Recent content by RecceDG

Hey all, My project to build a shed to house my air compressor is nearing completion and it is time to think about wiring. I have a 240 breaker ready to pop in the panel (the shop has its own mains supply) and I've got a chunk of proper armoured cable to run from the panel to the compressor...

Why are the spiders trying to drain your tank? Why are you fighting them with slip-joint pliers?

An update a year later. My slab hasn't moved, heaved, cracked, twisted, tilted, pivoted, or in any way misbehaved, even with 3800 lbs of Dodge Stealth on it. For a little while, the Wedj-it anchors would lose torque (ie, when I'd check torques, 1 or 2 bolts per column would need about a flat to...

I check the torque on mine before every use.

This is similar to what I did in the same circumstance, with the following differences: 1. My hole was 4' x 12' 2. I went with 9.5" - 10" thick on the slab 3. I pounded the rebar 6"-8" under the old slab in all directions 4. My key section was an inch or 2 I've had 3800lbs of car up on the...

http://imgur.com/a/Mf6Na

First live use of the new MaxJax. Car goes up at 1900. New cat-back exhaust goes on the Stealth. Car drives away at 2100. Tools cleaned and put away by 2115. The lift is awesome.

The "long L" fitting is indeed supposed to have an O-ring. Mine did not. What I thought was a crush washer deformed into the o-ring groove and trashed the fitting - although happily, not the valve body. A new fitting from Parker solved the problem. I'm now leak free. I was seeing a little...

And here's the results: http://imgur.com/a/Mf6Na

It's in! All the fittings are holding tight, save one - the "long L" at the lowering valve (bottom of the short hose) is leaking, and isn't responding to attempts to solve it. It's a weird fitting too; no flare, and it isn't NPT. Is there supposed to be an O ring in there? Is there a torque...

I used water; it did very little to mitigate the dust.

I wound up having to do something very similar - my floor was 3"-3.5" thick - and I heavily referenced this thread. My concrete guy was 84 years old (!) and had 60 years personal experience with concrete. He was quite the character.... I cut my slab 12' x 4'. I went a foot wider to provide a...

So I did it. Getting any contractor to return my calls was a serious PITA. Only two did; one quoted me $1400 or so, where the other (very professional, did up a full quote) quoted $3400. But my neighbour knew a guy - he did the floors in his shop. He's 84 years old and had been pouring...

14-15" deep seems like overkill... I'll buy the idea of spanning the posts with a single slab, so the rebar can tie the whole thing together. And I get that wider offers a better base to resist tippping. So a 4' x 12' plan form dimension makes sense. But I'd think that 8" should be more than...

So my wife got me a MaxJax. Today the rotary hammer showed up, and I went forth and started drilling anchor holes - only to find that the slab is maybe 3" thick. I tried setting an anchor anyway, and no joy - it hasn't pulled tight by the time it is flush to the floor. So I guess I'm going to...