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hey guys, my boy has been watching a little bit too much "forged in fire" so tomorrow im picking him up a basic propane forge he will be going in pretty much blind and with barely any tools, so what should be the first thing he needs?

so i picked me up a little log splitter a while ago right now it has a 5.5 horse honda GX150 on it i am pretty sure i have a 110volt hot tub motor kicking around it looks like the GX simply has a flexible spine coupler on the output shaft, which runs a pump which provides the pressure i...

i dont suppose we got too many amish on board, do we? before i get too far into this, let me be totally transparant, if this plan ever comes to fruition it may very well not be for several years now, having said that, here is my thought...id like to build a cabin we have family come over...

hey guys, i am working on a deal for a rear plow for my plow truck im sure i can figure the mechanical part out (stay tuned for pictures) but at this point my main concern is the electrical its a full sized truck and i intend to run the pump in the back, with no separate battery (the truck...

so i picked up a cheap used 12 inch craftsman drill press the other day, and it turns out, it has some run out according to the manual, this means i need new spindle bearings is this a simple task and worth the effort or should i just pitch it? (the model number is 137-219120 )

Hey guys, I just picked up a craftsman drill press for cheap It runs BUT it doesn't have a chuck key Is there a way to figure out which one would fit?

so i picked up a log splitter today got a good deal on it BUT the cylinder was apart because "it leaked" i cant decide if i should try to find a reseal kit for the cylinder or just bit the bullet and slap a new one on there im also somewhat thinking i may want to switch out the 6.5 horse...

so, look at this a little U profile, 6 inches long 3/4 in between the legs, and 3/4 inch long legs...maybe a whole inch in the center is a hole, through both legs, and a speed nut, nutzert whatever you call it on there this will slide over an the edge of the drywall and allow you to install a...

How guys I took the cover of the boat today and found it was full of water Long story short, I think it would be wise to put up a car port to keep it under during the winter I'm thinking of going with a place like www.directmetalbuildings.com Now, this is where it gets tricky i park the...

hey guys the jack on my boat trailer is on its way out i noticed 3 or 4 teeth are missing out of one of the gears is this something i can weld up and recut with a cutting wheel, or will a weld not hold up to the strain ? (the jack is a shelby model 5756 and i cant find a rebuild kit for it)

i got this black and decker cordless drill, and the little screw that sits in the bottom of the chuck is missing now, the drill wont turn, its just slipping and grinding of course i cant find a part number for the screw, and black and decker has zero customer service my question is, is...

hey guys come Monday, i will be building a little frame that goes under a lazy boy my mother in law lives with us, and I've noticed she's got a hard time getting up out of her chair so the idea is to build a frame that sits under the chair, with a horizontal har going up with a handle on...

hey guys i think my cheap chainsaw died on me not too big a deal, it was a cheapie anyway and i dont use it all that much i need to replace it, but i dont wont to break the bank and im not a lumberjack (but im allright) i sit on 2.5 acress and most of the down trees are on the edges, so it...

hey guys I put in a lean too a while ago and I want to run out some electrical (im pretty impressed with myself, I already added a new circuit to the panel, and installed an outlet, all up to code) now, I want to branch off of that outlet to put a gangbox in the ceiling to later plug some...

Hey guys A while ago I bought a "blackstone" 36 inch griddle Great cooking top, but the grease trap is junk It has a small trough on the front, but especially when cleaning it, stuff just runs over and out, over the knobs, down the stainless steel front, through my flip flops and onto my...

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I have an old shop vac I use to drain rain water out of the paddle boats It works great BUT only has a 5 gallon capacity This is probably a dumb idea, but could I put an outlet on the bottom of the can to let the water drain out as soon as it gets sucked up, or would that kill the vacuum...

hey guys, i got a 8X8 shed that me and the kids camps out in occasionally i have electric in it but im thinking of getting a little wood burning stove for it...mostly for ambiance and feel of it the one im looking at is 26 inches tall, 20 wide and 22 deep im not worried about the size of...

hey guys i got a nice big fire pit outside, and i picked up a few grates for a last year i got both of the grates butted up against each other, which creates a high spot in the center so thought it would work better if there wasnt a high spot, so i thought i might cut the backs of both of...

hey guys ive been dealing with two bolts which keep loosening up after a few heat cycles (they are the bolts that hold the thermostat housing on my 351 in place) the intake is a cast aluminum eddie, and the water neck is also aluminum but the bolts are who knows what, whatever i had laying...

hey guys im looking to buy my first welder here is the thing, i know how to weld but i never owned one before i think there is a welder plug in the downstairs garage, but honestly, all the places where i expect to be welding only have 110 at this moment there are 3 or 4 little projects...

im getting somewhere with my lean too, and one of the things i want to do is put a rope and pulley system on the rafters so i can take the top off my bronco by myself (like the old block and tackle systems you would see on sailboats) so, my main idea is to put 4 pulleys in the rafters (one on...

hey guys, heres a question for the builders among you my daughter had a bedroom with vaulted ceilings and a build in closet that protrudes into the room the top of this closet is 8 foot, 2 inches high, 2 foot deep and 8 and a half foot wide ive been toying with the idea of building a loft up...

i bought a new house and it comes with a garbage disposal build into the sink now, it is wired up as follow, there is a thick electrical cord going into a junction box under the sink from there, there is a normal size cord (im guessing 16 gauge 3 strand, whatever is generally used inside...

i mean, why not? im getting settled into my new home and there is what looks like a drainage ditch on the side of the house, that empties into the pond because of the snow melting and what not, it creates for a very soggy bedding i would like to build a 8 foot bridge across this drainage...

pretty excited here me and the missus bought a new home, that sits on a little ground with enough room to put a pole barn up she is excited to get my junk out of the garage and be able to use the garage as an entrance into the house, im excited to get a pole barn BUT...i never had to...

me and the wife are looking at buying a new home the one we have now has a driveway maybe 60 foot long, with a little turn around, it takes me almost an hour to clean with the old dual stage snow thrower the home were looking at has a driveway thats 250 foot long and it would take me forever...

hey guys, as some of you might remember, me and my kids build a small garden shed a while ago I installed windows in it for daytime light but since the kids like "camping" in there I thought it might be nice to install some form of light in there it sits too far back from the house to run...

figured this would be the place to ask I have a dirtbike I picked up for cheap and today I noticed the whole bottom of the cases was coated in J B weld don't know how long it has been on there but ive had the bike for over a year and it must have been there before I ever got my hands on it...