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    How tall is your workbench

    My own design... Built the legs and the leg mounting holes matched the fastener holes on the HF tool boxes... For more info here...
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    How tall is your workbench

    My work bench top is at 44" and I'm 6'-4"... Feels good to me... I have adjustable feet that can adjust down 4"...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    Wanted some good quality, made in USA, picks, cotter pin remover, radiator hose unsticker, teeth flossers... Mailman dropped these gifts off from HJE and they did not disappoint... Nicely made tools from C.S. Osborne, Harrison NJ...
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    Craftsman king Seeley drill press

    This worked for me when I got a benchtop Craftsman at an estate sale and wanted to disassemble the drill press... I cut down a pop can in half and added about a half of cut down pop can of 0W30 engine oil I heated on a hot plate in the garage... Dipped the chuck end into the hot oil bath for a...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    I picked up this small parts storage organizer that had seen better days and thought I'd do a refresh... Hit it with some degreaser and scotch padded the rusty spots... Grabbed a can of Rustoleum Hammered silver and sprayed the unit... Loaded it up with terminal ends...
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    Help me locate this part

    OK... Here you go... It's a clamshell style cable cover... https://www.marineindustrieswest.com/ProductDetails.cfm?group_id=2&catid=4&productid=33
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    Whole House Generator Monitoring

    Just me trying to figure out the general settings on Genmon and getting through the firewall with my WiFi... I had it attached years ago to the generator but it just wasn't making the connection to where I could pull up the status on the software from Github... It may have just me needing to...
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    Whole House Generator Monitoring

    "I just hope the software programming isn't beyond my brainpower..." Turns out this was foretelling... I bought the PI Genmon unit back on December 2023 to monitor the status of my whole house Generac generator... Went step by step following the procedure for connecting the unit to my home...
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    Chimney Liner for Fuel Oil Furnace

    Exhaust flue gasses tend to be acidic, therefore SS would be the proper liner material...
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    Show us your cool, "old" drill press

    Don... Notice the Delta 5 ribs on the pulley cover... This is a much wider cover that allows space for a larger diameter factory pulley... The 5 rib model are indicative of a Slo-Speed DP set up for 470, 780, 1300 and 1950 RPM The 4 rib model are indicative of a Hi-Speed DP set up for 680, 1250...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    Early Christmas gift to me... Got me a Cyclops... The unit from Maxxeon has good reviews when compared to the offshore knockoffs... Made in Ottawa Canada... Good enough for me... Damit... Just noticed this...
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    Favorite Multimeter Leads?

    I always look for lead wires made from stranded copper... Many of the offshore brands use some kind of crazy plated aluminum stranded wire...
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    Battery powered lights. What are you using?

    Thanks for the recommendation Zim... Been wanting one for awhile... Order placed this morning on the Jungle site... $27.99
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    Extra light weight car jacks?

    I recently wanted a scissor jack... Checked the price at HF... Decided to go Ebay and got a similar OEM Nissan that can handle 2,755 lbs and is galvanized, with free shipping... No indication it was ever used... This one....
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    Helicoil Repair

    More than likely, its a cost saving step by the manufacturer... Thread forming bolt... I have several on my MINI Cooper aluminum rear trailing arm suspension... Holes are cast smooth without threads being tapped... Point on the bolt helps automated equipment locate the hole prior to insertion...
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    Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Uncle Lenny's house of toys and tools

    Amazing... Beautiful detailed work... What was the reasoning they only offered to pay 90% of the quote? Was it because that was all they had of the money that wasn't in the fiscal year? Or a corporate practice of cutting 10% off of any quote? I had one client that would always do that to my...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    The eating of lead, messes with your brain cells too... :oops:
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    Gerstner Factory Scratch & Dent Holiday Sale – Dayton, OH

    Saw this on FB Marketplace today... Factory Scratch & Dent Sale
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    How Many Receptacles on Each Circuit?

    I added a run of outlet boxes along opposite walls in my garage... Like larry4406 suggested... I used two circuit breakers for each run... each breaker handled half the outlets in each box... The first box had two GFCI receptacles, each feeding one receptacle along each run on the wall... The...
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    Show your new tool arrivals

    The problem is... I'm not supposed to be allowed to use them...:rolleyes:
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