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I made a prototype weldment last year from 1018 and now my customer wants 3pcs out of stainless steel. I'm going to guess its a sum total of 10 minutes of tig welding each part. I'm concerned about hexavalent chromium fumes from the welding...I've done tiny parts before, like an inch of weld...

So I'm wiring 3ph outlets in the new shop. Its a 1" trunk line going around the perimeter of the attic with a bunch of 3/4 drops teed into it that drop down to the floor. One common circuit right now feeding all outlets, they all go hot at the same time. Shop is 25 x 40 so for the very last...

Some background, I am trying to finish adding a new shop to an existing shop. I have some reasonably high powered lighting (1kW) on the "old" side which often gets left on while I'm working in the "new" side. When I remember, and ultimately trying to conserve energy I have to walk all the way...

Looking at "cellulose" but I don't know much about it other than the big boxes all seem to carry the stuff + blower rental. Other than R-value are there any other things to shop for? Is there a better material which accomplishes the same thing? I'm OK with an incremental increase for...

Was at the local costco today poking around here and there and was a little worried there were zero shop lights in the store...only a $40 sealed exterior led fixture, and thoughts of them being discontinued were in my head. Searched online @ home, the pack of 2-lights are typically $60...

Just thought I'd post about some success I had today with putting wifi into the new shop. I know ******** network guys will laugh a little but this is pretty far out of my comfort zone. I have a Netgear N750 router working in the house and had an old Netgear N150 router that was the main house...

So I have 24 different machines in my shop requiring 240vac 3 phase. I started with a rotary but moved on to a digital converter. I am curious what approved ways of powering them all would be, in a hardwired system? Practicality says I'm a 1 man shop and can only use 1 thing at a time. I...

I don't need this for my own shop but I'm helping a family member and am curious about the best way to proceed. The idea is to have a single attic-storage-truss space set at 36" wide so that a walk-up stair could be installed, lets just say against a back wall, parallel to the chords. All the...

Curious if there's a good reason I can't put the bulk of this panel hidden inside of a soffit (the male plug prongs would face straight down perpendicular to the ground) with just the exterior flap as the access point? It would seem to improve the weather resistance of the setup, plus not have...

Hi, I am contemplating bending a drip cap out of aluminum coil stock for protecting an exterior outlet that's going to have an extension cord hooked up pretty much 24x365 for the battery minder on my tractors, which live outside under silver tarps. I know there are outlets which have a clear...

Hi All, I'm planning to bend a trim-coil drip cap to protect an exterior outlet which is going to have an outdoor cord plugged into it pretty much 24x365 to keep the battery minders on my tractors working (they currently live under silver tarps). I can't fit the full plastic cover-outlet on...

Working on placement for a 2 post lift, the idea here is to store my boat/trailer over top of a Pontiac G8 in a 10'4" tall bay during winter months. Have the Dannmar D-9X as the target lift which I think is symmetrical. (Ideally I would like a Mohawk System 1 but not that well heeled)...

I am considering a 2 zone system for my ducted shop heating, basically have two thermostats and some relay logic where one side calling for heat blocks the other zone until the first call is done plus a timer-off delay so air can continue to flow after the tstat goes back open. Selector switch...

So when I built my foundation (pad + stem wall 8" above grade) its built with rebar every 16" on center, both horizontally and vertically. I left one vertical rebar nub, proud, by mistake, about 1/2" proud of the concrete, for lack of execution on my part. Since then, looking at it, I said to...

Just some more info on using natural gas vs electric for heating. I see this come up frequently during the winter months. I have DTE Energy for a utility. Current CCF price is 0.71 for natural gas (approx 100k Btu) and Current electric price is 0.12/kW-hr. I have the DTE Insight App for my...

All Need some advice on how to insulate an 8" x 18" rectangular metal duct x 40 foot run, that lies above the bottom chord, on the cold side of the ceiling. I have a couple of ideas with pros and cons. Assume that I do my best work in taping and/or mastic all joints first and so its on the...

I am in need of some help as to how to install this duct end cap. Its an 8" x 18" rectangular duct. I have one drive-cleat on the 8" side. However it looks like I might need to use the folding tool on the 18" side and fold the "tongue" back over and use an 18" drive cleat (which I don't have...

Trying to research which is the better tape for my upcoming ductwork expansion. I am looking at Nashua 558CA which is a butyl tape and Nashua 324 foil tape http://www.homedepot.com/p/Nashua-Tape-2-5-in-x-60-yd-324-Amp-Premium-Foil-UL-Listed-HVAC-Tape-1207794/100048600 Price difference is...

Looking for some advice regarding a ducted heating system. Previous owner of my house/shop was a HVAC contractor and I have added to the shop. It has a Ruud Silhouette natural gas furnace (not sure of size yet have not found appropriate label yet) with a 20x20 vertical plenum and an 8x20...

Question for those of you who have put in Roxul....I am planning on doing this for my sidewall insulation in a 25 x 40 shop. The topic didn't seem to purely fit electrical since its more of an insulation question. However I'm wondering if it would be a worthy aid to cutting and fitting...