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I've been getting this message on and off all day, mostly on. Are there issues? This is the second time I tried to post this. I got yesterday's message after my last attempt.

I needed to turn one of my Gearwrench Impact Hex bits into a security version. So I chucked it up in the lathe and took out a suitable center drill and proceeded to make a suitable centering hole. All no problem. Then I took one of my tungsten coated twist to finish the hole. Well, I might...

I'm thinking of replacing my 25+ year old house A/C. It's still working fine, but it's showing its age. Currently there is no disconnect, so before I call any contractors, I'd like to add one. I have 2 questions: 1. Is there a type that I should avoid? There's the pull-out for safety, or...

I was going through a pile of magazines that had been hanging around and getting taller over the years, and found this: A (Canadian) Craftsman tool catalog from 2001! Researching toolboxes to get more space was why I joined GJ, if they would have had items 16 & 17 back then, I wouldn't have...

Is there an electric (either battery or corded) snow blower that's worth taking home? Something light enough for my 81 year old mother to handle? Don't suggest any gas ones, she's stubborn and doesn't want any gas around, period.

I'm finally getting around to document my shed build - something I started planning back in March (2017). First delay was the concrete guys - they were supposed to be here in mid June or mid July, but didn't show up until the second week in August. That's another story. In addition they were...

Back when I bought my house 20+ years ago, I bought a few blue plastic electrical boxes like the attached picture. I just used my last one, I can't find them anywhere now. Are they still available or is there some reason I shouldn't have been using them?

In the thread Cleaning Bolts using a drill press to power a wire wheel was suggested. I was going to get a wire wheel from Princess Auto, and figure out an arbour using a modified bolt and whatever bushings and spacers I needed. Then I remembered 2 wire wheels I bought for my Bosch angle...

Obviously some kind of grinder. But for what? A DC motor with speed controller, including reverse.

An easy one this time. What is a typical current in the wire to the earth ground in a suburban setting? My wire is about 25 feet long and connected from electrical panel to the cold water pipe between the outside basement wall and water meter. 2 nights ago, I checked mine with a cheap clamp...

To the detriment of my long term worrying, but maybe to the benefit of my long term health, I've learned a few things in this forum. I went into my main (200 A) breaker panel for the first time, I've only lived here for 20 years! I've just added onto circuits here and there until now. My...

I found this in the back of my mother's garage. I thought it had been tossed in the trash years ago. This one dates from the '60s or earlier.

I'm in a hotel near my company's head office in California. I forgot my deodorant, and in walking across the street, there's no drugstore, but there is a Harbor Freight. What should I buy that I can put in a carry-on sized suitcase? I know that I'll have to check it to fly back, but if...

My brothers and I bought this drill for our dad so he could work on his airplane at the airport where he had no access to power. Compared to what's available today it was very slow and underpowered, but it was better than one of those eggbeater style drills which is what he had been using. I...

This may be obvious to some (most?) of you, but the older power bars can be modified to switch something remotely. It has to be one that is usually is made of sheet metal and has the standard duplex electrical outlets that you can swap out. I changed one with 4 duplex outlets for my mother so...

I've not seen this anywhere else, I've been meaning to post it for a while. If you have the middle pulley on your Craftsman drill press... If it is somewhere else, well it won't hurt to have it in more than one place.

Probably a joke. But I drool over all the thin drawers. :drool: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-tool-storage-bench/ottawa/mac-tools-maximiser-series-tool-case-chest-coffre-doutills/1024810885?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

It looks like Stanley is trying another "why have a toolbox full of tools when you can just have this" type tools. http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=PRODUCT&CATEGORY=WRENCHES&PARTNUMBER=STHT72123 I just saw an ad on TV for it, I haven't used it or even seen it, but I can't imagine...

At Princess Auto today I spotted 2 of these in the surplus section: http://www.princessauto.com/pal/en/Combination/2-1-2-in-30-in-Combination-Wrench/8538225.p Since they don't have a picture, it's a good thing I took one. This one was laying there, I didn't move it. The other one was hanging...

I had a couple of extra toolbox drawers which would comfortably fit under my bench top. I started with 8 feet of 16 gauge bent into a 2x2 angle, cut to fit and added a few holes in choice spots, some rectangular, some round. I attached the drawer sliders. The front bolt hole (green circle)...