NicolasRamos wrote:
8 hours ago, NicolasRamos said:So we’re doing a built to order log home.
So the timber guys cut in the box locations to size for metal gangable boxes, and run the wiring on all the exterior walls, as they build the structure. In our area it is highly frowned upon to use metal gangable boxes in any form of resi. 4″ square boxes with mud rings are allowed, but in the case of timber homes exterior walls there’s no wallboard to create a proper finish around a mud ring.
Don’t get me wrong I’m glad that they cut them, I would have had to be there every day of framing just to do what they were already paid for in the cost of the home(regardless of how little I liked the result), but they were barely square, and full of inconsistencies. And it’s hard to pull the wiring back through some spots to hone out the holes to the correct size. This guy couldn’t even stay on his mark!
Still have a few to go tomorrow. The wiring they left coiled in the ceiling from the box locations weren’t labeled either, so I had to spend half of yesterday just identifying cables!
This evening I got to replace the battery in my old Transit-250. The guys who swapped into it only got a few days before the battery died on them. Got to is a strong choice of words…
Didn’t get pics of the new battery going in. But because of my particular van’s battery setup(single battery) I had to remove a plastic “stop block” that aides in keeping the battery from shifting in the compartment. After that comes out and you get the – clamp loose, you rotate the battery 90 degrees to remove the + cable. Not as bad as I thought it would be, but still not as easy as removing a battery in an engine bay. Granted I’ve never swapped a battery that’s located under the drivers seat before!
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Someone just did not care, let the electrician figure it out..
My Transit has two batteries under the seat, the Sprinter had the battery under my feet go figure.
It does keep the weather off the battery and corrosion down but to swap them out takes more work. I too, used my M12 ratchet to work on the battery ha
KnarlyCarl wrote:
Someone just did not care, let the electrician figure it out..
My Transit has two batteries under the seat, the Sprinter had the battery under my feet go figure.
It does keep the weather off the battery and corrosion down but to swap them out takes more work. I too, used my M12 ratchet to work on the battery ha
I did the same! M12 ratchet to the rescue!. I even used it to assemble my ladder rack last Friday.
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NicolasRamos wrote:
I did the same! M12 ratchet to the rescue!. I even used it to assemble my ladder rack last Friday.
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Really wish DEWALT had one ..[emoji37][emoji37][emoji37][emoji37]
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Foneguy wrote:
Really wish DEWALT had one ..[emoji37][emoji37][emoji37][emoji37]
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A 12v line, or battery powered ratchet[emoji23]!
Jk jk.
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KnarlyCarl wrote:
Someone just did not care, let the electrician figure it out..
My Transit has two batteries under the seat, the Sprinter had the battery under my feet go figure.
It does keep the weather off the battery and corrosion down but to swap them out takes more work. I too, used my M12 ratchet to work on the battery ha
I don’t remember seeing it in your van thread, but does your Transit have the diesel, or is the dual battery setup due to the fact that yours had that rearward air conditioning system?
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NicolasRamos wrote:
6 hours ago, NicolasRamos said:
I don’t remember seeing it in your van thread, but does your Transit have the diesel, or is the dual battery setup due to the fact that yours had that rearward air conditioning system?
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I would assume it’s because the rear a/c and heat. It’s gasoline
NicolasRamos wrote:
12 hours ago, NicolasRamos said:
A 12v line, or battery powered ratchetemoji23.png!
Jk jk.
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Hey we have / had a 12v line … kinda ???
Finally got my $35 Lowes special box together with the casters, then put my $25 Craftsman on top of it LOL
Don’t do much of any mechanical work, so this will be just fine, glad I got rid of my $4k snapon box when i did, I wont be upset when this starts collecting dust haha
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Got a coffee table built today, pretty simple design
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Looks good. Just need to pull the stickers off.
Stercorarius wrote:
25 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:Looks good. Just need to pull the stickers off.
Yes, Jimbo and I both
Stercorarius wrote:
38 minutes ago, Stercorarius said:Looks good. Just need to pull the stickers off.
thats what the apprentice is for when it goes to the sanding shop
KnarlyCarl wrote:
43 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:Yes, Jimbo and I both
Needs more stickers.
JimboS1ice wrote:
37 minutes ago, JimboS1ice said:thats what the apprentice is for when it goes to the sanding shop
Already have a pet name for your fiance I see:D
Finished my new table saw storage[External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied][External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
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Nice that looks like a beast 😮 great job rrich1.
Oh NICE! That’s really optimizing your table saw, getting your money’s worth.
Are table extensions available to buy specifically for that saw?
KnarlyCarl wrote:
Oh NICE! That’s really optimizing your table saw, getting your money’s worth.
Are table extensions available to buy specifically for that saw?
I don’t think so but I haven’t looked either.
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That’s awesome dude! What’s the top made of?
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JimboS1ice wrote:
That’s awesome dude! What’s the top made of?
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It’s just plywood. The router table top is melamine
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Turns out there’s a laser vynil cutter just sitting around. Software is easy enough.
