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I know when it comes to service panels there's a lot of preferences. Does that exist in disconnect too? I'm getting ready to connect my new mini split but haven't picked up the disconnect. Thought I would buy square D but Menards does not seem to have much there. Yeah I can go elsewhere if I...

Base doesn't match any that I've identified. Guards don't either.

Since the last hoist discussion, I've seen ads for this Dragan come along about 6 million times. Says it's only 1.5# and only good for 2000#. (The ad reads "everything you need for field recovery into one small pouch that weighs just 1.5 lbs", so in theory, the pouch could weight 1.5#.) I...

How do y'all have your dro moved to your milling machine? I've had a dro on my Bridgeport clone since I bought it. The mitutoyo that was on it used real buttons that were pretty easy to push. I upgraded to a new one that uses tactile "buttons" under the overlay. These are much harder to press...

I bought some screws at Lowe's for fixing some gutter that's hanging down. Had to buy new bits as I've never seen this type. Maybe proprietary?

Wanting to automate the dust collector turning on in the woodshop at the makerspace. Lots of ways to tie into 120v stuff but nothing really out there for 240. So I want to add a current detector with relay to each circuit that needs dust collection then that will drive a contactor at the DC. I...

Found myself on Pinterest this afternoon killing time. I like the looks of some of these lights but the nicer looking ones are sometimes insanely expensive. Do you suppose the heat from a shop light would be too much to build something like this around one?

I'll never be able to afford one even if I could use it but man! That's a massive vise. I don't think I'll be keeping my sausage in it!

We have a PM65 at the local makerspace On a CNC table. Somebody has started that you can't use 85a consumables because it's only a 65a per supply. I remember when I was running my thermal dynamics 40a machine, it was generally preferred to use 60a consumables because they would last longer. Is...

My son has a job where he has to travel from place to place so his whole workshop is in a Craftsman pack out kit. On top of it he has a folding seat. Even folded, it's pretty bulky, and imo it's heavy. Not much online but one site lists 10.7#. not sure much can be done about the weight but...

With my recent looking at tool boxes, I've come to realize I don't know how they all latch. I also know now that there are certain latching styles that I really don't like. So I looked at a Snap-On krl722 today and found that it uses a latching system very similar but slightly more refined than...

Whenever the topic of toolbox selection comes up, one of the things people mention, and with good reason, is that a heavier toolbox usually means a better toolbox. Thicker metal means stronger, stiffer drawers, and of course more weight. I don't need another toolbox right now, but I was...

Stopped by Lowe's last night to pick up a couple things and saw a bin in the tool section with 99¢ chrome sockets, $2.99 impact sockets, and $4.99 wrenches. Went home and made a list and came back today to get a few missing tools. Forgot to make a list of impact sockets though so I'll have to...

It's been a particularly wet year and it seems every raindrop has been accompanied by 60 mph winds blowing the rain against the overhead shop door. When that happens, the rain runs under the door. The floor is flat out to the outside of the wall instead of relieved at the door. It sits about...

I don't think this really falls under any electrical code but maybe it does. The makerspace has a shopbot. When it was first bought, it made sense to assemble it like it is, but it's been through a move and a couple shop reorganizations. Where it's living now has the main switch at the worst...

I use pelican/storm and skb cases for shipping or traveling with equipment. The wheels take a beating. On the case I use the most I replace the wheels a couple times a year. I've noticed that the quality of the bearings used seems pretty low. They are 608 sized. Normally the wheels delaminate...

There are a million and one (yes I counted) videos of the 20T HF hydraulic press being improved. I have yet to stumble across any for the 50T press available in various colors from grizzly, HF, nt, etc. I'm going to post a few here that I've made to my new grizzly. The winch that it shipped...

Somebody told me that all manufacturers is cordless tools will be going to a single battery platform. Seems a stretch to me to think that it would happen. I'm not sure how I feel about innovation being stifled by a lack of competition.

Not a critical application, but I don't want to use clamps because they are ugly and stuff gets caught on them. Also, for this one project, I don't really want to spend real money to buy a crimper. I've looked around and came seen to locate a specification for the diameter of a properly crimped...

Had to make some 11mm square holes for carriage bolts for a customer. A little time at the mill and the lathe and the welding bench and this thing worked a treat. A broach would have done the job but no time to wait for one in a size I might never use again. The one on the right was the...