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Willy - A tip of the hat for the info that you provided as I was able to get things apart, cleaned up and back together in short order. Found something in Dad's tooling collection to make a puller that worked great!

Got this Packard swan hood ornament after my Dad passed years back - he said it was from a 1947? I am restoring it and would like to know if the brain trust here knows how to disassemble it for cleaning/polishing? Steel wool and Flitz has worked wonders on what I can get at, but getting down...

We need a video of that "old school cool" tool in action!!

+1 for Barnel Wore out a couple of sets of Home Depot no-name and Corona bypass loppers for ORV trail clearing and maintenance, which deals with a lot of scotch broom around here - that **** gets hard to cut with a lopper when it gets big. Bought the BR7000 ratcheting version two years ago...

Hi Max, I have appreciated viewing your excellent work via your posts at Welding Web, along with your YouTube vids - welcome back to GJ! I have been meaning to ask - how much aluminum do you guys go through a month? Are you next door to a Alcoa smelting operation? :)

Since no one has specified, I'm assuming the wattage of the resistor isn't an issue, or is a specific value needed? 1K resistors come in all flavors of watts... I recently installed an 8500 and when I get to the force setting steps (press yellow button twice until light flashes, hit remote and...

If it gets retracted in the rain, we always open it back up when we can in dry weather to let things dry out, or you are asking for mildew issues. Going on 5 (?) years of use now, so far, so good. That, and when retracting it in the wet, it drips off the roller all over what might be underneath...

You might call your local electrical inspector regarding where the NM-b can go - here, anything below 8' could not be stapled to the face of, or on top of any of the girts, posts, etc., due to potential damage to exposed cable. Anything over 8' high I could staple anywhere. I ended up building...

We have a 16' wide installed at our cabin located on the west end of the Olympic Rain Forest where we get a lot of rain. If rain is forecast, we only extend it about halfway out. When I installed it, I did not have to change the 'pitch angle' of the arms, and the awning will not collect water in...

+1 on this - if you do you own maintenance you should have a good idea of what you need. Then work out of your tool kit to do the usual stuff in the future to identify what might need to be added or removed. I carry an apex tip holder and assorted tips along with the t-handle and extension as...

I have used these when working a task that involves looking both up and down. It looks like 3M has their own version too. I have recently tried wearing a reading contact lens in my non-dominant eye for closer work which eliminates the need for safety glasses with 'cheaters' in them - so far, so...

To be clear, the inspector I dealt with last year was of the opinion that stapling the wire on the bottom of a girt, albeit still visible, and running it behind a post allowed it to be "protected from physical damage". Once again, I don't know if the 2014 NEC agrees with that, but in a garage...

I finished wiring a 30x40 pole barn about this time last year, located in Hoodsport. Before I started, I spoke with an inspector from the office that would be out to inspect the work (Tumwater), since I had concerns about what they would be looking for with the pole barn style of construction...

Paintballers, scuba divers & swimmers use a small drop of dish washing soap which is rubbed out on the lens with a dampened fingertip until it forms a thin, almost clear layer of film. I have done it while playing paintball and it works great, but needs to be re-applied after a few hours. Would...