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    Help me convince my builder to install a porcelain tile floor!

    Tile guy may never have done porcelain. Find a different tile guy. Pushing your guy to do something he says will fail is a bad choice IMO.
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    Worn out phillips regrind service?

    What has worked for me is to grind just a small amount off the pointy tip of the bit. This lets it seat deeper and it works better. If I grind too far, the bit still works but is difficult to center into the screw, may take me using both hands. Good luck.
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    Baseboard finish - paint or poly - please help

    A regular dose will fix that feeling.
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    Home Depot Clearance Thread 2015

    Lol, thank you both.:beer:
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    Water heater clogged?

    Pressure reducing valve prevents the tank from venting back into the supply line, thus the need for the expansion tank.
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    Baseboard finish - paint or poly - please help

    Is it possible you are over thinking this? NOT that there is anything wrong with that.... I voted for white, the wood color base looks dirty to me. Just MNSHO
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    Home Depot Clearance Thread 2015

    I have to pinch pennies so I can pay all the taxes and fees here in MA. I feel good, really really good, about paying lots and lots so others can get free cell phones and cars and apartments and food. I really really really do. Really.:willy_nil Standing in a check out line while the person...
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    Any one use pegboard instead of tool boxes?

    Sort of. I have a plank of wood (could be plywood) and put long deck screws into it to hang things. Pegboard hooks cost money and can slip out of the hole. Stuck with the standard grid pattern. With plywood and deck screws I can nest smaller items together real close. I have all my...
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    Compressor after cooler

    When you do the final version, make a plenum so air is forced/ducted thru the entire area of the heat exchanger. Right now looks like you are only blowing on the top area. Any air that bypasses is wasted. If you do the plenum the airflow thru the heat exchanger will be more even if you ****...
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    Fox Universal Trimmer

    Wow great posts and pictures. :bowdown::thumbup::beer: We colonials have been sleeping while you were posting. :) That machine is amazing. Glad you are saving it. The stuck bolt may come out if you electrocute that assembly in your tank. What did you use for your sauce? Wow again and well...
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    Cut Out Tool vs Die Grinder

    Neither should making a replica of Michelangelo's David. And yet...
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    Mystery Copper Line

    Soft line for propane heater?
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    Calculating Fan Motor Speed

    The power needed may go up as the square of the rpm change. Suggest measuring the motor current on what ever set up you choose, to make sure motor is not over amps.
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    What exactly is a "vacuum" rivet gun?

    Oh tell us tell us.
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    Metal Sheathing Wall - Flat stock or Ribbed?

    The flat sheet stock may wrinkle or become "puffy" when the room temp rises. The ribbed will absorb size changes due to temp change in an invisible way. Sheet rock out of the question?
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    What exactly is a "vacuum" rivet gun?

    That is a great tool. Messing around with the spent mandrels is a real time waster and pain in the ***. You ****! :bowdown::bowdown::):bowdown::rocker:
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    Support for making concrete countertops

    Here is another method. The spray gun is available at HF. GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete benefit is less material and less weight.
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    Filling garage pit need concrete advice

    Stone looks like crusher run.
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    Filling garage pit need concrete advice

    Bring the stone up to the top flush and just walk on that. If fancy is needed, cap with plywood.
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