.</p>
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ustonThomas Mehrkam <<a
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was a evil plot to sell us another
set of tools. The proof is I still
need two sets to service my modern
pickup.</p>
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style="margin-bottom:12pt">It
sells a lot of blood pressure
meds. Especially when I crawl
under the darn thing only to find
that one d@m bolt is metric
causing a cussing wrench throwing
fit as I crawl back out to get
that evil metric wrench.</p>
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> On 25 February 2020 at
17:12 John Hall <<a
href="mailto:jtchall@nc.rr.com"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jtchall@nc.rr.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Don't know why they
couldn't change pipe threads,
after all the rest of <br>
> the planet uses 60 deg,
not 55 for the British
threads. Can't really see <br>
> how it is simpler than
what we use. I mean how
exactly do the Japanese <br>
> explain such? Never seen
a German print in inches
either for that <br>
> matter. If metric is so
much better, then go all in I
say.<br>
<br>
Well the rest of the world for
a long time was British or
used British technology<br>
before Sellars came along with
his 60º thread form in the US.
The US wasn't a great exporter<br>
at the time, focusing more on
internal expansion &
self-sufficiency<br>
> <br>
> You missed the part about
leaving out the bastard pipe
threads, didn't <br>
> you? We did so much
hydraulic work at one point
that all I stocked was <br>
> NPTF, it works for NPT.
As you know, NPT covers the
vast majority, <br>
> while NPTF will cover the
majority of whats left. The
scraps can be left <br>
> to those who specialize
in oddities.<br>
> <br>
> Never needed an IH
bearing that I couldn't source
from wherever. The <br>
> only roller bearing I
ever needed that was
manufacture specific was the <br>
> plunger bearing on a New
Holland baler. Motion
industries finally was <br>
> able to cross it, but I
couldn't find it any where
else, not even <br>
> aftermarket ag parts. And
the bearing housing had to
come from New <br>
> Holland, nothing even
close. That set up cost me
close to $300<br>
> <br>
I think there is a slight time
frame difference in our work
experience,<br>
My experience with Cat, IH,
& AC was in the 60s &
70 and included <br>
machinery built in the 50s.
Cat & IH did insist on
bearings that were <br>
only Cat & IH inclusive,
whereas AC crawlers that used
more Timken style<br>
bearings, could be sourced
from any bearing supply co.
Five times cheaper<br>
than Cat Or IH equivalents.<br>
An interesting aside was that,
rarely was there a need for
machining with<br>
AC, Cat or, IH as regards
remedial repair of parts. Good
designs leave little<br>
room for improvement.<br>
<br>
> We have an entire section
of bastard taps at work, it
has just as many <br>
> oddball metrics as it
does english. It all depends
on the industries you <br>
> support as to what is in
your tool crib.<br>
><br>
Around here, its fruit and
meat processing. <br>
At the local Heinz cannery,
all the peach & pear lines
were American sourced,<br>
and the makers delighted in
shaft sizes like 1-7/16",
1-9/16" & 1-15/16"<br>
with ODs to match. Only source
was the manufacturer.<br>
Another delight was the
spaghetti extruder, it had a
50hp motor driving <br>
the extruder through reduction
gears, every every shaft was a
nominal size +<br>
a 1/16" Guess where the
bearings had to come from. It
had one bad design <br>
fault in that the heaviest
reduction had no hunting
teeth, and it had some<br>
very bad wear patterns
revealed on dismantling, had a
blank forged in Australia,<br>
it was about 600mm with a
152mm face. :-)<br>
> <br>
> I've found that engineers
don't always make stuff weird
so you have to <br>
> buy from them, its often
so you don't make a
substitution that <br>
> compromises the design.
But there are some that need a
plate glass <br>
> stomach.....<br>
"Plate glass stomach"? <br>
Don't know that saying,
although I have modified
modified maker's efforts<br>
for the better, when their
designs were found wanting.
Flattering when they<br>
come up with the same
improvement...<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
> <br>
> John<br>
> <br>
> On 2/24/2020 10:41 PM,
Thomas Martin wrote:<br>
> >> On 25 February
2020 at 15:17 John Hall <<a
href="mailto:jtchall@nc.rr.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jtchall@nc.rr.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Fun fact. Did
you know metric pipe threads
are actually in inches? They<br>
> >> are actually 55
deg threadform (British
Whitworth) but the pitch is in<br>
> >> metric. And the
real fun part is that the rest
of the planet can't even<br>
> >> decide how to
spec them on
drawing/print/blueprint.
Different countries<br>
> >> have different
designations for the same
thing. Off the top of my head,<br>
> >> I think there
are a combined 7 different
ways of designating metric
pipe<br>
> >> threads (taper
and straight), as opposed to
just 2. Now we won't split<br>
> >> hairs with short
projection, dryseal or other
specialty threads--lets<br>
> >> stick to 99.999%
of pipe threads.<br>
> >><br>
> >> FWIW, I have 30
years in a machine shop and
have continually used both<br>
> >> english and
metric without an issue. Its
the rest of the planet that<br>
> >> makes a big
ordeal out of it, we just grab
a print and go with it.<br>
> >> English, German,
Japanese--its all the
same--until we have to use<br>
> >> Translate Google
to figure out the notes.<br>
> >><br>
> >> One more fun
fact. Next time you need some
roller bearings for your old<br>
> >> tractor and
start measuring them only to
find they aren't exactly<br>
> >> english, convert
them to metric--you might
ought to sit down first.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I won't even get
into European conduit
threads--I've only had to do
them<br>
> >> twice.<br>
> >><br>
> >> John Hall<br>
> >><br>
> > Well, John<br>
> > Europe did adopt BSP
(British Standard Pipe)
threads<br>
> > back in the 19th
century, difficult to change
horses now.<br>
> > Quite a simple setup
compared to the American
system!<br>
> > Did you know that
the US has 11 diffent
derivatives of<br>
> > National Pipe
threads?<br>
> > As for 11-1/2 tpi
NPT, I bet many a lathe
manufacturer<br>
> > swore when Norton
invented the quick change
gearbox for<br>
> > lathes and provision
had to be made for that.<br>
> > In fact would say I
have cut more peculiar threads
of US<br>
> > origin that
elsewhere.<br>
> > That goes for
bearings also. Both
Caterpillar and IH used to<br>
> > get bearings,
especially taper-roller,
ground to their<br>
> > specific sizes, so
that only they could supply,
at a cost<br>
> > 5 to 10 times the
cost of a standard size!
Extortionate!<br>
> > Competition finally
forced them into
standardization in the finish.<br>
> > FMC was another who
engaged in the practice in
another field.<br>
> ><br>
> > Tom<br>
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AT mailing list <br>
<a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com"
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AT mailing list<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br>
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href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a>
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