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You may get a general idea of what stuff brings researching on fleabay. I've noticed people are paying stupid $$ on Hi-bid auctions for some rougher Snap-on stuff that in my opinion is bringing more than it should or would fetch otherwise like in person or like on Craiglist. If I were going to...

Dunno. Was at Iowa State University picking up some auction items and noticed a dumpster full of them and asked why they were tossing them. "Asbestos Top"...... Nuff said

Drat, unavailable. Oh well. Thanks just the same.

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Started 4 trays of onions and leeks. Getting garden fever.

My tri level home was built in 74 with the same cheezy products of that era and my solution has been to gut the interior and remodel every level one level at a time up-grading everything. Styro foam and furring in the basement, sprayfoamed the middle level,and the crawl space walls below it and...

As I understand import aluminum is getting 25% tacked on it so you may want to act fast.

Bear in mind with anything left out in the elements there's never a one and done as far as preservation goes whether it be Paint, Phosphoric acid or Cosmoline. I've used Cosmoline as a rust preventative on truck undercarriages and under body panels with great success although it requires...

Spray it with Cosmoline

It wasn't burnt black and it wasn't loose.

Just a thought but is corrosion or a bad connection at the lug a possibility if the aluminum wasn't greased? I just had one leg on a dryer outlet this fall (copper)that was tight but slightly black oxidized that wasn't conducting. Cleaned it and all was well.

I looked out the other day and my power company was pulling my meter. Asked the guy what was up and he was doing a random meter test.

It did

Everything worked out in my case as described above. I did have to increase the pressure a tiny bit at the 2nd regulator to meet my appliance demands but that pressure increase was safely within the pressure range. Bear in mind every scenario will be different so do your diligent homework, be...

I built a 26 x 40 with 2x6's on 24" centers and the 1/2" sheathing cupped so much I had to put in blocking to straighten the cupping. Should have went 16" centers to begin with.