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Does anybody here use drafting software to outline your building projects before you begin? I took 3 years of drafting in jr. high and high school back before Shep's Mom wuz born, and can still come up with a relative clean and detailed drawing of something by hand if need be. However, I am...

I'm new to this forum...replies are just freakin' awsome. Thanks for the contributions! The Sargent stuff looks interesting. Now if I can just beat back my inner cheapskate, maybe I can get onboard with a better crimp on my own stuff. Muy buenos, Dudes!!

Over the past few years I've been taking on some additional home projects, several of which are requiring major rewiring (stranded automotive wire not solid building wire). I went many years being content with the el cheapo general duty crimpers that cut the wire, will cut machine threaded...

Just a last point here... it's pretty darned hard to beat sitting next to a nice warm wood stove when it's anything below freezing, and doubly so at 64 degrees below freezing. The comfort and satisfaction of a good cup of coffee (or a beer, or two, or three if you're so inclined) and a...

Standard 55 gallon drum dimensions are 24 X 35 roughly. Double barrel setups usually have cast iron fittings for the door, two cast connectors (usually situated at the opposite end from the door) with an opening sufficient to allow for X size pipe (said pipe sometimes included in the package)...