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Nice! I'm not familiar with anything past AVL, but LeClerc sounds awfully familiar. I became her loom mechanic when she started working for her dad. She worked from home while we dated and a few years after we were married.

Very nice! I could have sold you my wife's warping board. :) Is that an AVL loom? My wife used to hand-weave fabric samples on a 16-harness AVL with a CompuDobby for the customers of her dad's company. They were a contract drapery mill that wove fire retardant fabrics for industrial use...

That's a neat lamp. Can't say I've ever seen one like it. I saw that coaster and thought you had to be on the east coast. My grandmother had a set of the same ones along with the placements. She had me frame the placemats. She loved lighthouses.

I could have used one of these a couple of weeks ago. Our lights started to flicker when I was at work. Thankfully my bride was home and called me. Said we had a power strip burn up. I broke out my meter and was getting 90V on one side and up to 150V on the other when appliances were cycling...

I had to plumb a test system at work that had over 600 threaded stainless joints (fittings made in China) from 1/2" to 3". Our engineer said to use some soft-set garbage and no tape. I argued, but he was adamant, so half of the joints leaked. I told him to go away and let me fix it. I spent...

I had a transmission lose all its fluid on a brand spanking new concrete driveway. I soaked it up with rags and doused the entire area with a full bottle of regular Dawn and let it sit for a couple of days. Then I hosed it off. The stain disappeared when the concrete was dry, but you could...

I wouldn't worry about a vapor barrier. I don't think you live far enough north for one. With the big temperature changes you mentioned, you might be setting yourself up for condensation and ultimately wood rot. I'd simply insulate as you originally planned to slow down the temperature...

Over or both, not between. To loosely quote Joe Lstiburek, there's a reason we put a sweater on the outside of our body versus shoving wool between our ribs.

Congrats, Atch! Nice pickup.

Stowell Combination Vise

And eastern NC at that. In this area, everyone remembers the big snow storms. Last one like this was '89 when I was 16. Our rivers were frozen enough to walk on in spots then. Before that '80 and '73. Dad drove my poor mother on unscraped roads to the hospital to give birth to me in '73...

Grabbed a shovel as I was walking through so I could clear 14" of the white stuff from my driveway. Jesus, I'm glad this happens in eastern NC only about every 30 years. 🤣

I laminated two layers of 3/4" plywood with the A side (no knots) up, glued and screwed from below. I didn't fully fill in the lower layer. I just used 4" wide strips along the edges and a couple of places in the middle, front-to-back. Covered the edges with 3/4" x 1 1/2" poplar. This was...

I still have mine from 1993 when I started as an electrician's helper. I've dropped it countless times from great heights without issue. It's my primary tape.

Rexroth. I work for a Bosch subsidiary. There are miles and miles of it in the plant. The extrusion is expensive, but the fittings are EXPENSIVE.

Isn't it the truth?

Continuing from page 1857, I finally finished de-rusting all the metal railroad cart parts and painting them with black lacquer. I need to order a few square-head bolts and nuts to match the originals. No one in town carries the correct sizes. I can't bring myself to reuse the replacement hex...

Along with conditioner, don't be afraid to try sanding at different grits. Stain particles will collect in the sanding marks. Go with the grain by hand versus an orgital. Orbital sanding tends to show swirl marks.

Easier said than done with a wife and kid around to muck it up. :lol: I have a 20-year-old hose that has kinks in it for those two particular reasons. The next hoses I buy will be put on reels.