Frank Pratt
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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...

Good catch on the fan Rob. I thought it seemed too cheap. Now that I think about it, just the termination cost to an explosion proof motor could...

Exhausting it outside in summer would be the answer to the heat. Even blocking the inlet entirely would not bring it down to 5HP. I bet getting the...

I doubt if that was the case there. Back then there was smoking inside, but strictly forbidden in the shop for obvious reasons. The thinking was that...

That's a great price. They are cheap enough that you could add a second if it doesn't provide enough airflow.

Nope, not at all.

Your approach is right on. If I ever build a lift, it will have these features.

Someone did a fine job of building those. And you did a fine job of saving the pics :)

You need to move those LED lights along with any associated wiring outside the box. The light can shine through the clear walls. It is not safe to...

Haha, 'cheap explosion proof' are mutually exclusive concepts. You can't use any kind of lighting that isn't approved the location, LED or not....