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I've made the drawers sides w/ 1" nominal pine (I had it), glued together and screwed at the corners, with a 3/8" plywood bottom glued and screwed on. 3/4" Plywood would work fine for the sides as well. No need to get fancy in terms of joints; Titebond III will hold it together.

I once fixed a actively leaking polyethylene plastic gas tank seam on a mower w/ a soldering iron while it was leaking.... I did shut off the mower, though. The dry ice approach does work well; there's a neat trick w/ pouring CO2 from sublimating dry ice into a jar w/ a burning candle that...

If you're going to heat the place, I think you'll want an isolated slab floor with insulation underneath and between the stem wall and slab.

Arrived today: These two replace the ones I left for our son to use in CA: I've had the cut-off saw for 20+ years - it's built a lot of stuff, and still works. I need it to build the swinging doors for our new shop. The air mover is so I can blow the welding/grinding fumes away - plus for...

I forgot where I bought mine, but they're definitely import. Enco (cheapo MSC) I think. That's of course immediately visible to the naked eye - no dial indicators needed. Mine are much better than that in that they appear true :). Shars has a high precision 5C round collets - 15 piece set...

Yellow flames are typically caused by incandescent carbon particles in the flames; you get these if the flames hit a cold target and are quenched or have insufficient air. It is of course healthier to avoid those yellow flames; there are all sorts of other compounds that are formed and often...

I got really tired of grabbing the M18 inflator and walking to where ever the wheelbarrow had be left... so I replaced the leaky tire & tube w/ a Marathon flat free tire. It perhaps doesn't roll as nicely as a freshly inflated pneumatic tire... but it rolls far better than pneumatic one w/o any...

Try this search on Google: need carbide insert tougher than KC730 carbide partial results: To obtain a tougher carbide insert than the Kennametal KC730 grade, you should transition to grades with higher cobalt binder content or coarser grain sizes, such as KU25T, K420, or KC5510. The KC730...

Many years ago we lived in San Jose; as I was leaving for work, the construction crew across the street fired up a big Skilsaw and our lights got brighter as it started. I asked Barbie to call the power company and tell them we had a loose neutral connection on the pole. She commented later...

I remember reading Popular Science/Mechanics and that was a popular hint...

Note that if you have a very unbalanced 120V load on a long run of 240/120, the voltage drop will be the same value on the neutral leg as on the hot leg - e.g. the hot leg will drop, and the neutral will go up wrt ground.

Typically, the flame sensor is a themocouple which generates just enough power to hold the gas valve open. The flame forms part of the circuit; the coil is perhaps that gizmo w/ the spring.

These folks have pretty good directions for well sanitizing: https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/wells/waterquality/disinfection.html Is the stink hydrogen sulfide (rotten eggs)? Does it happen only on the hot water taps? This can be caused by hard water reacting...

Since this doesn't come up often, I'd be inclined to "edit" an inexpensive pair of needle nose pliers to suit.

As others have pointed out, there are a lot of easier and better options than safety wire. Since you cannot torque the nuts down due to the design, you're right in looking for a way to prevent them from loosening. You have three reasonable options: staking the threads, Loc-Tite, or good...

Bring money: https://boltsandnuts.com/products/7-8-9x10-square-head-bolts-grade-a307-hot-dip-galvanized?variant=49850104217921

This might be handy: https://hi-hyperlite.com/blogs/comprehensive-guides/garage-high-bay-lighting-guide

I bought 4000K LED UFOs for the shop; I find the standard 5000K too white. Our house has 3000K and 2700K for warmer colors....

When I first started working full-time (1984) we were developing industrial robot welding cells... the first day I got the lock-out speech. Mess with a lockout tag and they walked you to HR for your check and out the door right then whatever your job was...

Well, another weekend has gone by, and some more shop work is done. At least it warmed up a bit; working when its 40F is annoying. My brother stopped by (Barbie is in California) and gave me a hand with the door. I decided to trim a bit off the bottom to make the door sweep fit better, so we...