Recent content by Max Headroom

Can you post additional pictures of the magnetic chuck? That does look like a homemade circuit that probably replaced the original. The diodes are probably either 1n4003 ( 1 amp ) or 1n5402 ( 3amp). Earliest info I could find on either of those diodes was from 1966. Was hoping to be able to...

Sounds like a good deal - you may also want to take a look at this link and maybe print it out. It just lists out what the various standard levels are. It can cut out a lot of misunderstanding when you and a contractor are both on the page about what you expect them to do and what they plan...

It's hard to tell from the pictures - is there a height difference between the asphalt and brick or are they at the same level?

It looks like it is Metal Jeweling, but I'm not positive from the picture. I haven't had a chance to try it out on anything yet so I don't know how easy this process is, but several years ago, probably 2005 or 2006, Shop Notes magazine published an article on making your own shoulder plane...

How are the lights wired right now? Are they on a different subpanel than the main house? Most of the insteon units send the controls over the power lines, but some of the units do both the RF and power line. It's probably best to take a look at that first as that could make a different in...