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  0 Thread: Source for 'finished' mdf doors and drawer fronts
Post: RE: Source for 'finished' mdf doors and drawer fro...

museumguy Wrote: (04-19-2020, 06:39 AM) -- When I did residential kitchens, we had a lifetime warranty on the cabinetry. There was a customer that had thermofoil doors and drawer fronts. Early in my ...
spazlab Woodworking 6 2,934 04-19-2020, 06:45 AM
  0 Thread: Source for 'finished' mdf doors and drawer fronts
Post: Source for 'finished' mdf doors and drawer fronts

I usually make my own wood doors and drawer fronts but have used rawdoors.  A coworker of mine asked where to get 'finished' (HPL, thermafoil, ?) mdf cabinet doors and drawer fronts online. I had no i...
spazlab Woodworking 6 2,934 04-19-2020, 06:33 AM
  0 Thread: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical
Post: RE: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical

Roly Wrote: (11-26-2018, 04:48 PM) -- Measure the size of the old battery and the positive/negative terminal orientation (they make batteries with both orientations)  and pick up a mower battery that...
spazlab Home Improvement 7 4,498 11-26-2018, 05:26 PM
  0 Thread: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical
Post: RE: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical

Wildwood Wrote: (11-26-2018, 03:56 PM) -- I would call  1-800-828-5500 and ask what's best battery for that machine. -- Don't think that is the same company but thanks.
spazlab Home Improvement 7 4,498 11-26-2018, 05:24 PM
  0 Thread: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical
Post: RE: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical

crokett™ Wrote: (11-26-2018, 10:28 AM) -- heres a U1-54, looks standard to me https://www.lawnmowerpartsworld.com/lawn-mower-parts/ignition/battery-7-3-4-x-5-x-7-1-4-u1-54/?gclid=CjwKCAiA0O7fBRASE...
spazlab Home Improvement 7 4,498 11-26-2018, 10:41 AM
  0 Thread: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical
Post: troybilt super tomahawk chipper - electrical

Anybody have any experience with troybilt Super Tomahawk chipper.  Was looking to install a battery.  I don't have an actual manual.  It is a 8HP electric start, '47' model which I think is from the l...
spazlab Home Improvement 7 4,498 11-26-2018, 10:24 AM
  0 Thread: Stuck Moen Posi-Temp cartridge
Post: RE: Stuck Moen Posi-Temp cartridge

Phil Thien Wrote: (11-19-2018, 02:27 PM) -- Hopefully something like this isn't in your future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmBf4O1hM2k -- Yeah,  I saw a bunch of horror stories.  I'm pretty s...
spazlab Home Improvement 6 4,428 11-19-2018, 02:36 PM
  0 Thread: Stuck Moen Posi-Temp cartridge
Post: RE: Stuck Moen Posi-Temp cartridge

Phil Thien Wrote: (11-19-2018, 02:03 PM) -- This last one or two episodes of Ask This Old House showed Richard the plumber using a special puller to get a cartridge loose. -- I'll look.  I tried on...
spazlab Home Improvement 6 4,428 11-19-2018, 02:09 PM
  0 Thread: Stuck Moen Posi-Temp cartridge
Post: Stuck Moen Posi-Temp cartridge

Trying to remove cartridge from a 17 years old single handle Moen Posi-Temp shower valve.  Seems to be stuck like a SOB.  Any tricks?  Read the instructions,  watched the video, don't think I am missi...
spazlab Home Improvement 6 4,428 11-19-2018, 01:32 PM
  0 Thread: PSA --HF Huge Recall -- Chainsaw
Post: RE: PSA --HF Huge Recall -- Chainsaw

jppierson Wrote: (05-16-2018, 08:25 AM) -- Evidently they have been selling this saw for over a decade.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEZWqxdC5Dg -- https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/Harbor-...
spazlab Woodworking Power Tools 11 7,041 05-16-2018, 10:18 AM
  0 Thread: Covering concrete shop floor-DriCore or???
Post: RE: Covering concrete shop floor-DriCore or???

jimmyjam Wrote: (02-17-2018, 02:26 PM) -- I used Delta FL https://www.lowes.com/pd/328-sq-ft-Standard-0.3125-in-Flooring-Underlayment/999919440 and OSB sheets over it in the garage.   Jay -- I a...
spazlab Woodworking 16 14,689 02-26-2018, 06:57 AM
  0 Thread: PSI Sander S69
Post: PSI Sander S69

Does anyone know anything about the Penn State Industries S69 Sander 6" Belt Sander with 9" Disc Looking at buying a used sander and wondering if it is any good.  So far have pretty much found n...
spazlab Woodworking Power Tools 0 1,478 11-14-2017, 09:07 AM
  0 Thread: under cabinet lighting rough wiring and setup
Post: under cabinet lighting rough wiring and setup

I am in the process of replacing counter tops and back splash.  The tile guy who will do the back splash plans on tearing out and replacing the backsplash drywall as it is covered in formica & glue.  ...
spazlab Home Improvement 0 2,074 06-15-2017, 08:55 AM
  0 Thread: Maple vs Yellow Birch flooring
Post: RE: Maple vs Yellow Birch flooring

I'll try not too. I'm aware of the official hardness values. Of course that assumes manufacturers are using hard maple.
spazlab Home Improvement 7 7,328 05-02-2017, 10:36 AM
  0 Thread: Maple vs Yellow Birch flooring
Post: RE: Maple vs Yellow Birch flooring

jteneyck Wrote: (04-28-2017, 06:27 PM) -- If you look at the tangential (plain sawn) shrinkage of maple and birch you'll see they are essentially equal, so there would be no difference in expansion/c...
spazlab Home Improvement 7 7,328 04-29-2017, 07:34 AM
  0 Thread: Maple vs Yellow Birch flooring
Post: Maple vs Yellow Birch flooring

I had been looking at installing Maple hardwood throughout my first floor.  My wife found one she liked in Yellow Birch.   Both are dark stained.  Yellow Birch seems softer but I don't know if it is a...
spazlab Home Improvement 7 7,328 04-28-2017, 11:43 AM
  0 Thread: Tommy Mac Rough Cut Woodworking
Post: RE: Tommy Mac Rough Cut Woodworking

Harold O. Wrote: (04-09-2017, 04:35 PM) -- I paged through his FACEBOOK and didn't see the notice on his stepping away from Rough Cut.  -- First post.  "Believe it or not, I will no longer be worki...
spazlab Woodworking 30 24,603 04-09-2017, 08:12 PM
  0 Thread: S&D to flex hose
Post: RE: S&D to flex hose

Bit_Fiddler Wrote: (03-13-2017, 04:48 PM) -- My flex hose fits snugly into 1 side of a double female fitting as well....   Dave -- This was one of the DIY methods I had tried and was hoping to u...
spazlab Woodworking Power Tools 16 11,263 03-13-2017, 05:35 PM
  0 Thread: S&D to flex hose
Post: RE: S&D to flex hose

KyleD Wrote: (03-12-2017, 08:11 AM) -- Is S&D the same as schedule 40? On schedule 40 4" plastic pipe I found that I could take a scrap of pipe and cut out a parallel slit wide enough that it closed...
spazlab Woodworking Power Tools 16 11,263 03-12-2017, 10:10 AM
  0 Thread: S&D to flex hose
Post: RE: S&D to flex hose

JGrout Wrote: (03-11-2017, 05:26 PM) -- here you go (http://www.rockler.com/4-hose-connector-for-pvc-sewer-pipe?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_content=pla&utm_campaign=PL&sid=V9146&gc...
spazlab Woodworking Power Tools 16 11,263 03-12-2017, 10:08 AM

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