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Looks a lot like the fire place in my parents home. built in '76, and designed to be used as a fire place w/out any insert. Theirs has the red clay/masonry flue liner (not sure what thats called)...

So I finally fired her up Friday night. Smoked for a few hours, I actually had to open a couple windows and set the fan to blow out to clear the basement out. A process I'm quite familiar with, any...

I have an older Toro 2 stage. I bought it used on craigslist for $300. Has an 8 horse Briggs and Stratton and it has been a good machine. Its tired now, and every year I say I'm going to replace...

Thanks for the insight Jim. It is a wood stove. I just cleaned the chimney and felt due diligence to go though the black pipe from wall to stove also. It was so rusty and disagreeable that I had...

Anyone ever try this? wondering what the implications might be... Its too late for me, just did it. Was just going to use a little on elbows, but it just cleaned up so nicely, nearly the whole...

Awesome. Thanks for all the advice fellas. I blew off the chore today. Threw it in 4 wheel and busted through the ridge left by the town at the end of the driveway so I could get to work. More...

So, should I assume that lubricant on augers, as well as shute is beneficial to operation?

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wondering if anyone has tried the silicone spray lubricant on the snowblower shute? Getting some heavy wet snow here, thought I'd give it a try. Not sure how long before use I should...

Craftsman makes one of these, sells for about $170 or so. I own one of these, works well. I"m sure its not as rugged as the makita, but just a light (probably lighter) and portable. Several years...

Yes, well done John. Thanks for documenting so well and sharing your process. Your baluster layout in particular interested me.

"To layout the location of the balusters I measured the...

Good choice Ken. Hope it has the built in LED light feature. Another exciting innovation that is found on most of the new Lithium kits.

Very true with all the manufacturers. Two combo kits that look almost identical in their packaging, and even "in hand" often have very different performance specs.

Similar to the "scraper/chisel" method, I often fold sand paper over the thin end of a cedar shim/shingle. The flex in the shim allows you to apply just the right amount of pressure and the soft...

I work on new construction and remodeling job sites every day, see and use lots of different cordless kits. Most everything we use is 18v. Smaller tools (12v, 14v,etc) are okay at driving screws...

Got a new Porter Cable router, but needs a handle, like a D-handle or something. Right now, its just attached to the table, and can't be used as a hand held. Looking for a good buy, not made of...

Well I guess I should have been a bit more specific. I was looking for products made of wood... by woodworkers. Of course there's furniture, and antiques, and crafts, etc., all which have some nice...

Hi all. Haven't stopped in for a bit. Been too busy getting all my cheepo craigslist tools in working order. Gotta start somewhere...

Anyway, I was just poking around ebay trying to find...

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I have a bunch of cedar I need to use up. Nothing fancy, just a fence that I ripped down and saved because the wood was still very solid. It's got nail holes and stuff, but still...

My first thought was that those shingles were apt to split when nailed, especially with a siding nailer. Nailing by hand, one could pre-drill slighly smaller than the nail shank but that would take...

Well thanks for everyone's tips and ideas. I've been to my local Grainger. They sold me a capacitor for my older table saw motor, which now runs fine and I am at least opperational for the moment. ...

Check out some of the major furniture retailers and see what they got in their catalogs. One of my favorites is "Crate and Barrel".

Basically, your other choice of nails is stainless steel.

The most common coil nailer I know of would be Stanley/Bostich. If you can't find nails that fit those guns, you should get out of the...

I have drilled out snapped tapcons before. It usually makes a mess of the hole. I'd try backing it out somehow first.

that works with wood, does it also work with tapcons into concrete?

The last time I had a major snapping fit with tapcons, I had taken the bit from a box of tapcons, and began using it with some tapcons that I "thought" came from that same box. But they did not come...