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Fuck Bob Vila... the Home Repair Thread

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Jan 16, 2010.

  1. wexton

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    I have a Everlast 200i, or something like that, multi volt. Stick/Mig. I am so shit a stick welding, can lay beautiful beads with the Mig.
     
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    My welds look like I don't know what the fuck I'm doing.
     
  3. Nettdata

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    Welcome to the club.

    "A grinder and paint make me look like the welder I ain't"
     
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    if it stays, it plays
     
  5. Nettdata

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    1500 lbs capacity is per set, not per wheel. That turned out to be an important fact.

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  6. Nettdata

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    What a fucking day. Hardest I’ve worked in 3+ years. Moved thousands of pounds of rough lumber, twice.

    I am so burnt out tonight.

    That being said, between my heart meds and cpap, no way I could have done this otherwise.

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    You building an ark?
     
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    My back hurts looking at that. I mean, it hurts from God knows what I did yesterday, but also from this pic.

    What are your plans, @Nettdata ?
     
  9. Nettdata

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    Just like all proper home reno projects, I’m picking back up something I started over 3 years ago… my home office reno.

    I initially made my own hardwood floors out of rough sawn hickory, and I painted and prepped the office for wood paneling that I was going to make.

    One wall black walnut, two walls mahogany, another wall birds eye maple. Custom hardwood door and frame, same for a new window jam/sill.

    Needless to say I thought I got long covid and it paused/stopped the project, but then cpap and heart meds changed my life and I now have the energy and motivation to carry on.
     
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    Had some wiring melt in our Clearstream septic system. Five years worth of corrosion, finally caused resistance and failure. So that's what I'm doing today, and some tomorrow, I imagine. Replacing all wiring between the control box and the pumps and alarm.

    I spoke to the installer, he said it's a known issue. It also never happens under the warranty period. I'm just replacing like for like, this time. I'll try to plan on making the system more corrosion resistant next time, sometime in the next five years.

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    All back together and working properly now. All new wiring, with exception of the main supply from the house breaker box, and new flex conduit between the control box and tank.

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