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    Question for gurus about fluorescent lights that don't work...

    In one part of my garage, there are 5 fluorescent light fixtures, each 8 feet long with 2 bulbs. I plan on replacing them with LED in the near future, as of the 5 fixtures, only 2 work when they feel like it. With those other 3 that don't work, it made me wonder...how much electricity does a...
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    Cordless drill batteries bad, need some advice.

    Hello all, I have an older Makita cordless drill that came with Ni-MH batteries. I never used the drill much, and now the batteries are dead and won't take a charge (charger blinks the bad battery code). My question is, are these batteries repairable, or should I get new ones? I see on Amazon I...
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    Snap-on Acquires Norbar Torque Tools

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/snap-acquires-norbar-torque-tools-103000288.html Dang, first Sturtevant Richmont a couple months back, now this? Honestly, I'd never heard of either of these companies before joining this forum, but I'm wondering what SO has in mind acquiring them. First CDI, then...
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    What to do with bare cinder block building...

    I've been on these forums for a couple years, lurking, reading. About a year and a half ago I bought a new place...And it has a big garage out back built out of cinder block. The problem is, the original cinder block was never sealed in any way, and over the years the moisture has caused some...
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    Sanp-on Buys Sturtevant Richmont

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/snap-acquires-sturtevant-richmont-114500332.html Knowing how fond some of you guys are for SR's stuff, my jaw hit the floor when I saw this.
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    Need help finding the right nitrile gloves for the job

    Guys, for a while now I've been wearing these nitile gloves at work to protect my hands: https://store.snapon.com/Gloves-Heavy-Duty-Nitrile-Technician-s-Gloves-Technician-s-Nitrile-Heavy-Duty-Medium-P642921.aspx I like that they're thicker than normal (8 mil vs. 5 for most others) and have a...
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    Whatzitworth? Old tablesaw...

    A little story here: Been a member for a while, never posted much, so here goes with my first new thread. My wife's granddad died back in May. He was a carpenter all his life, but for the last few years couldn't do much due to health problems (strokes, ministrokes, pneumonia, etc.) His son, my...
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