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    Aftermarket Milwaukee M12 Charger

    I am curious about it too. Hmmm buy it from Amazon, take it apart to see whats inside, return if dont like.
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    Aftermarket Milwaukee M12 Charger

    On the M12 batteries, the pack itself has no battery management electronics. Its just cells and connection wires/strips, The battery protection/management circuitry is in the OEM charger. Thats one of the reasons the OEM charger is kinda big. If the aftermarket charger does not have equivalent...
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    Concrete spalling on garage apron - Need advice

    Isnt there some 'rule' that air-entrained concrete is not suitable if it will be surface finished ? (troweled etc)
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    Am I screwed when it comes to building a garage?

    OP, Interested in how long you have owned this place and if you were made aware of the easement when you bought it ?
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    How many people care about unpermitted electrical?

    Heres what one city is doing here in west coast Canada : https://readsitenews.com/demolitions-ordered-after-illegal-construction-crackdown/
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    Solvent Remove Thick Automotive Grease

    Can you melt it off with careful use of a propane torch (maybe acetylene if available)
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    Is this building OBVIOUSLY bad?

    Carefully located and tensioned "X" bracing with solid round bar steel would help alot with the shear loads.
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    Is this building OBVIOUSLY bad?

    Aren't you the guy who claims he has a lawyer who will write a letter for $75 ? We're still waiting for that guys contact info. If he exists. Actually there is another option besides the 3 you state. He can have a good laugh at the threat to "start the legal discovery process" and then throw...
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    Is this building OBVIOUSLY bad?

    Aren't lawyers great ? they will happily take all your money with no guarantees. Whereas you cant find an engineer willing to help you for any sum it seems.
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    The Mindset: How to do high quality work

    Anyone here work for Boeing ?
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    The Mindset: How to do high quality work

    I come from a precision manufacturing background. When I delved into the "construction" industry, I found the hugest disparity between what I considered quality, and what was the accepted norm.
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    Is this building OBVIOUSLY bad?

    Hey, theres a guy around here who claims he can get an official demand letter from a lawyer for $75. Total.
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    Langmuir arcflat vs Primeweld fixture table?

    Wow that is 10lbs of chips in a 5lb bag. How big is the floor area ?
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    Bench top mill

    I wish I could find on of those $2000 Bridgeports..... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/863049508390570/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A87a443dd-fedf-44c6-9507-2c0444e3ec1e
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    Point load for I-beams - I'm building a bridge crane

    So it would fail under its own weight if a bird landed on it ? Sounds a bit extreme
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    I love my welding table but it is too thick 3". How to cut down?

    I wonder if that began life as a welding table. With the odd shape it looks like it might have been a machine tool base of some kind. Is it cast iron ?
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    Ideas on cheap car finish??

    Now thats interesting. Only black , white, red though. I wonder if the white could be tinted
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    Succession plan for your tools?

    Alas I had the same situation. Unfortunately he died on the waiting list for cancer treatment. He had hope right to the end that there was help. I was left to sift through his stuff, which was alternate moments of memories and just getting rid of junk. I plan to not leave my family with such a...
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    I used to spend most every night beneath the light of a neon sign.

    Now theres a country song playing in my head....
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    Buying a new MIG, which one??!!

    The thing with MIG is you are adjusting for the job at hand. You either need more/less wire speed, or more/less heat. If its an analog dial with numbers...or a digital readout to make you feel better about it, Its about tweaking. The Miller 211 has the "autoset" feature which gets you pretty...
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