I have ran a lot of tools and each had there place. Bought into default 18 volt at the wrecking yard, half the yard team yellow the other half team red milwaukeeny. I don’t own yellow tools anymore, battery tech was junk. Buddy’s 18v Milwaukee still running strong 13 years later, original batteries. No question in my mind when I upgrade from light duty Makita I use now I’ll be going team red. Air tools have there place, so does electric. Framing? Give me a mag77 chorded any day, closely followed by the Milwaukee for off grid jobs. Better then listening to the geny running all day burning 12-03 at gas prices … Still have not found a battery powered nail gun that can compete with the Hitachi and metabos air goodness. Each trade has it’s proven tools, there are stand ins of course and a lot of people are die hard this I’ll only run that. Everyone gets an opinion, my preference depends on the job at hand but for longevity with good batteries that don’t crap out I’ll take Milwaukee all day long
I mostly switched over to Paslode Gas framing nailers. Battery for the igniter. Not better than all my air driven ones but more convenient.
Found this in the street in Wenatchee.
I started chuckling reading it. Normally I only pick up monies, gold, silver off the street. But this was funny. I wonder who it was that received it.
Bob
I need some of those 
Correct Mr Steve, it is only not efficient. Like Marcus said, the right tool for the right job. In my van there are only batt powered tools, Bosch 18V no more. Tools are still light enough to handle jumping on the top of a ladder and dont hit you if a bold sticks. The only cord is on the charger. Very happy with it, but I dont do heavy work. Light grinding on 0,8 mm plate/pipe.
But no air tools in the shop, simply no need for it. Tire/wheel changing is something else of course.
Batteries can be repaired. A friend of mine did that once on a special battery, the result was more kWh for free. Just took the bad cells out and soldered a few good ones in.
Good point is airtools work forever, mmm.
I mostly use my air tools for the impact gun, air drill, zyzz wheel and die grinder. The drill is a no brainer for me, even with a nice corded drill I tend to overheat them. Where I’m at, the air drill just gets colder! I’d love to have one of those Milwaukee battery ratcheting wrenches for the hard to reach and annoying to fasten spots though.
I mostly do drilling and I need the RPM and less tendency to overheat. When I worked on the updraft unit I kept snagging the hole saw on the thin metal, it made the power drill I had buck out of my hands and break the handle off. Very annoying.
Here TomH, this one is for you.
Which engine configuration makes more power. Short connecting rod engines? Or, long connecting rod engines?
The answer surprised me!
Great guy presenting (he is just like my Belgium B-I-L. Body type. Accent. Energy level.)
But he can lose you early on.
Just lower slide bar skip to directly to 9:40 where he compares real in-production engines. One a motorcycle.
He says that the connecting rod/stroke ratio sets up for maximum low speed cylinder vacuum; therefore filling; therefore, maximum torque outputs.
Then at 14:05 he says the opposite rod/stroke ratio results in pistons at high stroke, time-dwelling, resulting in better power.
Enjoy his other videos on compression ratios, engine balances, cylinders layouts, too.
Steve Unruh
Very good post Steve! Very educational! And can be very useful in choosing a engine to meet demands for a job on woodgas
Yes he is actually pretty comprehensive in these presentations.
The one above wedge’s in between 9:40 and 11:06 the effects on cylinder side thrust, bore wear, and even engine heating.
After 11:06 he even gets into effects on engine balance and vibrations.
Then says you can get more change results in intakes, and exhaust modifications.
S.U.
Raised my curiosity and I can’t seem to find what the rod ratio is for the dodge Magnum motors (5.9, 8.0) but I was surprised to see the mighty V10 is only 8.4:1 compression 
that leaves a lot on the table to chase horsepower numbers, but at 450lb ft of torque it is on par with some older big blocks. Interesting 
The Dodge V-10’s have n.a. aluminum block Viper versions.
Same rod lengths and strokes.
Engine set-up with c.r.'s, valves, cam, intakes and exhausts for higher RPM horsepower.
The WWII German 109’s had to use much lower octane aviation fuel versus the Allies (Ha! American aviation premium).
They made the 109’s competitive with 30-40% larger displacement engines.
S.U.
I am declaring winter is over at my place. I just chipped the last patch of 4" to 5" ice up and now can shovel it into the sun light to melt.
That patch of ice was awful try to walk over it this winter glad it is gone. All of the vehicles are free out of the to drive.
Especially this one. It was locked into the snow bank longer this winter then any other winter here in East Wenatchee. I can definitely say this southern born gasifer truck is a Northerner now.
It was over 60°f yesterday still freezing at nights. But the big melt down is here.
It’s funny we have been seeing a lot of migration happening with the birds. The Robin started showing up 2 weeks ago.
Birch Mountain was covered in snow 2 weeks ago. This side is facing East.
This hill side faces West but the snow is melting fast.
A week or two more of 60 °f weather with a little breeze and this snow will be gone until next year. Hope hope. But there is plenty of snow still in the higher mountains around us.
