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My Craftsman battery charger has three setttings: 2amp, 10amp, and booster. I don't ever use the booster. I presume that a 2amp setting charges the battery slower than the 10amp setting. I use the charger almost exclusively to charge the battery in my race car ... which is a standard...

When we bought our house in 2005 it was 13 years old. Nice ranch, brick on the front, steep roof, sunken living with cathedral ceiling and floor to ceiling brick veneer fire place. But the garage was only half finished. The original owner who had the house build, apparently told the builder...

Blackjack Racing is having an auction on Sunday, Sept 9th in Westby, Wisconsin (about 25 or 30 miles south of La Crosse on STH 14). Owner David Bean and his son Dexter ran at La Crosse and the Dells, then ran the NASCAR Tour Series for two years (the old ARTGO series that NASCAR bought from...

My six year old Craftsman aluminum racing jack gave up on me. I liked it for a number of reasons: 1. Light weight. 2. Pad really low to start with ... 3" or so. 3. Raises up high ... 17" or so. 4. Stable; seems wide. 5. Roller in front rather than the little wheels. I think my...

Has anyone used this product? We're looking at their butchblock (solid wood); thin stips of wood glued together to form the 5" wide "boards" with the grooves around the edges so that the pieces click-lock together. The same piece of wood goes from the top of the board to the bottom. Any...

I learn something new everytime I spend a few minutes on this site. I saw some derogatory comments about backstabbing electrical outlets on another thread, did some research, and discovered this: http://www.handymanhowto.com/2011/01/17/electrical-outlets-side-wire-versus-back-wire/ The...

From the main panel in the basement and a 20 y/o drawing from the power company, I think we have a 220v, 200amp service to the house. I am going to build a 1,000sf race shop which will need electricity. I'd been planning on running a 100amp subpanel in the shop off the main panel in the...

The GF wants new flooring in the house. We've been here only 7 years. The carpet and vinyl were here when we arrived. I'll admit the seam in the vinyl in kitchen is coming apart and the kitchen vinyl has cuts in it. The carpet throughout the rest of the house (a berber) is a little worn, has...

http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/photos/159463915.html There are pictures and a video. For someone who has the time, I suspect there will be some good buys!

Is there such a thing as an A/C unit that rather than disposing of "the heat" into the air outside the structure being cooled, has water running to it and disposes of the heat through the water? Kinda like a ground water heat pump works in A/C mode. I'm thinking about a larger sized window...

I'm looking for a band saw to cut steel and aluminum. Is this a good one? BAINBRIDGE BAND SAW MODEL 101 Thanks!

Other than expense and limited spaced in the boxes, is there anything wrong with completely over wiring at house? Putting in more circuits, maybe a larger panel with more openings, and making all the circuits at 20 amp. Thoughts? Thanks!

A number of years ago a woman worked for me whose husband was a FT fireman for a city of about 65,000 people. She said that when they bought their house, he wouldn't by a house with an attached garage because of concerns about a fire starting in the garage and spreading to the house. If that...

This is our 7th full summer in this house. We're on an acre in the country. The first couple of years we had a lawn service fertilize and kill the weeds. Was OK for a while, switched services as the cost went up, thought the price was high for what we were getting. Weren't completely happy...

Half of my garage is sheet rocked (taped and sprayed) and the other half is open studs with batt insulation and poly (this is how we bought the house). I've put in some electrical outlets, plan on reapplying the poly, and covering the walls with white slatwall from Menards. Any objections...

Turn your sound on.. Really quite interesting!!! What a concept! It's a 'guy thing'.....in Minnesota ( Chanhassen ). Brilliant idea and successful in this economy!! Use full screen.. http://bcove.me/a52ky1yi

Available in galvanized steel, aluminum, and stainless. Natural and painted. Anyone use it? Work OK? any problems? I'm sure its very durable and looks nice. Worth the expense?

I'm finishing off the partially finished portion of my two car garage. Adding some outlets (double boxes, four outlets in each box, one outlet in each box a GFCI) on the walls, covering the unfinished walls with slatwall, putting in an aluminum soffit ceiling to cover the chicken wire and...

Has anyone had experience pulling fiberglass insulation out of the rim joist on the top of the basement foundation wall and having foam insulation sprayed in? Supposed to provide superior insulation, stop air infiltration, and keep the insects out. Price is about $1,500 for our 1,800sf ranch...

We have a nice house, about 20 years old. It was custom built for the owner; not a tract or spec house. There are many nice touches which the original owner paid extra money for; steep roof; two gables facing the street, lots of brick on the front, sunken living room, cathedral ceiling in the...