Recent content by Furd50

Smart move and good riddance! I haven't been in a Sears for at least a decade except to walk from the parking area through the store into the mall. Even that trip was several years ago.

Too hot today but a few days ago I put in the vinyl-faced aluminum kick plate riser for the upper step as well as installing the rubber tread and aluminum nosing on the upper step. Lower step and two more risers to go. Next to do will be shelves to one side and a wall (to close off the furnace...

HF does publish the poor reviews, I have posted several. When I look at the reviews I re-align them with the worst reviews first. After reading a dozen I decide if I want to read any of the more positive reviews. Note well that SOME people will post a poor review based on nothing more than a...

Harbor Freight 8 inch bench grinder. Didn't even have enough torque to start when I put a wire wheel on it. Alas, by the time I found out I had tossed the lousy grinding wheels and lost the eye shield holders so I couldn't return it.

I agree with Angelfire and slackdaddy1. I also think that as violations go, these are pretty minimal and IF I was not going to have the work inspected i might do the same things.

Nothing yet today but yesterday I cut another piece of sheet aluminum for the stair riser/kickplate on my stairs into the house, removed the side trim on the door, pounded in the nails that had never been properly sunk and fitted the sheet metal into place. Then I laid the ribbed rubber over...

My daddy had one. It is possible I have it now but if so I have no idea of where it is.

Thank you for that information. I really haven't bought much in the way of tools for close to 20 years. I really think there should be a law against being able to sell a fine old company name to new owners. I've been burnt this way in the past. I also own a Milwaukee drill motor and a...

This last one is missing the cutter that would slide in the groove, being locked in place by the screw. Without the cutter it is worthless in my opinion.

I bought my Milwaukee some 35 years ago and I still like it. I did have to replace the motor brushes a year or so ago. While it was "down" I bought the more expensive Harbor Freight machine (around $30 on sale) and it has, surprisingly, been quite good. I think I originally paid around $75...

You cannot run type NM cable underground even if it is in conduit. Underground conduit is considered a wet location and therefore you MUST use a cable or individual conductors rated for wet locations. Pulling type UF through conduit is very difficult and type UF is just plain difficult to work...

Most of my hand tools are Craftsman but I bought them 30-plus years ago. I recently bought a new Crescent wrench and compared to the wrenches they made 50-plus years ago they are ****. Same with Diamond adjustable wrenches. I've looked at Kobalt tools and I think they are **** compared to my...

Before the advent of reasonably priced variable frequency drives (VFDs) I made several static converters to run three-phase motors on single phase power. I never had a bit of trouble with them. This is true IF you merely connect the output of the capacitors to a standard 9-lead motor...

Why do people build aftercoolers with vertical piping? Far better to build them horizontally and have them self-drain onto the air receiver. The compressor discharge should go to the top of the aftercooler and the bottom to the receiver. Take the air to the distribution piping from the...

As you are drilling pull back on the drill every 1/2 inch or so to clear the shavings. Don't need to stop the drill or reverse it, just pull it back and then continue drilling.