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I recently picked up a new central vac unit for a song. Plan on putting it in the attic then plumbing the inlet into a shop wall mounted canister with a dust deputy cyclone mounted to it. Also a 50 foot garage shop hose. No noise from the vacume unit (in the attic)...cheap to put...

I have never had a wish I hadn't moment if I buy something of quality. Look at the Miller 211. Not huge but substantial. Dual voltage which is handy. Auto set option. High quality and easy to get parts or service everywhere. 1/3 more in price but ×3 or more in quality = value. Gordon S.

Stumbled across a Hover central vac unit on Craigs List the other night. New...scratch and dent (one small ding) picked it up for 65 bucks. Plan to mount it and add a Dust Deputy cyclone on a secondary cannister and vent the outlet outside. Simple surface mount line and a couple outlets...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Your biggest issue is as voltage drops the amps go up so very hard on electrical components. ..start capacitors etc. I'd change the recepticials first...not because I know about electrical. ..just because its easy and cheap and eliminates that as a...

Home Depot has clear plastic boxes called "shoe boxes" which happen to be about shoe box size for .99 each. You can see what's inside. Snap on lid and stack. Good deal. .. Gordon S.

Earlier this year I upgraded my mig and got the Miller 211 dual voltage auto set. Its been great so far. Running it on 220 but nice to have that 110 just in case I am someplace minus 220. Haven't used the auto set option yet. I feel like a pro when I twist the knobs myself. Gordon S.

Well so much for Mr Appliance. Guy came had to call someone else for every check and in the end said its probably the controller. ..which is what I already knew and suggested. Estimated 687.70 for the part and charged 81.19 to tell me what I pretty much suspected. I can buy a new control...

Reader is gone...dust and all! Gordon S.

Some sort of oil stain or something on the screen but turns on and other then some dust... Gordon S.

BTW...traded our old washer and dryer for this chair 18 years ago. Was going ti scrap them brcause washer drum had a crack in it and both about 15 years old. Thunk through a long list of shop projects in this chair. Drank many a beer and a few good snoozes as well. Gordon S.

Its all there except the very end of the lift handle. Needs a strip down and general clean up. Reupholstered seat and rebuild of the lift cylinder and pump. Big expense will be redoing the nickel plating. Figure if I can't locate the missing handle I can simply turn on on a lathe. Gordon S.

Picture of chair attached. Probably going to link sideways. ..stupid phone camera! Gordon S.

My "thinkin chair" is an old Koken. I think 1932 or so. On the list for a full refurbish and wonder if anyone has any experience primarily with the lift cylinder / lift pump. Gordon S.

You notice the cordless electric tool world is getting similar to the ink jet printer world? You can buy a complete new drill kit almost for the price of a battery? And why don't they all just interchange? Gordon S.

I have the DD Pro. Love it. Not sure why anyone thinks it takes a long time to sharpen a bit with one unless they are using it wrong. Gordon S.