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I cut one out of a lab at Cornell in about ‘72-3. This back in the day of mercury thermometers for temp..Had a hand on the bottom of it...

Well the old way, prior to the Fernco, was to take a torch and melt the lead out, then pull the compressed oakum. Clean the hub,Insert...

Not sure if this will handle what you want to do as it is a newer product by them, but they make excellent equipment. Worth a look...

A friend stores a couple of his old cars up on the second floor of his barn. He has a lift that he runs up and rolls them off. Nice...

I mounted a mini on this bracket (fair warning... It's expensive) at my last house. Rock solid and no vibrations...

I thought about that, but having it mounted on the building is easier for mowing and keeping leaves and debris away from it as much as...

Forthose with moisture or other problems in crawl spaces Tjernlund make a nice crawl space ventilator.

Not sure if they make anything for this app, but Tjernlund make a lot of good ventilating products. I’d give them a call and ask. On the...

I built this gate for my daughters families house. I used 2x3x.019 and 2x uprights. It has a wheel. The gate is not used frequently. The...

Same hear as to a manual safety. As to striker fired weapons, most of the issue is the crappy triggers they design into them. Example...

Just had my spare trigger bar delivered, it is strongly attracted to a magnet, so I can pretty much rule out stainless. To TIG or not...

1/16", or even 3/64", E6013 could work with overlapping spot welds on something this small. Use a copper or brass bar against it to pull...

Not to go completely off the rails, but I just can’t deal with the striker fired weapons. I claim dinosaur status as a result, but due...

LAst summer I had to remount the deck on our place the PO had directly attacked the deck flush to the siding with predictable results. I...

Two turns seems optomistic regardless of what tape/dope you use. Another thing to consider is the condition of the of the receiving...