Recent content by esanford

I acquired an old snap-on WB200 manual crank wheel balancer, unknown condition. It lights up, and when I crank the wheel The green light flashes and buzzes when starting and ending like it's supposed to, but The three different pickup wheels I've tried I'll come back with 2.5 oz required inside...

I went with 2x4 24" construction, insulated with fiberglass batting. On both sides I used a skin of 1/8" utility plywood from the box store glued and nailed- cheap, smooth, looks nice. Used garage door bottom seals screwed to the walls all around to seal it when closed. Slides nicely into...

Took a while to get back to this. Got some pics. Scotch Brite and oil? Anything I should check in the way of bearings, etc, before I turn it on for the first time?

Here's the smaller door space.

My new shop has two door frames that I built for sliding barn doors, both interior to contain HVAC and provide flexibility. One is 8x8, one is 15x15. Regular barn door hardware from Menards will work great, and I have lots of good ideas for weather stripping, but I'm wondering about the actual...

I put a ducted mini split head in the attic between two bedrooms and split the intake and output sides between the two rooms. Just the plenums you see and 90 elbows, so not enough "duct" to matter to the unit. Despite the in/out both being in the ceiling 4ft from each other, it worked...

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Good point. It's a Mr Heater MHU50, instructions HERE. It mentions the 8' above floor and 18" in the rear, other than that I only see 1" of clearance mentioned anywhere. Oddly enough, it doesn't seem to mention clearance on the business end (the front) at all. I of course want to be safe...

New workshop, the bay I'm heating has a sloped ceiling side to side, ~16 ft high on the high side, 30 ft long. I'm installing a 50k btu natural gas unit heater, trying to figure out where to place it. The overhead door is 12Hx10W, and the gas line comes into the building right beside it. I'd...

Over the last year I acquired a halfway decent Delta drill press, and a harbor freight style combination mill lathe, both based on opportunity. The garage they have been in is unconditioned, and they have both developed some serious surface rust on all non-painted surfaces. My new shop will be...