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    radiant tubing

    Hi all, Part of my house is a slab with radiant tubing. The other half is basement with floor trusses for upstairs. I want to run staple up tubing between the trusses for upstairs. With all the plumbing and electrical there isn't room to run long runs of tubing at a time. If I did each truss...
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    Ductless Air-Conditioner

    Yep, 140. I put my pulp thermometer in the vent, with the air blowing on it. left it there few min...140 degrees..surprised the heck out of me.
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    Ductless Air-Conditioner

    Last yr. I built a new house. went with radiant heat. So we put a triple head LG mini split unit. One in Master, one in living room, one in kitchen. Our kitchen is 650 sq. ft. A friend is a hvac guy. we installed all the piping in the walls when under construction. Then when done, hung the wall...
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    Sullair 185 Help Needed

    You lucky son of a gun.. I have an IR compressor, for my sandblasting buss...what a awsome buy. I have that JD engine. Just normal maintainence. rebuilt water pump. thats it....12,000 hours on it!.Its a great engine..
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    Fiberglass resin working time

    Get a big bucket of ice water. put your smaller bucket of resin in it. keeping the resin cold will give you lots of working time. Put the right amount of hardener it it.
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    Holy Excavation Estimate Batman

    I had this done yrs ago. Don't remember the costs. But If he has a big excavator -Back hoe-..The trees are no big deal. I had a 600ft drive. He unloaded the backhoe, and started grading. His hoe has a 12 ft wide blade on it. He started rough grading, then would hit on each side of the ground by...
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    Shopsmith mark v

    Anybody have a shopsmith?..Are they any good?...Found one reasonably priced. Has bandsaw and all kinds of extras. Any opinions?...
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    Best way to remove mill scale from steel?

    trucky... With my industrial blaster, those posts would take me about 5 min per pc. Maybe..If not less.... x4 = 20 min. 15 bucks each makes me, 3 bucks per min, or 180 bucks an hour. I'd have less than 10 bucks in materials in those posts, for the $60 charge. Don't feel sorry for me, I make a...
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    Best way to remove mill scale from steel?

    I'm in the sand blasting bus. Get them blasted. Its a super simple job. I'd only charge 10-15 bucks each... AND when your done you have the best possible surface to put paint on.. Call a powder coating co, to find a local blaster...do it right, the first time.
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    Black hills garage finished

    where abouts in the black hills?. I used to own land on top of strawberry hill.Just south of Deadwood.. Hated to sell it. I loved it out there.
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    keeping a shipping container cool in the summer

    Another option is a straight truck box. I got 2- 26 footers for $800 each delivered to my house. They are aluminium with a roll up door. They have a fiberglass roof, so light comes in. they have a 1 1/2" thick oak floor..Most also have E track on walls. So you can put in support bars to stack...
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    Macgyvering

    No, I'm just using the battery, not the charger.
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    Macgyvering

    So, I just had to post my latest Macgyver engineering feat tonite. I'm on the laptop, battery getting low. Grab the power cord, oh ****, It's dead!...Ok no big deal, grab the cord for wifes laptop. OH NO.. It doesn't fit.....Ok Think-----Don't panic..Must have garage Journal, And Yellow Bullit...
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    I'm soooo Jealous!

    One of the wierd things about the property, It was on the market for over 200 days before it sold. Timing I guess?
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    I'm soooo Jealous!

    A buddy of mine just bought a new place. I went with him to look at it. 5 acres, on a quiet side road. , Used to be a big farm. Nice house, BUT, heres the kicker. Attached to house is a 34x33, 6 car garage. Next to that is a big single garage. Then there's a 45x80x14 building. fully set up...
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    NorthCountry: BUYER BEWARE

    Please read post# 68 before commenting further everyone. We have enough information on four pages here for everyone to make an informed decision about purchasing from NorthCountry going forward. Wrenchr.
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    Propane Prices?!?!?!?!

    called my supplier today. Todays price 5.25 per gal. He said yesterday it hit 6 bucks!!!! for awhile...Thats in watertown wi.....Holly ****!!
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    Sandblaster

    Blasting is what I do. 25 yrs. in the blasting business. I get stuff all the time that someone tried to do it themselves. In blasting....CFM. is KING. YOU NEED LOTS OF AIR....If your doing little bolts and such, a cabinet is fine. anything else, you are actually spending more to do it...
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    great score at work today

    My Landlord at my shop is closing his business. So he is getting rid of a lot of equipment. I got 3 Big Knaack job boxes. 5'x5'x2.5'. These are the big ones... .......24' of 3 level pallet racking, and a industrial drywall lift. for 200 bucks. I think I did good today....Those big job boxes...
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    another awsome CL find

    I simply decided it wasn't worth having a battle of wits with unarmed people.. Have a nice day
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