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So from what I can gather there is "supposed to be" a difference between HVAC copper fittings and Plumbing copper fittings. I was talking to the "guy at home Depot" today, and he was like "Oh NO you can't use plumbing fittings on HVAC!! It will blow up, Satan will send the Grim Reaper and...

I have 4 pipe wrenches 2 "up north" and 2 "down south" and I have files coming out of my "Yin Yang" My wife and I went "garage sale'ing" the other day and lots of people are nuts on what they want for "used stuff". Like 100+ dollars for "never used" kitchen faucets that may have missing...

Ok fellas, my AC went out a few days ago. No big deal since it's fall here, but I do want to/will replace it soon. Since the system is ~24 years old, I want to replace the furnace too as a 'matched set". I have decided to take it on myself, but I have a few questions on furnaces. I...

So me and the grandson are prepping a burn barrel and there are some "sharp'ish edges" that I want to take care of. Well someone (On the Langmuir forum I think, but I can't remember who) said that these (new to me) disks are his "go to" disk now. Well I decided to try one, even though they are...

Well today I dedicated myself to learning how to take a HSS blank and turn it into a cutting tool.....I have done an OK'ish job so far, but I was dead set on "mastering it" today........ After about 6 hours I have decided to say.... I have hundreds of these blanks (well a lot of them) and I...

Yes well, today @Yooper posted a picture of a "crossslide" device that you use in conjuction with a dial indicator to make accuate cuts. Well I wanted to see if there was some way to "auto shut off" the cross slide" I could not see anyway to do that, but I saw this "silver knob' that I had not...

First off, I apologize to any Machinist, Weldor, or seasoned Fabricator. What you are about to see is simply “what I know” and I mean no disrespect and do not claim to be a “tradesmen”. (y) (y) 🍸 I’m just a guy that likes tools and metal working; I am in no position to “give advice”, just...

Although it’s not huge deal, I got my first ever “CNC Plasma cutter” project finished, from “soup to nuts”. I decided that the laptop stand I ordered with the machine needed an “upgrade” I am hopelessly addicted to using a mouse, so not having one when working was not going well. So...

I am going to try and get some Federal help through the ADA for my incurable "buy-a-tool-osis". Well a few weeks ago those bastards at Langmuir Systems decided to pull a dirty trick and had a "4 of July sale" and offered $700 bucks off their "Crossfire Pro CNC plasma system." I am only human...

Now listen....I am not preaching, nor will I argue if you think differently than I do about God, but He was watching over me the other day. So there I am watching my grandson, enjoying the day with him. I started teaching him what little I know of the "basics' of DC TIG welding and we have had...

Ok y'all, so there I am "trail blazin" again, and I find a "big gas" pile of dirt. It's about 10' tall and has some decent sized trees growing "in it" The only thing I can think of is that it is the "spoils" from when they dug the crawl space, 18'ish years ago. So I break out the On-X app to...

So there I am just minding my own business trying to get my tire fixed. I needed to get the forward starboard tire on the General Lee "fixed" the other day, so off to the dealer it is. Guy behind the counter says it will be a 'little while". So I say " I'll just look around".........Man I...

So there I am last week doing some "trail blazing" and although its pretty flat, I found an area that "dips" a "wee bit" Nothing like y'all PNW'ers got, but just like an area where I wanted to go and the front would dip down a little, making it "tougher" to work on, but not impossible. Well I...

So, there I am working on my daughters Jeep the other day as it needed rear wheel bearings. Obviously I have to take off the rear wheels and while I was putting them back on, it hits me. Now is the perfect time to make some "Wheel Keepers". BTW, a big 🖕to the person at...

First off I would like to thank everyone that chimed in with advice about clearing small saplings on another post. Everyone's advice was taken into account and after some careful consideration, I have decided to go with the Echo SRM-410U Brush cutter as @Flintknapper suggested. I was all set...

Well I decided to take advantage of some "free time" and make/try to modify that "mini- welding positioner". For the money, it seems like a decent tool to have around but the one thing that I dislike is the spindle that sticks up in the middle. If you take off the table and look at from the...

I was doing some work outside when a storm crept up on me. This seems like an apropriate time to straighten those stabilizer bars I bent. For those that don't recall. I got side tracked putting my BH77 on a few months ago. Well, when I returned, I forgot to take off those stabilizer bars for...

Well, I have this weird fascination with welding and metal working, and one of the things that kind of bothers me is my inability to get good looking welds on circular parts. Maybe more "torch time" is what I need, but the reality is that I just don't have the time. Therefore, I decided to...

So I almost never take General Jackson (the backhoe) off the General Lee. Its easy to do, however I have found that it is a very convenient way to ballast the machine and comes in quite handy on many occasions. (Best 10K I ever spent!) Anywhoo, I had to take it off to put the PHD on, and at...

So after some trial and error in the past, I decide that 6 inch swivel casters from Horror Freight are about the best thing going for implement storage and moving.....at least for my situation that is. The only thing I don't like about them is that they dont sell them with a "locking bar" , but...