Frank Pratt
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I've had the remote for my DC clipped to my shop apron for 5 years and it's never gotten lost, has always worked, and is still on its first battery....

Actually Jim, on maple at least, it does make a difference. I did some side by side trials on a maple project I did several years ago. Upon initial...

Everything about it is very nice; design, grain selection, finish. Well done.

Same here. After a few years the floor reaches a steady state of stains & paint splatters & never seems to get any worse. It is never slippery and...

I've used 15 year old Klingspor belts and never had one break. My current stock of belts are anywhere from about 8 - 15 years old and I've never had...

The spiral is much stiffer for a given gauge. I could have easily used 30 gauge without danger of collapse, but nobody carries it.

I used 26 ga spiral, 8", 6" and 4". It's very sturdy. They make it with the bumps on the seams on the inside or the outside. You want the stuff with...

It's a whole other matter in a commercial building where the cables have corroded. It almost always involves excavating the cables at 1 or more...

If you do drill into a post tension cable and break it, you'll know right away. Post tension slabs just aren't used anymore in these parts because...

By the time you line the return air with 1" acoustic duct liner (definitely want to do that) you will not have a lot of cross sectional area. With...

Will your sanitary sewer (there's an oxymoron) not handle the back flush? 100 gallons isn't that much.

I've heard a lot of really good things about Harvey machinery lately. I wish they had them in stores so a person could actually lay hands on them....

I built a 'sound proof' closet for my compressor and 5 HP dust collector along with some shelves for storage. It has a cyclone and a HEPA filter. No...

It doesn't hurt, but it's not needed. Pros never do it.

Some more comments I'll add.

Right you are! That surprised me. It also surprised me how much more expensive they are now than when I bought.

Lots of good advice here. I'll just add a few comments.

Most who have a 1.75 HP will tell you it's plenty. I've had a 1.75 HP (Jet) and a 3 HP. You can get by with the smaller motor, but the bigger one is...

My Honda has such crappy GPS that I never use it. The voice directions come through on the car sound system fine when using the phone GPS though.

I agree. Use the area near the ceiling for horizontal runs & just drop straight down to outlets. It makes changes easier and the pipe doesn't get in...

Yikes! Hard to believe someone would do that.

You should check code on that. Here, you cannot run non-metallic cable on a metal surface without providing insulated spacers. And cutting the backs...

No, the conduit can serve as ground, but that's a practice that is often frowned upon by engineers (for good reason). If you do run a ground wire, it...

EMT hands down looks best for surface work. But you have to take some time to learn how to do the bending. Elbows are easy. It's the offsets, kicks...

Sorry, the stain's at home and I'm not. It is a fairly heavily pigmented stain that, depending on how much it's rubbed back, can give it a very white...

It may be the way the photo shows, but I'm convinced that there is more than just a water white clear finish on it. Even a colorless finish warms the...

Sorry, I can't help with that. But you should give Paypal a shout in case there is a deadline for taking action on it.

I'm making a free standing cabinet for our kitchen from rift sawn white oak veneer plywood and am going to be applying a very similar finish. The...

That's exactly why I got a digital readout for my table saw. So much less eye strain.

Laser distance meters are not really suitable for woodshop use. Even the most accurate ones have the same error weather measuring short or long...