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Last fall I completed an 11' x 12' greenhouse and installed one of these for a heater: https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200578579_200578579 Inside the greenhouse there is a brick paver floor, a 105" x 20" x 2" thick concrete counter and a 55 gallon rain barrel, all acting as...

I bought an older Craftsman radial arm saw off Craigslist about 12 years ago. It's now on a fixed stand and the table height and fence align with the adjacent chop saw bench. I've used it 8 - 10 times. Each time, it worked fine, but still scares me a bit. The last use was to make some 60...

I might be late to the party, but I too have a pole barn with a (badly) poured concrete floor and the rise to it from the side lawn is more than my '72 MG Midget can clear without scraping. My solution is two pieces of 3/4" plywood, about 12" x 30" (recovered from an upcycled shelf unit). I...

I change the oil at the start of the mowing season, and check the oil level at each fuel fill-up (usually every other mowing). I do all the greasing and other maintenance then too. For reference, this 'was' on a Snapper 52" walk-behind with a 16hp B&S Vangard V-twin, that I bought (used w/...

I had to modify a fiberglass truck cap and used an oscillating cutter to do the cutting and help keep the fiberglass dust under control. I also used it for cutting twin wall polycarbonate sheets while building a greenhouse. FWIW, mine is a Porter-Cable 20V.

Another Bike tool memory... one of my specialties at the bike shop was custom wheel building. I was know for consistent and and reliable race wheels. After work and after driving (or biking home), getting in the shower, I'd find I still had a spoke wrench looped over my finger.

Back in my days at a bike shop in Massachusetts, we renamed the Park 4th hand tool (cable stretcher) the "Jenny" tool; after the girlfriend of one of the shop workers (because she didn't do anything either).

Sure, buy a 50 year old British car... it will be fun ...

Yesterday...relocated most of the coolant from a '72 MG Midget to my shop floor. I was lucky enough to catch a few milliliters in the catch pan, but the rest is evenly spread over a ~100 square foot area.

We used sweatshirt material, fuzzy side against the paint, to protect bikes. Worked well

Seeing that Park stand brings back a lot of good memories. From '82 -'89 I worked full and part time in a few Massachusetts bicycle stores.

"the left and right "bars" are bonded by a single black wire near the top" Yes, the two sides are bonded, and I intend to leave it that way. The plan now is to install a new ground bar near the top left side of the panel box. With the house de-energized, I'll pull all the grounds of the the...

I had NAPA mix single stage paint for a '97 Jeep Wrangler (Citron Pearl). It wasn't cheap, about $145/qt.

But the new wires from the transfer switch to the existing electrical panel has 4 conductors. Don't I need something to attach that new ground to?

I should have added that I would unbolt and remove the extra pivot legs after moving the swing frame so it still looked normal. I lived at that house for 5 years and moved the frame 6-8 times per mowing season and the pivot leg idea held up fine. When we sold the house, I left the set up...

Quick question regarding adding a ground bar. Because the generator transfer switch will be the new primary disconnect, I'm required to separate the ground and neutral inside my existing electrical panel. To do this, I need to add a ground bar inside the existing electrical panel...

Make it a "walker". I had a similar situation at my 1st house, the grass under the swing (on a 4 post frame) was getting worn. I made 4 equal length pivoting legs (I used 1x8 treated) and bolted each to the outside of all 4 posts. I can't recall the actually length of each leg, but for...

3/8" or 1/2" thick T-111 plywood. Cheap, durable and easy to paint.

My hat is off for those that make a living running heavy gauge power conductors. Good grief was it a lot of work getting the wires (4/0-4/0-4/0-2/0 plus 6 x 18ga) in 2” conduit from the generator to the transfer switch . . . it took me all day Sunday, and it’s still not connected at either...

Just going off what my plant electrical tech said I'd need for 200amp service. Also, I believe 4/0 aluminum is what is run from the meter to my circuit breaker panel.