Our property has a lot (I mean a LOT) of outdoor wiring/circuits. the folks who built the place has a real love for landscaping and outdoor lighting. Anyway, one of the circuits quit working earlier this year, it had an area light as well as several outlets on it...one that I used for the garden fence charger to keep coons out of the corn. In tracking it down i came across one outlet on the circuit that was hidden by some plants. The box was quite black on the outside so i took a look...the duplex in the pic is what i found. Now, this circuit is on a GFCI (indoors) so I was wondering why it didn't trip, turned out it was faulty. Replaced it, removed the burnt outlet and got everything back to functioning. I didn't replace that duplex, I just replaced the box and connected the wires putting a blank cover on it.
There's a thread in "off topic" about a refrigerant leak. I just finished one that was a challenge. Doing a pressure test I'd drop from 450 PSI to 445 in about an hour. Three indoor units with no way to isolate them after the line-sets are connected. Been at it almost all day and I haven't found it yet, and now my nitrogen tank is down to 150 PSI. Try another day with a full tank. I disconnected the lines outside one pair at a time and re-tested. On the second set I found the smallest of small leaks inside on a factory flare (a little smaller than I make them) with a tiny scratch. (Probably from their deburring tool.) A new flare and 450 P.S.I for 18 hours proves I got it. Now it's day three when I vacuum down to 300 microns and hold for an hour just to be sure. Open the valves and give it some power to check sub-cooling. Neaten things up and this project is finally done! (Except for a few straps on that liquid- tight.)
B.T.W.; when I left it was holding at 65° inside; over 90° outside.
For free to anyone looking for a project to fix up: a 2013 Grizzly table saw, 0690 model.
The good:
* Saw itself is in good shape. There is minor rust on the cast iron but it's flat and bearings run smoothly.
* Includes Shark Guard hood with 4" vent port
* Includes mobile base
The bad:
* No motor. The existing motor shorted out and needs replacement.
* No motor pulley; it went with the motor.
Has been made...
I bought 4 planks @ 3/4" x 6" x 10'....a 4/4 x 6 x 6' Soft Maple plank, and a 8/4 x 6 x 6' Ash plank...needed to cut the 10 footers down to fit ibside the Chevy Equinox...so..I brought along a saw..
With a freshly charged up 18v battery....Helper wasn't, as things bound up right near the end of a cut...PINCH!
There IS some live edge..
The thicker Maple plank is in the back of the stack...
Grain for the 8/4 plank?
I figure there MIGHT be enough there for a set of Table legs?
Letting this stash sit a few days, to get used to the house...
Price for this stack of lumber? $21 total....
Now just have to figure out what project to build all of this into....
From a piece of honey locust that has sat in the yard for years to a beautiful heavily stained natural edge bowl. This 11.5 X 6.5in bowl was twice turned before being finished with Waterlox gloss
Long story short: hot water supply line under a bathroom sink burst. LOML was there when it happened and she quickly shut off the valve at the connection. We cleaned up...not really concerned about the clean-up; we'll do what we need to do.
When we moved in 11 years ago, we replaced all the supply lines in the house. We bought those supply lines with an excess flow shut-off valve. It was one of those supply lines that failed. Further, that safety feature did not work because the break in the line was at the point where the inlet side of the safety valve meets the plumbing valve on the house side of that connection, if that makes sense. That safety valve just came apart.
We're on a well, and I have the house pressure set to 50 psi, so I'm not running unusually high water pressure in the house.
This is not the first of those safety valves to fail for us, so when I get a new supply line today, I may just get a standard braided hose to replace it with.
The whole event brings up another issue: What to do to protect ourselves when we're away from home, particularly when we're gone for long periods of time. We do need water running to at least one sink while we're gone because we usually have some body drop in daily to take care of the animals while we're gone. However, they don't stay overnight in the house.
The poor man's fix would be to shut off the valves at every unneeded fixture while we're gone. That would minimize risk. Other solutions include whole-house solutions that involve wifi-connected valves and perhaps some sensors.
Do any of you have devices like this? Pros, cons, issues to consider?
So I placed an order for the Laguna resaw king 7 business days ago from ustooldepot.com and the order is still "awaiting fulfillment'. I contacted them about it and they said it ships directly from Laguna so they will check with them to find out when this order will be fulfilled.
I decided to splurge and ordered it through Woodcraft.com (hoping that maybe ustool was slow because it's cheap and that WC would be a lot faster) and I got an email stating that the order will ship in aprox 4 weeks!
Is it 2020 again? What gives?
How can I get this blade, or any good carbide bandsaw that's 111", blade sooner?
Is it slow just because of the required length? Can I get that blade in a longer length sooner and then just cut and weld it myself?
Actually, I'd have someone else weld that.
We just had our guest bathroom tub re-painted with a heavy epoxy paint which makes the tub look brand new. Underneath the paint is a cast iron tub that is light blue. We had it painted back in 2010 so this is the second time it has been painted. The tub looks great but now I have to look at an old drain which does not look so great as you can see from the picture. Is there anything I can do to the drain to make it look better? If I was thinking, I would have asked the painter to paint the drain too, assuming that was an option.
This is more of a philosophical discussion than an actual question about a specific problem. How does one determine how much time to spend on unseen parts of a project? Is making the back of a project look the same as the show face demonstrating high quality craftsmanship or is it a waste of time? If it is a waste then how bad can the back look?
I know I struggle with striving for perfection and then beating myself up for coming up short. In fact, I have a saying posted on the wall of my shop that I think came from someone on this forum. It says:
“The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy.
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating, neurotic, and a terrible waste of time.”
So when you are building a piece of furniture that will be against a wall do you spend time sanding all of the boards to make them flush with each other? Do you stain the back? Do you sand to the same grit as the front? I am just curious about how others decide where to draw that line.
I am selling a very nice set of Craftsman branded auger bits. 4/16-16/16, in a cool plastic case, that has spring mounts for the bits, I've never seen a case like this. The bits slip in and out smoothly. They are in used but very good condition. I'd like $70 $60 plus whatever actual shipping costs from 13346, with payment by either personal check or PayPal.
Next is a Makita 1/2 sheet sander, model 9045N. It's in very good used condition. It has a port for dust collection, but no bag. $35 $30 plus actual shipping.
Next is 3x24 sanding belts, 11 of 320 grit made in USA by Powerkut, and 12 of 80 grit most of them 3M, also USA made. One 60 grit unknown brand. Take as many as you want, for $1.50 $1.25 each, plus actual shipping.
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