[TowerTalk] Removing Oil from a Motor

[Bob Nielsen]

As I recall, he did start to panic a bit before somebody grabbed a pair
of scissors.  Too bad it was in the days before video cameras.

(in case anyone thinks this is off-topic, although he wasn't a ham, he
was an antenna engineer at Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, CA).

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:11:36AM -0700, Kim Bottles wrote:
> Did he take the tie off before it reached his neck?
> Or did he do an Ann Bolyn imitation?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bob Nielsen [SMTP:nielsen@oz.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:41 AM
> To:	towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Removing Oil from a Motor
> 
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:11:52PM -0400, Bill Coleman wrote:
> > On 6/17/01 7:06 AM, bill wall at billwall@bellsouth.net wrote:
> > 
> > >Many chemical cleaners are now bought with a license only. Benzol (Benzine),
> > >Creosote, Nitro Methane and many others.
> > 
> > No one likes MEK? Just keep it away from plastics. It's the only thing 
> > that will put a dent in certain epoxies....
> 
> Back in the 1960's a co-worker tried using MEK to clean a grease spot
> off his tie.  The spot came off fine, but then the MEK started to
> wick its way up the tie, disolving everything in its path....
> 
> Bob, N7XY
> 
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