Recent content by Halfdozen

I still have my first 3/8 drive socket set- SK, given to me by my father over fifty years ago. SK make great tools, nice fine tooth ratchets, and the plating on the sockets is still intact, unlike some of my newer Snap On stuff...

Any time you cut a stud you should install a double header with a cripple stud at each end. Read the info that came with the heater, it will give you minimum distances to flammable surfaces for the heater and the vent. Adhere to these. Use B vent, not single wall "stove pipe". Make sure your...

I used a squirrel cage fan out of an old furnace. I mounted it in the attic between two trusses, and made a 20 x 20 ceiling hatch out of sheet metal, put a furnace filter in it, and a door that latches closed. I paneled in the trusses, and added a bulkhead at the fan outlet, effectively...

Hello all, Joined up here about five years ago, drop by for an occasional lurk, haven't had anything worthwhile to post yet. I'm more active next door on the HAMB under the same handle. Been a gearhead all my life, have always had an interest in pretty much anything "vintage"- cars, machines...