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I'm currently putting together a mantle for my fireplace. I have some reclaimed (true) 2 x 10 wood scaffolding used by a local outfit of brick layers (ESCO bricklayers). It's about 125 years old and has kind of an ingrained concrete dust in it. I'm using this to build a 4 x 88 inch mantle for my...

Well, the bearings in my air compressor electric motor appear to have died. The motor is going immediately to overload protection/blown breaker. After fiddling around with the pressure switch, pressure relief valve, etc, I've narrowed it down to the motor. This was a used Craigslist special - 60...

I've looked through Veno's thread and saw his successful use of the big 400 watt equivalent CFL's with reflectors- they're usually in the 3,800 lumen range. These average out to about $18-$20 a fixture when shopping around. I have a 9.5 ft ceiling instead of the much taller ceilings the big...

I have a 10 year old Porter Cable 135 psi 7.5 horse 60 gallon compressor. Compressor kicks on from 0 psi and fills to 125 just fine (tested about 5 times). When I use the compressor and it drops below the 95 psi lower limit on the pressure switch, the motor doesn't kick back on. If I deflate the...

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/2822743990.html I'm looking to get a 60 gallon air compressor. I'm not looking to spend a ton of money. I am a big DIYer and frequently use air tools on my hot rods (dual action sander, cut off tool, impact, chisel, etc). I've heard good things on the...

I don't post much on GJ, but I felt like I should add my ongoing project to the fray after getting so many good ideas here. I'm a car guy, like many members here. I've owned pretty much every mainstream make, including: several rotary Mazda's, old Chevy and Ford trucks, several Chevy Nova's...