Recent content by grifter679

I was lucky to source some old research lab cabinets that went in my garage, im also waiting to pickup a stainless steel counter top to replace the wood

scored this at HD, asked the rep for a banner and he handed one right over

the HD prices for batteries are a rip off. on Amazon I was able to get a two pack of the xc 4.0 batteires for $114 shipped

No one, I hardly trust my father as well. If it is a specialty tool, (dial indicators, pullers, etc.) which I know I can easily find in his garage I will let him borrow it, but some times he annexes my sockets into his collection. Other than that no one else even gets to look at them lol.

I went to a 4 year college, got a BS in Marine Engineering, I cant stress how importatnt it is for the 4 year degree. I work with plenty of people who have gone through apprentice ship programs in various trades and it only took them so far. The trade schools may get you starting out at a high...

my house was built in 1955, korean war era house, I was told they were building home so fast that every 10 homes would share a payphone out in the street. there are some goofy things that were done during the original construction that iam remediating. the garage is the same year and I...

im not a fan of HOAs mostly because in the inflated real estate market of San Francisco. The going rates for most HOAs are $650-$800 per month. My cousin and I purchased our properties at the same time, my house was valued 100k higher than his however with his HOAs his monthly payments are about...

I use my old coveralls from work. Category 2 arc flash rated so they are great for welding and hot work. I got tired of changing into different clothes each day

we have an energy division at my facility and we have been doing a lot of retrofit projects where t8 fixtures are being replaced with LED equivalent. I spoke with our electrical engineer and he said after all of his research the LED tube replacement isnot financially feasible, the operation...

i go to a place near me and I know im getting ripped off, he charges me 1.50 per lb + 2.00 per cut, I usually just go for off cuts that are laying around and he charges me 1.00 per lb. now specialty products like DOM are a total ripoff. I get my material from a guy up north and I purchase it...

a network controller bridges the hardware I/O (input /output) controllers to a graphical web user interface. instead of a typical PLC having all of your input output boards all one rail and possibly having remote I/O in the field. the network controller can be used soley to support remote i/o...

i used to be a programmer/hardware engineer/project engineer for Schneider Electric doing Building Automation for hospitals, central plants, schools, etc. i am fortunate to have lots of spare parts and access to software that makes implementing a full web ui and automated system at home...

im going to be honest, before I built my garage I was scoping out the craftsman cabinets and I though they were the cats meow of garage cabinets. I ended getting some old cabinets from a research lab that vacated from a property and when I compare the two side by side you couldnt pay me to take...

i bought a 3/8 fuel milwaukee and its the best ive used. my air rachet was cumbersome and i dont do any work on my cars with out it. the 3 setting are great and the torque differences are very apparent. i do plan on buying a 1/2 fuel milwaukee as well to use for camping and offroading.

cool thanks very much guys! exactly what im looking for