Recent content by hans109h

Thank you Hakeem for the gifts. Very fitting gifts from the Midwest for the Midwest. Looking forward to testing out the FreeAll, never used it before. The Pfeffernuts and stollen will be gone soon but nonetheless appreciated. Out of production bits is a very generous gift and I look forward...

Received!

Shipped with an expected delivery date of 12/24. Hans

I'm in.

So with the one on the left, in combination with another 3/8th drive, that could allow lefty-tighty, righty-loosy, right? Reminds me of an idea I had for the adjustable part of a combination wrench to have a receiver for a socket wrench so you'd essentially have an adjustable crow foot. You...

Gravel is great at growing grass. Purposely seeding a dense low mow grass will fill in and out compete woody **** from establishing. At the same time it will curb erosion and rutting. Driving on it will kill some of it off, but it will mend itself.

I'm considering going with the 42x42x42 gridfinity solution for storage. I think I'm going to do a test drawer and see how it goes. I heard about it first from the 3d printing thread that is stickied over in the fab forum. Hans

I went with Loctite PL 3x and wide 3/16" rivets. Seems to be holding well, and the rivets, even with the wide heads they are barely noticeable. Hans

I've noticed that the inside metal facing on the inside of my insulated Wayne Dalton (40 year old) bottom garage door panel, is loose and starting to fall out. I decided to remove one of the panels and the foamboard insulation to see what was going on, what I found is that the outside face of...

As much as I love radio waves my first choice would be a run of fiber. Second a run of twisted copper.

When I was in the market the best source I found was https://alliancechemical.com/. Hans

Most precut gasket suppliers also sell their gasket materials in rolls or sheets. This means an existing gasket can be used as a template to keep you going, or you can use the flange or sealing surface to create a gasket you no longer have, but need. RTV is good for sealing up, but doesn't...

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The fact that the taper holds the flywheel by friction works against itself when the force of a blow to the nut has to go somewhere. The force isn't enough to push the flywheel "further down", so it results in the friction being released and the...

Based on this: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/how-are-you-all-hanging-or-storing-garden-tools.526197/post-10461385 I did this:

Any comments on the Mastercraft red oak benchtop sold by Menards? Curious if they are stable enough to use as a table by attaching legs, as opposed to laying flat on a support in terms of warpage. Thanks for your thoughts, Hans