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A fish tape leader is a short section of a very flexible material (picture an old-skool speedometer cable) that attaches to the end of a "standard" 1/8" fish tape: They also make entire 'fish tapes' out of this material. The Klein one picture is $20 from Bezos. Knock-offs are cheaper. Just...

Did a little cleaning, organizing and throwing things away. I still have way too much stuff in the garage. Then I spent time measuring and planning. I think I may have figured out how I’m going to actuate dust collecting blast gates remotely at a palatable cost. Then I ordered some bits and...

It might be time to go shopping for a new fish tape- or a new leader?

Got the snow blower out, put it away. Did some picking up and unboxing in the woodshop. Fiddled about with the dust collecting piping and determined what additional bits and pieces I need. And…. Back out to to the garage in and hour or so for round 2 of snow removal. Yay.

This was a Christmas present to myself This blade as well:

A few blades from Menards last week - during their "bag sale" It's probably been 30+ years since buying new blades.

Tell me more! Where did you get this?

0 degrees F There’s a thick fabric layer under the elastomer. I’d say these are perfectly fine around 15F - or if you are handling cold, sloppy stuff.

Once upon a time, I had a pair of leather mittens with liners - I agree - superior to gloves in low temps. The fingers on the Milwaukee gloves fit fine, but either glove is sub-optimal for winter duty (unless you are in Phoenix).

Good point!

Ok not really a tool, but maybe you will find this informative - or not. I've had both of the above pairs of gloves since fall - they are both advertised as "cold weather" gloves. Both sold for a bout the same price. Red from Home Despot and yellow from Blowes. It was a touch cold out...

Yes please, I’d love to hear what folks here say. That’s been in my wishlist for a while.

In my dreams, I’ll set up my drafting table somewhere. Started with a Mayline board with a parallel rule in 6th grade. Picked up a drafting machine in college on a student discount. Many hours of dreaming and drawing. As a kid, it was a treat when my dad took me to the Dietzgen store. Good times!

Well bought! The big thing is the rollers on the drawer carriages being in good shape - mine needed hours of work to get rolling freely. Lube them up pronto. For the rusty drawers, just clean up the rusty areas, use rust reformer and paint. IIRC, there is a rustoleum color that is close. At...

Just run a length of 3/4 sealtite and you can wire it as you wish. And while sealtite typically has a continuous bonding conductor, we always ran an additional ground wire because, well... people driving forklifts.

Several years ago, we bought one of these at work in case of a prolonged outage: It was a good news / bad news situation. The good news is that it was relatively inexpensive, started right away and that we never really needed it. Power outages were at most only a few hours in length and were...

Well, that answered that question. Of course you could choose a ng water heater, a gasoline engine welder, etc. .. But if your power utility is that unreliable, then overkill may be justified.

Have your electrician wire in the transfer switch and figure the rest out later. 14-20 kW should be plenty unless you have a 5000 sf house. If the power is out, do you REALLY need to use your welder?

That ceiling is magnificent!

Not much today. No hangover, just feeling unmotivated with this gloomy weather. As long as the woodshop is all discombobulated, I spent some time figuring out improved dust collection. I had some bits and pieces laying about, but like any plumbing project, not enough of the right fittings...