Recent content by pvanderlugt

Wow, that was just about my all-in for a 32x64 2 years ago….2 doors, 2 9x12 doors and 5 windows….

Lock not needed for anything to work properly, leave it in box…MyQ does not care….door is “held down “ by opener, unless you pull the clutch release cord, not going anywhere…..

Was in Europe, driving behind a wheeled excavator…damn thing was doing 50kph….. towing a good size trailer, with a large diesel tank, bunch of different buckets and attachments, as well as some wooden matting/beams…. Going to a job site, couple of towns down…..pretty cool.. never figured out why...

I am a die hard solder/copper kinda guy, but have been slowly converting to Pex A… if I had to do a whole house, Pex A /expanding all the way! Better flow, Nothing to fail, almost fool proof to install. The expanded Pex is going to spend its entire existence trying to get back into its original...

I ended up doing just that. Burried a 4 inch corrugated pipe between barns and pulled a standard Rapid Aire ( actually Amazon Chinese Knock off) 3/4 inch thru… worked great, have had no moisture issues…. If there are any issues down the road with the line, will just pull another one thru...

Hi gang, I had the amish build a nice storage barn for me last year, 64x32x10… super happy with it.. problem: Was a super dry summer, used a Bobcat with a 24 inch auger to set the post … dirt around post was tamped down and watered……. Was going to leave it like that for a couple of months...

Not sure about the 12-3 powering a 50 gallon heater either🤷‍♂️

I have 4 shop doors on MyQ… 2 each 15 YO 8500’s and 2 newer 98022’s.. converted the 8500 to work with MyQ with the new style wall switch…. works great , no issues using my phone, or any of the openers to work the doors… no mystery door movements ( early 8500 did have a problem with the circuit...

not sure why no one brought up Extreme Toolboxes? Better then HF/Husky, Craftsman? Absolutely…Better then Icon.. Yep.. Better then a used SO? Not sure, but around here everything SO demands prices similar to gold, as well strange configuration/colors. I bought a pair of 72 inch EX‘s from this...

Only problem I have found doing this, is that the hydrant is not made to have water in it all the time, and will rust on the inside of the pipe,, ( foot valve supposed to drain the pipe) this means, if you do not use the water for a while, you get this “rusty slug” of water that gets into...

Thanks for a quick response guys… quick lookover, as a layman, showed a little slop in some of the adjustments, but not horrible… I am sure I could figure the proper way to fix/adjust/repair that…..I will take a look on local Craigslist/marketplace as well, see what stuff is available/prices… in...

Hi guys, was looking into buying a new drill press for the shop, and this popped up locally….. not knowing what something like this would be worth, thought I would ask the group… this in in NW Ohio, it is 3 phase, not an issue for me, appears to be in reasonable shape, from what I can tell as a...

130KW devided by 240V =540 AMP? That is some serious power at 240 V.. must be some wires!

Brings back memories of the old ‘roundhouse” work shops in the steam locomotive days… they had an ingenious extraction system….

Always wonder why these threats derail into”nobody wants to work”, “ people get payed to much” ,”we can not compete because of high salaries/EPA/government regulation/etc”, but never into ”poor management decisions“‘ ,profits redirected into increase “Shareholders value”, “we don’t have any...