Recent content by jeffg

So I wasnt crazy to drag the shop vac into the house! Thanks for all of the suggestions.

I finally convinced my wife to let me rip out all of the old builder grade carpet in our house and install hardwood. The install went well and we loved our floor for about the first 20 minutes. Then the dogs came inside and since then its been non-stop dirty paw prints. The hardwood floor...

I fear getting stuck in analysis paralysis. The pump in the pump house is only 12A @230V. Add an LED light and a single outlet circuit and I am just going to run 4AWG AL and call it a day. I am sure there is some academic value in all of this, but I cant account for every possible load...

It sounds like the best approach would be to actually measure the voltage at the existing subpanel and use that for the calculation. If the existing subpanel has a voltage drop, then we are not starting with the theoretical 240V. We are actually starting with something like 235V (or whatever...

Thank you guys for confirming. I had a panic moment, thinking I had done this wrong my entire life.

I went to the store to pick up some wire for a new subpanel project for this weekend and was told that I needed to upsize my wire. The details are: 50A @240V 122' total distance sourced from an existing 100A subpanel in my shop to a new 50A subpanel in the pump house. I was planning on running...

Sorry, yes pictures were on my phone and had to wait to get home to post them. The clean part of the piston is where I wiped away some of the grime with a rag.

A family member recently gave me an older compressor which I am hoping to use in my shop. Its is a Puma PK6560VS. According to some lite googling its a 15.5 cfm 5HP 60gal upright. The compressor is obviously well used and was likely second hand before my uncle got it. Its been tipped over...

My recommendation would be to find software specific to your industry. Talk to other shops and see what they use.

Thank you for confirming my suspicions. The Menards number sounds pretty dang appealing. I wonder what it would take to get all that kit back here. Time to do some googling.

I came across a 40x60 pole barn for sale. From the pictures it looks like its in pretty good shape. Metal siding all looks straight, decent roll up doors. I would need to dismantle the building and move it, then reassemble on my lot. The price is $22k. Is it worth the hassle? I have never...

Has anyone used one of those rectangle hole saws that fits on an oscalating tool for cutting in old work boxes? It seems like I always spend too much time cutting in boxes because I either make the hole to small or its too ragged to make a clean installation. The rectangular hole saw looks...

So I got to see the structure first hand. The roof is made of 26ga white steel panels. The roof is attached to 1x3 steel tubes at each overlap. There are several screws running down the length of each overlap. The roof is also attached at each end of the roof panel. I guess I could call it...

I just got this picture from a fabricator that I contracted to build a couple of portable horse shelters for our big dry lot. Each shelter is 10' deep x 20' wide. Is it just me, or are the purlins for this roof running the wrong direction? Shouldnt they be perpendicular to the roof panels? I...

What about something like mobile home anchors? https://www.lowes.com/pd/30-in-Mobile-Home-Anchor/3438356