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Having an issue using an abrasive saw .a couple years ago I was widening some wheel dollies so I was cutting some heavy stock. The abrasive saw seem to cut ok for about a quarter of the way through the 1/2” thick barstock, then seemed to slow considerably. I purchased a new abrasive wheel (14”...

I’m about to start cutting & soldering, but I’m not completely comfortable, so I’m reaching out for help. Everything in its right place? Anything missing? There is a strainer incorporated in the boiler, also a low water cut out. There is a spot on top pressure for the pressure relief valve...

I already have five loops of 1/2” pex in my floor (1400 sqft), and I have been accumulating pieces for my Navien NHB110 boiler plumbing. I have several 3/4” sweat isolation flanges for the pumps (auction win), but when looking for a purge tee, I see the smallest available is 1 inch by 3/4 inch...

I loved my Skil 1/4” rechargeable ratchet, however something went wrong in the circuitry make it act like it has a bad switch. I determined that the micro switch is working fine, so it is apparently something beyond my skill level to repair. I am looking for something rechargeable & most...

Installing a new Forward (symmetrical/asymmetrical) I10 in my shop, & have a little different situation from the norm. My shop is 54' deep with the first 24' having a 10' ceiling, then a 12'+ scissor truss ceiling in the rear shop area. I'd like to mount the lift in as close as possible to...

Well maybe more like chipped it. Not sure if I dropped something from attic, or ran over something in the manlift while doing the ceiling. The piece wiggles, but I haven’t pulled it out yet. The floor is 1 year old, 5” of 4000lb smooth trowled, densified and sealed with ghostshield. What’s...

Trying to stay busy while under house arrest. Have a 12 by 12 steel roof gazebo still in boxes from last fall clearance sale. Using it to replace my 10 x 10 fabric roof on my paver patio. Was originally was planning on using my manual post hole digger and concrete with a piece of threaded rod...

Trying to think of everything I need to run before I start installing the ceiling in my pole barn. I know little about security cameras today but it seems to me that wired ones would be more reliable. So I figured I should run some ethernet cable but not sure what/where/how. Is this a good...

Need to start the rough wiring for my pole barn shop. Probably using high bay LEDs for liting. How is the low voltage dimming circuit actually run? Planning on roughing with romex, so do I just use 14-3 & recolor the red? Is the low voltage even allowed in the box? Or run some sort of separate...

Found a great deal on a 5hp Quincy air compressor. Couldn’t pass it up because it came with a refrigerated air dryer. The bad news is it’s 3 phase. I have a good 7.5hp Baldor, but it’s the wrong frame & rpm (3450). I could re- pulley it, but I think I’d rather have the correct motor on it...

6 week old 5" 4000psi slab. Nice straight thin, crisp 1 1/4 deep saw cuts. Densified & sealed with Ghostshield 8510. Do I need to worry about the water from the cars dripping in the cuts freezing & busting up the edges? Too cold to fill them now, what to do? Or am I worrying needlessly...

Finally getting my barn floor poured next week. Concrete guy was going to use a curing sealer. I thought it best not to, but instead keep the slab wet a week or so. But that gives me an unsealed slab, & it seems densifiers, & penetrating sealers want the slab to be cured 28 days before...

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In need of a couple of door opners for my pole barn. Been following some of the trouble with the random door openings of the Liftmaster 8500's, but couldn't resist when I saw the Chamberlain RJO20 on clearance at Lowe's in the hot deals section. I know Chamberlain and LiftMaster are the same...

I have a gravel driveway that has a slight upward grade at the road. Where the gravel meets the short asphalt apron to the road, it is sometimes churned up by tires when pulling out into traffic. The driveway is made of Crusher run up to a topping of something called driveway mix. It is...

Barn has been up for a year, pad has been down for two (100+ tons of #2 crusher). Would like to get a floor in this summer & you guys have convinced me that I need to insulate under the floor. Since I'm doing that, radiant heat sure sounds nice. But I'm stuck; dreading trying to carve my way...

How much should the cable wrap around a high lift drum when the door is down? Long story short, I ordered a door & tracks for a 8' door in a 12' wall & was shipped a 8' door, tracks & a 4' high lift extension. That all needed more than 13' of wall, so while modifying the tracks, I decided to...

I live in the northeast where temps sometimes dip below 0°F. I would like to leave a garden hose connected to occasionally use this winter for quick salt rinse-offs. I find it challenging to thread the connector with gloves on, & removing them sometimes freezes my digits to the cold metal hose...