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    Motion Sensor Switch

    WOW!!!! pattenp, that sucker is $160! I was not expecting that. Its a great suggestion, looks to do most of what I want to do but I did not expect to pay that much.
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    Motion Sensor Switch

    This is an older thread that meets my issue as well. Can anyone make a recommendation of a motion switch for fluorescents? Here is more specific to what I want to do. I have an attached garage with four 4ft fluorescents connected to a switch in the laundry room on the other side of the...
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    What welder for a car hobbyist

    I am a miller man. i have a 212 at the shop and a dinisty (that can't be spelled right) tig. I have a 180 auto set at the house. love them. That said, i would never knock a hobart, many of my fab friends use them. I would only suggest is that you get something that will run on 220v. I...
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    Slab foudation cracking and coming up! PICS

    Yes ford33, but your friend sounds like a foundation expert. If he is looking for advise, i would bet our friend is not an expert at this. What are you looking to get your self into? A fixerupper, get a professional in there and tell you what the issue is. You looking for something more move...
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    Custom radio flyer carts

    I had built this for my daughter. Posting so it is not just the links
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    Custom radio flyer carts

    I had built this for my daughter http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g429/pst496/Wagonfront-1.jpg http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g429/pst496/Wagonback.jpg
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    best way to semi-permanently raise truck off floor

    I have done this a couple different ways. I have a 1950 chevy truck. During assembly, i use jack stands on dolly’s. During disassembly and construction, I use plates welded to posts that bolt to the frame. the other end of the posts are welded to dolly’s. I like to be able to move my...
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    garage slab to driveway height issue

    Re: garage slab to driveway hight issue why all the expensive solutions???? Just build some small shims/ramps to smooth the transition. Something out of metal. Build a couple pairs of varing widths to accomidate various things..........
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    Shop Temperature

    65deg when in use. 45deg when not We still go through a tank of propane a season should have done a better job of insulating, need an alternative source of heat. looking to build a waste oil heater
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    N.J steel yard amazing!!!!

    We have a place in the same catagory in St. Louis called Shapirros.....(spelling may be off). Metal prices are good but when you bring Cash they are great. I used to strike a good deal at Hoods for residential stuff but they have kinda gone main stream. There gotta be other examples around...
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    Today could have ended up MUCH worse

    I have to ask , did not read above. On some of the commercial 2 posts I have looked at, there is a bar/brace connecting the post guides at the top. Is this lift not incorporate that kind of design?
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    Running cable, internet, phone wire question.

    I ran 2 cat5's, 2 RG6, in one pipe. that was enough to run my alarm, phone, (phone has an intercom too) highspeed, TV. Trouble free for a couple of years. One note on moisture, I thought about this and ran the entire 130ft run on an incline so any moisture that did occur would acuminate at...
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    So How Did YOU Start Your Tool Collection?

    I was born into a racing family. I remember as a kid my dad would give me a carburetor to take apart and put back together. I would always have parts left over. First hand tools where from my grandfather who was a machinist. Open end wrenches, I still have them. I think from then on I might...
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    Filtering for threads I posted on

    aaah, thanks sir
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    Filtering for threads I posted on

    how do I filter/search for threads that i posted on but did not suscribe to?
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    Wrench storage

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nope, they stay. even if you rotate wrenches, the shafts bind before you meet the mouth of the open end
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    Wrench storage

    Nope, they stay. even if you rotate wrenches, the shafts bind before you meet the mouth of the open end.
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    Antenna mast question anyone ever work or put one up ???

    is it a self support....like a lattice or mono pole or is a guide. do you know its loading?
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    Wrench storage

    simple hand wrenches are the first thing grab for. I built this and attached it to the side of my tool chest. I still need to add the last three slots but you get the idea.
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    Hate Drywall Sanding? Dig This.

    I'll have to build one of these...I have one that just hooks to a shop vac. works great but will clog the filter pretty quickly. that dust will ruin a filter quick too
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