I'm Not Sure Why, But I Now Have a B-80

[BradKahler 97]

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Kroil. Just ain't much better than that. 

 

Yep, it penetrates so well, the plastic spray bottles leak like a sieve.  I wish I could find a spray bottle that would work with it.

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

IMHO  "pb" is a joke with good marketing and it's been proven by experiments online. 

 

Just a minor word of caution here. 

Remember that these are cast iron blocks. Occasionally brittle.  

 

 

Actually they weren't hard blows, I wanted to create vibrations to help the Kroil penetrate.  I don't know if it helped, but the nipple is out.

 

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Excellent work! 

 

Thanks 

[Handy Don 14,884]

Your blade quadrant resembles the curved #11 in the IPL clip below.

This early one shows 3 holds--left, center, and right for positioning the blade straight rotated to either side. Some later models came with 5 holes with the extras being left and right of the center halfway to the “outer” holes.

Some members with a 3 drilled it to become a 5 and are quite pleased with the extra positions. 
(Note that blades before 1964 had a different style of quadrant)

 

 

[Handy Don 14,884]

3 hours ago, BradKahler said:

Yep, it penetrates so well, the plastic spray bottles leak like a sieve.  I wish I could find a spray bottle that would work with it.

 

You won’t. I ended up “decanting" my penetrant into little 2 oz. bottles like these.

I can drip or squirt. 

 

[Retired Wrencher 6,109]

22 hours ago, Achto said:

 

It's your call, but I hardly ever change the points unless they are really bad. The material that they make the new points out of just does not seem to hold up as well. If you do decide to change them, I suggest Kohler brand.

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[953 nut 62,589]

19 hours ago, Racinbob said:

Using the locknuts lets me not tighten the nipple as much for future removal

Lock nut is the way to go but be sur to get a top quality electrical conduit lock nut from an electrical supply house,   do not buy the junk ones being sold at big box stores.

[BradKahler 97]

9 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Your blade quadrant resembles the curved #11 in the IPL clip below.

This early one shows 3 holds--left, center, and right for positioning the blade straight rotated to either side. Some later models came with 5 holes with the extras being left and right of the center halfway to the “outer” holes.

Some members with a 3 drilled it to become a 5 and are quite pleased with the extra positions. 
(Note that blades before 1964 had a different style of quadrant)

 

 

 

Ok, got it.  I'll check today to see how many holes.  

 

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

 

[BradKahler 97]

9 hours ago, Handy Don said:

 

You won’t. I ended up “decanting" my penetrant into little 2 oz. bottles like these.

I can drip or squirt. 

 

 

I'm glad to hear it's not just me that was having issues.  I'd prefer drip bottles over spray bottles anyway, less mess.

 

Thanks!

 

[BradKahler 97]

52 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

Lock nut is the way to go but be sur to get a top quality electrical conduit lock nut from an electrical supply house,   do not buy the junk ones being sold at big box stores.

 

There are only two big box stores in my area and I don't know of any electrical supply houses within reasonable distance

 

Would this style lock nut work?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Brass-Pipe-Fitting-Locknut-Female/dp/B07QM8T78V

 

 

[953 nut 62,589]

5 minutes ago, BradKahler said:

 

There are only two big box stores in my area and I don't know of any electrical supply houses within reasonable distance

 

Would this style lock nut work?

 

https://www.amazon.com/Brass-Pipe-Fitting-Locknut-Female/dp/B07QM8T78V

 

 

No, you want a steel locknut. Most of the ones at big box stores are cast pot metal or thin stamped steel. Home Depot or ACE may have steel locknuts for ridged conduit.

[BradKahler 97]

15 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

No, you want a steel locknut. Most of the ones at big box stores are cast pot metal or thin stamped steel. Home Depot or ACE may have steel locknuts for ridged conduit.

 

Turns out I was using the wrong search words on Amazon.  I was searching for NPT pipe nuts, I should have been searching for electrical conduit nuts.  

 

https://www.amazon.com/Hubbell-Raco-1194B2-Locknut-1-Inch-Conduit/dp/B00G9IR596?

 

[Racinbob 12,294]

Steel (on the right), not brass or pot metal.

 

 

They can be found at the big boxes. Like Richard said, often tagged for rigid conduit.

 

Sigma ProConnex 1-in Rigid / IMC Zinc-plated Steel Conduit Locknut Conduit Fittings (2-Pack) 49103 at Lowes.com

Edited 32 minutes ago by Racinbob

[BradKahler 97]

6 minutes ago, Racinbob said:

Steel (on the right), not brass or pot metal.

 

 

They can be found at the big boxes. Like Richard said, often tagged for rigid conduit.

 

Sigma ProConnex 1-in Rigid / IMC Zinc-plated Steel Conduit Locknut Conduit Fittings (2-Pack) 49103 at Lowes.com

 

Thanks.  You can definitely see the casting marks on the ones on the left.  I'm going to swing by Lowes today to see what they might have in stock.

 

 

[953 nut 62,589]

26 minutes ago, BradKahler said:

 

Turns out I was using the wrong search words on Amazon.  I was searching for NPT pipe nuts, I should have been searching for electrical conduit nuts.  

 

https://www.amazon.com/Hubbell-Raco-1194B2-Locknut-1-Inch-Conduit/dp/B00G9IR596?

 

That is a ridiculously high price, go to lowes, Home Depot, or ACE

Edited 26 minutes ago by 953 nut

[BradKahler 97]

4 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

That is a ridiculously high price, go to Lowes, Home Depot, or ACE

 

I 100% agree 

 

Around here, Lowes is the only one that stocks 1" stuff and I'm heading there after lunch.  I'm finding more and more that the only place to find a lot of things is online