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Thanks for the link to the white glazing putty. Like you I loved the red stuff, but found it hard to cover. Before now, I hadn’t seen the white and switched to Timbermate. It’s a lot cheaper than the glazing putty and works great. I’ve even had come off the putty knife smooth enough that I...

Make sure the cable company will use the conduit if you put it in. I put conduit under my driveway and under a planting bed so the cable or telephone company wouldn’t disturb my planting bed if they needed to get cable through. I even put in a conduit for each company. When the cable company...

I got a Bambu P2S and it wasn’t long before I wish I’d had something bigger! I also wished that I had multiple printers as printing time can sometimes be long. Alas, my budget relative to my other vices led me to be satisfied with the P2S. The only thing that was a surprise for me is that...

Several years ago, I got one of those meat thermometers that has the transmitter and a remote monitor so you can monitor the temperature of the meat while sitting in the comfort of the living room. You can even set a target temperature and the remote monitor beeps when the heat hits the...

Well, I hope you guys get a laugh out of this… I was searching around for an optical tach with decent reviews. I saw the Neiko 20713A and went searching for places that sell it. Naturally, Amazon popped up and when I went to view the item, Amazon told me that I bought one 4 years ago. I...

Thanks. The plethora of options on Amazon was what brought me here to get advice. Unfortunately, I didn’t see any on Amazon that got really glowing reviews. Good intel on the tape.

Has anyone found a reasonably priced accurate optical tach? I know quality and inexpensive don’t usually cross paths, but I’m asking anyway. I need to accurately measure idle rpm on a mechanically injected diesel engine. An optical tach seems like the way to go. I had the Harbor Freight...

I’m planning on using a seat like the one in the first picture by mounting it to a board or steel frame. Note the mounting holes in the second picture. I want the seat to be easily removed and re-installed. My first thought was to simply put studs in the mounting holes and use wing nuts on...

They actually look like some kind of bird that might be indigenous to New Zealand

Looks like 1.66 is the socket depth and 1.74 is the overall measurement.

Dang! You guys are the best!!

The drawing from McMaster shows a cap with 90° shoulders; the one I’m planning to buy from Zoro has filleted shoulders. I wonder if the depth is kind of a standardized thing?

Boy, the prices on these pliers really runs the gamut, doesn’t it? Some are $60 a pair others are $25 for three pair.

I have a non-plumbing project that might be able to use a 3” copper pipe cap. I need to know how deep the cap is. I can’t seem to find any specs online. If anyone has a 3” copper cap and can get a measurement, that would be great. If you want to sell it, even better.

I just got turned on to Nord-Lock. They seem like a better lockwasher solution than a split washer.

I’m getting ready to replace the covers and diaphragms on the accelerator pumps on my Weber 40 IDA 3Cs. These things are fussy because the cover is pot metal and tends to warp if the attaching nuts are over tightened. If not tightened enough, they leak gas. The usual process is to tighten just...

I had never heard of pistol grip pliers before now, but somehow suddenly feel that I need at least one pair!

I’ve never seen the Stanley tool in metric. Given the vintage, that makes sense.

I stumbled on these machine screw cutters and wondered if anyone has them or has tried them. I often find myself shearing small machine screws using the shear in wire stripper/crimping tools, but those tools don’t like stainless screws and only go to #10 These things go to 1/4-20 and there’s...

When you fell the tree, leave about 3’ - 4’ above ground, then use it as a fence post. Once it’s a fence post, it’ll rot away in no time.