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    my first garage!

    It sounds great. Perhaps you should have had the in floor heating hooked up first :rolleyes2 Just kiddin'.
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    annoyed by it being called a shed??

    Here's the difference..... http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=476507#post476507
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    annoyed by it being called a shed??

    A shed is a shed is a shed, call it what you like. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. E-Tek's got it all worked out.
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    Air compressor rebuild

    If your Cylinder head and cylinder sealing face is nice and true (not warped or scored), use the thinnest gasket that you can get away with. Oiled brown wrapping paper works well chart paper is even better. Also I use cutting oil in my air tank as it will absorb many times it's own volume of...
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    Black Pipe Natural Gas Drip Leg Question

    Does the gas line in the wall continue to other outlets fitted with a drip leg? I'm no gas fitter, but when we consider that a drip leg is merely a trap for debris, I would merely install my Tee junction upwards to stop debris from entering it and allow it to be swept down the main line to the...
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    Good Grief......

    I live in a 1400 sq. ft. stone house, but can't see anything wrong with people saving extra money where they can, so they can spend it on their pastimes, golf, tools, hot women or whatever. I don't think I could really manage any more woman than I've already got, and I can't see the sense in...
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    Protecting a steel table top

    Gently warm a mixture of lubricating oil and bees wax in the microwave until you have a mixture that sets to the consistency of heavy grease. (Best done while the little woman is out). Keep it in a wide mouthed tin or jar and use a piece of rag to wipe onto of your bench top anywhere it is not...
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    I just built the Mother Earth wste oil heater.

    Here in Australia, we probably don't get the cold weather you do, but I have been using a natural draft waste oil heater for 11 years. I have just finished giving it it's first overhaul and upgrade, after much shaming by a bloke building a copy. The body is two old truck brake drums, I don't...
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