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I have an old rear car seat that one of ours LOVES to lay on. Then I put it up in the rafters and we adopted a second rescue jerk. Hopefully this summer we are moving to new house. I'm purging car **** which is why I'm bringing this up. I'm thinking about keeping an old BMW rear seat and...

I think what I want to do won't work but just curious. I have a dual-monitor PC in the garage that stays on 24/7/365. The two monitors are 19" square (not new/wide screen) and 1280x1024 resolution. I want to attach a 50" 1080p TV. (not sure what that resolution would be) I'm not worried about...

I have several old Stanley utility knives that are going strong after 20+ years. But now that I've used a quick-change knife... A couple months ago I bought a DeWalt utility knife (model DWHT10319). It felt a bit crappy from the start but ironically, the stuff that "felt" crappy and what I...

What happens when you have a gfci breaker and a gfci receptacle? Do they both trip? Does only the receptacle trip? I had forgotten that prior owner put gfci receptacles at all the outdoor locations (smart, easy access if it trips, etc.). I put in a gfci breaker for the circuit those...

I have some places where stud spacing is not standard 16oc like rest of home. I passed rough before I realized that the f'n framers fucked with a future homeowner (only 4 places I found trash in the stud cavities happen to be only 4 places where stud spacing is off and a royal pain in the...

Would I be better off asking about this on Practical Machinist? I've never owned a lathe so starting with boxes of parts is a little intimidating. It's a WW-II era 4-1/2 foot 9A. It's not a government surplus machine so I think that means it could be just pre-war or post-war. I've read that...

I like restoring old blunt striking objects. Everything from hand axes to ball peen/machinists/engineers hammers to carpenter's hammers with different faces and claws. Then there's the other one-off stuff like mason's hammers, metal working hammers, wooden metal working hammers, wooden...

Looking to run some quick & dirty copper hard lines for air. Ideally I'd like to get it done today. I've got a bunch of M leftover from heating stuff over the years. It'll be a 30 gal craftsman single stage so M will be fine and don't need to worry about paint. Are those bell fasteners (pic...

This is all I know. What is it and what should I do with it? It came with a B&D bench grinder on it. On top is two small I beams welded to 3/8" flat stock, bolted to main pedestal. Unless someone is going to offer me $1M for it, I want to keep the pedestal, media blast it, paint it, build...

Batteries have spoiled me. All my big guns are pneumatic Paslode: PP, roofer & compact framer. Porter Cable pneumatic for the small stuff and everything I own with a battery is yellow/dewalt 20 or 60 flex. Have yellow finish & brad. Dewalt makes a battery PP gun and a battery framer but I...

I'm picking up a radial arm saw and a cabinet saw (table saw) that are big (14") and wired for 1ph 220V. Both saws are old (1940's) and I don't know much more than that. For the most part, I've only looked at the motor plate and where it says 115V, 17A or 230V, 8.5A, I have assumed that a 20A...

I have a few spare tanks from Craftsman 30gal compressors. (tanks good, motors all shot) Can I combine a few (three) but still keep only one compressor on that system?

I know there is a DeWalt RAS forum/group. Looking for some objective advice/opinions on the saws. The guys on the DeWalt forum are all about DeWalt only and pretty much hate on anything non-dewalt. I have way too many old tools and need to make a decision about thinning the herd a bit. The...

Install manual: https://www.legrand.us/~/media/b6ea5fd247324a57badf51c9243144ff.ashx Does anyone have this switch? Am I reading it properly that there is no way to turn lights on/off when controlled by this switch? Thanks. (would like to be able to override motion sensor and have lights "on"...

I didn't do it. House came that way. Everything is ***-backwards. AH is wrong way in attic so supply and returns cross over each other, compressor is on side of attached garage so line needs to run across unconditioned attic + garage. Long-term I'd like to bring the attic into the conditioned...

Horizontal 1-gang box. If it was 5-20r I'd put ground and neutral side up but 6-20r has two gold screws. Does it matter? Thanks.

Floor space is at a premium so I'd like to mount as much as I can up on the wall. Most important concern is noise. If I bolt this thing to the studs is it going to be crazy loud (outside and through the rest of the house --attached garage)? Space is at a premium because I have car/metal stuff...

I own enough copper that this way will be cheaper (free) vs. buying something else. I want to run one center 1" line with four 3/4" branches/drops. Sweat fittings. Any issues with using copper for that?

Says on the Phillips package: "Rated average life at 12 hours per start on instant start ballasts. Average life under engineering data with lamps turned off and restarted once every 12 operating hours." And: "Lasts 8 years based upon 6 hours average usage per day/7 days per week." I've...

I understand nec2017 expanded TR requirements for 15/20a 120 and now 240v receptacles. I'm having a hard time finding duplex TR 6-20R. Did I screw myself? Should I install single L6-20R in each box vs. duplex non-locking? 30A circuits: 10/2 and 6-30R vs. L6-30R. Is it smarter to use a locking...