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    Any places to get commercial garage door springs that are less expensive?

    Pretty poor service. I looked them up. They are part of Clopay. I tried to get repair stuff from them for my doors and they are totally useless. I regretted spending the 'Premium money' for a product and getting ****** service. They are run by some Wizard who doesn't want to spend money on...
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    New metal building/building pad

    Welcome. It would help to know more, including where you are located. Building on top of sand usually is not good. I am not sure what your definition of "builders sand" is, but the internet says it is sand. Building up is usually with clay or some sort of gravel / rock mixture. Is there a...
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    Which cordless tool brand is going to have the longest production life?

    I am a Makita guy. There's 3 reasons for many drill options. First they support all their products with parts and repair so it doesn't make sense to be obsoleting everything frequently. Second, there is a DIY and a Tradesman version of most products. Some of the drills have really high torque...
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    How come my shop light started working again?

    Poor QC in the light factory. There is an intermittent break probably temperature based. The actual LED will last 20+ years, but the poor manufacturing practices make for premature failure. I am getting 3-6 years.
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    SK made in US x-frame wrenches worth it?

    Go for it. If you've always wanted them and if the price is reasonable go for it.
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    high flow shower heads?

    So just because you can your going to use more fuel to heat water that's getting in shorter supply. Will you be complaining when your water utility has to do upgrades?
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    Attic truss limitation question.

    Easy peasy. Forty feet is not a problem. The height is not a problem. They will a make a small triangle for the top. Thus your truss going down the road will be 8 or 9 feet and when they get onsite they just nail the triangle on top. The roof on my house is 40+ span and 20 to the peak...
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    car alternator can be used to generate a 110 v output

    YES ! converting an alternator to ac
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    Thoughts on a new socket set

    Cars are metric, so are appliance electronics, furnaces and pretty well everything. The only place you see imperial is lumber and DIY stuff at HD. I am sure you come up with some examples that are still imperial. They will be old designs. Those companies will be out of business if they are...
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    Bought a used open Car hauler. Need advice for restoration goals.

    The manual will have your answers. Stay with wood, composite decking will warp / sag. https://www.carsontrailer.com/owner-manuals/
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    Thoughts on a new socket set

    Don't buy an Imperial set. You need, perhaps a metric upgrade. As time goes by the Imperial will be less important. I use mine very little.
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    Replacing SO bit socket's bit and roll pin with a C6 bit and set screw

    The few of mine that I changed were friction fit. I drove the old one out with a punch. There was something on the bit. FLASH it hit me, they had used Loctite or something. I grabbed my Loctite, reassembled and waited ?30? minutes (it said on the tube) and I have not had any problem
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    Who is a grease expert?????

    You need to take the Course and become a Tribologist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribology then join https://www.stle.org/ ...otherwise... READ your owner manuals and use what the manufacturer recommends. YOU have some expensive stuff and you want to be using it not fixing problems caused...
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    Stubby Sockets That Can Be Used With a Wrench Recommendations?

    A quick search = https://www.kmstools.com/milwaukee-skt-set-44-10pc-3-8-dr-6pt-sae.html?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADkLMpQWLP6_XNVa5B0MdT_Gu9I12&gclid=CjwKCAjw8IfABhBXEiwAxRHlsHv5w3vqR_2ko5r84uY6eUJ04P-jZeluoV-XEnPUgX6qegwT95uOoxoCQU8QAvD_BwE...
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    Brand new USA made drill press

    How quaint a drill press. No one would pay for a US made drill press. Any US manufacture would be spending their R&D money on equipment for automation. That is current manufacturing technology.
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    Buy Canadian

    GiantTiger
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    Buy Canadian

    While looking at the Armstrong Cheese website I noticed they are owned by Saputo. https://www.saputofoodservice.ca/en/our-company
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    Welding two nuts inline- how to w/o binding?

    Weld the bottom collar nut and install on the leg. Weld another collar nut for the top and let it cool. Put it on the threaded rod and do 2 tacks, go away and let it cool and come back and do 2 more tacks. Let it cool and if you want more you should be able to go wild. Tension is important...
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    Sure Shot sprayer performance

    I don't have one, and I don't know which model you have. I looked at some reviews on Amazon and I am not impressed. There is a number of comments that relate to build quality. There were some that they got an 80% 5 star reviews.
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