In the olden days, Ford's parts catalog listed individual plates for their batteries. I guess it was normal for the local mechanic to unseal and remove the top of the battery case and replace failed
A rubber hose will lie flat on your garage floor. A plastic hose will continue to be slinky-shaped- it will snag on everything as you pull it around, and you will constantly trip over the coils. I ha
I have a DeWalt 10" compound miter saw (from HF). I got it maybe 7 years ago and it has given me total satisfaction. It is well-made and sturdy. I have it mounted on a Ridgid "Saw Utility Vehicle", w
Only one circuit for outlets in the garage? There should definitely be at least two. It is not a problem if the total amperage of all the circuit breakers exceeds the 60A input capacity. The generato
Maybe if you change the format to one like "25-mar-2012", you can enter dates in that format with no ambiguity, and later the spreadsheet can be printed or displayed in whatever format you want? Doug
A permanent blast cabinet setup is so handy that it is worth putting up with a somewhat undersized compressor. You will have to stop and wait occasionally, but that will take less time than: 1: earni
The manual for my full-size compressor says to use "SAE-30 API CG/CD Heavy Duty" oil. The manual for a little compressor I have says the same, but also "non-detergent". I have always used that type o
I got one of the generic Chinese retracting 50-foot ones at a swap meet several years ago, and and it has been a joy. It leaks a little bit in really cold weather, but that is not a problem in practi
Here's a tip: After a few years, the last few feet of my reel's air hose stared getting beat up. So I swapped the hose end-for-end on the reel. The beat-up end moved to the inside of the reel, where
You can add registry entries to remap any key to a different keycode. I have added one to my PC to disable the caps lock key, which I hit accidentally far more often than deliberately. Hopefully ther
I have been having exactly the same problem with my domain (dougbraun.com) for several months. And as far as I have been able to tell, there is indeed nothing that you can do about it. It is a fundam