Recent content by spokewrench

Google tipped him off. The problem is not Google but the Administrative Subpoena. And T**mp. The victim couldn't even find out who had issued the subpoena. https://newrepublic.com/post/206088/homeland-security-67-year-old-us-citizen-criticized-email America will soon be great again!!!!! :)

The mass of the tip is important. I have a temperature-controlled pencil iron of just a few watts. It came with assorted tips. With the right tip and temp, it's good on 14 gauge. For bigger stuff, I use a much bigger tip that attaches to a propane torch. In 7th grade we learned to make boxes...

The people calling themselves Canadians are imposters. The real Canadians had disappeared by 1543. In 1534, Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence to Stadacona and asked what the place was. They said kanata, which meant “town.” It was part of a federation living on 90,000 square miles along the St...

Thanks for the tip. I wear a special bike helmet for for protection from e-bike EMF. I'll have to start wearing it indoors. ;)

Maybe it's your wicks. As the wax burns, the free wick gets longer. The flame gets bigger, burning wax faster and melting it even faster. You can control flame size by snipping the wick as it gets too long. I wonder if some candles have wicks whose tips burn away to regulate length.

My Radrunner ( 20 x 3.3” semi knobby) was a big disappointment on snow and ice. It wanted to float on a loose surface. It wouldn’t even steer until I reduced pressure from the mandated 30 psi to 10. At that point, rolling resistance was horrific. This is my third winter with my Abound (20 x...

As I say, I've had 3 bikes with hub motors and mechanical brakes. Two had direct-drive motors, with larger diameters than my 750 W geared motor. On each, the adjustor was a straight shot for a 6" driver shaft. I wonder if the problem comes from e-bike manufacturers using disk calipers...

What bike manufacturers make brake adjusters inaccessible? I've had 3 hub-drive bikes with Tektro mechanical brakes. I usually took the proper hex bit from my 3/8" drive set, snapped it on a 6" extension, went to the other side of the bike, and stuck it between the spokes. Straight shot.

The proposal is to ban them in a certain park. A man who uses one for transportation says the problem is juvenile operators. I've owned and depended on a Radrunner, which I guess would be called a fatbike. It was transportation. With an aftermarket controller, I could get up to 24 mph, which I...

I've got one of those. I call it a brake caliper. I use it to see if my pads are getting thin. Some calipers are plastic, but I have the all steel kind. Many draw as much current off as on, so I remove the battery before putting it away. ;)

Thanks. I bought a couple of usb chargeable motion-detector headlamps in 2020. I decided they had too many light functions, so I bought a simpler one. After 5 years, I decided that 3 AA cells were a hassle, so I bought a couple like the ones I bought in 2020. I'd forgotten all about the motion...

I don't know if you meant my system, but here are 6 bags of ties and 2 cloths hanging on a pipe. Here's a velcro strap making a cardboard box into a tool case. I also use them on tool boxes so I can see at a glance that I can pick it up without having it open and scatter bits. These straps can...

I have ties rated at 120 pounds. I know it may take weeks for steering to stretch the housing of a rear brake cable enough to make the brake feel mushy, and lashing the brake on overnight will recompress the housing. You must be dying to know the purpose of those ex-axes. Oak sills, 12x12" and...

I'd rather store them ON a piece of 1" pipe. As it is, I pick up open plastic bags, looking for the size I want. Some ties may fall out, making the process slower. A year ago, I bought 24 of these clips. They are so useful that I immediately bought 24 more. In addition to securing things to...

78 years old and 255. I hated the 20 x 3.3 tires on my first e-bike, largely because they seemed to have a lot of drag. However, it's stretches of rough pavement that really slow me down. When I tested them against 27 x 2 tires coasting down a hill on rough pavement, the fatter tires were...