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    Tire/wheel balancer $150.00 or offer

    Made in the 60's Hemmeter on the car tire balancer,110 volt,adapters for 14" and 15" wheels and a couple of hundred weights,unit powers up and it seems to work,haven't tried it on a car yet.Use it or maybe a conversation piece for the garage,like to get $150 to fund another project.It's in the...
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    Are you brave enough?

    Seems to be safer than this method
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    recommend studded winter tires for ram pickup?

    Ahhh reminds me of the good old days of 17 yrs old and a 61 Plymouth Valiant with studded tires on all 4 corners,stopped on ice at 50 mph in 50'.
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    Craftsman at Costco ????????

    Don't forget Summit Racing carries Craftsman now also.
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    water options - advice?

    "If it is not far I would run three lines. Loop two together so you can circulate hot water in if needed to unthaw. OR fill them with antifreeze and circulate it back and forth when the frost gets down to keep it unfrozen using the heat from the house or shop. Insulate them in a bundle and it...
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    wall anchoring to epoxied floor with infloor heat ideas?

    We've located radiant lines in the floor with an I/R thermometer before to advoid drilling anchors into them.
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    Roughing in drains for a half bath in a slab?

    A little sketch of your plan would help.
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    need help with shower head and shower handle

    Check my sig. Do you get full flow on cold and then it...
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    floor drain, where to terminate?

    It really depends on what's allowed in your area.The problem most areas have with a FD in a garage is the possibility of combustables/oils/chemicals getting into the sewer system,that's why drains in commercial garages/shops go to a triple basin set up(like a grease separater) to separate the...
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    truss spacing...?

    I'm no expert,but you do see a lot of homes with the wavy roof syndrome with the trusses on 24" centers,new and old ones.
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    Fixing cast iron drain pipe connection?

    The job of the lead is to keep the oakum compacted in place(2" of well compacted oakum and 1" of lead in the avg. joint).Depending on the age/location of the home it could have either brown or white oakum in the joint,white oakum will swell when wet and actually reseal itself.It's worth trying...
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    Cars you wish you still had

    1970 Plymouyh AAR Cuda,340 6 pak,4 spd.,sold it in 79 to buy a Toyota pick up:lol_hitti
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    Exhaust fan

    Can anybody recommend me a source for an exhaust fan for a 10" block/brick wall,kind of on a budget too. thanks
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    Any ideas for unconventional hand rail?

    There are tons of brackets and hangers available for copper pipe installations,you can find them with a flange that bolts to the wall and various items that will stand the pipe off the wall.Like these http://www.warwickhanger.com/catalog/pipe-hangers/copper-tubing/bell-hangers/
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    Drilling concrete?

    A real hammer drill with a good SDS type bit will do it easy.We drill for drop in anchors and quick bolts every day with a cordless Hilti TE 4-A18 (or a corded version sometimes)thru sheet metal pan decks overhead under the concrete,fiber reinforced slabs,100 year old slabs and decks,precast...
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    Help in Identifying a Tool

    If there's a cutter head up inside,maybe for turning the end of chair parts,legs,arm posts,posts for the seat backs,to get a taper on them?
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    Build schedule worksheet

    1-Sewer/water 2-inspect 3-footings 4-inspect 5-backfill 6-inspect 7-plumber slab work 8-hvac slab work 9-electrician slab work 10-slab mechanical inspections 11-pour slab 12-framing 13-roofing 14-rough plumbing 15-rough hvac 16-rough elec 17-inspect 18-siding 19-insulate 20-inspect 21-drywall...
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    I want to realign my tires myself.

    I do my 68 Camaro by myself,it's more just to be able to do it to my settings not the 40 year old ones(lots of shops will only set the front end up to what the book says),gauges,shims and tools are available lot's of places,I use a Fastrax gauge( does caster,camber and toe w/some added straight...
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    Shade Tree Mechanic

    More info please,I may have some spare time.
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    Help with roofing

    If you decide to hand nail,hold the nail backwards with the head between your index and middle fingers on your palm side,it hurts less when you miss.
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