Recent content by SaintPanzer

I can tell you it was SOP for cleaning the gas piston on an M60 Machine Gun...

He got it wrong. The GR is Ground Replacements.

Tools on wheels are awesome, I rely on them for almost everything. Right now I'm working out of a single bay in a garage, so figure about 25 feet by 10 feet. It's a bit tight. Tersa has a table that recommends blades based on wood type, I have that mounted on my machine. If the specific tree...

I think the thing to keep in mind, no matter how you score on the ASVAB, you also have to have a desire to go into a field. The ASVAB will determine if you qualify for an occupational field, but the recruit can also select among the fields available for which he qualifies. So even if you...

I have an old Inca 570 with Tersa Heads. I also have a separate 15 inch Grizzly planer, so I normally just use the Inca for jointing. The Grizzly planer has the spiral carbide blades. Biggest advantage of the spiral blades is they are a little quieter, and they require less power than the...

The 0331 in me would blame the 0321s, not the 0341s. The 0341s spend their time looking for new bubbles to replace the one they lost from their bipod. The guy in Supply said they had them next to the Grid Squares and Flight Line, in the aisle next to the Muzzle Blast, but they are all out this...

The only perfect piece of gear in the Marine Corps is the Chem-Light. It has no moving parts, and you have to break it to use it.

If the man had dementia, and if the Snap-On rep was taking advantage, that is a serious issue. Alternate theory: I just hijacked a Snap-On truck, but my fence says he can't handle all that at once. But if I go on Reddit, and tell a story of a man who was a victim of a terrible disease...

I would use a joggle stick. https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/a-quick-tick-stick/

See, the thing is, NMEA 2000 is is a very specific protocol, and one of the features is its ability to add to the network. For example, a three way connector can be added, and boom, you can add a GPS, or maybe an echo sounder, or whatever. The connectors I showed are IP-67 water resistant, and...

You want one of these connectors. They have really tiny screws to attach the wires, but you only do it once. They will have the appropriate water resistance, and you can tie in additional instruments later if desired. https://www.maretron.com/products/pdf/Micro%20Bulk%20Field%20Datasheets.pdf

Is that a NMEA 2000 wind instrument? NMEA 1983? Of which Raymarine instrument are we speaking?

Sure, but a jack plane doesn't take up that much room at all. And what kind of blade were you using that you needed a planer and a jointer?

I agree also with the used cabinet saw. Our OP hasn't really given us a budget. My table saw is a used 12 inch Inca. It takes up a little bit of space, but there's nothing "table saw" I can't do with it. Rip, cross cut, dado, I can even set up a molding head if I like. But that's not the...

Mostly for ripping? I'd seriously consider a bandsaw instead.