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I used a bucket. Now I have the flow rate and I'll have measured the static pressure by tonight, my understanding is that I just have to pick pipe sizes that will give a safe water velocity. The bigger the pipe, the lower the water velocity. I would also need a pressure regulator to reduce the...

Will reducing the pressure also reduce the flow rate? Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

I have it coming from a spigot and have this installed first. I measured my flow rate, just need to know if my water supply pressure is higher than what is needed by the sprinkler head, will that cause issues with the spray pattern...

I have one of these installed on my spigot...

My flow rate is about 9.2 US gallons per minute or 7.8 imperial gallons per minute. I'll use enough sprinklers on each zone to consume all the water that is flowing. I live in the Toronto area and I am looking at Orbit popup sprinklers. Is the flow rate requirement listed on sprinklers in US or...

I am working on installing my underground sprinklers. When I went to home depot, I saw speinklers there that were rated at 25 psi, and they could use up to 3 gpm. If the water supply from the spigot is rated at 70 psi, and I feed that directly to the sprinkler, won't that cause the water to...

I'm looking at something like this. How many gallons/minute of abrasive would flow out of this? Or will that be equivalent to whatever the compressor can feed it? Ideally, don't want to be refilling it every 5 minutes as that really isn't practical...

The target is to make $3-400 per weekend, nothing more so not really looking for something in the thousands yet Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

I appreciate all the replies. Regarding some of the comments, the truck shop runs mechanic tools (air ratchets, impact wrenches) and a commercial sandblaster for big dump trucks, I don't think the compressor will be the issue. We will be using everything during their downtime and working around...

This is supposed to be side income just doing a few jobs on the weekend, not meant to be a full out business. The only reason we can be competitive is because of the shop space we have and the other respurces. There is extra space in the garage which is not currently being used which we plan on...

Curious why you say this? We would barely have to pay overhead like a regular shop would as we'd be paying a verysmall portion of a bigger shop. There are lots of people making money powder coating wheels in my area, we didn't want to get into that as there is too much competition so thought...

We have access to a truck paint shop's air supply and space. We will build a little area so that we can collect the media that we're blasting. Sent from my iPhone using Garage Journal

I'm in the Toronto area so I don't have access to Harbor Frieght unfortunately. Our version of it, Princess Auto, does not have anything for $200-$250. Going to be doing bike frames, patio furniture, car and boat parts, so was thinking to use crushed glass or when something softer is needed...

A buddy of mine and I want to start sandblasting/mediablastibg metals and spray painting. He has access to a full paint booth and air system and space to actually media/sand blast parts. Lookkng into sand blasters that are just a tank and gun that is gravity fed but works well. We found one at...

Thanks for the tips. Given the size of our backyard, we'll probably need only 8-10 sprinklers, and I also want to run the pipe to our front yard. Do I have to use PVC, can I use pex pipe? I will definitely posting my drawing once made. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Thanks for the information. I'm going to have a plumber do the cutting into the main and installing shutoff after that. I can do everything after that. Do you know if I have to use PVC pipe outside or can I use pex pipe? I have no idea what I can or can't use, just noticed the builder used pex...

The next project I want to tackle is underground sprinklers at my place. After doing some research, I'm not able to find any DIY guides. What I need to know is with my water pressure (which I don't know how to measure) and flow rate, how many sprinklers can I put? How deep do I need to dig...

The deck screws have the ACQ marking indicating that they are okay for wood. The other screws don't indicate anything, albiet, I have pulled some of the stickers off over the years. The deck screws are paulin deck screws but I can't find any information on it online regarding shear strength...

I plan on building some overhead shelving in my garage with some extra wood laying around. I have lots of #8 x 2.5 inch deck screws laying around. How much shear load can these screws take? Or should I go out and buy more sturdy screws? If anyone has built shelves using similar sized screws...

I think I will buy the Wagner Power Texture Sprayer, anyone have experience with that? Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app