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c355n4 posted:I picture a tent with a propane stove in your dirt floor mud room. How far off is this? No tent that I remember, but other than that, pretty accurate.
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More multitool chat: Buy Bosch Carbide blades... expensive ($10 each on Amazon in a 2-pack), but hard to kill. Stu over at Toolguyd did an incredibly in-depth review with some custom setups and found the following:"ToolGuyd" posted:Bosch: N/A. The blade discussed here successfully cut through 20 nails with no signs of failure. None of the tested Bosch blades showed any signs of failure after 20 cuts. http://toolguyd.com/oscillating-tool-metal-blade-best-durability/ <-seventh page with durability And yes, he was sponsored by Bosch, but the results are eye-opening. The only thing that I've found will kill the carbide is plaster. I use a worn-out dull blade on it, and it works fine. I've also work out a Dremel MultiMax, and now use a HF model. It's amazing.
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I love using a RAS. It does so many tasks, and doesn't demand to be in the middle of the shop like a table saw. That said, mine hasn't been used in several years, and my wife's Christmas present to me was a rigid table saw on a portable stand. Mine to her was a 10" sliding compound miter saw and stand. We're practical people.
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Cakefool posted:You definitely lose any small change or marbles you happened to drop in there But gain the ease of installing a floor drain!
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Also not great quality, but this one: One of those in slightly higher res: 
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Mar 22, 2016 04:03
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Have you checked out the Grundfos Alpha pumps? We just put in two of them, and they're pretty neat.
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Antique keys, you say? My father was a bit of a key nut. The big one is supposedly from the Catholic church he was forced to go to as a kid.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:47
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Amusingly, there's a similar window at my local Home Depot, $1000 down from $3200. It's green outside, natural wood inside. And odd sized.
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It looks like the kitchen is going to be heavier, with all that new wood.  Keep up the good work. I'd suggest CAD for the triangles. Cardboard templates work wonders.
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Apr 24, 2017 01:04
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A gas dryer? I've found them to be worse than electric, because the gas creates water when it burns. We've got a gas boiler, gas cooktop, electric wall oven, and electric dryer. It might be cheaper in energy costs to go with gas for the dryer, but we had one previously and it took longer than the electric, as didn't seem to get things as "dry", if you know what I mean.
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May 13, 2017 15:14
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IOwnCalculus posted:For those of us who don't have crawl spaces or basements or cast iron plumbing, what's not to code about that? The Fernco fittings (rubber with 2 hose clamps) aren't up to code.
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Jul 13, 2017 11:56
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I'm just happy that 99% of my house is blueboard and plaster. SO much stronger than drywall (I mean, it's basically concrete on the walls), and just as easily patched if you know what you're doing. And no sanding. It isn't hard to learn to do small stuff, but I leave big stuff to the professionals.
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Feb 17, 2018 01:39
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Blueboard is high quality drywall panels, just with a special coating on the paper to hold plaster. Skim coat plaster is awesome stuff. It totally bonds to the paper and hardens to be way harder than drywall compound, as it's not designed to ever be sanded. Drywall compound dries soft, so it can be sanded. Plus, unless you do a full skim-coat of compound on drywall, the outer surface is literally paper that you paint. Scuff the wall with a cardboard box in drywall? It'll mar the compound or tear the paper. Scuff a box on a plaster wall, it might scuff the paint, but won't touch the plaster at all. It's similar price to have it done, even though blueboard is more money than drywall, and plaster is more than joint compound. However, the labor is far less time-intensive. It requires a high level of skill, but a good plaster guy can work as fast as a drywall guy, without the need for drying time and multiple coats. And no sanding, so way less mess.
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kastein posted:Structurally sound: probably... 70-80%. Wear a mask when working with Ipe. I've built docks with it, and it's a total pain in the rear end. Carbide blades, and a box of drill bits... However, it's wicked hard and durable.
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Nov 7, 2018 15:09
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Slow is Fast posted:ken actually had rear XJ quarter glass up against the house to keep animals out so structural XJ parts isn't too far of a departure. And several XJs in the yard to house the animals.
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Between heaven and hell.
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Oct 29, 2019 13:59
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Darchangel posted:The GRK screws are the poo poo. The ones I used to build my shelves and workbench are amazing. They are self-drilling, have a second set of threads near the top to act like a ring-shank nail, *and* have serrations on the bottom of the head to not only help it to countersink, but also resist unscrewing. I don't think I split a single board using these things, thanks to the really effective self-drilling tip. I feel the same about Spax.
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Jan 7, 2020 15:21
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Plastik posted:And Bob Vila hasn't actually done work on a home in one of his shows since the 90s. I don't know that I'd trust either of them. Maybe Adam Savage or Nick Offerman?  Adam Savage is a genius mad scientist, but hardly on my list for someone I'd want doing permanent work. Temporary Halloween decorations or little shop fixtures/organization? Perfect. Building a set of stairs, Hell no.
