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flameless heat !
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Snag
2024-09-10 17:00:51 UTC
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Got the inductive heating unit in the mail today , and it's almost
everything they advertised . Heats a 3/8" nut to dark red in about 20
seconds , and definitely makes it easier to turn . I'll be trying it out
on the truck bed bolts today or tomorrow . This has GOT to be easier
than cutting off the bolts with an angle grinder ! It's also probably
safer than throwing sparks around near the gas tank - and I for sure
wouldn't dare use an OA torch for this task !
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Bob La Londe
2024-09-10 18:59:02 UTC
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  Got the inductive heating unit in the mail today , and it's almost
everything they advertised . Heats a 3/8" nut to dark red in about 20
seconds , and definitely makes it easier to turn . I'll be trying it out
on the truck bed bolts today or tomorrow . This has GOT to be easier
than cutting off the bolts with an angle grinder ! It's also probably
safer than throwing sparks around near the gas tank - and I for sure
wouldn't dare use an OA torch for this task !
Ah-yup. I once decided to use a torch to make some bolt holes for a
frame mounted receiver hitch on an old beater truck. I clamped the
hitch in place and used the bolt holes as torch guides. Imagine my
surprise when I blew through a fuel line on the opposite side of a
member and flaming gas poured out. One of the few times I was happy to
be working on a truck laying on the ground in the middle of 100,000
square miles of kitty litter. A couple handfuls of sand put out the
fire, and all that really poured out was what was in the line.
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Bob La Londe
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Mike Spencer
2024-09-10 21:02:54 UTC
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Post by Bob La Londe
Ah-yup. I once decided to use a torch to make some bolt holes for a
frame mounted receiver hitch on an old beater truck. I clamped the
hitch in place and used the bolt holes as torch guides. Imagine my
surprise when I blew through a fuel line on the opposite side of a
member and flaming gas poured out. One of the few times I was happy to
be working on a truck laying on the ground in the middle of 100,000
square miles of kitty litter. A couple handfuls of sand put out the
fire, and all that really poured out was what was in the line.
Your Darwin Award is being withheld pending further review. :-)
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Bob La Londe
2024-09-10 22:05:42 UTC
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Post by Mike Spencer
Post by Bob La Londe
Ah-yup. I once decided to use a torch to make some bolt holes for a
frame mounted receiver hitch on an old beater truck. I clamped the
hitch in place and used the bolt holes as torch guides. Imagine my
surprise when I blew through a fuel line on the opposite side of a
member and flaming gas poured out. One of the few times I was happy to
be working on a truck laying on the ground in the middle of 100,000
square miles of kitty litter. A couple handfuls of sand put out the
fire, and all that really poured out was what was in the line.
Your Darwin Award is being withheld pending further review. :-)
I was a wild and crazy guy and not in a Steve Martin kind of way. Dying
in an inferno of gasoline was low risk for me back then.
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Jim Wilkins
2024-09-11 15:48:40 UTC
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I was a wild and crazy guy and not in a Steve Martin kind of way. Dying
in an inferno of gasoline was low risk for me back then.
Bob La Londe
I was the guy holding the beer and watching.
Snag
2024-09-11 17:02:13 UTC
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Post by Jim Wilkins
Post by Bob La Londe
I was a wild and crazy guy and not in a Steve Martin kind of way.
Dying in an inferno of gasoline was low risk for me back then.
Bob La Londe
I was the guy holding the beer and watching.
And I was the guy standing there sayin' "you ain't got a hair on yer
ass if you don't" .
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Snag
Voting for Kamabla after Biden
is like changing your shirt because
you shit your pants .
Jim Wilkins
2024-09-11 21:44:07 UTC
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Post by Jim Wilkins
Post by Bob La Londe
I was a wild and crazy guy and not in a Steve Martin kind of way. Dying
in an inferno of gasoline was low risk for me back then.
Bob La Londe
I was the guy holding the beer and watching.
And I was the guy standing there sayin' "you ain't got a hair on yer
ass if you don't" .
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Snag
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Nawww, I didn't have the cash to buy and wreck expensive vehicles. However
my VW could follow the trails almost to where they were stuck and give them
a ride home.

I did learn to fly a hang glider, so I have the unchallenged records for
"getting air" and "hang time".
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