Recent content by Punkinhead

A discussion about spray foam is pretty much useless without specifying closed vs open cell.

My wife would love this. Can you post a link to the project details?

I have both the M12 and M18. Both work fine but obviously the M18 is faster.

I don't know about other places, but here in the midwest McMaster Carr delivers next day.

I've never heard of that brand so I can't comment on their quality but most sets are garbage so there's a good chance those ebay ones are. It looks like that set is SAE so I'd ask if that's really what you work on most. I suggest buying individual taps and dies from an industrial supplier like...

I recently did the same. The Google nodes kept randomly disconnecting. So far, so good with the Deco units. I like that I can do wired backhaul from the node in my barn back to a wireless node in the house that isn't the main router. I assume that's something any modern mesh system can do...

This Ryobi is 1.8 GPM and seems to be targeted towards washing cars. https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-1200-PSI-1-8-GPM-Cold-Water-Automotive-High-Flow-Electric-Pressure-Washer-Kit-RY14AM12/333071566

I already have a fairly powerful gas power washer. I'm looking to augment it with a plug-in electric for convenience. It'll be mostly for washing vehicles and light cleaning. I think I'd like something that turns off with the trigger instead of continuing to run and recirculate. I don't...

I'm in the final stretch of having a 40x60x18 pole barn built so I can only share what I did - I don't have any real life experience living with it yet. Mine was a retirement "spare no expense" shop so my choices aren't the same as I'd have made 20 or 30 years ago when money was tighter. I...

My understanding comes from an AI summary of the rules in my state and county so I take it with a grain of salt, but it says that a late locate doesn't give someone the green light to dig. The digger is still responsible. The penalties to the locator seem to range from a strongly worded letter...

Theoretically 48 hours, but it doesn't matter because there aren't enough locators to handle the demand. I had the power company out last month to trench new 400a service about 400 ft from the road to my house and even they couldn't get a locate. The locating company gave them a verbal "we...

We're in the midst of a building boom and you'd be lucky to get 811 to come mark in under a month. It's been a real fiasco for contractors trying to stay on a schedule.

I prefer grinding just because it's easier to deal with chips than a complete stumps. Stumps are full of moisture and take a long time to burn. And if you just set them aside somewhere they'll still be sitting there intact a decade later. The 8" stumps the OP is wanting gone can be ground in...

My new pole barn shop is almost done and the interior walls will be steel so I started printing magnetic hangers for some of my tools.

I keep my rotary table, angle plate, and vise on a rolling cart. Just roll it up to the mill, lower the table to the right height, and slide it on. It doesn't work for changing lathe chucks but my chucks are light enough that I don't have any problem lifting them. Maybe as I get older I'll...