"the apprentice" broke a tool today sorry boss

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Jonathan,
Two points:
1] Keep all you pay stubs.
2] Taps are rather brittle. They don't bend. When they start getting hard to turn, back them off a bit to clear the chips. Maybe use some oil or other lube [ha! as if there was any oil at the job site].
Your boss was micturated off because now he has to go to Home Depot and get another tap and while he is there he will pick up several other goodies and your little broken tap ends up costing ~$50 or more. Also there will be a delay in the job til the next day because he didn't have a spare at hand.
~Peter
 
peter said:
[ha! as if there was any oil at the job site]
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There is, unless you walked to the site. Pop the hood on your truck, pull out the crankcase dipstick, and drop a couple of drops of engine oil on the tap threads.
 
LarryFine said:
pull out the crankcase dipstick, and drop a couple of drops of engine oil on the tap threads.
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I have to say that is a good idea that has never crossed my mind. Seems obvious now that you said it. :smile:
 
stickboy1375 said:
I jumpstarted another contractors truck with 10-2 NM once... :grin:
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You didn't have a piece of #8. You probably could have paralleled the 10's since the nec doesn't apply to car jump starting. :grin:
 
stickboy1375 said:
I jumpstarted another contractors truck with 10-2 NM once... :grin:
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Stuff like that I have done. :grin:

It used to be easier when all vehicles had steel bumpers, just pull up bumper to bumper for the negative and span the positives with anything you can find. :cool:
 
iwire said:
Stuff like that I have done. :grin:

It used to be easier when all vehicles had steel bumpers, just pull up bumper to bumper for the negative and span the positives with anything you can find. :cool:
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I've done that when I couldn't get close enough so I joined the two wires and made one long one. The bumpers took care of the negative side. :)
 
stickboy1375 said:
I jumpstarted another contractors truck with 10-2 NM once... :grin:
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That's easy, as long as you leave them connected for a while before starting, for the dead battery to charge; even #14 would work.

Years ago, back when cars came with chrome bumpers, my dad had to help jump-start someone on a highway. The road was too narrow to get the cars side-by-side, and the jumper cables were too short for end-to-end starting.

I suggested moving the cars together so the bumpers touched, and split the jumper cables, hook the two halves end-to-end, and use them to connect the two positive terminals together, the bumpers completing the circuit.

Worked like a charm, and confirmed my dad's belief in my intelligence and creativity (:cool:). Of course, like most dads, he tells everyone else that I'm a genius, but he treats me like I'm an idiot. Gotta love 'em! :)
 
iwire said:
It used to be easier when all vehicles had steel bumpers, just pull up bumper to bumper for the negative and span the positives with anything you can find. :cool:
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Okay, so I had more to type. :rolleyes: :wink:


But then, I was a kid at the time.


No, I mean a real kid.


Chronologically.


Young.
 
LarryFine said:
There is, unless you walked to the site. Pop the hood on your truck, pull out the crankcase dipstick, and drop a couple of drops of engine oil on the tap threads.[/QUOTE

I thought I invented that trick! I also thought I invented heating
up PVC by sticking it in the muffler of the truck.:grin:
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iwire said:
Stuff like that I have done. :grin:

It used to be easier when all vehicles had steel bumpers, just pull up bumper to bumper for the negative and span the positives with anything you can find. :cool:
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Now thats smart. I should have invented that too. lol
 
Karl H said:
LarryFine said:
There is, unless you walked to the site. Pop the hood on your truck, pull out the crankcase dipstick, and drop a couple of drops of engine oil on the tap threads.[/QUOTE

I thought I invented that trick! I also thought I invented heating
up PVC by sticking it in the muffler of the truck.:grin:
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now thats one i havent thought of
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Karl H said:
I also thought I invented heating up PVC by sticking it in the muffler of the truck.:grin:
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Wait till you try it with the engine running. :smile:

mattsilkwood said:
but i have heated up dinner on the intake
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Wait till you try it on the exhaust . . . with the engine running. :grin:
 
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