Recent content by Sledneck

X2 I don't even have a lock on the man door, and I can't recall where the keys for the house are. I know where my car keys are, they are in the car!!!

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Power outages happen fairly often in our neck of the woods, I am looking at a auto backup genny, but they tend to be on the pricey side. Four to six hour wait is fairly normal at the local hospital emerge. Millions spent on building a new hospital...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? What did I do today?? I proved that helping your wife can be dangerous to your health!! Went to the garage to get her the battery pack so she could charge her cell phone (we were having a 4 day power outage) anyway somehow slipped on the floor (no...

Mess? What mess!!!

I have a similar vintage fan, however mine is a Westinghouse Electric. Not sure when it was manufactured, but a sticker on it indicates it was converted to 60 cycle from 25 cycle, and in Toronto that was 1949! This fan originally belonged to my grandfather, and it hasn't been restored, but still...

Great build, I'll be following along, if only to see the differences in construction techniques! I was surprised to see that you only dug a shallow trench and poured your footings directly onto the earth. Here code requires at least a 4 foot deep trench to prevent the frost from heaving the...

Propane costs are hard to estimate, a lot depends on the temps outside. I have a Mr Heater 45K unit in a 25 X 25 double garage, with R25 walls and R50 ceiling. I spend about $700 per year heating it. Propane costs here are $0.69 a litre (approx 4 litres in a US gal). So quick math would...

Right from my door on Rice Lake, or mostly in the Bancroft area. Happy Holidays to you as well Toolman12!:beer:

a couple of the benches I have.

Hey **** New guy on here from Ontario as well, I'm located not too far from you on Rice Lake. Like to see your Model Eh project as well. John

Hey all, John here, Just came across the site recently and have been blown away by some of the ideas and setups on here. I think this site will become by next obsession!! LOL! As the name suggests I'm big into snowmobiling during the winter (obviously) and have an ongoing 52 Mercury M-3 (1 ton...