Recent content by Murby

I spent a carrier designing, engineering, and building very specialized machinery for processing in the automotive industry. I actually built an 80 foot long 12ft tall x 12 ft wide pick-and-place robot using servos and CNC controller software. The thing was basically an overhead bridge crane...

Wow.. base price of $7300.. Nice machine, but at that price it's not tenable unless I try to go into business with it. I have a Hypertherm PowerMax 1000 I use almost daily.. but it could do so much more hooked up to a CNC.. Once the property is done, I might just build my own...

Oh my.. I like that. Did you make that machine or buy it?

You paid your dues, you worked hard all that time. Tell everyone to kick rocks and you do what makes you happy. Sadness? You should be thrilled that you can now spend your days doing whatever it is that brings you joy.. and moreover, you can take your sweet a$$ time doing it because...

Just let her argue with Alexa..

Putting up new LED lights. A few years ago, I bought a 6 pack of 4 foot Barrina LED lights on Amazon.. Within about a year, every one of them was burned out.. Then for Christmas 2024, a buddy of mine bought me a 6 pack of the 8 footers for my new barn.. Now they're all burning out too...

I didn't read the whole thread so if someone has already posted this, just ignore. Wood contains about 8000 btu's per pound.. a bit more if it has a lot of resin in it like pine. The 8000 btu number assumes zero moisture. The more water in the wood, the less energy you'll get out of...

Thank you! I guess if a window or door happens to end up in a bad place, there's no getting around having something custom made, but at least I can take care of the corners..

Hi folks, I have a question about putting up steel siding on my barn. I'm going to be using the standard 3 rib panels, and the question I have relates to the ribs and how they line up with corners on the barn. After all the steel siding is up, I'm going to need to install corner trims...