Hot Water Out In The Field

Hot Water Out In The Field ENGINES Engines 25-2-39 Profi Magazine (www.profi.com): Here are a couple ideas we recently spotted in Profi, a do-it-yourself farm magazine published in England. Have you ever wanted hot water out in the field? British farmer Philip Partridge of Ipswich mounted a 1/2-gal. metal tank on the side of his tractor engine, just below the exhaust manifold. The engine heats up the water, which is released by a small spigot below the tank. When you have to clamp a bolt in a vise, most people try using wood or some other soft material to avoid damaging threads. But that often does not provide enough gripping power. Another alternative is to cut a slice out of the side of a nut, and then screw the nut onto the bolt and clamp it into the vise. The nut will clamp down on the threads without damaging them, holding tightly. When the vise is released, the nut will screw right off.

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