Recent content by strantor

Do you have a build thread on this? I have questions and I'd like to follow along but I don't want to hijack this thread.

"The new normal" - best to get used to it, to whatever extent you're capable of doing so. I'm noticing a trend of "CYA" hyperbolically long lead time estimates, because the real lead time is "we have no F'n clue." I order routinely electronic devices in my line of work and many of them are niche...

I've got the 60" version, bought it in 2016, 350hrs on it. It was a great machine for 4 years, no issues. Year before last I went to pressure wash the deck and the paint (powdercoat?) started lifting off in great big sheets. So I removed the deck and continued power washing the rest of the...

This is subjective, as some people's equipment is louder than others, some people listen to music louder than others, some have better hearing than others, etc. But I will try to answer. Let's say you're riding a lawnmower. It's already almost impossible to hear someone shouting at you without...

I have been using the same pair of 3M worktunes for 2 years, and have never needed to look any further. They are an uncommonly good product at a good price. I work in a very noisy environment all day and with the worktunes I don't even notice. They have a microphone in them and people can hear...

Every time pex comes up I see people complaining about the cost of the tools. I have no idea what they're talking about. This thread gets more specific. Some Milwaukee tool and an "expander?" Now I really have no idea what you guys are talking about. I got this $65 crimp tool (cost less than the...

I think, there's no good way to replace what's missing, even if you had the missing piece. If it had no sentimental value, I'd toss it. But if I were dead set on repairing it, I'd cut off the whole top of the jaw and re-make the upper part of the jaw out of steel, drill/tap the lower portion...

If your gas went bad after just a few months it was probably bad gas when you put it in the tank.

I'm pretty sold on sta-bil working as advertised. I don't know what this tech is talking about.

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I helped a friend make a concrete top table for his back porch. 4x4 treated pine for the base and 1.5" thick steel mesh reinforced concrete slab (4'×8') for the tabletop. A tornado came through a couple years later, knocked down a big tree and scooted his wife's Tahoe a couple feet but the table...

I'm a weirdo, sensitive to noise. Constant noise (ex: radio) or instantaneous noise that I generate myself (ex: impact) are not a big deal. But sudden unexpected noise (compressor kicking on) causes me to spill coffee or jerk and bang my head on something. If this happens more than a couple...

To further this concept, If you want to get it right the first time you could model it in sketchup or other 3d software and flatten it, print it out, cut it out, and draw it on with the template.

I picked up a pair of Lincoln SP250 MIG welders a while back; one has a spoolgun. These are old (early 90s) machines and had issues that I fixed. In addition I have an Eastwood TIG 200 and Kutch plasma cutter. I would recommend buying a used Lincoln, Miller, or other good quality unit over a...

Raspberry Pi is probably the cheapest solution available to you and you can probably find projects exactly like what you want (to copy) or at least something very close. But if the programming and circuits stuff scares you there is another option. PLCs keep getting cheaper and more advanced, you...