Recent content by raferguson

I agree that this is not all that simple, engineering is appropriate. If you were just extending the existing roof, you could simply copy the existing design. Once you start taking out parts of the load bearing wall, it gets complex, you have to factor in the various loads, and design a beam...

One approach is to put in 25 or 50 feet of pipe between the compressor and the air tool. The air will cool in the pipe, and a lot of the moisture will drop out. You just need to slope the lines and put in drains in the low points. This is really a laws of physics issue. If the air coming...

I have a 2 foot by 4 foot tabletop, 18 ga with 1 inch square tubes as a frame, which I put on two metal folding sawhorses. I have been using it for ten years or more. It is easy to pick up and move around. Recently I removed the old sheet metal and replaced it with a new piece of 18 ga...

If you know your tank pressure, you have some information. Those numbers sound reasonable to me. Anything over 60 psi is probably not a great idea. https://www.horizonservices.com/blog/2010/february/what-is-the-right-water-pressure-for-your-home-/ What you need to know is what the pressure...

The first thing that you need to do is learn what your actual pressure is. If you don't know what your pressure is, you are just guessing. You need to know your pressure on both sides of those filters. If in fact the pressure is normal at the tank, run different amounts of flow and see...

I use die grinders a lot. My right angle die grinder is one of my most used tools in my shop. Not knowing any better, I started with a high end 110V compressor. I spent more time waiting for the compressor than grinding. Then I bought a 60 gallon 230V compressor, roughly 10 SCFM. This was...

Right, all garages in the Fort Collins area. I think that I saw the notice in an art related email, or perhaps a wall poster, or both.

The Museum of Art in Fort Collins announced the tour, and I decided to go. The tour sounded tailor-made for me, as I had moved into a new art studio/garage this year, and hoped to get some ideas. There were eight garages on the tour, and I was able to visit all of them. There were a wide...

I had put in my air lines earlier this year, and I knew that I had a leak or two. I just kept shutting the tank valve at the end of the day. Today I decided to chase the leaks in earnest. It seems like I fix one leak and another pops up. Today I fixed, or tried to fix, about 6 leaks...

Kaizen's advice of putting like with like is sound, and realizing that you will move things more than once. You may need to buy some more rolling toolboxes or shelving units, to really organize things. I only hang very large items on the wall, for the most part. As others have said here...

Most likely, the old steel is very high carbon steel, probably comparable in hardness with the bits that you are using. You will have better luck with brand new high quality bits, which is what I use on stainless. The hardware store bits are not going to do it. I would probably use 1/8"...

As I understand it, best practice would be to excavate all around the foundation, and put in french drains, with technical fabric to keep the mud out of the drains, and then pack the drains in sand or small gravel. The article below is a reasonable approach, about what I suggested above...

Think basic physics: 1. Good insulation in the roof. 6 to 12 inches thick fiberglass would be good. I don't think that Reflextex? is thick enough to be good insulation. The link below says R38 to R60 for an attic in a house in Delaware. You may not need to use quite that much in a...

As far as whether or not you have enough cooling, let me suggest the following: Run a high usage tool for an extended period, such that the compressor is running almost 100% of the time. I am going to guess half an hour or so. Put your hand on the pipe. If the pipe is cool near the tool...

I am lucky to have local steel suppliers that will deal with small guys. They take my credit card. My old supplier would cut me 4 feet of something if that is what I needed. My new supplier requires me to buy entire lengths. (I moved). I pretty much only go online for specialty items, such...