Recent content by Quickstep192

How deep to I need to grind out the grout?

Since the shower floor is under the walls, I’d need to re-tile the walls too. So, no… :)

It looks like I’m going to need to re-grout my shower floor. There are some black spots that just aren’t coming out. I’ll need to grind out 144 lf of grout and re-grout. I’m not looking forward to it. How deep do I need to go? I want to make sure the new grout gets good purchase, but I don’t...

I used Nord-Locks and torqued to spec. So far, no leaks. The gasket, or more accurately, diaphragm is very thin, so requires some compression to seal. To make matters worse, the fasteners are only at the corners, inviting distortion. I sanded the covers dead flat to help improve mating. Time...

Thanks for the link to the white glazing putty. Like you I loved the red stuff, but found it hard to cover. Before now, I hadn’t seen the white and switched to Timbermate. It’s a lot cheaper than the glazing putty and works great. I’ve even had come off the putty knife smooth enough that I...

Make sure the cable company will use the conduit if you put it in. I put conduit under my driveway and under a planting bed so the cable or telephone company wouldn’t disturb my planting bed if they needed to get cable through. I even put in a conduit for each company. When the cable company...

I got a Bambu P2S and it wasn’t long before I wish I’d had something bigger! I also wished that I had multiple printers as printing time can sometimes be long. Alas, my budget relative to my other vices led me to be satisfied with the P2S. The only thing that was a surprise for me is that...

Several years ago, I got one of those meat thermometers that has the transmitter and a remote monitor so you can monitor the temperature of the meat while sitting in the comfort of the living room. You can even set a target temperature and the remote monitor beeps when the heat hits the...

Well, I hope you guys get a laugh out of this… I was searching around for an optical tach with decent reviews. I saw the Neiko 20713A and went searching for places that sell it. Naturally, Amazon popped up and when I went to view the item, Amazon told me that I bought one 4 years ago. I...

Thanks. The plethora of options on Amazon was what brought me here to get advice. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any on Amazon that got really glowing reviews. Good intel on the tape.

Has anyone found a reasonably priced accurate optical tach? I know quality and inexpensive don’t usually cross paths, but I’m asking anyway. I need to accurately measure idle rpm on a mechanically injected diesel engine. An optical tach seems like the way to go. I had the Harbor Freight...

I’m planning on using a seat like the one in the first picture by mounting it to a board or steel frame. Note the mounting holes in the second picture. I want the seat to be easily removed and re-installed. My first thought was to simply put studs in the mounting holes and use wing nuts on...

They actually look like some kind of bird that might be indigenous to New Zealand

Looks like 1.66 is the socket depth and 1.74 is the overall measurement.

Dang! You guys are the best!!