Recent content by zigzagfrog

Veeblefetzer valve handle

It's not the outcome but the intent You can't turn your back on your face

I think your garage is terrific. If you have 2x8s inside and outside the posts that double header is fine IMO. Posts are imbedded well and won't move. If you are planning for insulation and/or a finished inside wall you could install inner girts and block between to help straighten things up...

An acquaintance used pex when he redid the plumbing in his 100 year old farmhouse. He did it again two years later with copper. Rats have a much harder time with copper it seems.

Frame the walls to add insulation on the inside and as nailers for sheeting on the outside. Frame for doors and windows working around the girts. Finish the outside to match the house, or do a nice contrasting color scheme. I did mine with beveled cedar siding on the body and sawn shingles in...

Sure, I get the idea that notching or letting in the posts creates a ledge for the top girt to rest on, but you can create the same ledge by nailing a 2x6 to the face of the post both inside and out for the girts to sit on plus you get the benefit of increasing the post width to be on the same...

If you mean by the header the top pair of girts (one inside and one outside the posts) supporting the trusses or rafters, there is no reason to notch the posts. Lag screw the top pair of girts to the post faces. I use 3- 5 inch lag screws per joint plus nails. Install vertical fillers between...

Yep..since the posts carry the load none of the exterior walls are bearing unlike stick built structures. A pair of top girts supprt the trusses, The middle girt(s) and the sill girt support the sheeting/siding and offer a starting point for window framing. Use pressure treated lumber for the...

I once owned a 1974 BMW Bavaria. It didn't have a spin on oil filter, but intead used the filter-in-a-can with center through bolt application. If I had one hand on the can, one hand on the bolt and another hand on the wrench I could almost install it. This model came standard with hot oil...

An omitted truth is an untruth and an untruth is a non truth.

Aw, come on..you gotta ground it somewhere. Right??

The hardware store where I worked in the 70s sold SK as their top brand with a lifetime warranty. Very very rarely had a return. We liked their stuff!!!

Decades ago, my dad said, "Son, anything thats busted can be fixed. Just depends on if you're willing to put in the time." OK, maybe he was talking about my marriage, but it works for toolboxes too. Keep at it and you will be proud of your efforts. Really.

Re: Clausing 15" VS Drill Press Hey.. I hjave a pencil sharpener just like that. Grandpa gave it to me when I was 10 or so. Thanks for the flashback!!!!! ZZF