Recent content by zuk123

Hey Guys, great to see the thread still going and the old players still playing! I needed to be away for a while to do some other things and let my addiction to rusty gold fade down a bit. That said, I've still been hitting the yard, garage, and estate sales, and the thrifts and pawn shops...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Only if you love your kids so much it makes you heart ache. :bounce: I am the "Doc McStuffins" in our house. I love fixing things and making things for my girls. I love that they see broken things being repaired. I love that they see tools being...

I hit the pawnshop too. I got this digital gauge for $50 and a couple of wrenches (not shown) for a few bucks more. Gauge is headed to ebay to pay for some of the other stuff I've been buying :-) zuk

Got it in one :) Sorry BigCaddy, it was Outlaw with the big post about his campsite and all the stuff he's gotten to make it better. Over 100 pages of great finds for me to read to get caught up... I got a little confus-elled (as the great winnie the pooh says.) zuk

Just get some black crinkle paint at the autoparts store, lay that down as a base, then add the color coat. I did it with my brown kennedy and it matches really well. zuk edit-- whoops I should have read further down-- sorry for the duplication! mattblast- I got a copy of that pipefitters...

Hi Fellas! Haven't checked in in a while (got hurt, got fixed, getting back into my bad habits.) Looks like I've got about 100+ pages to get caught up on :-) Great scores just on this page, I can't wait to work my way back to see what you've all been up too. zuk

Take a look at the garage sale thread. Lots of us are building it "one piece at a time" and there are lots of strategies mentioned throughout the thread. There have been a couple of good threads where a young guy asked for financial and life advice. There are lots of good tricks...

On topic, for what it's worth, I've been in customer data closets and measured temps as high as 140deg F at some of the gear. While that voided the warranty, and probably shortened the life of the gear, it all kept working for at least 2 more years (until our maintenance agreement ended.) So...

Yep, I've got my raid (NAS) on one gig uplink port and the only pc in the house with a gig ethernet port on the other. Everything else is 100MBps anyway, and internet is only 5-15MBps for us. I use old tools, old machines, and old tech gear :) It's much cheaper that way! zuk BTW, when you...

There is very little in my house that would benefit from 1gig switches. The best benefit is with pro gear that has the bandwidth to really give you the 100MB from every port to every port. That lets me use some nice old gear, rock solid, cheap, and in the case of the HP Procurve, lifetime...

Old 3com, managed switch. Definitely pro. zuk

I've got a big network switch, a ups, and a cisco access point in my attic in houston. It's over 100* up there now. I've been running gear up there for 7 years. I haven't had problems except with the UPS, and they fail after some time anyway. It has been full on pro gear though. 3com...

Duct Tape Man- the cd stomper works with sheets of labels to align it on your homemade CDs. Not much used anymore. My latest laptop doesn't even have a CD slot... I've seen some cool online projects to add leds to the old style lantern flashlights, and you are right, nothing beats free! zuk

Jakemac- just say no to the velcro! Trick line works and lasts so much better. The velcro picks up every bit of sawdust, every random thread, every metal sliver, folds against itself, etc. The only place I use the velcro is on cords that won't lay on the floor, like computer stuff (or cat5...

soloz2- you can get pretty good drawer liner from HD-- look by the appliances for the rolls (it's the shelf liner, not the stuff specifically for toolboxes). Cheap yoga mats work too, and the sears outlet by me has a mat that goes under exercise equipment that is black, heavy, and dense if the...