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  0 Thread: Made some router dust today.Oops!
Post: RE: Made some router dust today.Oops!

MstrCarpenter Wrote: (04-16-2024, 08:56 PM) -- Well it just so happens that I do have a Bridgeport milling machine! Think that'll run a 1" roundover bit?:) I've got a 12 x24 bay that's in the proces...
pprobus Woodworking Power Tools 8 484 04-17-2024, 06:32 AM
  0 Thread: Made some router dust today.Oops!
Post: RE: Made some router dust today.Oops!

Stwood_ Wrote: (04-15-2024, 10:21 PM) -- So you were cutting aluminum . Probably a diamond file will touch it back up. -- To the OP: If you're going to round over aluminum, a router's not the ri...
pprobus Woodworking Power Tools 8 484 04-16-2024, 06:17 AM
  0 Thread: Latest from Lee Valley
Post: RE: Latest from Lee Valley

Patsfan Wrote: (04-01-2024, 10:10 AM) -- Thankfully, they have solved the blade chatter issue. (https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/afd/veritas-classic-double-razor?dm_i=6EER,AEEF,12TENM,1HPQG,1) -- Wa...
pprobus Woodworking Hand Tools 8 795 04-01-2024, 12:25 PM
  0 Thread: OLED TVs
Post: RE: OLED TVs

Cabinet Monkey Wrote: (04-22-2023, 04:43 PM) -- burn in is a red herring for those that run around scared of everything in life. -- BS. I have an LG OLED and burn-in IS a problem. Mine is burned in b...
pprobus Home Improvement 11 1,654 04-24-2023, 07:04 AM
  0 Thread: Which benchtop router table?
Post: RE: Which benchtop router table?

pgmrdan Wrote: (01-04-2023, 08:45 AM) -- Which benchtop router tables do you recommend? -- I bought the Bosch RA1171 many years ago and would recommend it for a store bought, benchtop RT.
pprobus Woodworking Power Tools 10 2,579 01-05-2023, 07:28 AM
  0 Thread: Replacing Electrical Panel
Post: RE: Replacing Electrical Panel

Snipe Hunter Wrote: (10-13-2022, 08:25 PM) -- They turn off the main breaker and gut the panel. Leave the old main breaker in place. The buses are removed. They're connected to the main breaker with ...
pprobus Home Improvement 24 3,555 10-14-2022, 06:30 AM
  0 Thread: Replacing Electrical Panel
Post: RE: Replacing Electrical Panel

Snipe Hunter Wrote: (10-12-2022, 02:37 PM) -- $1000 isn't a heavy up. It's just a taking out the old panel and installing a new one. A common solution is to leave the old one there and gut it. Set a ...
pprobus Home Improvement 24 3,555 10-13-2022, 07:03 AM
  0 Thread: Replacing Electrical Panel
Post: RE: Replacing Electrical Panel

lincmercguy Wrote: (10-12-2022, 12:43 AM) -- "Although I have never seen an electrician do it for $1000 unless it was someone that knew someone or family" I saw it once. New mast, meter housing, p...
pprobus Home Improvement 24 3,555 10-13-2022, 06:42 AM
  0 Thread: Dryer repair
Post: RE: Dryer repair

msweig Wrote: (06-27-2022, 09:51 AM) -- I've seen that video.  From what I can tell it appears the ones with the controls on the front are easier to open up than the ones with the control panel on th...
pprobus Home Improvement 13 1,936 06-27-2022, 12:17 PM
  0 Thread: Dewalt DW 9094 14.4 Volt Battery info
Post: RE: Dewalt DW 9094 14.4 Volt Battery info

JDuke Wrote: (02-10-2022, 08:42 AM) -- I really liked the dewalt 14.4 stuff as well.  The power to weight ratio was great.  I passed all of it on to my brother in law when I transitioned to 20v, and...
pprobus Woodworking Power Tools 6 1,475 02-10-2022, 11:48 AM
  0 Thread: Dewalt DW 9094 14.4 Volt Battery info
Post: RE: Dewalt DW 9094 14.4 Volt Battery info

