disolved my pocket knife

I did a major cleaning and soaked some neglected tools in ATF. Loosened them all up nicely.

I buy small pieces of aluminum from a shop in NC. Its substantially cheaper than buying stock locally even after freight, and they are already precut to the length I want. Anyway, I opened a box of aluminum rod the other day and found an old beat up wooden handle knife in there. The kind I used to call an electricians knife when I was a kid. One regular round tip blade and one locking blade with an end squared off to make common screwdriver. I asked them if somebody was missing their baby. They told me to keep the knife and thanks for the business. So Karl. Were you over at Stock Car Steel a couple weeks ago? LOL.

I've received strange extra presents in McMaster-Carr deliveries, as if they were disappearing stuff that doesn't sell.

jsw

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Once upon a long while ago, I bought one of the little 4x6 horizontal band saws from MSC.

Within two weeks, all the smoke escaped from the motor. So I called, and the next day on UPS came my box.

It was kind of heavy... inside were THREE motors!

Hmmm... called 'em back and explained. The guy was really nice, and said, "They're not worth shipping back. Just keep the other two; you'll need them!"

That was over 15 years ago. I still am working on the second of those three -- third is still in the box!

LLoyd

Are they the non-UL motors?

jsw

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Non-UL, non-thermally protected, rated at twice what they'll actually put out, aluminum windings.... typical Chinese crap.

But the third motor I installed has been running for over 12 years.

LLoyd

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Thanks for the tip, both of you. I have some like that, myself

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"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" on Fri, 27 Apr

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I worked on a car like that. "Fleet" vehicle, engine made way to much noise, but it ran. My boss, John finally got desperate, and had it issued to Niles. Great guy Niles, but not the best at ... err, monitoring vehicles. We expected the car to get towed in with a dead engine. It never did. Finally, John had it brought in for "a regular check up" and pulled the engine anyway. VW engines are not suppose to go 150 000 km without trouble.

tschus pyotr

I found one a while back...it had been misplaced for several years..

Sorry to hear that--I also ALWAYS carry a knife and so I know exactly how you feel...

I carry an old-timer #340T--no other knife will do..

And since the newer "made in China" "old timers" are totally out of the question, "losing one" can be rather disruptive...

Occasionally, they do pop up on Ebay as NOS and at antique stores though, and so these days I actually have a couple of spares stashed in my nightstand.

Don't set your electronic calipers onto a ketone soaked rag, either.

The black molded plastic reader-head is oddly misshaped, but fortunately, the lcd window is still (mostly) clear.

Sad to hear that. I can imagine what it's like to misplace a pocket knife. Hope it returns soon.

I had a cheapie Swiss, years ago, much the same problem. Someone suggested pack the end with polishing compound, and repeatedly open the blades. Might have worked. Being decades older now, I'd reach for some spray oil. Or buy another knife.

My daily use knife is a Stanley SM -18 that I got from Home Depot, three bucks. In the tool crib along the wall with screw drviers, and crescent wrenches. I've resharpened it many times. The pocket clip is perfect for shirt pocket carry.

I could find, link wise.

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this morning it was more than loose. All the blades were floppy and the retaining springs had come out. Don't soak your knife in acid.

Karl

That's what I do. I have some pocket knives that date back to the

1930s, and I have polished them that way when they get a little stiff.

I dissolve some Deco stainless polish in paint thinner, pour it into the joints, and work it until it's as loose as I want it. It works very well.

It took me years to find a Camilus electrican's knife in good condition. I bought my first one when I was 10 and carried one for over

35 years. I probably bought a dozen of them over that time. The spares would disappear out of my toolbox when I turned my back. :(

I finally landed a few at a reasonable price on Ebay last year. :)

This guy is my cousin's neighbor.

You can fix it. New pins, new springs. Get after it!

And that was a?

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

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And that was "a" third of the four that MSC originally provided, including the first one that came on the saw, the next one from the three they gifted me for a single replacement, and the second from that same batch. I still have the last of the three replacements in a box, waiting to do another 12-year stint.

The saw cost $199.00

Hmmm... not bad. 12 years, $199... That is $16.58 per year, for a saw I've used no less often than five times a week, every week, since I've owned it.

So... say 250 uses a year... or just a touch over 6-2/3 cents per cutting session (MANY of which are 10-minute cuts).

That's what "a" motor that works right can do!

LLoyd

LLoyd