Recent content by MattGarage

That's not a drill press. This is a drill press. With apologies but you know the Aussie has to receive some Crocodile Dundee flak

Titanium 125 here. Absolutely beautiful for many uses I've had. Would need a pretty significant job to need to go to a 220V job. My jobs are one off and simple so ymmv.

My gut reaction when I read this - AC lines gunked. There's some root cause which is causing it to happen. If your house is like mine - both coils are upstairs but the condensers are downstairs maybe on side of house? Sounds like a long line run. If some dope in the history of the place...

I knew I should have looked that up. It was the other one.

Good point. My favorites are motorcycles. Some harleys and dirtbikes I've had were a prayer short of stripping the head. The worse spark plug job ever was a Ford E250 with 5.8 Cleveland. Absolute insane geometry and torque needed to make that thing give up the goods but I got it.

88 chevy plow truck? What kind of engine is that? They only made so many. Sounds like you got up on the wrong side of the bed. Kinda hard to do in that double! Don't worry - you won't have all off days on those hormone blockers you're on, Caitlyn

The 460 came with that feature! And exhaust manifold ejecting too. The chevy 454 to a lesser degree. First hand experience on both.

I've collected several sparkplug sockets over the years. Even between 1/2 and 3/8. Torque is probably the reason though. Nothing like overtorquing a spark plug. A hard to remove spark plug is a spark plug installed incorrectly.

Sound like what we deal with in a motorhome. The redneck alternative to soft start is to start up the fan first then turn on the AC. I've replaced probably 3 to 4 capacitors in my two ACs over the last few years. Never did a soft start though.

Here's a neat challenge for you welders! How would you fix this guy? https://www.npr.org/2023/07/02/1185717530/roller-coaster-crack-carowinds-north-carolina

Libre and free office online for me. License not transferrable to new pooter? No thanks

Brazing anything more than a tip of something with very low heat sink capacity will be only frustrating with a single fuel. Really want an oxy-fuel. You can braze with a turbotorch with acetylene but that defeats the purpose of the simplicity you may be looking for. I'd prefer a "little...

My gardener frequently shows w a tall can of bud. It’s not his first of the day. When I worked in entry level roles baking before work was a way many coped. Now it’s expensive scotch. I’m blessed to not have that vice

Got the wires through. It's almost as if using the right stuff makes everything go smoother!

Thanks all! Fortunately it was only above ground borking around getting the paracord through (beginner? yes). Went to redneck heaven today (Home Depot) and picked up the real conduit. Went together like butter but haven't run the line yet. Very excited about getting there. Have some help...