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    Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

    It appears that these coupons include all the cordless tools and welders. Just not compressors, generators, and tool boxes/cabinets, and jacks.
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    Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

    When shopping for cordless tools, look for brushless motors. More torque and longer battery life. I used to have Dewalt and Porter-Cable, but switched to Kobalt when i upgraded to brushless.
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    24' Truss design for 4' OC

    With the price of lumber i went with CFS to fabricate trusses in-situ in our tractor shed. IIRC each truss was $200 in material. Installed on. 12' centers. Original construction was a simple king truss holding up a ridge board. Trusses were sagging at the center 3' nailed overlap. Carpenter bees...
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    Hydraulic limb saw project.

    Npalen- Google "seams impossible tool". It is a bearing sled for a 3/4" carbide burr that is shimmed to the tube ID and seam location. Works great, though it takes time to make the shims that locate it in the tube.
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    Big Barn’s Retirement Farm Shop

    Very nice!! What are the extension wings made from?
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    Compressor for a shop

    The 5hp 10cfm with 60 gal tank is what i consider minimum for a shop. 2 stage for 175psi. Plumb in an air header with 6-10 drops depending on shop layout. Do NOT use PVC pipe, only black iron or the new plug and play aluminum or PEX kits. Also hang a 50' or 100' hose reel near the roll up door...
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    Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

    Flailmaster was able to secure funding and is now employee owned. They were closed for about a year IIRC. I drive past their shop in Murfresboro on my commute to work. I am very glad to see them back. Great folks there.
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    Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

    We have a couple red tailed hawks that watch the mowed area for field rats or other rodents or snakes.
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    Compensating for low flow/pressure water supply to outbuilding?

    Yes, just need a remote bladder tank. We are on city water, but 200' up and 3000' from. meter. We have a pump house from an old spring cistern halfway in the 2" pipe run. We have a booster pump and 84 gal bladder tank in basement. Barn is fed by a 1" pvc 200' water line. Will have a 30 gal...
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    Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

    Those look very similar to the Flailmaster FM7 blades I use on my JD 25A flail. Bought a bunch when FM was closing a couple years ago. I mean like 2 complete sets plus blades for my JD 390 flail. It helps that i drive by FM every day on my wayvto anf from work. The FM7'S were like $1 ea at the...
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    Insulated panels

    1/4 × 6 TimberLOK screws with a fender washer under the head may be a good choice as well. I would either caulk on the surface, or white tape used for the roll insulation on a steel frame building. Caulk in the grooves may make disassembly difficult.
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    Insulated panels

    Those panels are pade to be the exterior wall of a steel frame industrial building. We have them on the walls of our plant. They could be attached to the girts on a pole barn or engineered steel building. Ripping them to 16" to fit your walls will be tough. If you try it, be sure to wear a...
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    Need rivet gun recommendations

    For 1/8" aluminum i find hand powered is fine unless there are grip strength issues with user. I recomend one of the swivel head types. I use pneumatic on the 3/16 and up stainless that i use on trailer and tool box hasps and latches. The SS are a bit harder to set. If running gutters, i...
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    JD4300 leak?

    I have one on the self in the shop. I can confirm in the morning. JD Parts shows as TXJim stated, M134346. eBay shows 2 listings for M134346, $30.07 with free shipping. Price seems reasonable to me.
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    JD4300 leak?

    The rubber inlet manifold is a known failure point. I keep a spare when i can find one.
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