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  0 Thread: "board and batten" style wainscot layout
Post: RE: "board and batten" style wainscot layout
mound Wrote: (03-31-2024, 05:22 PM) -- When laying out paneling in this style along one wall, it's easy to figure out proper spacing so you have even panel widths across the entire wall. LOML want...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 7 363 04-03-2024, 12:20 PM
  0 Thread: Whirlpool In Door Ice Maker
Post: RE: Whirlpool In Door Ice Maker
I did pull out the bin sensor & on/off switch last night. Basically two small circuit boards shooting a beam between them. There's some power there, but honestly I'm not sure what kind of power to l...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 4 272 03-12-2024, 01:22 PM
  0 Thread: Whirlpool In Door Ice Maker
Post: Whirlpool In Door Ice Maker
Anyone want to commiserate with me on an ice maker issue? Whirlpool side by side.  Probably a 2013 model.  Good fridge.  Still keeps everything nice & cold.   Noticed Saturday the ice bin was em...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 4 272 03-11-2024, 12:09 PM
  0 Thread: Under deck waterproofing options
Post: RE: Under deck waterproofing options
Kind of hard to say without seeing a picture of the underside of the deck or some given dimensions.   My first thought would be to build a shed slightly smaller than the deck underneath.   A dec...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 17 1,202 01-31-2024, 12:36 PM
  0 Thread: Hanging Stained Glass from a Metal Header
Post: RE: Hanging Stained Glass from a Metal Header
Bonus points for hiding everything behind the window treatment.
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 15 1,232 01-08-2024, 03:43 PM
  0 Thread: Hanging Stained Glass from a Metal Header
Post: RE: Hanging Stained Glass from a Metal Header
blackhat Wrote: (12-20-2023, 08:53 PM) -- 3 sided frame glued into the window opening?  Full width top piece and a cripple supporting each end of that -- Sounds like a winner to me.  Make an upside...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 15 1,232 12-22-2023, 01:00 PM
  0 Thread: Laminated plywood shelves
Post: RE: Laminated plywood shelves
In a former life, I've had 48" x 12" shelves made out of 3/4 MDF but with an 1 1/4" tall strip of actual wood on the front & back. Wasn't loaded down with books, but it didn't sag. Now if the home...
 DieselDennis Woodworking 15 1,883 11-28-2023, 03:30 PM
  0 Thread: Construction screws
Post: RE: Construction screws
Put a pack of torx drivers on your Christmas list. T20 & T25 will catch most, but get a T15, T30 & T40 just to be sure. Thank us later. And welcome to the 21st century.
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 20 2,339 11-10-2023, 12:54 PM
  0 Thread: Construction screws
Post: RE: Construction screws
I use Grip Rite screws. They sell them at HD, but I buy them by the pound at my local lumberyard for cheaper. Haven't had one I couldn't drive or that popped the head off yet. Oh yeah, and they'r...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 20 2,339 10-30-2023, 12:10 PM
  0 Thread: Dealing with a cupped top?
Post: RE: Dealing with a cupped top?
Willyou Wrote: (08-30-2023, 10:54 PM) -- Not say'n your wrong. But, considering the alternatives, I think I would try it; especially since he said that ripping and re-gluing is not an alternative. He...
 DieselDennis Woodworking 17 1,705 08-31-2023, 12:19 PM
  0 Thread: Bench Grinder
Post: RE: Bench Grinder
Baldor is so benchtop. Cincinnati for the win.  The tool & cutter grinder. https://cinmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/No2.jpg
 DieselDennis Woodworking Power Tools 28 1,637 08-18-2023, 11:34 AM
  0 Thread: Porter Cable 314
Post: RE: Porter Cable 314
Bob Vaughan Wrote: (08-14-2023, 01:00 PM) -- That's a pretty common switch.  It may be that a well stocked Ace Hardware may have a replacement.  You're right, the bigger double pole switches are too ...
 DieselDennis Woodworking Power Tools 16 1,918 08-15-2023, 12:38 PM
  0 Thread: 4H Project- Waterfall Bookcase
Post: RE: 4H Project- Waterfall Bookcase
I thought I was the only one to use saw guides as clamps. Great project and great son.
 DieselDennis Woodworking 14 1,592 07-20-2023, 01:09 PM
  0 Thread: Slope between properties
Post: RE: Slope between properties
Was there no "slope" before the "regrading"? What was it like before the work? Where I live, he could do what he wants on his side of the line.
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 12 1,539 07-17-2023, 12:00 PM
  0 Thread: Securing handrail to concrete stairs question.
Post: RE: Securing handrail to concrete stairs question.
I'd have to say that epoxy, done correctly, would be "better". Now the wedge anchors would probably suffice.
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 11 1,133 07-17-2023, 11:57 AM
  0 Thread: How do I square one end of this blank?
Post: RE: How do I square one end of this blank?
Joint one side flat.  Now plane the opposite side so you have two parallel sides. Put one machined side against the fence on the PM66.  Raise the blade up to just over halfway ( 3" ? ) and make a p...
 DieselDennis Woodworking Power Tools 22 2,388 06-19-2023, 12:17 PM
  0 Thread: 4-1/2" length, 1/2" diameter upcut bit source?
Post: RE: 4-1/2" length, 1/2" diameter upcut bit source?
How does this piece get from your place to theirs once you're finished?
 DieselDennis Woodworking Power Tools 19 1,840 06-14-2023, 12:02 PM
  0 Thread: My Window Pane is Stressing Out!
Post: RE: My Window Pane is Stressing Out!
Snipe Hunter Wrote: (04-26-2023, 10:10 AM) -- Any visible movement around the window frames? Cracking in the plaster/drywall? How old are those things? -- From the OP "These are original, 100 y...
 DieselDennis Home Improvement 11 1,574 04-26-2023, 11:50 AM
  0 Thread: Will Cypress Withstand Ground Contact?
Post: RE: Will Cypress Withstand Ground Contact?
Still haven't decided. Still a little cool here to get me very excited about gardening. I'm cruising marketplace hoping a cheap option shows itself. Had a line on some used treated 2 x 8 x 10 b...
 DieselDennis Woodworking 25 3,445 04-21-2023, 11:28 AM
  0 Thread: Will Cypress Withstand Ground Contact?
Post: RE: Will Cypress Withstand Ground Contact?
iclark Wrote: (04-12-2023, 09:40 PM) -- There have been several threads looking for a source of cypress. Where is that mill, please? -- It's this place  www.eheartwood.com They make a killing se...
 DieselDennis Woodworking 25 3,445 04-14-2023, 12:33 PM

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