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Well the old lady is complaining about the static and dry hair and "headaches" - whatever those are. Furnace is a high efficiency 90%+ downdraft - return comes from the floor, up and over, through the filter and then through the burner and out. I don't really have room to put in a bypass...

So I have to fix some lights in my garage due to some stupidity... (See other thread...) I'll be putting up 4' T8 surface mount fixtures fed with NM - mostly 2 )14-2 in and out to the next lights. I plan on using the fixture as a jbox with the plastic NM bushings. I'm pretty sure I can only...

Today was an interesting day. Been at the garage insulating it with reflective bubble wrap basically had it nice and warm today and got about 67% of it done. It's awesome too because I've been moving some lights around and have 12 ceiling boxes with bases and 100 watt equivalent CFLs in them...

So I upgraded my little Siemens Main Lug Panel to a Main Breaker Panel and have the old main lug panel that I'm thinking about putting across the garage from the main panel. 40 feet or so - this would give me more options for plugs and a welder plug on that side of the garage. Now, I only have...

Ok, so the garage has a few (6) 2x4s that span the walls at the top of the block (masonry building, hip roof). Most of them are broken, I think one of them is solid all the way without some splices and other ****. I replaced everything with 2x6's up, but still in the bottom third. My cousin...

I got some free storage bin drawers and the shelf, for free and something about it made me want to keep it or restore it. What do you think? Sandblasting all the drawers and pieces, then painting them. Or maybe taking them a local acid dipper. I was even thinking making a wooden shelve and...

I would like to have 4 switches at my entry door. 1. Primary lighting (15 amp) 2. Secondary lighting (20 amp) 3. Outdoor door light (3 way switch loop - 15 amp) 4. Soffit lights (15 amp) or Flood Light (20 amp) - Future I have two steel of these side by side and a chase ****** between them...

Hi guys. I have a hip roof garage, with old 1x8 roof boards. I just replaced the roof this fall and want to get it insulated up before Christmas. It had old faced fiberglass stapled from the eave to the ridge and most of it has fallen down. I can either replace with faced fiberglass at...

I had a new sub panel put in: 60amps from the house. Can I use a larger PVC conduit and run multiple NMs through it (as a sheath from the panel to the top? What is the fill for 12/2 and 14/2 in 1 1/2"? Otherwise I will have multiple 3/4" EMT for sheaths above the top of the block.

My grandmother just purchased a new home and the lights to the garage are down the steps behind the screen door. Very inconvenient for me and even more inconvenient for her! Two switches in the wall. My first thought was to use a surface mount cheapy raceway to move the switches to the other...

So my buddy has a house and is irked by the lights dimming when he's out working in the garage (or so his wife says). I didn't believe him for a while, because we all know most women are doing nothing while in the house when they should be cleaning. He has some 10-3 romex buried out to his...

So this is just a preliminary planning idea I have been having as I have been getting quotes for a pole barn. The house is currently fed with AL from the pole underground to my meter on the house and 200amp service. It's prob 2/0 or 4/0 whatever, doesn't matter yet. My barn would be...

Ugh! My neighbors are annoying. My property is 350' wide x 1050' deep and they are always hollering over the fence in my business. Can I ever just be left alone doing my own thing? I don't mind the occasional "hey" or even helping out when you need it, but I don't want to talk to you every...

So I updated a buddy's compressor with a new pump that is rated with either a 5hp or 7.5hp motor. He had a 5hp motor and about the same size pump with PSI and CFM. He has been running it but recently with a DA it was running for over 30 minutes and shut off due to the thermal push button...

This is awesome. Great way to start a morning. Ran to the hardware, picked up some lumber to build some shelves, get home and start building them. The first shelf is up, grab the OSB to deck it, knock over an umbrella, because it's in the way, because my garage is a CLUSTER $##$ because I NEED...

UGH! So I had a buddy's air compressor pump blow up so I ordered him this replacement: http://www.mastertoolrepair.com/b5900-pump-b5900-pump-parts-p-1111.html We got it mounted up tonight and find it's leaking air from the bottom of the aftercooler. We used a 1.25" NPT reducer to a copper...

Omg, you have to check this gallery out: http://imgur.com/a/8w1xW Actually here's a better link: http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php/146566-Build-to-Fail-Fail-to-Build.-What-is-this-I-don-t-even

So I have this intention of optimizing my time making things, and every fall, these things fall off of the trees in my yard and at a tremendous volume. I've been toying around with the idea of making a 3pt tractor mounted PTO driven leaf vacuum since I have access to a water jet and some cool...

I'm looking for something similar to the attached drawing. It basically just needs to old a pin in place and wont be pulled out frequently. The pins could be like this: I'm also thinking about machining a groove for an e-clip and using a standard spring as a last result, but the...

Alright. So I can access a FlowJet CNC WaterJet - but it's costing me $2/min to cut whatever I want. This quickly adds up and most of the stuff I am cutting and plan on cutting is max 1/4" steel and aluminum so a plasma should work just fine. I want a CNC gantry kit that will also allow a...