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Does anyone make a discrete generator lockout/disconnect box? If you loose power you can plug a portable generator into the box or next to the AC disconnect box and run a mini split and the switched disconnect will only accept power from the generator if its disconnected from the mains breaker...

Does anyone here use spin flaring tools? I went to a new customer yesterday and was hooking up gas. The HVAC guy was there both to commission the furnace and was still doing the install on the AC. He was using tool I hadn't seen before to do the flaring on the copper line set that sort of...

My 25 year old central AC unit stopped the other day and it needs a new fan motor. In the process of checking everything out I pulled my digital IR temp gun to help figure out superheat and it didn't work. New 9V battery, would start and pull the trigger it would die and restart as if the...

For those that do electronic board repairs, does anyone have a knock off desoldering gun (moo gun, the sound they make) or solder sucker that has the iron built into it that is worth a damn? I have used a Hakko 310 at a previous job and its wonderful but I don't do enough of it to warrant the...

So my GMT800 suburban like many other of its brethren has broken the clip where the rear of the switch panel attaches. It also broke the front post where it bolts to the door panel from underneath. I "believe" that only the higher optioned LT with the large switch array had the front bolt...

Today I received an email from Tekton talking about some world political things that shall not be repeated here and they mentioned that they were coming out with new USA service wrenches Tonight I was looking for a few sockets (10mm of course) to replace two and ordered a set of 1/4 E torqx...

So this weekend I hit the jackpot and found a rust free GMT800 suburban that one of my customers was selling. While its in great overall condition being 22 years old it still needs a quite a few small cosmetic issues and some preventative maintenance issues taken care off. The LT emblems...

Came across this scene today in a new build house. Contractor cross cutting laminate flooring. No guard. On the floor leaning over the saw. Cross cutting without a miter gauge or sled Cross cutting using the rip fence. No safety glasses either. And piles of **** around for pieces...

A good friend of mine had a nice press and several other engine rebuild tools moved after he retired. To fill the void for things that are larger than my arbor press can handle I picked up a POS HF 20 ton press. The plate/cross member that the bottle jack sets on is atrocious. The rest...

I have a full size HVLP gun and tip size was always on the material chart, most of the time 1.2 or 1.3 for the 2k paints and 1.6 or 1.8 for the primer I have used on two trucks. Not being an expert, I thought this was due to the viscosity and particle size of the material being sprayed? I all...

Do you ever think about cheating on your hobbies? I have been putting together a sharpening station and the casing has been done using a scrap dining room table top (nice lumber core ply) and slides have been mounted for nearly a year now. Covid/Ukrainian war put a real hurt on Baltic birch...

My boys are in cub scouts and it’s derby season. Someone last year took the derby track to the county fair as a recruiting opportunity and didn’t tie it down dumping the start gate section it on the road and screwing it up. Something right out of “It’s not that she can’t drive” So it fell to...

A couple of weeks ago I posted that I purchased a Kymron 1 ton Chinese excavator. I had been renting a bobcat E45 when I need to from the local lumber yard, free delivery and 300 dollars. They sold the yard and not the excavator with it so that is gone. This excavator in no way would put in...

Has anyone done any welding/assembly of hard embossed heat shielding? I have installed it on marine engines and know its used on high HP turbo cars and such. I would like to use some of it and actually weld it instead of just fold and safety wire. I found some youtube videos and the...

Well I have finished off my stash of Hyperion LED bulbs with the installation of a few more fixtures. Not a single failure yet after 5 years from the first install. Went to order more and they are NLA Any recommendations for another T8 Type B 4’ led bulb? I don’t recognize and of the...

I have a Steinel heat gun/hot air welder that I have welded PE and PVC quite a bit over the last few years but I have a large water tank I need to finish that will be made out of polypropylene (PP) due to the high heat that will be in the tank. The tank is approximately 4’ x4’x 4’ so it’s...

My mother has a karcher 120v unit and when she moved in with us I started using it a lot more than my gasoline powered unit as for most task the high pressure and hassle of the gas unit is not necessary and even a detriment some time pealing paint or vinyl wrap if not careful Since the karcher...

Any thoughts about power tools for polishing aluminum? I don’t need a big polisher with cloth wheels and rouge. They won’t fit on some of the truck boxes I need to do and maintain, and I am not doing a ton but enough that I want to use power tools. I have thought about gettin a PC 7424 in...

Years ago I befriended a gentleman down the road that has become like a second father to me. He saw my 8500 lift master openers and wanted them on his doors of his pole building so I helped him put two of them up. He was having problems with it and tried to reprogram it but wasn't successful...

Is anyone running a 210mvp with a spoolgun on aluminum? I have enough projects that maybe it time to skip the syncrowave and get a mig. I wouldn't mind a bigger mig but I have had several small jobs (steel) that I could have done if I had a 110v machine and the 210 can do both. A 250 amp...