When we redid our driveway as part of a remodel a few years back, we put this in the lawn next to the driveway: http://www.invisiblestructures.com/grasspave2.html Sits on a bed of gravel, then the gr
I suppose you could bring back a few buckets from OR, AZ, NV, etc. Then you hit the ag inspection station... "Do you have any fruits or vegetables?" "No" "Solvents, paints, toilets, showerheads, or s
On the day you install it, schedule 40 PVC is very strong. But... If it's exposed to impact, copper pipe will dent, plastic pipe will crack. If it's exposed to the sun plastic pipe will become britt
What kind of 'non-commercial flight'? Yes, you can have installation problems, but (a) most often sound quality's a function of the headset you're using which is why no one cheaps out (or should che
You going to run that engine hard enough on a test stand to need a Cadillac radiator? As for "make and model", you don't have any of the pick-it-yourself type junkyards you can descend on with a mea
I've got one of the little Harbor Freight hand-operated hydraulic crimping tools: http://www.harborfreight.com/hydraulic-wire-crimping-tool-66150.html Bought it to do battery-cable lugs and the like,
I have one of those too, used to use it for battery cables, guy wires, etc. before I got the Harbor Freight doodad. It worked well and I got a lot of use out of it. Eventually one of the bolt-holes
As you've noted, with common rafters the joist is primarily in tension, and at minimum it's sized for that and a modest dead-load. Maximum span for a 2x4 joist at 24in OC is going to be no more than
Mine's a Bend-Pak HD-9ST and it was just under 2000lb crated, something like 2x3x17ft. I picked up mine at the freight dock, they put it on a flatbed trailer for me. It was bolted up to steel frames
I brought mine home from the dock on a flatbed trailer. Hung the rear end from my engine hoist, used a floor jack on the trailer deck to lift the front. Scooted it back about 3ft that way, then supp
You drill the hole in the pan where you're going to weld the boss for the plug, then after it's drained you drop the pan and weld on the boss for the plug... John.