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Vinegar and table salt is quite effective after the paint has been stripped with solvents.

A one kw Honda generator would increase your range for much less money or weight than batteries.

Been away for awhile and return to the news of a member asking for prayers. I can certainly afford that request. Children are so grand, I fear for them when they are so fragile. I wish you and yours...

The lock on the handle is just to prevent the unknowing from moving the handle.

Limb wood of most species will move around a lot as it dries because there is so much reaction wood involved. The bottom of the limb has grown under compression and the top under tension. When you...

Comic says a "lady" approached him and said, "I'll do anything you want for a hundred dollars". The comic says, "here's two hundred go paint my house."

I have found that these people are rather comprehensive in theirdiscription of themany copper alloys.
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4/4 x 6 x16 feet fence boards are running 8-10 dollars in Harford County, Maryland.

The universal problem of squirrels on bird feeders has been solved for the moment. I picked up a road kill deer haed for my grand daughter, (she collects skulls) and boiled the thing until I could...

I have a Milwaukee mini driver and within its abilities it is great, I have a 12 volt Dewalt and a corded Black and Decker 3/8. and others as well but for drilling many large or deep holes I prefer...

Measuring from point to point at each station and errors may accumulate or they may compensate. Measuring from one end to the other is the most likely to create the least error.

Look to the bolger/payson Nymph. two sheets of 1/4 plywood and a bit of fiberglass tape and some resin.

I can with my planer make a stick smooth on four sides but I can't make it square without a jointer and it is difficult to make it straight without a jointer. The saw mill I frequent has a 12 inch...

I can take rough sawn black walnut(I choose that because it planes nicely) down to colonial desktop smooth in about a half hour per square foot. It requires about three separate planes to do it well.

My Delta is on a stand with four swivel casters that I can raise and lower. When I have a large number of pieces to dress I run them all and then turn the planner 180 degrees and run them back...

An old grey head might be able to spark them on a grinder and tell you if they have enough carbon to harden. The alloy tool steels require a furnace and knowledge of the alloy.

I find that the most difficult part of knob or stopper knots is working them tight and fair.

For hobby purposes a thickness planer is a pure joy. I can resaw some walnut from 3/4 inch thick stock and get two nice pieces 1/4 inch thick for a fancy box. You avoid the limitations of stock...

I have a 12 inch delta that I can carry to the truck. it does a good job, wasn't very expensive, blade changes are easy,

specific gravity of ethanol is .787, It would float.

An irishman goes to his doctor with splinters in his tongue. The doc asks how this came to be. and the man says I dropped a bottle of whiskey.

For portable be sure it has wheels. My small oiled Craftsman can't keep up with a framing nailer but for brads and staples it does well.

I wired my lighting fixtures for 115 Vac and power them with a little inverter.

Won't just dropping it in the pond keep it from checking while also allowing the moisture content to stabilize?

see if this helps. http://www.hilti.com/holcom/page/module/product/prca_catnavigation.jsf?lang=en&nodeId=-17503

I know of a closely held corporation that has several places where it can spend excess profits for the benefit of the family but have the expense debited to the corporation. The family owns a...

Would several strips of nylon webbing such as is used for tieing cargo to open trailers be effective in abrasion resistance? The spaces between could equal the width of the strips.

That helps. Thanks

Tom , the percentage of epoxy in the six ounce glass is substantially lower that the percentage in the ten ounce glass. has the percentage of epoxy been closely controlled in the other samples?

You are entitled but you must work like hell to collect.

He didn't pay for the degree he paid for the education and he can't give that back. kinda like asking a whore for a refund becuase you weren't pleased. Satified, yes but pleased, no!

Ten ounce fiberglass is per square yard. Per square foot it is .069 pounds. I would expect any fabric that was 5.2 times heavier, with the added epoxy would take 6.6 times as long to wear through....

My earlist european ancestor arrived on these shores 11 generations ago so 2 raised to the 11th power gives me 2048 direct american ancestors but all of those people also had many ancestors and in...

I will bet if you look carefully you can find the location of the studs and ceiling joists in the soot staining. Some of the cause is the quality of the insulation. I have seen it in many houses and...

I fell years ago and busted my nose on the floor peroxide got most of it but carpet cleaner got the rest. One man I know say oxalic acid. Gets rid of the iron component.

It is a terrible thing to say but I have a Davis mark III practice sextent. With it and a noon site I can know if I am closer to the Delaware bay or the entrance to the chesapeake bay

somebody has too much money.

And they really do it because it is fun.

I think the best you can do is use the best primer and top coat paint you can find. I have had good results with McCormack Interlok direct to metal urethane one part enamel.

interesting article. http://www.sjohistoriskasamfundet.se/LB/Nautica/Shipbuilding/Fastening/USNM(5)_p354.html

I make trunnels from locust milled square the same size as the drilled holes and hand plane the corners to an octagon. So I am driving a square peg into a round hole. dipped in epoxy it leaks just...

Plumbers putty works as long as the joint doesn't.

If the cat gets glue or paint on her fur it is your fault. ALWAYS!!!! I was painting in the house and cat rubbed her cheeks on a corner and picked up paint and she was certain that I put that paint...

I should think that the number was/would be a function of the diameter. After all 6 spokes on a six foot wheel would space them pi feet apart.

Go to your favorite paint store and get a quart of mis-mixed light colored paint for a dollar and you will have an erasable surface on which you can see your marks. The money and your time are not...

That can get you a feline calling card right in the middle of your best work.

Cats make friends with dogs, horses, cows, and people. I once had a cat that would walk up the block to visit a little dog and they would play for an hour or more before they stopped and cat came...

I have a Nymph on trestles and it needs some paint.

Long Island is a terminal moraine. The boulders left on mountain tops are called erratics. Also see drumlins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumlin

That cat loved you and was being altruistic. he brought you a mouse. you fed him he returned the favor.