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Buy a drywall lift. I drywalled my 30x40 by myself at night with 5/8" drywall sheets. A ****** drywall lift is like $130 brand new. I have made that multiple times over by renting it to friends for a case of beer for their weekend projects.

Screw pops have nothing to do with screw length, its from when you drive a screw in too far and crack the board or tear out the paper, then when the wall moves it causes the board to move past the screw because the screw isnt holding anything letting the board flex. The screw doesnt move, its...

I was recently in the market for a lathe and talked to the guy with the student 6 in palmyra. His bottom dollar is $1000 but the motor is dead, it surges on the highest speed, and it makes a wierd thump when you turn it on, like there is alot of play in the gears or something before the spindle...

Just about finished with the first coat of drywall mud and tape. I'm no expert for sure on this. I've been using hot mud and tape and have been following tips so I put it thin so as to not have to do alot of sanding. Already from what I can tell the walls look pretty flat. I'm thinking I...

Nice view, My uncle lives in steamboat, his truck is the one with all of the stickers haha.

I had my pole barn built in 2017. I found that Pioneer was higher than local amish builders. The basic building is bad price wise but if you add options their price skyrockets, like 1ft gable vents all around and attic trusses. I went local and my 30x40 with 11/12 attic trusses with...

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Wrought is hard to find, I get most of mine from magnet fishing the streams around here. I think it generally goes for a couple of bucks a pound. Forge welding mild steel isnt hard, higher carbon steel is easier though. Some alloys dont forge weld well to themselves like 5160 but mild is easy...

That is the easiest forge weld ever... Wrought forge welds like butter. If you were closer I would say come over with a case of beer. There has to be a reputable blacksmith close to where you live. Try the ABANA website.

Nice work, where in SC PA do you live? I live in Shippensburg.

So I was given this 3 Phase Static Converter. I tried contacting the company that made them but apparently it was a 1 guy operation and he retired. I'm assuming that the ground from both my main panel and the motor connect to the ground screw underneath the open hole on the left. Also then...

Biggest mistake people make is thinking they can stop something big from moving. Nope, just get out of the way...

So I bought this bandsaw at an auction for $225. It looks to be fairly complete and in good working order besides the blade being trashed. It even came with the original instruction manual and inspectors card. I plugged it in and the motor runs and the blade turns the only problem is that...

Simmer down Susan, its 2018. Women can now be in the infantry so I think they are ok to pick up heavy objects...

The holes were chamfered sothere are no sharp edges and then painted. Is a bushing in the hole really required by code? is there some concern that the metal will rub through the romex and then through the wire insulation and then short out?

Maybe about 4 or 5? I have an old ML DoAll bandsaw so that speeds it up haha.

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My wife wanted some carriage lights on the outside of the new garage and from my research here, it seemed most people made something to go over the ribs in the steel. I had some scrap 3/16" plate and flat bar laying around so I went to town with my bandsaw and tig welder. I think they turned...

The one airduct does go through the garage so I could add a vent there. Would this help at all? It has been very humid here I'm pretty sure thats where this is coming from. There is no moisture coming up through slab and the garage is about 1 foot higher that everything else and the downspout...

This summer in SC PA has been very wet and humid. So much so that I started getting mold on some items in my attached garage. I have found green and white mold on some wooden gunstocks in my garage and oddly enough all of the 4 baby strollers in the garage. Thats really the only places I have...