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  0 Thread: What kind of wood?
Post: RE: What kind of wood?
OneStaple Wrote: (06-07-2025, 04:57 PM) -- A picture of cleanly cut end grain would likely be helpful. Tyler -- yep...that's the definitive way to tell the difference.  Oak will have very prono...
 JosephP Woodworking 10 594 06-07-2025, 06:06 PM
  0 Thread: Maybe. Just maybe. Do it now.
Post: RE: Maybe. Just maybe. Do it now.
Oh, we're doing dryer vent stories? OK....so, our vent is longer than ideal (about 35').  Not really a great alternative, so that's what it is.  Not long after we moved in, I replaced the white flex p...
 JosephP Home Improvement 5 746 05-19-2025, 10:52 PM
  0 Thread: roof cleaning
Post: RE: roof cleaning
fredhargis Wrote: (05-18-2025, 05:16 AM) -- ...What I'm not sure of is when you would apply it to a metal roof, it has to sit for a little while and the metal roof may get warm enough to evaporate it...
 JosephP Home Improvement 8 969 05-18-2025, 01:53 PM
  0 Thread: roof cleaning
Post: RE: roof cleaning
I would try this: https://bioadvanced.com/2-in-1-moss-and-algae-killer-and-cleaner.html?typesimple&&bvstate=pg:2/ct:r It works great on vinyl siding. (I just saw the page says "apply every 2 ...
 JosephP Home Improvement 8 969 05-17-2025, 09:25 PM
  0 Thread: Wood Chipper recommendations
Post: RE: Wood Chipper recommendations
crokett™ Wrote: (04-21-2025, 08:13 PM) -- FWIW my dad has a 6" woodchipper that is powered off the PTO of his tractor.  My experience using that one is that 5" is the max  practical size.  As I said,...
 JosephP Home Improvement 9 1,269 04-21-2025, 08:17 PM
  0 Thread: Wood Chipper recommendations
Post: RE: Wood Chipper recommendations
I assume the 6" is something like a Vermeer BC700XL or a Bandit 65XP? Comparing those to a 4" grinder is kinda like asking if you should rip lumber with a Skil Saw and cabinet saw...sure they both ...
 JosephP Home Improvement 9 1,269 04-21-2025, 07:27 PM
  0 Thread: How do you like your Dewalt 735
Post: RE: How do you like your Dewalt 735
It's great. Best I can tell the benchmark for bench top planers.
 JosephP Woodworking 7 953 04-11-2025, 09:00 PM
  0 Thread: Framing around garage door
Post: RE: Framing around garage door
MstrCarpenter Wrote: (03-30-2025, 10:22 PM) -- ...If it's mounted to the ceiling securely enough, you could hang your car from them. -- Nest idea yet.  Then lumber is easier to access at floor leve...
 JosephP Home Improvement 10 2,179 03-31-2025, 06:59 AM
  0 Thread: Framing around garage door
Post: RE: Framing around garage door
OneStaple Wrote: (03-30-2025, 03:17 PM) -- That last picture is the upper left corner of the garage door opening. I'm the first picture, that spot is hidden by the upper left corner of the garage doo...
 JosephP Home Improvement 10 2,179 03-30-2025, 08:44 PM
  0 Thread: Framing around garage door
Post: RE: Framing around garage door
Where was that last picture taken? Can you hang the lumber rack from the ceiling?
 JosephP Home Improvement 10 2,179 03-30-2025, 02:44 PM
  0 Thread: Wood for Shutters
Post: RE: Wood for Shutters
jteneyck Wrote: (03-25-2025, 09:39 AM) -- Tulip poplar is in the least rot resistant category.  If it lasts for decades as barn siding, then something is amiss with the chart.  White pine is shown as...
 JosephP Woodworking 25 2,902 03-25-2025, 10:26 AM
  0 Thread: Wood for Shutters
Post: RE: Wood for Shutters
Old growth cypress is significantly more rot resistant than faster grown wood. Here is a chart from the USDA Wood as an Engineering Material: Aside from that, Tulip-poplar takes paint really w...
 JosephP Woodworking 25 2,902 03-25-2025, 07:03 AM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table
Danny in Houston Wrote: (02-16-2025, 08:46 PM) -- In Texas use pecan, it's nearly the same as hickory but typically much more beautiful.   Readily available is all dimensions in Texas. -- I'd sugge...
 JosephP Woodworking 17 3,024 02-17-2025, 02:01 PM
  0 Thread: Hickory Trestle Table
Post: RE: Hickory Trestle Table
I think like Gary said, you are looking for an uncommon product. If you find mills supplying pallet facilities or the places that make crane mats, you might have success finding larger pieces...but t...
 JosephP Woodworking 17 3,024 01-13-2025, 04:26 PM
  0 Thread: Typical dryer air requirement-can I “size down”?
Post: RE: Typical dryer air requirement-can I “size down...
bsheffer Wrote: (01-04-2025, 05:53 PM) -- For a bunch of reasons, I need to connect my electric dryer to a fresh air input source. The dryer has the typical 4 inch exhaust coming from the dryer but I...
 JosephP Home Improvement 6 1,425 01-04-2025, 08:01 PM
  0 Thread: Silicone mat for protecting table saw top.
Post: RE: Silicone mat for protecting table saw top.
ajkoontz Wrote: (11-20-2024, 12:23 PM) -- Good tip. I have one of the magnetic covers for my Unisaw but they are stupid expensive for what they are. -- Didn't know there was such a thing...but if y...
 JosephP Woodworking 8 2,160 11-20-2024, 03:25 PM
  0 Thread: Silicone mat for protecting table saw top.
Post: RE: Silicone mat for protecting table saw top.
merced Wrote: (11-20-2024, 07:45 AM) -- I got one sold as a "craft mat" on Amazon, though don't know that they market one as big as a tablesaw top for that use. -- The craft mat made me think maybe...
 JosephP Woodworking 8 2,160 11-20-2024, 03:20 PM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
I'll edit my wording... I didn't know it has that much "flexural strength". I'm not going to argue one way or another...I just looked at the links Doug posted from the manufacturer - who I assume had...
 JosephP Home Improvement 36 7,069 11-03-2024, 10:04 PM
  0 Thread: 3 wire dehumidifier fan wiring ?
Post: RE: 3 wire dehumidifier fan wiring ?
Two speeds? Speed A is red hot, Speed B is yellow hot? It i cannot imagine red and yellow would both have continuity of so... would they?
 JosephP Home Improvement 6 1,744 11-03-2024, 08:00 PM
  0 Thread: Hardwood options in large master bath
Post: RE: Hardwood options in large master bath
Tapper Wrote: (11-02-2024, 01:04 PM) -- .... Having said that, rest assured I'm all for getting what you want. If you and your wife prefer hardwood flooring in your master bath, I say "go for it." M...
 JosephP Home Improvement 36 7,069 11-02-2024, 04:51 PM

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