- 41. Re: [Shop-talk] Milwaukee vs Dewalt cordless Hex Impact Driver (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:21:46 -0800
- I have had some 12 and 14.4V dewalt tools and they were very useable. I had the batteries rebuilt once and by the time they needed a second rebuild they (the batteries) were getting mechanically slop
- /html/shop-talk/2011-11/msg00089.html (8,917 bytes)
- 42. Re: [Shop-talk] Burning cooking oil in your furnace? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 15:02:19 -0700
- <<< I know lots of people burn used cooking oil in diesel vehicles. And since my oil heat is basically diesel fuel, my question is... Can I burn used cooking oil in my home heating oil tank? If so, w
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00189.html (11,207 bytes)
- 43. [Shop-talk] Premade Drawer kits (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:12:02 -0700
- Our kitchen cabinets have a drawer missing. There's a front for it, there's nothing blocking the space, and there's no reason not to have one. (paricularly since the opening is 24" wide, and the othe
- /html/shop-talk/2012-09/msg00016.html (8,638 bytes)
- 44. Re: [Shop-talk] oil viscosity (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 10:17:31 -0700
- 1. Re: Oil, again (Eric J Russell) Another thing to consider is that thinner oils pump far better at startup than thicker oils. You are lubricating with the first crank of the starter and the oil is
- /html/shop-talk/2012-11/msg00015.html (7,983 bytes)
- 45. [Shop-talk] Heater conversion: propane to NG. (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:01:18 -0800
- <<< I have a Comfort Glow 26k btu wall mount radiant heater ( that has legs and is now free standing) that I use at Christmas to warm my deck during gatherings. The deck is screened and wrapped in po
- /html/shop-talk/2012-12/msg00080.html (10,314 bytes)
- 46. [Shop-talk] Redneck wood rack (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:21:10 -0800
- I think if you want to guarantee a win you should post a picture of you driving the tractor with the pallet of wood into the living room through the full sized garage door. <<< -Type: text/plain; cha
- /html/shop-talk/2012-12/msg00090.html (8,929 bytes)
- 47. [Shop-talk] Upstairs bath heat (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:15:33 -0800
- Even if you can properly support the support where you cut it out (some steel comes to mind) it would be a major sticking point if/when you go to sell the house. I would recommend either running the
- /html/shop-talk/2013-01/msg00062.html (8,542 bytes)
- 48. [Shop-talk] Good MG midget design?!?! was: Sticky brake (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:55:09 -0800
- <<<My MG Midget had a zerk fitting on the middle of the parking-brake cable. A shot of grease there meant no parking-brake-cable problems ever.>>> I owned a midget for a couple of years and this is t
- /html/shop-talk/2013-02/msg00024.html (8,882 bytes)
- 49. Re: [Shop-talk] inexpensive nail guns (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:51:40 -0800
- I bought one like this, also on ebay, 7 or 8 years ago. There are always a bunch of them up for sale. Built my house with it, and since then have run a few boxes of nails through it (so far), still g
- /html/shop-talk/2013-03/msg00003.html (8,914 bytes)
- 50. [Shop-talk] I feel . . . wrong (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:03:17 -0700
- Ok. So my Echo string trimmer was acting up. Seemed like a fuel problem; it would start but not run well, stall out, and needed the throttle and choke played with to keep it going. So I bought fresh
- /html/shop-talk/2013-04/msg00074.html (9,667 bytes)
- 51. Re: [Shop-talk] .25mm too big (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 11:48:47 -0700
- A few options you could try: Since the bolt is not the hard to get item perhaps reassemble the original one and mash the threads a bit after the nut is on as a lock. Or: bend the nut to create the lo
- /html/shop-talk/2013-09/msg00000.html (8,829 bytes)
- 52. [Shop-talk] Battery charger (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Miller" <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:01:28 -0800
- Hi. I am in the market for a pretty good, great in not in the budget, 12V battery charger. $50-100 or so. Run of the mill 10A, maybe a lower range as well. I am tired of the HF ones that always seem
- /html/shop-talk/2013-11/msg00024.html (9,627 bytes)
- 53. [Shop-talk] Remote tank level sensing. (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:34:46 -0700
- Hi. A friend asked me to come take a look when their water system failed recently. Problem was easy to diagnose and fix (a leak caused the tanks to drain out faster than they filled up. Leak fixed an
- /html/shop-talk/2014-05/msg00005.html (9,688 bytes)
- 54. [Shop-talk] remote tank sensing, the epilog (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:20:52 -0700
- I wrote: Hi. A friend asked me to come take a look when their water system failed recently. Problem was easy to diagnose and fix (a leak caused the tanks to drain out faster than they filled up. Leak
- /html/shop-talk/2014-09/msg00071.html (10,379 bytes)
- 55. Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 8, Issue 156 (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 12:03:58 -0700
- If this is a weekend retreat and summer kind of place you would not need to be able to perc the whole 25 folks all the time. It would take a larger holding tank, perhaps two cascading tanks, and a re
- /html/shop-talk/2014-10/msg00008.html (10,733 bytes)
- 56. [Shop-talk] direct burial Cat 5 (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:06:42 -0800
- <<< I have been fighting with getting Wifi out to my shop building for years. It's about 100 feet from the main house, and it's a metal pole barn so I have to have the Wifi receiver in a window. I am
- /html/shop-talk/2014-11/msg00047.html (10,063 bytes)
- 57. Re: [Shop-talk] Toggle switch covers (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:31:03 -0800
- Do not add any covers. In fact, take off any covers that you still have in place. If you add guards and someone ever gets hurt from a power tool then there will be the question of whether it would ha
- /html/shop-talk/2014-12/msg00036.html (10,728 bytes)
- 58. Re: [Shop-talk] Fridge (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 23:33:58 -0700
- To bring this back a bit to shop-talk related things: I want to put a good word in for LG refrigerators. Specifically: parts availability and price. I broke a latch on mine and put off fixing it for
- /html/shop-talk/2015-07/msg00030.html (8,819 bytes)
- 59. Re: [Shop-talk] Ever sell off all your tools? (Peter J. Thomas) (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:39:44 -0700
- I'd recommend finding someone you can loan them all to so that if you need/want anything in the future you can borrow it back. And you will want something some time. Kids, maybe? Drinking buddy? If
- /html/shop-talk/2015-08/msg00046.html (9,852 bytes)
- 60. Re: [Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 9, Issue 131 (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Miller <markmiller@threeboysfarm.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:23:19 -0700
- I haven't seen a sump pump that was drinking water rated. Not that they aren't out there but none I've seen. If you do find one please post a link. But you could easily make it with a rated level swi
- /html/shop-talk/2015-10/msg00024.html (10,726 bytes)
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