Comments on: TV Tonight: Four Eps. of How It’s Made, New MythBusters, Pinks, and Whips http://toolmonger.com/2006/07/26/tv-tonight-four-eps-of-how-its-made-new-mythbusters-pinks-and-whips/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:13:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nick http://toolmonger.com/2006/07/26/tv-tonight-four-eps-of-how-its-made-new-mythbusters-pinks-and-whips/#comment-393 Nick Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:19:53 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/07/26/tv-tonight-four-eps-of-how-its-made-new-mythbusters-pinks-and-whips/#comment-393 So Episode 44 of HIM, grinding wheels, obsessive detail man report: It is "silicon carbide" not "silicone carbide", of the million pet peeves I have, this is #1. The grinding wheels pictured are fiberglass reenforced grinding wheels (and discs), and just a subset of the wonderful world of grinding wheels, which more commonly are conceived of as the vitrified type found on bench grinders. The narrator states that those reenforced wheels are made as small as 2", which may be true for that particular manufacturer, but I have some that are 1" in diameter for use on my dremel... So Episode 44 of HIM, grinding wheels, obsessive detail man report:
It is “silicon carbide” not “silicone carbide”, of the million pet peeves I have, this is #1.
The grinding wheels pictured are fiberglass reenforced grinding wheels (and discs), and just a subset of the wonderful world of grinding wheels, which more commonly are conceived of as the vitrified type found on bench grinders.
The narrator states that those reenforced wheels are made as small as 2″, which may be true for that particular manufacturer, but I have some that are 1″ in diameter for use on my dremel…

]]> By: Nick http://toolmonger.com/2006/07/26/tv-tonight-four-eps-of-how-its-made-new-mythbusters-pinks-and-whips/#comment-392 Nick Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:20:41 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/07/26/tv-tonight-four-eps-of-how-its-made-new-mythbusters-pinks-and-whips/#comment-392 Big Joe Polka Show is a polka show hosted by a guy called "Big Joe" - it's sort of like a low rent heartland Lawrence Welk show. Interestingly it holds the baby's attention... http://www.rfdtv.com/shows/bigjoe.asp http://www.bigjoepolka.com/ Big Joe Polka Show is a polka show hosted by a guy called “Big Joe” - it’s sort of like a low rent heartland Lawrence Welk show. Interestingly it holds the baby’s attention…

http://www.rfdtv.com/shows/bigjoe.asp

http://www.bigjoepolka.com/

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