Discussion Forum
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Curious About Construction Laws
I'm not a lawyer and I sure ain't a politician; I'm a carpenter. But I have always been curious about how construction laws work. Some I'm not even sure are…
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High Tech Concrete
My wife's company just bid a job making tooling for a company called Polytorx Helix. To quote their website:
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Kerf Slide Drawers
Anyone know where to get these now? View Image So, I've seen these little red kerf slide drawers in WW mags and such for eons and while I always liked…
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Cathedral Ceiling Insulation Details
So I've been searching through the archives and have not been able to find an answer to my issue. I have a 6:12 cathedral ceiling that is conventional framed using…
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Dual Saw/Twin Cutter
I just got up this morn and flipped through the tv only to stop on an infomercial for the Dual Saw counter-rotating saw which, as I recalled was not too…
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Carhartt pants
Anyone know were to find the best deal on Carhartts? I just got a couple of new pairs of Carhartt 7.5oz canvas pants (#151) and I gotta say I really…
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Tools Review (long)
I went through a small buying spree awhile back and posted my catch in "what tool did you buy today" (20001.8523, 20001.8524, 20001.8526). I had never been able to use…
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Hanging Stone from a Deck
I've been going back and forth about this and cannot decide on a good method: I have a deck that sits directly on concrete piers that are flush with the…
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Commercial Garage estimate
I just got back from a meeting with my car mechanic who is looking to get out from under the shade tree and into a real commercial property. The building…
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Cost of Sustainability
I wanted to think out loud a bit and open discussion based on the current cost of becoming sustainable versus doing nothing. Although I dream of a day when codes…
Reader Projects
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Learning to ‘boom-boom’
For a couple of months now I have been spending my evenings building my home shop and it has been rewarding to me that my 1-1/2 year old daughter is…
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Disaster Relief Housing
This is a project I worked on and I still feel it is a viable solution for disaster relief housing. It is completely self sustainable; providing enough electricity and hot…