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Thread: How To Place Outlets In Fireplace Built-ins?
Post: Re: How To Place Outlets In Fireplace Built-ins?
There is probably and easier way, but what I have done years ago while installing wall paneling is:[br]1) temporarily remove the receptacles.[br]2) install a box extender.[br]3) tape carbon paper, ca... |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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06-22-2016, 09:05 AM |
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Thread: How can I pull a push mower up a steep hill?
Post: Re: How can I pull a push mower up a steep hill?
I went to college on a hilly campus in upstate New York in the late 1960s. I can remember watching the groundskeepers mowing the slopes. They had older reel push type mowers. They looked heavier tha... |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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06-20-2016, 09:24 AM |
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Thread: Drawer Front Install Help
Post: Re: Drawer Front Install Help
I haven't done this but.....align with spacers, while drawers are closed and in place, and use double stick tape to maintain position until fronts are fastened ? |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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06-09-2016, 09:00 AM |
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Thread: Thoughts from RAS rippers
Post: Re: Thoughts from RAS rippers
My scariest kickback ever happened while ripping a thick board on a RAS, back in the day when it was my only stationary power tool. ( maybe 40 years ago ). There is still a mark on the back wall of t... |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking Power Tools
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05-26-2016, 09:20 AM |
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Thread: workbench top
Post: Re: workbench top
40 years ago, when I moved into this house, the first order of business was to build a workbench. I agree with the fellow who said that mass is your friend. My workbench top is premium two by four... |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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05-25-2016, 07:58 AM |
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Thread: Glass or no Glass? - need help deciding
Post: Re: Glass or no Glass? - need help deciding
I would think that Fort Collins is a fairly dusty environment and that might be factor. Why not try one with a non glare glass for a while, and see how you like it?[br]Bob |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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04-26-2016, 08:44 AM |
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Thread: Can/how to Refurbish Beatup old woodworking bench top
Post: Re: Can/how to Refurbish Beatup old woodworking be...
+ 1 for the masonite. 40 years ago when I moved into this house I built my bench out of sandwiched 2 by 4's on edge. ( back then you could get a straight 2 by 4 ). Put masonite on top, and every te... |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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04-21-2016, 08:10 AM |
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Thread: I Love This - Redneck Smoker
Post: Re: I Love This - Redneck Smoker
Wait !!! Is that a satellite dish on the top ??? /ssl_proxy.php?url=/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yellowlaugh.gif |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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04-15-2016, 08:15 AM |
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Thread: Pressure washer problems
Post: Re: Pressure washer problems
Joe, I had that problem with mine a few years ago. On the advice of a fellow that repairs them, I started using those little pressurized cans of pump anti freeze/lubricant when I plan to store it f... |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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04-11-2016, 08:19 AM |
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Thread: Electric panel feed from meter (hope this is succinct enough)
Post: Re: Electric panel feed from meter (hope this is s...
I have no problem with the "supply side tap" as a mechanical means of establishing the second service from the meter. If it were mine, I would still install a fuse disconnect/circuit breaker as clos... |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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01-09-2016, 09:35 AM |
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Thread: Electric panel feed from meter (hope this is succinct enough)
Post: Re: Electric panel feed from meter (hope this is s...
Fred, electrically it's OK. But most residential meter bases will only accommodate one set of cables going in and one going out. But to physically make the connection, you will probably have to in... |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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01-06-2016, 10:45 AM |
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Thread: Electric panel feed from meter (hope this is succinct enough)
Post: Re: Electric panel feed from meter (hope this is s...
Fred, in my opinion, if the panel for the garage/shop is more than a few feet ( 5 ?, I don't have a code book here ) from the meter you should install a breaker/fuse disconnect switch near the mete... |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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01-05-2016, 10:01 AM |
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Thread: What is this? A clamp?
Post: Re: What is this? A clamp?
As an old engineer, who went to college before pocket calculators were invented, I used to enjoy taking a slide rule into work, and asking a young engineer what it was. They never understood the r... |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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12-12-2015, 09:54 AM |
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Thread: What is this? A clamp?
Post: Re: What is this? A clamp?
It is gear puller. Also useful for pulling pulleys. ( a pulley puller ). The hooks hold the outside of the gear or pulley that is on shaft, and when you turn the screw against the end of the shaft... |
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BobbtheEE |
Woodworking
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12-11-2015, 06:04 PM |
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Thread: Changing electric panel????
Post: Re: Changing electric panel????
Wiring to difficult to access locations ( center of the ceiling ) can be accomplished with surface wiring products ( i.e. wiremold ) They are not the most attractive things in the world, but when pai... |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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11-19-2015, 08:52 AM |
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Thread: There's a critter in my house...
Post: Re: There's a critter in my house...
Could be a bat ? Home to roost during daylight hours.[br]Bob |
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BobbtheEE |
Home Improvement
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08-27-2015, 08:22 AM |