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May 3, 2020 16:54
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Crunchy Black posted:As someone pointed out upthread, you're an engineer...you're taking this purchase and have an understanding of the gravity of it WAYYYYY more than the average person. this is totally true. Most home buyers are easily influenced by smells, fresh flowers, and clean, nicely arranged furniture. Higher end places often rent furniture for showings. Agents often bake cookies to make the house smell nice. And that poo poo works.
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Aug 31, 2020 13:38
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kastein posted:pay 4 figures a month in shop rent. Tell me about it. Thankfully, I'm making money with mine, but it's still rough writing that check every month. Plus gas, electric, internet, security, etc... It's too bad you're moving away, but WA is awesome. I've got some friends it that way that grow a lot of their own food, raise bees, cut their own timber, etc.
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Sep 22, 2020 05:27
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Yeah, I love chunky square baseboard. I think it's a timeless look and it's easy to clean, too.
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Oct 24, 2020 13:50
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Go full on wacko and go copper! Or cedar. House looks amazing, such a change from the last time I was over.
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Dec 2, 2020 13:05
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kastein posted:Yeah a lot of people get confused by that, even if they visit. In the summer we're surrounded by trees and you can really only see a few houses in that direction, the other 3 sides it's just trees. Then fall comes and you realize you can see half the town from here. Aka half of New Bedford and Fall River (and Springfield, Worcester, etc). They are awful places to live.
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Dec 18, 2020 18:41
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Wow man, that looks awesome. It reminds me of a friend's parents' place in WV. The railings really make the look.
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Jan 10, 2021 13:35
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tomapot posted:“Honey, why is the siding popping off?” My carpenter was at my house yesterday replacing some trim and said he's doing a reno of a recently flipped raised ranch. There's vertical ship lap siding installed and the new owners want it changed. He said each 9' tall piece literally held on with 6x 3 penny 1 and a quarter inch box nails. He can grab the bottom of each board, stick the cats paw under it, pop the bottom 2 nails, and then peel the entire board off the house with one hand. Jesus gently caress people do poor quality work.
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Jan 10, 2021 18:29
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Looking good man. Hopefully the current housing bubble lasts long enough for you to get top dollar. Prices are crazy right now.
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Jaguars! posted:Yeah, I'm not sure it's wise to reject the most common form of guttering out of hand just because of one bad setup, though I don't know how well they cope in snowy climates. New England is still mostly aluminum for a reason.
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Mar 27, 2021 14:37
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kastein posted:I'm putting down a bunch of 16x16 patio pavers for the laundry machines. Pump truck, done. Wheelbarrows are for suckers.
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Apr 22, 2021 14:11
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kastein posted:I mean, you've been to my place. It's a looooong way from the nearest place to park a concrete truck to the basement door, can a pump truck actually move it that far? I guess it's still downhill. Yup. They can pump hundreds of feet, and downhill makes it easier. Hell, they could probably do it with a regular truck and a long chute. A buddy works for a concrete pumping company. It's amazing what they can do.
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I'm amazed you didn't cut the stud and box in a support to center the vent.
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kastein posted:Ceiling in the bathroom is primed and painted I laid 12x24 as my first time job earlier this year. A leveling system is super helpful. Ours came out... Ok. I leveled the floor before I put down the ditra heat, but that hosed up the level enough to cause issues for the tile. I could do a much better job if I did it again. I'm sure you know, but dry-lay and label everything ahead of time.
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Ken: want to know a special kind of grout hell? Try using roughened tile and learning halfway through that it's tearing the float apart, leaving little blue! eraser-style rubbings in the loving grout. I spent hours picking them out of the grout lines, smoothing them out, and then hating the shrinkage. And this was using dry grout, mixed correctly.
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rdb posted:I sink lots of ground rods for electric fence. I generally try to do one every 150’ just to keep it hot and I have over 10000’ on this property. Your rotary hammer is too small. The full on electric jackhammer you rent plus the driver gets them better but its a bitch to hold 8’ up. The harbor freight sds max demo hammer is a decent compromise. Geologically I mostly hit sandstone and I think you would be fine if its that or light shale but I am really unfamiliar with western mass. Glad you got it done though because that job sucks. The first three I drove at my old house I tried by hand with a tpost driver and a 20lb sledge and wound up so bruised I had to palm the steering wheel to get to work for the next week. Could be granite. Or maybe a metamorphic rock. Down here on the Cape, if you find a rock among the sand, it's almost always granite. Literal pieces of New Hampshire.
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kastein posted:I'm very likely to profit at least 150k on it too. What's your profit per hour of labor? don't do the calculations Looks great as always. I remember how bad it was the first time I came out there. It's seriously impressive how far you've dragged that house.
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Liquid Communism posted:I'm working to channel that self-destructive impulse into something in the way of a beater car instead. At least I don't have to try to live in it! Buy a boat instead. Then live on it.
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daslog posted:It took me literally years to understand this. Actually, I still don't quite get the why, but that doesn't matter. It's amazing to watch. You'd get it if you ever met Ken IRL.
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daslog posted:I have! You probably don't remember when ChrisGT drove his Subaru into the woods... Oh, I remember. I think I made it to every one of those meetups. I just forgot that you were there. Also, don't pee on the bricks.
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