AllistonGT
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I've tried a few things with poor results. Varnish, shellac. Eventually it will bleed through. My experience anyway.
Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Same…it always bleeds through…just a matter of time.
Zinzer Bin stain blocker primer from almost any paint store. It’s a white primer / modified shelllac base with a secret ingredient ( zinc oxide) . It’s the only thing I have found for knots . Other thing going forward, don’t use pine from Home Depot or similar for interior woodwork for two yrs after you buy it , it’s not dry .
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I’ll be watching this. We just bought out our gas rental tank. At $43 a month the savings will pay for it in two and a half years.
The plan is to set up for an electric one which is totally serviceable by a homeowner.
I have to look at panel capacity and tank location. Electric tanks don’t need to be near vents.
Does anyone have one of these vehicle undercarriage washers and if so does it work ok? My pressure washer is only 2100psi. I just want to use it to wash winter dirt/salt off the vehicle.
Pressure washer ratings are awful. That thing being rated at 4000 psi means very little. Your pressure washer is rated at 2100 psi with the 0 degree tip. It's rated at x.x gpm with no tip (or maybe the big tip?). That underspray bar has four tips on it. It will need y.y gpm to build pressure and do a better job than a hose. They don't even tell you what y.y is. The chance a homeowner has a big enough pressure washer to get over 4000 psi with four fan nozzles is vanishingly small. Some of the reviews want more nozzles, that would need even more flow.
When I had a country house we had a one and a half PVC pipe with eight princess auto rinse nozzles just vise grip threaded as a manifold and hooked to the pressure washer , driving back and forth four / five times completed the wash cycle . The total build was under a hundred bucks
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I was looking for a cheap table to be used as a workbench and bought one at Habitat for Humanity for $60. I figured if it didn't work quite right the top was worth the $60 for a 6' X 3' slab with metal trestle legs and wheels.
It seemed kind of heavy when we went to load it and as we turned it over to slide it into the SUV I noticed a bunch of extras, like a motor and cables. It appears to be a lift table.
The motor is 24 volt and has about 7 wires running to it. To remove the motor, I had to cut a weld. Brilliant engineering.
I'm not going to pursue restoring the lift feature other than a simplified mechanical version but was wondering about the motor and if it was possibly a stepper.
It seemed kind of heavy when we went to load it and as we turned it over to slide it into the SUV I noticed a bunch of extras, like a motor and cables. It appears to be a lift table.
The motor is 24 volt and has about 7 wires running to it. To remove the motor, I had to cut a weld. Brilliant engineering.
I'm not going to pursue restoring the lift feature other than a simplified mechanical version but was wondering about the motor and if it was possibly a stepper.
What's there to know about linear actuators? I've figured out my lift table / desk and got it working, sort of. It has a single 24 volt motor driving a hex shaft to power the two legs.
The power supply is missing but it works on an 18 volt Ryobi battery. While I don't really need it, it's a fun option.
The thing that threw me was that without the motor in the drive train the actuators allowed the table to lower via gravity. I assume the actuators are basically powered lead screws and I was surprised that they settled. Pushing or pulling on a threaded device doesn't usually get the devices to move.
I will likely add some limit switches and bits and pieces to control over stressing the mechanisms.
The power supply is missing but it works on an 18 volt Ryobi battery. While I don't really need it, it's a fun option.
The thing that threw me was that without the motor in the drive train the actuators allowed the table to lower via gravity. I assume the actuators are basically powered lead screws and I was surprised that they settled. Pushing or pulling on a threaded device doesn't usually get the devices to move.
I will likely add some limit switches and bits and pieces to control over stressing the mechanisms.
I dont think those are linear actuators. Those are normally completely self-contained. Are you sure it's a threaded rod? It could easily be a cable lift which would explain why it settles.
I wouldnt bother with limit switches. A properly sized self-resetting 24v circuit breaker (common on boats) will dump the power if it's working too hard (too much weight or against an end stop.
Without taking it completely apart I can't see the inner parts. However, there are bevel gears at both ends of the hex shaft and tops of the columns. I agree the reaction is more in keeping with cables.
I can't find any manufacturer labels so getting specs is hard.
This started with me wanting a cheap bench to go over the off-season tires in the garage and the budget was set at $100, a sheet of plywood and some 2X4s. The table was $60, no tax and $5 in bolts. Using a scrapped Ryobi tool handle and 18-volt battery is good enough for the rare occasions I need to change heights. Anything on top of that is just messing with stuff.
2 new projects popped up….
1. These are getting worse faster than I had wanted
2. Something happened to the sofa (most likely kids jumping) and I can feel a spring in my buttcheek as I type this as it’s pushing through the fabric into me. Not even sure how to approach that one.
1. These are getting worse faster than I had wanted
2. Something happened to the sofa (most likely kids jumping) and I can feel a spring in my buttcheek as I type this as it’s pushing through the fabric into me. Not even sure how to approach that one.
Maybe @shanekingsley can help but I was told that trees prefer NOT to have these stone borders around the base.