Bob
Some of that seemed counter-intuitive to me Mr Steve but after rewinding several sections I got the hang of it. I have seen other videos by that guy. Another smarty pants. I don’t know if you guys get the Motor Trend channel on your TV. They did dyno pulls testing the difference in power between shorter and longer rod ratios.
Same basic conclusions as the guy in the video. Very interesting. Longer rod, more low end torque, shorter rod more high end power but at the crossover point where horsepower begins to rise and torque fall there was virtually no difference.
They did comparisons between Mopar 440’s and 426 Hemi’s, on Engine Masters, Marcus. I’ve never seen anything done with V-10’s like that but I’ll bet you would be surprised at what they found for the 440. Massive low end torque superior in almost every way to the Hemi except in peak horsepower.
I’ve heard this argument a lot with the Honda CT90 clone family of engines.
Lifan sells a few different engines, I probably have the order wrong but the 125 is a stroker
The 140 is a square bore
And I wanna say they made a 150cc that was also square bore.
I keep meaning to buy an engine for my 60s Cub Trail 90, I know it’s at least a mid 60s because it has the leading link forks instead of the hydraulic forks. Was my uncle’s when he was younger and the title has been lost to time. No standard VIN to be found.
This year 2022 is a amazing year. A little historic facts first.
We all on this earth that operates off the Gregorian Calendar named after Pope Gregory of the Roman Catholic Church. But there is a much older Biblical Calendar that YEHOVAH God created. It has been in operation for a long long time. It’s days cycle has 30 or 29 days in it according to the Moon cycle, there is no 31 days in any of the 12 months of the year. The days a governed by the Sun cycle. The new day start at Sunset and ends at Sunset. The Stars are also a part of the time period we are living in and they cycle taking hundreds of years to repeat it’s cycle. One more thing is added to YEHOVAH’s Calendar and that is the timing of the Barely Oats that grow and become new grain. Now according to The YEHOVAH He controls the earth in it’s movements and the weather in the Heavens around the earth. YEHOVAH says He created it all and it all belongs to Him. No argument from me. Man doesn’t control the weather, earth quake, volcanic eruptions, monsoons, tornados, ect… Man Can’t even predict the weather 100 accurately with all of his equipment he has made.
So YEHOVAH controls the weather and when the crops in the fields on their ripening. This is measured in the area of State Israel near Bethlehem birth place of Yeshua God’s Son. Very interesting.
If the Barley Oats are not going be ripe in the 12 th month to be harvested then a 13 month is added. YEHOVAH is in total control of his calendar.
This year the Gregorian calendar has lined up with YEHOVAH calendar. At this last full moon we saw it was the 15 th day on both calendars this does not happen very often. Expect great things to happen.
This is a great year to start building your gasifer for generating or operating equipment or to DOW.
Let’s Do It and help make it a wonderful year for DOW site. Help someone else to get started in gasification. Introducing people to gasification get the word out even more then ever about DOW. The timing of the new DOW library is in time with this year’s Calendar. This was not by chance.
Bob
@tcholton717 you said you wanted to see how I’ll eventually run 10lb spools in my itty bitty inverter flux core machine. I’ve gutted my Harbor Freight welder since it’s started misbehaving, but I can undo what I’ve taken out pretty simply. I used some angle iron with a hole drilled in it and fastened the spool holder. I need to drill some holes in this cart I got for free, was a SnapOn cart that held diagnostic equipment but they were getting rid of it. More for me I say.
Next I need to stop by the hardware store tomorrow and grab a plastic grommet. I’ll drill a hole in the back of the welder(it’s just single layer sheet in the back), and from there I can route the wire. I might get all fancy with it and use the plastic line and JB weld that to the back but who knows. I think a grommet will work, preferably plastic or hard slick rubber so the wire doesn’t get hung up.
My biggest complaint is the way the spool lays. It’s sideways to how I prefer it and it wants to undo the spindle nut. Drives me insane. But it makes great beads and is very adjustable so I’ll forgive it.
Best part about this cart is I could fit my plasma cutter on here too and just have a whole unit ready to go.
Cody as I picture see it cut off the bracket and remount it to spool off of the other side for your adjuster nut loosening.
Maybe?
S.U.
The bracket that holds the 2lb spools? Maybe. The feed of the wire is somewhat at an upwards angle. The main point of annoyance is I can’t fit my fat hands in there to hold everything down.
The main spool is fine, the way it will rotate the nut would tighten if it did move for the 10lb spool.
Nice, Cody. Where there’s a will there’s a way. I can’t see the issue you mentioned with the spool but I’m sure you will work it out. Thanks for remembering. I have been wondering if you professional mechanics think the Snap-on stuff is really worth the money? I’ve watched a lot of tool comparison videos and they only seem slightly better for three times the money.
I personally will probably never buy SnapOn stuff. Only products of theirs I own are things given to me or scrounged. I do like their warranty policy. No questions asked if it has their name on it, they’ll fix or replace it.
Dad gave me a SnapOn welding helmet back in 2013. He said he paid 300 dollars for that thing. I wish he hadn’t but apparently he got good deals on other stuff.
The real trick is they finance the tools, payment plans.