Recent content by Mtpisgah

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    The Horologist’s Shop

    My grandfahter was a watchmaker. I inherited some of his pocket watches, but they have very limited usefulness. I started collecting watches in college and have a nice collection. My father in law also collects watches, and has given me a few watches over the 25 years my wife and I have been...
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    CLEANEST shop?

    I mopped my floor two weeks ago, does that count? We park my wife’s jeep and my Audi in the garage every night. The floor gets dirty quickly. My wood shop gets cleaned on a regular basis, but is never spotless.
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    Post Your Woodworking Mistakes - Be Humble

    I dominoed in the wrong place for this table. I inserted dominos and cut them flush and then put them in the right place. I really should have cut some sycamore to fill the holes. It is in our bedroom, so no one sees it.
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    Educate me on backup generators

    We were quoted $40k and $35k for a whole house generator for our 6,000-sf home. Four heat pumps, a mini split in the garage, wine cellar cooling unit, and all the usual stuff. It is just my wife and me, so we could do without a reduced load during an outage. We told the installers that and they...
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    Lizards Invading SC Garage

    @quadrcr87 we live in the TR area too, just off Roe Ford Rd. We have skinks in the yard, but rarely in the garage. When they get in the garage I catch them if I can and relocate them to outside. Otherwise they just roam around and eventually get out. I admit my door is not open often since the...
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