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i AM ON 20 acres and a wifi based security system isn't going to work just due to range of wifi signal. anyone use the reolink cellular cams? good bad? was going to use one at my gate and then one at the barn maybe

I would like to put up a couple of RV shade structures, and perhaps a 20 x 30 metal building, I’m in the Prescott area, has anyone used a decent company in Arizona? I might be able to put up myself if not to complicate Thanks for any input

I’m having a hard time organizing my tools, these are just what I consider to be fairly normal tools. I should have with me in my truck for a variety of reasons I’m not talking specialized, plumbing, and electrical tools, but I always carry A full complement of quarter inch three eights and half...

I think I asked this before, but the motion lights on my barn face east and west so they get a lot of sun and it just bakes and destroys the plastic sensor part of the light Anyone found a workaround with this problem

anyone found a place that will beat amazon or big box stores if arrival time is not an issue? my place is a bit rural,, i always try to order parts ahead of time. being retired on a fixed income, i have learned to shop around. it seems there are still a few places that don't charge sales...

I assume a lot of folks have a typical trailer to haul their tractor around. mine is a pretty nice 15k lb rated 20ft trailer, 20 ft 2x6's run the length of it. just typical pine, untreated. it's been looking a little dry and weathered and thought i would put something on it,, anyone found the...

I bought my old Millermatic 35 mig welder back in the 80’s I think. Used it quite bit and then I bought a new Lincoln 200 for some reason, I Think I was welding up some new wrought-iron gates for my house I had just built. Anyway I got the Lincoln home and discovered it did not come with the...

so in all seriousness, i am not going to buy a $1600 vise. my old POST tools vise from the 80's has finally succumbed to my abuse and neglect, my question is,,, alot of the chinese stuff is usually not too bad for a non-picky guy like myself,, i like the bearing idea in the wilton...

What I like about this forum is there are a lot of very OCD do-it-yourself type craftsman On here. So as I was growing up I built a number of semi custom homes in Las Vegas Nevada, but I haven’t really done it in a while. I now I have a house down in Arizona and the facia boards as well as the...

i need to drill up to at least a 4" hole for oven vent,, some 1 3/4" holes for sewer plumbing, also need probably a 3 or 4" hole for mini split head unit. i have some darn good 1/2" drills. anyone found a very good way to do this? I will be doing this to numerous walls as i do a...

I HAVE forever wanted to get some bits that i could oblong holes or even slot them but still haven't. anyone have any sets off of amazon that seem like good quality and seem to last??,, or what is decent american brand that won't break the bank? thanks for help.

i was wondering if anyone has had to clean up some old, kind of large spots of what has to be rat urine off of old concrete. it is in an older extra large 2 car garage, if you zoom in you can maybe see the stains. it looks kind of shiny at this point,, but i think it is pretty old,, no...

putting some motion activated LED lights up high,, don't want mess with them again,, the sun in arizona is brutal,,, usually kills the motion detecting assembly in a year. anyone found a good solution? putting them up where those existing floodlights are at the peak on the outside

i have a barn, about 42' x65',,, peak of rafters is probably 16', over horse stalls probably 11-12" high. was thinking of going ufo high bay lights. I DO NOT want to have these lights go bad in a year. might go 4' shop light style on the lower areas and put the ufo's in the peak...

update--bought some stuff from tekton.com thanks for all the help fellow insomniacs i am very serious,, i've spent hours looking at threads and amazon and i cannot find what i want, all i want is a non-impact set of 1/2" drive sockets from 3/8's to 1 1/4-1 1/2" range. i don't need a...

i need to ship or freight a press type machine (it's not really a drill press but close enough) it is about 20" in depth and 16" wide and about 45" tall. has anyone done this lately,, know of any good ways to go about it. was thinking ups or fedex but i want to box it up SUPER GOOD and i...

all i want is a mid depth socket set in 3/8's drive, and maybe 1/4 in drive,, , why is this so hard? i found a carlyle metric set that i am going to get in 3/8's, but i sure can't find it in sae, driving me crazy. any know a good place to buy some sets like that,, that are the sort of...

car got broken into jan 1st,,, police are not too interested in doing much. they got my old craftsman stuff from 70's and 80's. socket sets, metric and standard, combo wrench sets, also both. pliers, channellocks, vise grips, extensions, universals, adaptors, ratchets,, screw drivers...