Also got the auto crane working on my second set of wheels.
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Finally got some stain on a couple projects
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Looks great @JimboS1ice!
Nice work Jimbo!
Nice !!!
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Oops, posted this in wrong thread. LOL
rrich1 wrote:
18 hours ago, rrich1 said:
It’s just plywood. The router table top is melamine
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Yeah haha I was wondering the same before I realized you had a thread dedicated to your builds.
Sunday had to do a cooling system overhaul on my 94′ K2500. Noticed she was overheating and saw that the water pump was leaking thru the weep hole constantly. Normally I would’ve grabbed my toolbox and use wrenches and pneumatics to get it done but couldn’t get in the garage. So went right for my new milwaukee m18 tools. Holy hell did they save me a TON of time. Went from a 6hr job to a 3-4hr job which made me grin ear to ear. Picked up a 2763-20 M18 Fuel 1/2″ impact w friction ring last night because I felt so confident in these tools. Never thought I’d be switching my pneumatics to cordless…. cant even imagine battery powered tools 10yrs from now >:D
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Built a couple more fire wood racks last week in anticipation of a nice oak tree coming down tommorw.
And finally picked up some kaizen foam for my Milwaukke organizer to keep my Makita & Milwaukee batteries in one secure place.
rrich1 wrote:
28 minutes ago, rrich1 said:Replaced the dryer drum before work. [External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied][External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
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How did that happen?
MikeyB wrote:
2 hours ago, MikeyB said:How did that happen?
no idea. but apparently it is a known issue. luckily I was able to get a new drum shipped for $160.
it has gotten worse over the past few months. been stuffing a rag in it to get by. well it got too big finally.
MikeyB wrote:
3 hours ago, MikeyB said:Built a couple more fire wood racks last week in anticipation of a nice oak tree coming down tommorw.
And finally picked up some kaizen foam for my Milwaukke organizer to keep my Makita & Milwaukee batteries in one secure place.
I love Kaizen !
Foneguy wrote:
Hey we have / had a 12v line … kinda [emoji853][emoji853][emoji853]
Well it’s not Dewalt, but it uses their battery!
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Well I had an eventful Friday! First service call was a bank that lost 1/3 of its light that morning.
They were pushing 15 amps of lighting for so long the GE breaker just couldn’t take the heat any longer. [External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]
I’ll be going back to separate the load, and possibly upgrade the panel to a CH with integrated surge protection, as soon as they can give me a day to shut down that sub panel.
Next call was for another tripped breaker. This time an old ITE panel with a refrigerator, toaster, and a bunch of old T12 fluorescent under cab’s on one circuit. [External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied] This ones going to get a changeout, and some new dedicated circuits in the kitchen, plus led under cab’s.
Last call was the one that took the most of my day. Loose connection on a wall switch in a rent house. How loose?
[External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied] didn’t pull out the FLIR this time, although it would have been amusing! Once I flipped the switch and heard the crackling I new were the issue was! After rewiring this lighting circuit, and replacing the device, I was asked by the landlord to look at the other rent house next door. Tons of old cloth wire, and piss poor j-boxes in the attic. Someone already did take the time to rewire the kitchen, and restroom with new copper Romex from the panel. But the lighting for the house remained handyman touched. [External image (uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com), not copied]Spent some time getting acquainted with the attic space and finding all the boxes, and cloth wiring that we’re going to go and eliminate on Wednesday. That damn FLIR C2 has already payed for it self these last two weeks!
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Just enjoying a day at the lake
Cr8ondt wrote:
19 minutes ago, Cr8ondt said:Just enjoying a day at the lake
Where the heck is all the white stuff?!?!?!?!?!?!? There’s open water!!!!!!!!
ChrisK wrote:
1 hour ago, ChrisK said:Where the heck is all the white stuff?!?!?!?!?!?!? There’s open water!!!!!!!!
Heat wave YO! Temps shot up to 40 the past week, was 20s today and supposed go back up to mid 50’s soon!!!!!
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MikeyB wrote:
On January 27, 2017 at 3:10 PM, MikeyB said:Built a couple more fire wood racks last week in anticipation of a nice oak tree coming down tommorw.
And finally picked up some kaizen foam for my Milwaukke organizer to keep my Makita & Milwaukee batteries in one secure place.
Built another firewood rack, had a good size oak tree cut down a few weeks ago and I’m getting around to splitting & stacking This rack is 16′ long.
Im going to have to do another one at least 20′ long on the same fence line as this one. I got a good amount of oak to split.
Lil bit along.
Spent yesterday turning a small project into a big one…why does that happen?
Wanted to do something simple, take down a shelf and build a new one. That wound up requiring a lot more than I originally planned. Had to remove a cord holder, take down the shelf, build the new one, etc.. So…you do the normal things like take the stuff off the shelf, take the cord holder off, then rummage around looking for suitable materials to make the new shelf. Look at your wood resources, then remember you have spare shelving behind the toolboxes. Cue the circus music. Now you have to move shit out of the way to get to that stuff, which reminds you that you’ve been planning to redo your bench grinder mount. Now you’re building a shelf and moving a grinder.