Jack01 Wrote: (02-07-2022, 09:02 PM) -- Today I picked up a old Dewalt right angle drill which has DW 9094 14.4 Volt Battery that need to be replaced. I could not find any information on this batter...
pprobus Woodworking Power Tools 6 1,475 02-10-2022, 07:26 AM
  0 Thread: Fractional digital caliper question
Post: RE: Fractional digital caliper question

Bob Lang Wrote: (12-23-2021, 04:24 PM) -- Digital isn't always better. With an analog dial caliper you know if you're close by the position of the needle in relation to the marks on the dial. 1/64" =...
pprobus Woodworking Hand Tools 14 3,401 12-29-2021, 07:35 AM
  0 Thread: Fractional digital caliper question
Post: RE: Fractional digital caliper question

Pirate Wrote: (12-16-2021, 10:45 PM) -- When I read my fractional, dial caliper, graduated in1/64 of an inch, it might read 1/64 and a little bit, like 2/3 the way to 2/64. I call it 1/64 and 2/3 Ho...
pprobus Woodworking Hand Tools 14 3,401 12-17-2021, 07:29 AM
  0 Thread: First Alert detectors
Post: RE: First Alert detectors

Maddog Wrote: (11-03-2021, 05:55 PM) -- We have 2  first alert combo smoke /co2 detectors. These are the kind that have a theoretical 10 year battery Put them in about 5 years ago although since we ...
pprobus Home Improvement 7 1,497 11-05-2021, 12:17 PM
  0 Thread: derusting rasps, taps and dies
Post: RE: derusting rasps, taps and dies

Evaporust, like many of the others have said.  There's a quicker equivalent, that I believe is also cheaper, Youtube channel "Project Farm" found when testing de-rusting agents. Not trying to shill fo...
pprobus Woodworking Hand Tools 7 2,158 11-02-2021, 06:55 AM
  0 Thread: Air Conditioner condenser in garage
Post: RE: Air Conditioner condenser in garage

As an HVAC Engineer, I must agree with everyone else. If you only had a carport and had no plans to enclose it, the original plan would be OK. Unless you plan to leave the garage door open 24/7 during...
pprobus Home Improvement 12 3,222 08-16-2021, 06:42 AM
  0 Thread: Will Coca-Cola remove rust
Post: RE: Will Coca-Cola remove rust

Timberwolf Wrote: (07-18-2021, 10:37 PM) -- Let's find out...If it works, it's a lot cheaper than Evaporust. :winkgrin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHlYnRZgKes -- I did not watch this video...
pprobus Woodworking Hand Tools 12 3,673 07-19-2021, 06:25 AM
  0 Thread: Garden hoses
Post: RE: Garden hoses

WxMan Wrote: (07-13-2021, 08:16 AM) -- Well, I'm subscribed to Proj Farm, and this is a new one.  Was traveling and then doing other things.  Guess I'll watch it when I'm in for lunch today.   My ...
pprobus Home Improvement 22 5,190 07-14-2021, 06:28 AM
  0 Thread: Looking at battery powered chain saws
Post: RE: Looking at battery powered chain saws

shoottmx Wrote: (03-28-2021, 06:45 PM) -- I'd like to get a chain saw so I can take advantage of the free turning wood that appears around here with most wind storms. It would be for processing turni...
pprobus Woodturning 11 4,334 03-29-2021, 06:33 AM
  0 Thread: Electric chainsaw ?
Post: RE: Electric chainsaw ?

megrilla Wrote: (02-25-2021, 10:26 PM) -- Hi, I looking to buy a chainsaw for my home yard tasks, is there anyone who have experienced working with an electric chainsaw? -- Check out Project Farm o...
pprobus Woodworking Power Tools 13 3,041 02-26-2021, 07:20 AM

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