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All of the CG/side load/arc stuff is just as true on level ground as it is on a slope. And most of it is accounted for with a floor jack that rolls as you lift, assuming you know how to place/orient the jack correctly. The devil is in the details here and the OP hasn’t been back to provide...

What do they do differently? As many have pointed out, the crux of the issue is ‘how steep is steep?’ On a ski slope, there is probably no safe way to do this. But for any reasonable slope (total judgment call, I can’t quote a grade or angle), the friction in the system will far outweigh any...

Point the car across the slope, not up/down it. Chock the uphill wheels well and lift the downhill side.

No help with your current problem but… Sure sounds like a prime application for anti-seize. Hell, based on that description, blue thread lock would probably seal out moisture and ultimately make removal easier.

Heat shrink instead of tape makes it pretty non-hacky. Yeah definitely not wire nuts If you get the ones with heat-shrink insulation, that’s a big plus for crimp connectors. In my experience, the scotch lock things don’t really support the insulation around the connection, so any mechanical...

Nail guns are about speed. A nail gun is the fastest way to join wood, hands down Battery vs air is probably balance between cost, weight, and lugging a compressor around vs charging batteries. But gun vs no gun is all about speed. I got gifted a battery 16 ga nailer, and I’m surprised how...

830 watts could be fridge/freezer territory. All cycling normally?

I’d say take the same precaution everyone should probably take when elevating a car by any method: try to rock it forward/back and side to side a couple times. Cars fall when something in the system is just barely working, then is disturbed enough to initiate a failure. The weight isn’t...

Also curious here. I would assume it’s not the soap, but the trapped water that can’t evaporate once the tire/rim is sealed. But this would seem to be true for any water based product. Also, if my compressor is any indication, any tire filled from a smaller pump has some water hanging out inside.

Bumping - also in the market and curious. My local HF is often out of stock.

I don’t recall if mine came with rubber feet, it’s not sitting on any. That doesn’t sound ideal as it seems like the machine will feel bouncy as you turn the handwheels. I simplified a little above, mine is actually screwed to a pair of plywood scraps, which are screwed down to a pair of 2x4...

What is your experience and what are your goals/expectations? Have you used it much? I had no machining experience when I bought mine (a Grizzly). I plopped it on a plywood workbench and started using it. It’s been about 10 years and that’s still how it sits (well, different bench, in a...

Despite the other comments, I’ve actually found a cobalt bit and tap water is phenomenal for any significant hole depth in 300 series stainless. Already had the cobalt bit, but water was suggested by an old sailor walking by, and I was impressed with the results. Downside is you really need to...

In addition to the too-fast drill speed and too-small step sizes noted above… Spray lube can do this. It will lubricant too well, it keeps the friction low so the bit doesn’t heat up, but it also has trouble getting a bite into the material. I’ve experienced this with WD-40 - switched from...

I have backyard flood lights that run on 12v dc. Used the LED lights they advertise for the trucks/jeeps, a 5 amp power supply (looks like a laptop charger), and ‘low voltage landscape lighting’ wire from the box store. I wired in a rocker switch to the 12v side that’s within reach of my back...

Agree. The only reason I’m not guilty of this is because I’m too cheap. I’m on the other side of the equation trying to justify why I can get away with the cheapest thing possible. OP - my post above probably reads a little more critical than I meant it. Was just trying to point out that I...

It’s a matter of framing. If someone says they are looking for a nice car, and settles on a Porsche 911 Turbo, feedback will be positive. If someone says they are looking for a car to drive their kids to school, and settles on a Porsche 911 Turbo, feedback will (rightly) be “you could have...

Oh yeah, safety, that hadn’t occurred to me. I was actually thinking about all that expanding gas increasing the chance of voids in the part. The results are encouraging. However he is (in that video at least) making a decorative part, whereas I would be making functional parts. This is why...

Maybe I’m just not reading this right but - Do you mean probably not as in it’s probably not much different, or it probably won’t work as well? Thanks for the video, that’s exactly what I was thinking. I did take note of all that fire shooting out during the pour, that definitely doesn’t seem...

Yeah, for sand casting I would follow a standard process for that. What I’m not sure about is if using a PLA print will work any different than a wax blank. I’ve done a small amount of lost wax casting and managed to get it to work. I’ve never tried the plaster method, if it’s easier or about...