As you’re building the shelf and planning a new mount for the grinder you realize that if you build a decent shelf/table for the grinder you can move your drill press. So now it’s three things…build a new shelf, redo the bench grinder mount, move the drill press. Now the circus music gets louder, because when you move the drill press you want to replace the piece of benchtop to get rid of the holes that’s in it. You’re doing four different things…no wait, make that five because you’re also moving that folding picnic table and card table to new locations..no wait again, now you’re doing six things because you’re also rearranging the shoe storage…uh…no…seven things, because you’re also moving those stupid insect and weed chemical jugs to new locations. SHIT!!! Eight things!! Because now you’re building a little holder for your glue gun…
Holy hell in a rickety shopping cart, this stuff is reeeeedickyoulous. Luckily I learned a long, long time ago to channel ADD into the perfect way to multi-task, because along with the simple project that turned into 30 different things you have to add into it playing with the dog, eating, bathroom breaks, etc.. It’s a great way to do a shitload of stuff and get it all done without skipping a beat. A mind is a terrible thing to waste…right?
So long story short the poor garage went through yet another transformation. And, you’d probably not be surprised, but you’d be surprised at how many tools you can use to do the simplest of things. Things went from this…
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to eventually becoming this…
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Good going on the multitasking @Kato haha that grinder and drill press looks pretty nice together.
Your predicament reminds me…
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My favorite was the one where they were cleaning out the closet and found out it was a bathroom.
Kato wrote:
48 minutes ago, Kato said:My favorite was the one where they were cleaning out the closet and found out it was a bathroom.
Funny that I actually have a 1/2 bath in my closet…. It’s in the early stages of being redone, at least that’s what I’ve been telling my wife for a year.
KnarlyCarl wrote:
Good going on the multitasking [mention=28618]Kato[/mention] haha that grinder and drill press looks pretty nice together.
Your predicament reminds me…
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What makes this scene (which I had totally forgotten about!) so much better to see again, is that Bryan Cranston goes through a similar mad home improvement streak in Breaking Bad!
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Got the roofers helping with the framing 😛
Yesterday and today just been making drawer organizers. Made one for the wife for the living room table, which then sparked me to finish organizing a drawer in my tool box. You ever have one of those drawers that, no matter what you did, you hated it and everything in it? Yup, that’s my screwdriver drawer. Long story short, made an organizer with sliding trays for the living room table…
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While making that I got the urge to organize a bit in the tool box so I redid some drawers. I was keeping crescent wrenches in the screwdriver drawer, but at the urge to redo the screwdriver drawer I moved the wrenches to the pliers drawer. Having a million screwdrivers doesn’t help, but swapping out a bunch and moving the wrenches allowed me to chop a case of screwdrivers and drop it into the drawer, which helps organize it a lot…
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And, wanting to move the crescent wrenches I decided to make an organizer and slider tray for the pliers drawer. Keeps the tools I grab the most easy to get, and organizes everything else…
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And…this also sparked wanting to do one of the last kitchen cabinets that hasn’t been organized yet. Sadly, that cabinet is a lost cause, too many weird things, too much random stuff to be able to organize so I just left it alone. No need to wake a sleeping giant. At least I got rid of a bunch of crap we didn’t need in that cabinet, so I guess it wasn’t a total loss.
Kato wrote:
34 minutes ago, Kato said:Yesterday and today just been making drawer organizers. Made one for the wife for the living room table, which then sparked me to finish organizing a drawer in my tool box. You ever have one of those drawers that, no matter what you did, you hated it and everything in it? Yup, that’s my screwdriver drawer. Long story short, made an organizer with sliding trays for the living room table…
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IMG_1724 by Edward Durbin, on Flickr
While making that I got the urge to organize a bit in the tool box so I redid some drawers. I was keeping crescent wrenches in the screwdriver drawer, but at the urge to redo the screwdriver drawer I moved the wrenches to the pliers drawer. Having a million screwdrivers doesn’t help, but swapping out a bunch and moving the wrenches allowed me to chop a case of screwdrivers and drop it into the drawer, which helps organize it a lot…
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Screwdriver Drawer 001 by Edward Durbin, on Flickr
And, wanting to move the crescent wrenches I decided to make an organizer and slider tray for the pliers drawer. Keeps the tools I grab the most easy to get, and organizes everything else…
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Pliers Drawer 001 by Edward Durbin, on Flickr
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Pliers Drawer 002 by Edward Durbin, on Flickr
And…this also sparked wanting to do one of the last kitchen cabinets that hasn’t been organized yet. Sadly, that cabinet is a lost cause, too many weird things, too much random stuff to be able to organize so I just left it alone. No need to wake a sleeping giant. At least I got rid of a bunch of crap we didn’t need in that cabinet, so I guess it wasn’t a total loss.
That’s a good solution! What material are the trays?