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Enjoyed your thread. I got a chuckle back near the beginning where you mentioned that your dog is a cross between a Border Collie and a Dalmatian. Glad your dog got the BC's smarts instead of those of the Dalmatian. I had a Dalmatian years ago who was a great combination of stubborn and...

I have a Pinguino that I picked up at Costco in a 12 x 16 shed that is my small workshop. Thus far it has worked fairly well pulling down the heat and humidity in that small space. August may be a different story. It is a single tube unit which I understand is not as efficient as a twin...

As long as the working voltage is similar or higher you can probably get away with a value that is a little higher (not lower) Keep it in the ballpark and you can likely find a substitute that will work.

Today I decided to give my HF 21 Gallon Air Compressor a "birthday" present by not neglecting it any more and actually changing the oil. I have been in this house almost 10 years and haven't done it until today. It might have gotten changed once in the previous house . It is a model 47065 and...

The fixture I have above the garage doors has a bulb saving "buffer" in it... probably some kind of solid state electronics. It does have a motion detector but in addition the bulbs f a d e in and when it turns off it f a d e s out. Its been up four years now on the original bulbs. I...

I think I would compromise and run #12 to the switch and then wire the light string with # 14 .. I assume that is legal. I am quite sure a sparky will issue a correction if one is needed.

Harbor Freight cheapie works pretty well unless lots of strong winds.. will sometimes false then. One thing I did was mask of the eyeball part and paint the thing the color of the house and then mount it about 8 feet up on the house corner. I deliberately painted the little red light that...

If you are anywhere near a large town with a motor rebuilder in it... google or Yellow Pages will find one, the thing to do would be to take the motor to the rebuilding shop and get an old timer to look at it. A really experienced rebuilder has seen them all and will probably be able to show...

If you are using it as an office the you will appreciate the quiet of the mini split. They are MUCH quieter than a window AC or a motel type through the wall. Also they use much less electricity. If you end up needing supplemental heat on the coldest days a 240V Shop heater will do the...

I would go with at least a 12 for one bay and if you decide later to cool both sides another 12 would handle the other side and allow you to select which side or both. Rather than that curtain it would be easy to add a pre hung door and if space is an issue a pocket door between the two bays...

You probably will have to pull it apart and possibly post pics and see what it is a copy of. Maybe the HF assortment of O Rings would contain some of the needed parts. Good luck and post any solutions!

Re: HF Miter Saw Blade Guard FIXED ! Well Ken I did what you did ... happened to find a 12 Inch DeWalt on CL. More than I wanted to pay but it solved the problem. The guy I bought the DeWalt from told me about a repair place in town so after I installed the DeWalt in the shop I took the HF...

Even if the meter is toast hold onto the leads. Those 90 degree plug leads are very hard to find and radio (especially antique radio) people are always looking for them.

My shed is about the same distance but it is a wooden shed so I was able to get "some" signal inside but it was not all that great.. YouTube in particular was slow and jerky. All I did was move the USB wireless adapter from being plugged into the computer to being placed in a window at the end...

17 KW here. We set up the generator panel to run one AC unit at a time since we rarely use the 2nd floor during the day. When we bought it we included the electric stove, now converted to gas. The unit is a Generac with automatic transfer. One thing to keep an eye on is the float charger...

Hi Guys, Zeke that is what I thought I did... just put it back like it was .... I guess my next trick is to pull it off again and see some gunk got into it .. maybe some sawdust got mixed in with the lube or something. It looks simple and the saw is similar enough to the DeWalt that the...

I really find it hard to believe that no one else has had this problem. The guard is still sticking despite my best efforts . The spring is good but it still sticks . I would be surprised to find that this difficulty is unique to one saw.

Sometimes you can improve things by getting a wire outside and dragging in a stronger signal. You can run some doorbell size wire out around a window, string it along the eaves and wrap the radio end around the ferrite antenna in the radio. Not very easy to do but sometimes you will get a...

OK I know, what the hell did I expect... unfortunately my infrequent need for a miter saw cannot justify the expense of something better. The saw works fine BUT after changing the rip blade for a plywood blade, the damn blade guard sticks to the housing and will not move... I have taken it...

Like many I would like a good answer to this. My little quart jar shop currently has a a portable unit and I know that isn't going to cut it in the Summer. I will either spring for a mini (which would pick up some of the heat load in Winter) or a through the wall unit. It would be nice to...