Recent content by tigig

The stove blower and plenum can furnish a 12x13 duct run, or a pipe cross section of about 160 square inches. Obviously you lose a little bit of air the longer the runs are, but if you plan for a cross section of 100 square inches, leaving the rest to loss, you can basically do whatever you...

I have been following along this thread for a bit. I have a love affair with vintage tools as well, which is really a sickness. :) Just acquired a 113.29009 RAS from 1959, and it's pretty sweet. Have a line on a pedestal base anniversary edition Craftsman 100, but since my current TS is a...

Actually, that's not quite true. Nails are designed specifically for shear strength. So the way he has them in there, they should be nails. That's why you can't use screws to install joist hangers, for example. Screw heads will snap right off with too much movement. Here's a test: drive a nail...

It really looks brand new! That's pretty incredible. The arcs took a while, but clearly it was worth the time. And the passenger inside well looks like it was never crappy. It's really shocking that you can barely see anything at all. Once buffed, you probably would not be able to tell without...

That looks really good. It's surprising what good prep can do. I can't wait to see what it looks like with the color and clear. I suppose it will pretty much look like the car without the rust!

Nice that the passenger side was significantly faster. The other one took quite a while of fussing because of the rust's spread. You'd think that car companies would find better ways to treat their metal, and that municipalities would stop using basically useless salt on the roads in such HUGE...

I gotta say, spraying looks a lot easier than it is and your jobs look pretty top notch. I find the bane of my existence is always the clear coat. It's very finicky and if you go too dry, looks like bum but too slow and it runs. I learned that the hard way recently...

Nice storage racks. Too bad about the soffit, though. I was also wondering about the screws used to secure them.

Yeah, I mean it's not like you have equipment right in the middle of the living space or anything... :)

Great! That's one more massive project off the list. Gives you plenty of time to come over and help me with my garage. :)

Ah, now I see how you were planning this. Ok, makes sense. That should work fairly well at containing the leakage and since it is basically with materials you already have around, it lowers the cost. That should certainly make the floor a more even temperature. The box fan in the grate was...

I think your best bet is simply to use rigid insulation and block off those spots at the rim joists. It will block off any cold coming in through the wood (which is really only a very low R value in itself). Removing insulation and allowing airflow will simply risk condensation from the meeting...

Very nice, though a 2x4 is 1.5", not 1.75". Details though.

The electrical does look much cleaner. The 20A circuit is a good idea for so much heavy equipment and just bigger tools when necessary. Also, you can tell that there was professional help: you can see the electrician's cable loop and secured cables within 6 inches of the cable leaving the box...

It's best for this type of situation to use double-gang boxes, giving you four plugs per area. Also, they are a little high up. I would consider moving them to about 14 inches off the ground or, like for utility rooms, 34-42 inches if that is easier (which it may be). Also, you may want to...