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I am attempting to install a tapered bushing/pulley onto a shaft and I cannot get the tapered bushing all the way into the pulley. My understanding is that the pulley should be pulled all the way right to the rim of the bushing. I am finding at least a 1/4 inch gap. Tried tapping it with a...

Picked up a Walker Turner 1951 16" Bandsaw - 650 Lbs worth of cast iron (est'd). Attached is my design. Not having any experience with metal/welding, I tend to think like a woodworker LOL. Is racking a concern with a welded joint? In the pictures you can see where I used channel steel (2" x...

What should the voltage meter read coming out of the LED Driver? I am getting just over 7 volts and the label on the driver says it should be .3 to 4 volts. Is this what I should be checking? I bought a replacement led chip (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B35TTSXX?tag=atomicindus08-20) but I am...

How do I wire this motor? The ground wire seems obvious as it is green/yellow and connected to the frame. Black should go to black. But then there are multiple wires (brown, red, grey, blue). Motor came out of a GE Window unit AC and had multiple speeds for the fan. My son and I are making...

I just bought a Williams Furnace Natural Gas Direct Vent 1403822, it is about 4 years old. The pilot lights fine and then when the thermostat calls for heat the furnace kicks on just fine, but then when it cycles off the pilot goes out. The thermopile was only generating about 130-140 mv so I...

Greetings - I need to expedite my plan to make a small office in my basemement. The challenge is to add a little heat to the floor on a budget. it will be an alcove approximately 10 x 8 and is currently an uninsulated slab with glued carpet that I will probably need to scrape off. Walls are...

I am building a Cedar Patio Dining Table and I am using pocket hole joinery. I am new to the Pocket Hole Jig and as the wood for the frame is 2x6, I found it challenging to get perfect alignment despite the clamps I used. Now I am putting the slats in and they are 1 inch thick (actual). As...

Can anyone confirm what this leak is and if this is an urgent fix or something that an HVAC contractor can be called tomorrow for? It looks like a valve that would normally bleed off extra air?? It is spraying water. We are in the Northeast and have had extreme cold - but the basement has...

I need to run at 220 V circuit to the garage as I have moved up to a bigger table saw. I have a 30 amp unused circuit running to the dryer in the basement which was switched over to natural gas many years ago. This leaves this circuit as unused. The house is from the 50's, and the wire and...

I am putting up lights in my 1 car heated garage (10' x 24') and will be running part of the circuit in 1/2 inch PVC conduit. It is all on one 15 amp circuit. There will be two fluorescent 2 bulb lites on switch 1 and four 2 bulb fluorescent lites on switch 2. There will also be an...