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Steve, I was referring to "solar controller". I paid a few bucks more for a small automotive battery rather than a lawn and garden battery but have a 2yr warranty rather than 6 months.

Since it was a gift I will give it a run and when I can no longer repair it, replace it. Any input on the solar panel?

It would help to know what model. I have an older Craftsman with a Kohler Magnum 18, it had the symptoms stated above and it was the magneto. I went through all the other diagnostics including rebuilding the carb, fuel lines, fuel filter, cap vent, plugs.

I worked retail in high school and college, building materials to blue jeans. It's quite simple, don't be a ****, just ask to talk to the manager, and don't be a ****. Front desk people are following the rules, doing their job. Works almost 100% of the time.

I moved a year ago to a similar place as described above, I built a 3-rail fence and wood farm gate that is 13'-6" and probably 150-175 pounds. I was looking at gate operators and decided I would go with Liftmaster but my sweet daughter's bought me a MM 350 for my birthday a week ago. I...

Can you explain this, magnification of what? A tool, a gauge, a jig?

How do ya'll experts in hand grinding, keep the angle at say, 135 degrees rather than 137 or 132 degrees, eyeballing?

I installed eight of the Metalux/Cooper fixures, also sold by Lowes in my 20x20 2-car garage last Saturday, two rows of 16' over each bay. The fixtures assemble quick but the ballasts are China'loca but I expected that for 25.00 a pop.

We have moderate to high humidity in my area of Texas, evaporative cooling would be an option if I lived west of Austin a few hundred miles.

I went through a few Diablo Demon metal cutting blades on my standard chop saw and circular saw, they worked exceptionally well but the blades do not last as long as I would have expected. I recall looking up the max. rpm on the blades and comparing the rpm with the Hitachi saws and I was close...

That's the Garage Journal spirit! ;) It looks like most manufacturers including LG are using a 4" exhaust duct for 14K btu, I noticed two manufactures are using (2) 3"-4" exhaust ducts. My plan is 12" flex from the box to the attic, 4" provides 12.5 square inches of exhaust and 12" provides...

I moved into my new place in May and the attached 2-car garage is all brick with two windows that face the street. I do not want to put a window unit in the existing window due to the security risk or punch a large opening in the brick so my plan is a mini-split, but I simply don't have the...

While looking for a house the past 18 months, I specifically looked for a 2-car garage with a single door for one important reason, so I can drive my vehicles in the center of the garage; with double doors I would have to skate them to the center.

Replacing a tile is a breeze once you bust it out :D , if the grout is dark you will never notice the repair.

Thanks for the input, my offer was accepted but I am not under contract yet, but I *do* feel like continuing my research.

Well that is a bummer, I will check out the other manufacturers. I am not opposed to opening and shutting a gate and padlocking when needed, I did it for many years living in the ghetto east of down Houston.

I am planning to move a little further out from the city and the place I found is fully fenced with a single gate about 12' wide. I would like to keep the gate closed and locked all of the time and Mighty Mules seems to be reasonably priced with nice options. Anyone can jump over the fence...

Nice table, sorry to hear it warped. You would have been fine with a few tack welds, it's not like a piece of 1" plate is gonna slide off :D

Or, metric and sae were not both used on every freaking vehicle and some with the third little bassturd called metricsaexual fasteners.

Well PVC is used to bring water to a house and often takes dirty water away from a house so I would say you are good to go. But I would personally use drywall.