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No not mine but our SIL's brother. House, one car, garage completely gone. So far the thought is lightning strike. Dam, I helped for 2 days digging through trying to find guns, jewelry etc. Single story structure but it's amazing, and made me sick, how deep the debris of the ceiling, trusses...

I have a 150ft piece of 1/2" rigger rope. When I plan to drop a tree I put one end of the rope up onto the trunk w/ a slingshot and a bowline knot. I pull the other end of the rope to the base of another tree w/ a come a long. This adds a bit of fail safe that the tree drops where I want it to...

Doing a small job and needed some screws. I had gotten Phillps and they just couldn't handle the torque needed for the last 1/2" of 3" screws. So I had to go to torx and spent some time looking at Lowes. I went over to the tips in the tool dept. Talked to an employee who has been helpful before...

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The motor finally died last week. I had a motor I saved off of an HF grade bandsaw from the 80s. So today I got it bolted up and it will work after I get a different length belt but it is going the wrong direction. The old motor had a 3 position toggle switch that allowed reversing direction. It...

Last summer I got a used mini-excavator so now my grease gun use has gone up at least 10 times. The problem I have had is the gun quits pumping grease, the lever is real slack so I figure I am empty. I pull the T-handle out and it is extremely hard to pull as it is pushing grease out of the slot...

Standard 2x4 stick built house w/ trusses supporting the roof. Each winter this happens; I understand this is due to trusses changing shape slightly due to the weather. A friend had the same and it was suggested he install a piece of trim fastened to the ceiling but not the wall. This way the...

The heat pump in my 'garage' is in the attic. Typical blown in insulation on the attic floor and plenty thick. I have always wondered about the efficiency of putting it there vs in the workspace but I guess you do gain more work space w/ it in the attic. I happened to be standing under a ceiling...

I went to replace my $99 corded wacker the other day at HD. Thought I should look at battery powered ones. WTF, They range from $200 up to about $500 some of that depending if you just get the tool or tool + battery + charger. But still, what is with the insane prices?

I have 4-5 of them and they are all ****. 20 yrs ago I switched to the type that you can pull out and it will stay where ever you stop pulling. The button lets it rewind. Had a great one, a Stanley that actually wore out the steel tape. Well wore all the #s off. Got a new Stanley a couple years...

I get emails nearly every day from Lowes and just saw another one. They have Gladiator cabinets, toolboxes on sale at really good prices. It is online order only, today only, but some are half price.

It has been a long time since were got the first square drive, and/or torx drive screws. Generally they are better than phillips head. But I wish they would make them a tight fit. I am so tired of having to use one hand to locate the screw head while I start it into the wood. I have put the torx...

20-25 yrs ago I got into the rechargeable batteries for flashlights etc. After 5 yrs I gave up on them mainly because they lasted maybe 50% as long as a regular non rechargeable. But once again I am tired of buying C's, AAs, and AAAs. Do any of you use rechargeables? Do they have decent life...

I put my compressor on a twist the knob timer switch so I never have to worry about turning it off. But I do often forget to close the air valve and end up w/ 50# of pressure the next time I use it. My thought is find an electrically operated air valve. The compressor is plugged into a standard...

I helped my neighbor replace an auxillary home water pump today. Inlet and outlet were threaded and needed several brass pieces to reduce size to connect to the braided hoses. One also needed a 90-deg piece. The small damper canister needed a reducer also. So we had a bunch of pipe threaded...

I was in the triple switch on the wall in the kitchen and managed to touch the ground wire for the disposal to a hot lug on the light switch next to it. The breaker for this is in the garage so I hope that counts so I can ask a question here. So after well over an hour of being baffled I went...

I bought this compressor the other week and installed it. https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-30-Gallon-175-Oil-Lubricated-Portable-Air-Compressor/5000042449 It has an adjustable pressure regulator which is a new one to me. While looking I didn't think much of it as a + or a - but I see that the...

The thread about the tool cabinets got me thinking. I guess it's been over a year now but I remember walking into Lowes and seeing a bunch of Craftsman tools suddenly appear. Since then there are more and more of them and it 'seems' that Kobalt tools are slowly declining. I have bought tons of...

I have a Black and Decker corded trimmer that does a great job until the plastic line wears short. Which can be 2 minutes or 10 depending. I checked into it and found I had used line that is too large so got the proper diameter line. Same thing, line gets short, I pop off the cover and unroll...

So my 36 yr old Craftsman is a small one but it has an output of 7.7 scfm@ 90. I have been looking around and there are a ton of compressors that go to 4-5@90 for $350-400. A couple of them are quiet versions. It seems that now a days one needs to be happy w/ 4-5 or jump up to 11+ w/ a large...