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    Please recommend a durable but reasonably priced bedroom flooring

    We used prefinished bamboo from Lumber Liquidators. that was nine years ago and it still looks new.
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    Acetylene cutting

    It takes a lot of practice to get good at it.
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    Pulling Chalk line by yourself.

    red mortar coloring when laying out. Rain will not wash it off.
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    Bolts in concrete floor, for winch/guides, lead anchors adequate?

    Drop in anchors. With sidewalk bolts.
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    1 5/8 x 1 5/8 lumber?

    2x4's use to be 1 5/8.
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    Help a SMAW Noob? Trouble Maintaining Arc with 6011 & Buzzbox

    6013 and 7014 are much easier. 7014 on horizontal surface makes a great weld.
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    Another Portable Compressor Thread

    i have had good service from Rol-Air.
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    Routing Dryer Power

    if the vent is the problem I had a similar problem several years ago. I put a boster fan in the vent as close to the dryeras i could. Picked up power from the washing machine plug. Turn the fan when you start the dryer. I never had another problem.
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    How to attach ceiling drywall to gable end?

    times 2
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    Fastening trailer decking

    i have built a half dozen trailers. 5x8 to 8x16. used 2x6 treated for all the decks. All but one were hls in place by welded angles. The last one I built I bolted the angles on with 3 1/2" bolts each.
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    Makita 5007MG or Skil SPT67WM???

    The Skill model 77 use to be the standard worm drive saws were measured.
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    Deep Cycle vs Golf Cart Batteries

    The batteries in my Golf Cart are from Sams. They are 5 years old and still going strong. I do check the water once a month and only use distilled water.
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    Painting the Backside of Plywood Walls?

    I would prime the backside of the plywood. Several of the Architects I worked with always specified aluminum paint for the backside.
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    Roofing nailer.

    Bostich RN46 is outstanding.
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    What are/(were) your most USELESS tools?

    Things are different for different people. Thought I had to have a set of crows foot wrench. I have used them twice. Ratcheting box end wrenches have been used maybe half a dozen times.
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    Preventing rust on hand tools near saltwater

    I use to live 1 block to the ocean in Daytona Beach. Tools I had owned for 30 years had no rust when I moved there. Within a year rust was forming on some of them. They were kept in a typical roller cabinet with the lid shut inside my garage. Nothing I tried was a long term solution. It...
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    How to keep your shop pencil handy

    I just stick it between my head and ear.
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    RIDGID 3000-PSI 2.6-GPM Subaru Pressure Washer with CAT pump $500

    I have had mine for about 6 years. Never a problem with the Subaru or the pump.
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    Which of these 2 circular saws should I buy?

    I have probably owned 10 different circular saws including the Makita and the Skill 77. My Makita is probably 25 years old and runs just as good as new and has seen lots of use. It is my go to saw. The others just lay on the shelf. The only thing I used the 77 for was to cut off 1-3/4" doors.
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    Concrete truck on Driveway / Yard...

    IMHO and 45 years around concrete pumping is the way to go. Concrete trucks are too heavy for ply wood and will destroy it. The placement will go much faster and you will get a better job if it is pumped.
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