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  0 Thread: PSA Dishwasher not cleaning
Post: RE: PSA Dishwasher not cleaning
If my dishwasher doesn't work right I just keep my mouth shut, or she's liable to punch me.
 srv52761 Home Improvement 8 518 08-30-2024, 12:12 PM
  0 Thread: DIY Garden Trailer
Post: RE: DIY Garden Trailer
Don't think you will like having a set of wheels that rotate in conjunction with each other.  They will skid anytime you make a turn.  Better to have a stationary axle and have the wheels rotate inde...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 7 762 07-16-2024, 02:39 PM
  0 Thread: Subpanel/electrical costs?
Post: RE: Subpanel/electrical costs?
Roly Wrote: (05-20-2024, 07:31 AM) -- See if there is a label in the existing panel that lists a max breaker size.   If the manufacture says 100a is the max then that is code.  You may be able to fee...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 6 1,334 05-24-2024, 01:01 PM
  0 Thread: Vintage Dewalt RAS table brackets
Post: RE: Vintage Dewalt RAS table brackets
fredhargis Wrote: (05-15-2024, 06:07 AM) -- The brackets do not nee to be an iron bar under the table. If you look at the ones they put on a subsequent model (the 925) they are little more than a pie...
 srv52761 Woodworking Power Tools 15 2,094 05-16-2024, 03:18 PM
  0 Thread: Uses for radial arm saw
Post: RE: Uses for radial arm saw
Most Craftsman, as well the DeWalts, and others, could be set up to be extremely accurate.  The rub is, they are so versatile there are a plethora of adjustments that need to be made.  Not just the nu...
 srv52761 Woodworking 33 7,600 11-12-2023, 02:10 PM
  0 Thread: Electrical service?: combing 2
Post: RE: Electrical service?: combing 2
In my car waiting for wife, but these are some of the costs off the top of my head.... 200' of feeder (mhf 2-2-2-4) @3.87 = 774 90 amp breaker at main =45 Lug for neutral = 6 2" conduit for inte...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 2 645 08-17-2023, 10:55 PM
  0 Thread: Hitachi/Metabo Miter Saw won't stay Square
Post: RE: Hitachi/Metabo Miter Saw won't stay Square
Whether the saw has slop may not be an issue.  Maybe you can use the technique many users of cheaper radial arm saws have employed and advocated by Jon Eakes in his book. If anything has worn it will...
 srv52761 Woodworking Power Tools 6 2,361 08-10-2023, 12:07 PM
  0 Thread: 50a overhead to garage sub-panel ???'s
Post: RE: 50a overhead to garage sub-panel ???'s
Have never run overhead, but it should be a simple look up in the NEC handbook. Wrt running ground to the main or separate ground rods… yes, and probably. Sub panels have needed a 4-wire feed for ...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 1 531 07-17-2023, 10:42 PM
  0 Thread: GFCI in a Two-wire Receptacle
Post: RE: GFCI in a Two-wire Receptacle
Snipe Hunter Wrote: (04-19-2023, 05:53 PM) -- I believe it was adopted in 2018. I do inspections in a town where just about all the houses are early 1900's. Most of the homes have been rewired and re...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 12 2,872 04-19-2023, 09:36 PM
  0 Thread: Rid house of old electronics/electricals?
Post: RE: Rid house of old electronics/electricals?
Check with charities.  We had several in our area (within 40 miles) that took old electronics, removed anything salvageable and sold it.  Assumed they were able to dispose of the left-overs legally.  ...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 8 1,576 01-24-2023, 11:09 AM
  0 Thread: Garage Advice
Post: RE: Garage Advice
Not sure where you live, but regardless,  1. Insulate… under the slab. My previous life I was an energy manager for a school district. Since 2009 all our school construction projects have started ...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 17 4,209 01-15-2023, 03:01 PM
  0 Thread: How can this be a shop tip?
Post: RE: How can this be a shop tip?
tomsteve Wrote: (01-09-2023, 04:48 PM) -- tip to beginners: to keep you pencils sharper longer, get a hand crank pencil sharpener. a few cranks and viola- sharp pencil! :D --   Uhhh, this is a wood...
 srv52761 Woodworking 12 2,598 01-12-2023, 11:53 AM
  0 Thread: Shop Lighting
Post: RE: Shop Lighting
Tapper Wrote: (10-28-2022, 11:00 AM) -- Finishing out my attached garage and have roughed-in the electrical for nine 4' ceiling light fixtures. Garage is ~28'x28' with 8' ceiling, two 8' garage doors...
 srv52761 Woodworking Power Tools 9 1,976 10-28-2022, 06:33 PM
  0 Thread: Handrail to basement
Post: RE: Handrail to basement
Probably.  But I sometimes have had issues with concrete crumbling both during installation and from vibration during use. Another option is to drill to fit and then use an expoxy made for anchorin...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 11 3,148 08-02-2022, 10:32 AM
  0 Thread: Heat and AC
Post: RE: Heat and AC
iublue Wrote: (07-26-2022, 06:48 AM) -- I live in north central Indiana.  I thought my location was in my profile but I see it isn't and I can not find a way to add it to my profile.  Sorry. The s...
 srv52761 Woodworking 13 3,105 07-26-2022, 08:46 AM
  0 Thread: Heat and AC
Post: RE: Heat and AC
iublue Wrote: (07-21-2022, 12:31 PM) -- It is getting close to the slab being poured for my new shop so I need to get my ducks in a row for heat and AC. Because of the cost of wood, I went with a me...
 srv52761 Woodworking 13 3,105 07-25-2022, 10:47 AM
  0 Thread: lights installed in ceiling before or after drywall?
Post: RE: lights installed in ceiling before or after dr...
mound Wrote: (06-20-2022, 09:28 AM) -- … Or, since there are plenty of options for recessed LED that don't need actual cans and can just clip into the drywall with a little box that will fits behind...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 17 8,851 06-29-2022, 11:00 PM
  0 Thread: Laminating Plywood for Bench Top
Post: RE: Laminating Plywood for Bench Top
What you want sounds a lot like what veteran radial arm saw users want from their tables.  Google Mr. Sawdust table for several videos.  The key to the glue up is to have a dead flat surface to work o...
 srv52761 Woodworking 14 3,276 06-18-2022, 02:39 PM
  0 Thread: Accidentally Cut Underground Wire
Post: RE: Accidentally Cut Underground Wire
lincmercguy Wrote: (05-27-2022, 10:33 PM) -- Yep, that UF splice is the way to go, and made for that application. The wire should be at least 18" deep, deeper in some areas (code dependent). -- Per ...
 srv52761 Home Improvement 8 2,545 05-28-2022, 09:45 AM
  0 Thread: Trouble Shooting an Electrical Circuit
Post: RE: Trouble Shooting an Electrical Circuit
Sorry, hit post instead of. Preview. A lot of things to check.  But the rain thingy makes me think to check connections and weatherproofness of the exterior stuff first.
 srv52761 Home Improvement 12 2,117 05-26-2022, 11:20 AM

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