Recent content by FThera

I won this beauty (Quincy 325 ROC-15) at an online auction of a machine shop a few miles from home. I won with a bid of $276. First pic was how I found it when I went for a preview. Second and third are at home in the garage after a wash with down with Simple Green. It had been purchased as a...

You don't say what ceiling height or what interior temp you plan to maintain, so I figured 12' and 70 degrees. Did some quick math with your insulation values and an outside design temp of -7. Your building isn't going to be losing a lot of heat. You'll probably have a harder time finding...

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I used 18" floor trusses in my house with a 26' span 24"oc. If I werte to do it again they would be on closer centers. I get more bounce than I like. My trusses meet the strength requirement and L/360. L/360 allows almost .9" bounce in 26'. L/480 has less bounce. Less Bounce=stiffer floor...

The Model he's looking at has the T-30 compressor. The Tractor Supply compressor is not even cloase to the same quality. $500 for this onw with a single phase motor is a steal.

Anyone using UHMW as a top on their work bench or tool box?

Yes...you use the heater output rating (80%) that's the btu's the heater puts into the building (the rest goes up the flue). Terms like well insulated don't count. You need to figure the square footage of the areas and know the R and then U values of the areas. Then the design temps and it's...

Where do you live and what were the outside temps for the months involved?

Just for the record I did not plan to buy anything less than a #8 SOOW for my welder. I was really commenting on how surprised I was that the voltage drop on even a #12 cord was still above the voltage that the welder is rated at (and I was ONLY talking voltage drop). I do run this welder on a...

I know that. I'm not talking about what the code says. I'm talking about what the voltage loss calcs say. Real world tells me #10 would be plenty heavy for 50% duty cycle at my rated input to end up with 230 volts PLUS at the welder. Even # 12 would do it, but it would be close. Hell, the...

I have an Esab Migmaster 250 that I use for home hobby work and would like to add an extension cord to. It's rated input is 62 amps @ 230 volts, and 250 amps output @ 50% duty cycle, and I'm looking to get a 50' extension cord. I ran several different wire sizes through a couple of different...

Wtf!

You don't say where you live, so it's hard to give a specific answer. But if you live in a colder area of the country and if you have a Natural Gas furnace now, you already have the most efficient source of fuel. If your furnace efficiency is low, get a new furnace with a higher efficiency...

I agree that halogens do work with a dimmer. They just are not designed to be dimmed as much as incandescents. The lower heat output will turn them black over time.

We have about 90 recessed can lights in our house all with incandescent floods, ranging from 75-150 watts each. We run them on electronic dimmers and rarily do they get run at 100%. After living here for 21 years, 90% of the bulbs are the originals we put in 21 years ago. The ones we've had...