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From: Michael A. Terrell on 20 Feb 2010 19:14 life imitates life wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:06:43 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" > <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote: > > >When I use a word, > > Grow up, dumbfuck. Yawn. As always, it sucks to be dimbulb. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Greegor on 21 Feb 2010 16:14 On Feb 20, 6:11 am, life imitates life <pastic...(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:54 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" > > <d...(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote: > >You could also learn when stainless steel became commonplace. > > I also know more about stainless steel than you ever will as well. My > first job out of high school was polishing stainless plates 2 inches > thick that got rolled up into huge food processing tanks. We did a lot > of exotics as well. > > I do not expect a ditz that thinks steel wire is the right test for > side cutter efficacy to know what surface quality is about though, much > less alloy composition. Food processing tanks with TWO INCH thick walls? Now EVERYBODY knows that you are an outright liar. You are ineffectual twit and your own realization of that that frustrates and angers you. This fuels your presentation as the angry radicalized sociopathic misfit you appear to be on usenet. You are a cowardly nymshifter who can't face up to who you really are.
From: Proteus IIV on 22 Feb 2010 19:13 On Feb 19, 2:09 am, Jasen Betts <ja...(a)xnet.co.nz> wrote: > On 2010-02-18, life imitates life <pastic...(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > > > > > > > On 18 Feb 2010 09:09:41 GMT, Jasen Betts <ja...(a)xnet.co.nz> wrote: > > >>On 2010-02-17, life imitates life <pastic...(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > >>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:44:56 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" > >>><d...(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote: > > >>>>In article <qkbln5dscr39tdk0cbnh3v2gpefa48g...(a)4ax.com>, > >>>> life imitates life <pastic...(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote: > >>>>> I have a pair of twister pliers for lock wire. They are not actually > >>>>> meant to be use to CUT the wire either, even though they have side > >>>>> cutters incorporated into them. Any monkey knows how to flex fracture > >>>>> wire that uses a medium that work hardens. That is the right way to > >>>>> "cut" lock wire. In fact, one is supposed to use the side cutter to > >>>>> simply score the wire a bit, and then the number of flexes is reduced to > >>>>> just a few. > > >>>>Lock wire is soft steel. If you have pliers not able to cut that, put them > >>>>back in the kid's play box where they came from. > > >>> Lock wire is NOT "soft steel" you complete and utter retard. It is a > >>> very specialized, high tensile strength wire. Soft steel does not get > >>> made into wire AT ALL. > > >>tie wire is soft steel. > > >>--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- > > > "Tie wire"? Is that what you brits call "lock wire"? The wire used to > > keep fasteners from becoming loose and falling off of an assembly? > > No, I'm talking about tie wire, as used to secure reinforcing before > pouring concrete. You said "Soft steel does not get made into wire AT > ALL" and that's incorrect. > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- YOU DRUNKEN RECEPTACLE WATT DUE EWE NO PAY YOUR TAB AND GO HOME THAT'S ENOUGH FOR THIS POST SHEESH ! AS IF YOU GENTS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH REAL WORK TO DO I AM PROTEUS
From: Michael A. Terrell on 23 Feb 2010 11:25 "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: > > In article <dyRgn.359478$H15.283170(a)en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com>, > Wild_Bill <wb_wildbill(a)XSPAMyahoo.com> wrote: > > Scissors seem to be popular, or used to be, with some electrical-types > > that came came over to the USA from the Mediterranean area to work on a > > manufacuring plant expansion. > > Right. Didn't know that. > > > Those notches in the scissor are used for stripping soft insulation (in > > SO, SJ multi-conductor cords) by pulling the wire over the notch with a > > thumb pressed on the wire, but it just seemed a little crude to me. Not > > effective at all for tough insulation. > > Indeed. There are similar but tougher devices that work in the same way. > > > There are numerous special knife blades and sheath rippers for removing > > outer jackets from cabling, so I couldn't figure out why electricians > > would need to use scissors for anything in particular.. cutting off a > > length of tape instead of just tearing it? Not likely. > > In the UK the common house cabling is called Twin and Earth, which is > solid core. The ECC is bare and the whole cover in an outer sheath. All > you need to do to remove the outer is to cut a slot in it at the start > with a knife, then pull the ECC down the sheath at right angles. Which > saves any possibility of damage to the 'live' conductor's insulation. That sounds like 'Romex'. -- Greed is the root of all eBay.
From: Dave Plowman (News) on 23 Feb 2010 12:09
In article <4B84015D.EBB631ED(a)earthlink.net>, Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > In the UK the common house cabling is called Twin and Earth, which is > > solid core. The ECC is bare and the whole cover in an outer sheath. All > > you need to do to remove the outer is to cut a slot in it at the start > > with a knife, then pull the ECC down the sheath at right angles. Which > > saves any possibility of damage to the 'live' conductor's insulation. > That sounds like 'Romex'. Think it is. Has a *very* long life if not overloaded - provided vermin can't chew the PVC. ;-) -- *Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? Dave Plowman dave(a)davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |