Recent content by m.breen

Thanks everybody for the replies.

I am a newbie welder, (arc), and I recently came across some nice small pieces of cold rolled meal for practice. I started to soak them in CLR and realized that it left a film on the metal. Can someone tell me about the health hazards of burning CLR? I know chlorine is very bad. What other...

My outdoor work bench is granite. I love it.

Im getting used to people saying "wow" when my garage door opens.

carefull... I knew a guy who was bbqing through his sliding door, wind caught the curtain and pulled it out long enough to catch fire, then blew it back inside to burn half his living room.

I dont think it would hold up. Not really for heavy use.

These were $49.99 at the Costco I go to in the Toronto area. I had to pass at that price. Now they have a different one...King light...same price.

Yup..Short tongue will cause that for sure.

Haha. I guess if you're going to lubricate the rungs, then you may as well armor all your motorcycle seat.

I find myself using pledge more and more every year for lubricating, cleaning and polishing. I work in a hospital, and as soon as you spray something industrial smelling, the whole unit freaks out. Pledge or something similar is my weapon of choice sometimes.

I gotta make something like this. I would use it everyday!!!

If you can, stay away from the big box stores. If you buy from somewhere that can service it you will be better off. Finding parts for the big box store buys can sometimes be difficult. I'm thinking Toro.

The shutoff valve is an older one 40+years. I have had good results with wd 40 in the past ....but, is there a better solution. I have penetrating oil and some silicone lube. What would be the better choice. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

We have something similar on our house. They were originally connected to the municipal sewers, and had to be disconnected because the sewers could not handle the large amount of water from everybody's house.

I will be replacing the paddles on a Toro CR20e this weekend. Anybody got any input for this task? I sprayed the nuts and bolts 2X this week with PB Blaster. Im hoping it is a straight forward task. Thanks for any input.