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  0 Thread: Whole House Generator
Post: RE: Whole House Generator
I was a Generac factory trained tech but I’ve let it lapse. Both are good product. I would avoid the California compliant whiz bang variable speed fuel efficient version. That technology is not mature...
 blackhat Home Improvement 14 384 05-16-2024, 10:25 PM
  0 Thread: where are you all buying your Robertson / Sq Drive screws?
Post: RE: where are you all buying your Robertson / Sq D...
Anywhere that sells hardware. About the only Phillips drive here is drywall screws or steel stud screws. Quality is a different story. Most big box or equivalent have junk quality screws. Builder supp...
 blackhat Woodworking 8 350 05-16-2024, 11:18 AM
  0 Thread: Home made plane better than Stanley
Post: RE: Home made plane better than Stanley
Nice. An old design that works fine and doesn’t suffer from Stanley’s annoying blade chatter. One of the beauties of that design is that you can still tighten the mouth by inserting a patch or shimmin...
 blackhat Woodworking Hand Tools 14 998 05-10-2024, 11:59 PM
  0 Thread: Big table top!
Post: RE: Big table top!
Finish doing the math. At centre there is 0 movement if it’s fastened.   1/2” from center to each edge. Halfway from center to edge ( 15” ) there’s 1/4”. That’s more easily digested. It’s still more t...
 blackhat Woodworking 7 794 04-24-2024, 07:16 AM
  0 Thread: Battery Powered Chainsaw
Post: RE: Battery Powered Chainsaw
I’m heavily invested in Milwaukee. I have the rear handle saw. With a full 8 Ahr or better a 12, the amount of work it does is amazing. Fresh out of the box, it astounded a cousin that sold firewood f...
 blackhat Home Improvement 36 2,318 04-04-2024, 08:39 PM
  0 Thread: Battery Powered Chainsaw
Post: RE: Battery Powered Chainsaw
Matt’s suggestion of a sawzall is a good one. Those pruning blades do a number on green timber. I’ve not used the carbide version he linked but the plain steel version are not recommended for dry wood...
 blackhat Home Improvement 36 2,318 04-04-2024, 02:26 PM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...
I’ve got near a hundred instantaneous or near instantaneous one shot kills on deer. Will the new rifle kill them deader?
 blackhat Woodworking Hand Tools 52 3,046 03-23-2024, 06:43 PM
  0 Thread: All you might want to know about sole "flatness"
Post: RE: All you might want to know about sole "flatnes...
The other day I saw a really beautiful rifle that shoots 1” groups at 1000 yards. Where I shoot, the farthest target is 200 yards. The rifle I own shoots 1” groups at 200 yards. Do I need a new rifle?
 blackhat Woodworking Hand Tools 52 3,046 03-23-2024, 07:56 AM
  0 Thread: Air duct cleaning
Post: RE: Air duct cleaning
A standard duct cleaning should remove any material that’s trapping odours. If it’s all metal duct, it can be conventionally cleaned and then chemically cleaned. 2 schmucks in a truck duct cleaning pr...
 blackhat Home Improvement 4 510 03-11-2024, 12:37 AM
  0 Thread: Washing Machine Hoses
Post: RE: Washing Machine Hoses
Make your own. Clear vinyl or Tygon tube. The replacement hose ends at most of the local big box stores are solid brass.
 blackhat Home Improvement 28 2,169 02-29-2024, 09:56 PM
  0 Thread: Washing Machine Hoses
Post: RE: Washing Machine Hoses
I would likely cut off the body of the QD and then carefully cut through the threaded collar. When I thought I was close to the threads, I would take a heavy screwdriver into the cut and give it a twi...
 blackhat Home Improvement 28 2,169 02-27-2024, 01:02 PM
  0 Thread: Washing Machine Hoses
Post: RE: Washing Machine Hoses
I prefer the faucet grease that is beeswax based. Silicone grease can cause some rubber compounds to swell and degrade. Metal to metal I’ll use silicone if it’s handy. There is a silicone based O ring...
 blackhat Home Improvement 28 2,169 02-23-2024, 11:26 AM
  0 Thread: Washing Machine Hoses
Post: RE: Washing Machine Hoses
Secret weapon #1. A little tin of plumbers grease from the tap repair section of a hardware or big box store. Put a little smear ( thin film ) on anything near water. Screws, handle splines, faucet pa...
 blackhat Home Improvement 28 2,169 02-21-2024, 10:29 PM
  0 Thread: Leaking Toilet Shut-off Valve--Threaded Replacement?
Post: RE: Leaking Toilet Shut-off Valve--Threaded Replac...
I wouldn’t bet on that being 1/2” pipe and it’s brass. Hard to be sure from a picture but it could be 1/4 or 3/8 threaded brass. Standard pipe thread but measure the OD of the pipe nipple. Note that p...
 blackhat Home Improvement 6 532 02-20-2024, 10:54 PM
  0 Thread: Water heater TP valve leaking
Post: RE: Water heater TP valve leaking
Odd you didn’t notice the taps trying to blow a hole in the sinks. When you have it apart, make sure you check the seat in the reg. It could be wire drawn after this long. It is normal to have static ...
 blackhat Home Improvement 20 1,639 02-12-2024, 10:40 AM
  0 Thread: HVAC Ceiling vent
Post: RE: HVAC Ceiling vent
If that is actually a supply grille, whoever installed it is an person. That should be a return duct
 blackhat Home Improvement 9 737 01-26-2024, 03:47 PM
  0 Thread: HVAC Ceiling vent
Post: RE: HVAC Ceiling vent
Sounds like you’re the victim of a cheap and dirty conversion/install. Plunk a 6” run in the middle of each room and don’t spend the time to properly arrange and install the duct. Better would be rect...
 blackhat Home Improvement 9 737 01-25-2024, 10:39 PM
  0 Thread: HVAC Ceiling vent
Post: RE: HVAC Ceiling vent
Is the space comfortable when heating and cooling?  Is there actually a problem besides what appears to be an attempted upsell?
 blackhat Home Improvement 9 737 01-24-2024, 08:42 PM
  0 Thread: Water heater TP valve leaking
Post: RE: Water heater TP valve leaking
It’s a temperature and pressure relief valve. If the temp side actuated, it takes 5 to 10 gallons minimum to drop the water temp and reseat the valve. That’s not what you’re seeing. Pressure actuation...
 blackhat Home Improvement 20 1,639 01-24-2024, 11:29 AM
  0 Thread: Haven't had this happen before.....
Post: RE: Haven't had this happen before.....
LP doesn’t freeze at temps and pressures normally experienced outside a lab or industrial type process. There are systems that use LP in the liquid state drawn from the storage tank. It essentially di...
 blackhat Home Improvement 14 1,389 01-18-2024, 08:05 PM

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