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First off, hell no! I love my PM 66, but for $3500 there are way better options. Second, nothing about that photo is real. The Biesemeyer fence rail is missing the bare metal sections on top and in front (we can't see the back), as well as the ruler (well most of it, but you can see some...

It's a reasonable plan for a staged upgrade, provided you don't sit on it for decades and code doesn't change in the middle. I'm assuming you'd be buying a panel with a 200A main, and then swapping in a 100A breaker (so you have the 200A breaker on the shelf for later). As stated above, you...

Klein has an 11 in 1 with impact nut drivers that hold the screwdriver flipper bits.

Not the exact same tool, but similar idea: The one here is more universal. You can also unscrew and reverse the ends.

Widest option would be to build a wall under the header and end the staircase one step from the top, as wide as you want, because you're no longer limited by the doorway. Of course that make the handrail on that side weird, but you could have a narrow staircase that chokes down around the top...

The closest moden equivalent would be something like Vampliers, Engineer Screw Removal Pliers, or the Knipex Twingrip.

There's also an economy of scale here. Singular drill bits are expensive, but 5 packs are much less than 5x the cost of 1. If you can narrow down your usage to a few select sizes and then buy those in bulk, then sharpening doesn't pay. I'm probably not sharpening 1/8" bits when I can just get...

What are you planning on drilling with these sharpened bits? That will tell me if having a sharpening jig matters or not.

This is the actual process that was used: If it were mine, I'd probably make something out of air hose. But this is one source: https://www.pedalcar.com/pedal-car-parts/parts-by-category/tires/bulk-tire-premium-rubber-3-4-dia/

Smart phone case splitter for screen replacement.

Bubble balancers perform a static balance. That means they allow you to place weights in a single plane. Spin balancers can add the ability to perform a dynamic balance. They let you separate the weights into two planes (inner and outer) for better balance, but how much that matters deepends...

To unpack this, for those who don't understand what this means, additives (I'm a fan of lanthanated) are mixed in with the tungsten in the rod to improve the arc initiation, as well as hold back tip melting. On DC, you only initiate the arc once. On AC, with an old-school transformer machine...

<sigh> There are cast aluminum alloys that could in theory be weldable, but internal porosity makes them unweldable with any level of preparation. There are the typical unweldable aluminum alloys that will always crack on a weld. And there are the alloys with magnesium that will burn and spit...

That's what I do with my old Stabil and Biobor bottles. Though I only re-use them for fuel additives (like MMO or TCW3).

Right. 2/3 of a surge protector's ability would be cut off by removing the ground path (because you lose the L-G and N-G pathways, but you do still have the L-N path). It's not remotely a life safety issue, and if you have surge protection at the panel it probably doesn't even matter, but yes...

Absolutely nothing. You're 100% safer with a GFCI protected ungrounded appliance than a grounded appliance without GFCI protection.

Yes. Yes. Exactly. GFCIs only protect downstream outlets when those are wired via the "load" connections. If you do that, you can install standard grounded outlets on the downstream protected side, provided you place the stickers on them that state they are GFCI protected.

Almost certainly, so the real question is how much does your hate for it make up for owning less ladders? If you don't use it often, then maybe you'll be happy enough with it (like I am).

You should have a dust collection system pulling negative pressure on the cabinet, so the vent should allow fresh air in, to keep the cabinet from collapsing.

It kills living mold, but does a poor job at killing mold spores. The chlorine evaporates before the water, allowing spores to absorb water and emerge after the chlorine is gone, leading to a new mold bloom shortly after chlorine treatment. Chlorine bleach is great for washing off mold, but...