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just popped up on my You Tube feed, a nice organized panel install by a young lady. Kudos to her for the great work she does

making a security gate for the volunteer warehouse. When nice weather hits we leave the doors open to get ventilation, but the front door is hidden from us when we're in the back. Never used to matter much but we now have computers, telephones etc in the office/kitchen. There's a gate hook on...

I was recently given a makita corded drywall router . It wasn't used much, the owner said it has never worked properly and not a lot of power . he said I think it has a bad cord... Anyway, the Cobbler is always up for a challenge on tools , even if I don't need one. I already have a Dewalt that...

I had purchased this compressor many years ago, (likely 10plus ) It was a new return under warranty , I bought it on clearance . had a burned armature . armature not replaceable , have to buy the entire assembly . Not too long after I found a new motor assembly on Ebay, damaged in shipping ...

Don't mouth off about how I should toss it in the garbage. It was a habitat purchase solely for the tank, but I decided to pass it along to a friend. I did repair the obvious ( broken ****** into the tank) , and then it became obvious the cylinder & ring was worn as it would only build about...

I have an air sander that's missing the muffler on the exhaust . they are available from Ingersoll Rand but costly when shipping is added . What about a cylinder breather? I am wondering if it might be too restrictive . for $4 I might give it a try . the OEM looks like a faucet Aerator and has...

I want a 1.5 vdc transformer to run something instead of a battery. looking at these , the last line in the description has me confused Warning: this is only for the increasing output voltage; The input voltage should not be over 30 V to avoid any possible damage. I think I am not...

Helped a friend today to install ballast by pass LEDs in his basement fixtures . 4 fixtures total, not that that matters . 2 of them arced when I cut the lines to the ballast . I'm glad I was using his side cutters & not mine. LOL . the breaker was off . the light switch was off. What's...

Stopped by Habitat on way home today . didn't see anything that caught my eyes . not that I need anything anyway LOL As I was sort of starting on my way out , they were bringing out an air compressor, a Devilbiss Oiless noise maker with a 25 gal vertical tank . it sort of caught my eye as it...

Something that I'm not understanding?

picked up this 5" made in England Record vise today . in over all great shape . not hammered on, or ground on or beat up. Paid $89 for it. nice addition to my 4" that I bought new years ago .

I promised a member to look at my compressor for cap sizes, and I got to it today . brings up the question, should we start a thread solely as a reference for motors to cap specs? I am thinking little to no discussion, just references to caps sizes vs motors let me know what you think?

It appears the contactor in my lathe chatters when starting if it's cold .once it does that the first time, it's fine after that at first I thought it was gears because that's sort of what it sounded like, but I pulled off the covers & everything gear wise is totally fine looking. and with it...

saw this in a tool repair video I was watching. why use a fuse when a mig welder tip is at hand?

I picked up 8-4' led tubes from habitat, type B . first time wiring these as previous ones were all powered from one end. the diagram shows the pins at each end tied together ,s o I figured I only needed one wire per tombstone . . nope , lights didn't come on. so I jumped the tombstones and...

This controller was given to me by someone that said it should work for controlling my 5 HP frankenstein compressor I am eventually going to put together. I don;t know much at all about magnetic controllers. Anyone that can guide me with this is much appreciated . I do think I have to change a...

Picked up a Graco Magnum X5 airless sprayer today @ Habitat . Tagged runs , as is no returns . a whopping $10 price tag on it. That means they couldn't get it to work. Looks like it's been used once and not really cleaned up all that well. that can be bad news , but, this is right up the...

I have acquired an abundance of 4" sanding discs with a 5/8 bore . I hope to use them in my Iingersoll rand 317 but they are set up for a 7/8 bore . the threads are 7/16-20 on the shaft of the sander. I am mixed between making a few nuts or trying to find something close . One thing that...

am I right in thinking that the v groove in pulleys changes angle according to the diameter of the pulley? I just watched a video on you tube on a pulley repair and that raised this question