Date:         Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:47:36 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         wabbott@townshend.Corp.Megatest.COM (William Abbott)
Subject:      Re: trip odometer

	Joel writes:

> then i
> figured out how long it was going to take to go 15,000 miles at 70mph, even
> at 70 mph!!! :)  <for those of you mathematically or calculatorly deprived,
> it's over a week of solid running ... i didn't think my little sears drill
> would hold up!>

	I use a little drill as the vibrator in the dirt sifter I'm using
for the front yard. I put a 1/4-20 bolt through a scrap of 2 X 4 lumber,
approximately centered, and chuck the bolt in the drill. Its sufficiently
out-of-balance to bounce the rocks around in the heavy wire basket when 
all the dirt has gone through... those little drills are *tough*!

	I seem to recall friends using drills to lap valves too, when we 
were all younger...

	Cheers!
	Bill