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tvman44 wrote: Never thought of sawdust and I have plenty in my workshop. Wonder about sawdust and wax, that should be about almost like the fire starter blocks you buy? ' As a kid in Maine my uncle showed me how to make these, melt parafin wax in a double boiler, when melted mix with your saw dust and pour into the card board tube from a roll of paper towels, once set slice them up into one inch thick pieces and it will start a fire even in a decent rain...T481Views0likes0CommentsRe: Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
tvman44 wrote: Never thought of sawdust and I have plenty in my workshop. Wonder about sawdust and wax, that should be about almost like the fire starter blocks you buy? ' As a kid in Maine my uncle showed me how to make these, melt parafin wax in a double boiler, when melted mix with your saw dust and pour into the card board tube from a roll of paper towels, once set slice them up into one inch thick pieces and it will start a fire even in a decent rain...T481Views0likes0CommentsRe: Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
tvman44 wrote: Never thought of sawdust and I have plenty in my workshop. Wonder about sawdust and wax, that should be about almost like the fire starter blocks you buy? ' As a kid in Maine my uncle showed me how to make these, melt parafin wax in a double boiler, when melted mix with your saw dust and pour into the card board tube from a roll of paper towels, once set slice them up into one inch thick pieces and it will start a fire even in a decent rain...T481Views0likes0CommentsRe: Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
bobwalter wrote: I agree Tim. While I was the lock shop sergeant at the state prison I worked for,all I used was WD 40. Of course the state prison system was too cheap to buy anything else. I had no problems with the thousands of locks I maintained. The worst part was digging out the pieces of wood, paper, toothpaste, feces and anything else the inmates could find to stuff in them. That was my previous life. Now retired and dont miss a day of it!!!!! Bob LOL...I hear ya!! The students would even set our locksets on fire!!! We had some Integra locksets with Nylon knobs in the older dorms, they burn like a tire fire, melt and drip on the carpet and torch it...crazy kids. Super glue them, tooth picks, and of course try to pick them with bobby pins and break them off in them...what a nigthmare at 2am! Glad to see another key grinder here with me!! Tim338Views0likes0CommentsRe: Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
Bobbo wrote: WD40????? My FIL used WD40 on the door lock of his house for years. Every time it would gum up, he would squirt in some more. He has now been gone for a year and that lock is seized up. By shooting in some PB Blaster, I have it turning now. A few more days of PB Blaster I hope will free it up completely. WD40, over time, evaporates off leaving a very sticky residue. I have used WD40 & LPS on high security locks with far greater tolerances then any residential household lock...without any problems. Where you have problems is when dirt and other grim gets into the locks, then it really dosnt matter what you use, it can bind it up. Either way, use what you like, but I stand by my post....the university I worked at the past 21 years as head Locksmith we had approx 45,000 locks on campus. Yes maybe you had 1 household lock fail...do the math.338Views0likes0CommentsRe: Handy Hints, Gadgets, Products & Gizmos
tvman44 wrote: I too have been a big fan of graphite powder for many years, picked that tip up from a couple of lock smiths. The problem with graphite powder is if you get any moisture into the lock the graphite can cake up and bind your locks up completely. This is especialy true on locks with very tight tolerances like high security locks and padlocks, with most general RV locks you will probably never have to many if any issues with it as most of them are fairly sloppy disk waffer cam locks. But I would suggest useing LPS or even good old WD40 on any high end locks you may have to lubricate. ASSA makes a fairly nice high end lubricant for their high security locks, you spray it in and let it set for 15-20 minutes before useing it....almost like painting on a lube, it coats all the parts and when its dry not much can phase it. Just my 2 cents here... Locksmith and Safe tech for 35 years here...339Views0likes0Comments
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