Recent content by Cheeky81

Here is my solution in the new shop While building the shop, I encapsulated half of the I beam inside the reinforced concrete (not US, so different construction methods). The I beams run in parallel through complete width of the shop, while parts of I beam encapsulated in conrete are welded to...

Hi Guys, I've been away for couple of days... Yes, the country in question is Mexico. Conduits are there ... flexible plastic... not metal. Now this was an eye opener... http://mxelectric.org/three-way-swit...its-in-mexico/ I will probably do it properly, I just didn't have the time to do...

I had a brainfart about three phase switches... It was really meant to be 3 way switches. :) Here are some picture of the actual wiring... :shocking: This is the first box (1). Hot and neutral are coming from the box on another side of the wall (red and white). The conduit on the top right...

The circuit actually works. I really didn't pay much attention to it until now, because I wanted to add an independent switch to the box #2 for the light on the hallway and had to get hot and neutral from somewhere... Circle with the cross is a lightbulb... those funny Europeans use it like...

So recently I moved into a new house and I'm trying to figure out some of the electrical wiring done by the electrician/plumber that was in charge of the electrical installation. So far, with the things discovered, I'm really feeling lucky I don't have water coming out of the wall sockets...

Two guys, one on each side and my wife on the jack :bowdown: At the beginning and when the boom was horizontal it did try to lift a bit at the back, but we quickly applied a counterweight. Once above 5ft, everything went really smooth.

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Hi guys, Sorry for taking this long to get back. The job is done. I built a T extension for my engine hoist, used some scaffolding on each side and up it went... Everything went pretty smooth and stable. This was first (and heaviest) of several beams that I had to lift. Others were a bit...

I think this might work (just trying to ignore your callsign :headscrat). Just instead of wood, I'll pile up some concrete blocks. The beam is 21 feet long (10 x 5 3/4, 22 lbs per foot). It is for a building, but there is nothing right on top where the beam should go. There is a cutout on each...

So the title say is all... I need to lift a 460lbs I-beam to about 8.5 ft. The beam is 10 inches tall so the lift would have to go up to at least 9.5ft On each side I have a rebar reinforced concrete column with a steel plate where the beam will sit. There is nothing above it. I have at my...

So it must be the policy then that they send all discontinued stock to Mexico, see if they can sell it for regular price and when the storage fee gets too high, sell them for nearly nothing... Recently they had one Proto 450 series, model number J456646-12RD (also discontinued) first lowered...

I must admit I didn't really ask... But it probably wouldn't do you any good as this is south of the border (MX) Grainger 32H899 Price in the link is in Mexican Pesos, which with current exchange rate is 59 USD. Grainger US unfortunately simply lists this item as discontinued, but you might...

Well... there aren't any handle holes on either side of the side box, even though the grainger product page clearly shows these holes on the picture. Maybe that's why it was on clearance :lol: For now it is hanging by the lip and I'll make holes on the side box that match the handle holes on...

I must admit sometimes I have really mixed feelings about Grainger. Usually most of their stuff is way overpriced, but every now and then they come up with clearance items for ridiculously low price. At my workplace I have a decent 26" tool trolley, but with my recent additions of tools it was...

I couldn't stand him at the beginning. Now I can't get enough of him. I recently even caught myself saying thing like: "son of a diddly" or "skookum as frig" :dunno: