Recent content by JKalchik

That's just MEAN.

Well, if you ran a dually rear end dry..... 2 outer wheel seals, 2 outer wheel bearings, pinion seal, 2 pinion bearing, 2 differential bearings, and obviously, a ring & pinion gear set along with the setup kit. Setting up a ring & pinion.... get the pinion depth right and the right left &...

Hah. The farmhouse that I grew up in was hardwired, it wasn't even those 2" square 4 position plugs. AND...... it was a party line.

<BEEEEEEP> Might have been cheaper to get a junkyard...... urk, maybe not. Just checked prices. Holy cats, have those things gotten expensive. Thing is, diff oil does not just disappear, it has to go somewhere.

A little light reading: https://tvwbb.com/threads/home-built-stainless-grates.99883/post-1180592

There's a true statement, right there. Best thing that you can do is to get an hour or two of makee-learnee from somebody who's done it a time or two. I'd be happy to open up my garage...... but you're a 12 hour drive away.

Look for @LMichaels recent post of a review of economy welders. For you, a small MIG welder running flux core wire should be sufficient IMO. You won't need 240V, 120V should be fine, along with a 15A service. In short, house current. Small & portable, and no gas required. You should be able...

Something else.....look at the domain name. This is becoming more of an issue with the global economy. This looks like a recently registered domain, and is almost certainly off-shore in origin, based on the registrar. I would be very leery about giving this site my card info. Then again, I...

Ummmm..... what? That page really isn't particularly useful in it's descriptions. As @Bruce just said, that smells more like a high heat soldering iron. It specifically notes feeding tin, that's indicative of a solder joint, and not a welded or brazed joint. To me..... it's just snake oil...

I think that's what my former client manager had. He was quite happy with it.

It is indeed possible to weld aluminum, using quite a few processes actually, but rather difficult as aluminum doesn't really change color at the softening/melt point like steel. I'd be curious to see pics of the weld.

I figured out a long time ago that the best chimneys are the ones with wire grates in the bottom, and not a perforated plate of sheet steel. The perf'ed plate simply does not flow enough air.

Annual around here is only 40-60" (I grew up with 200+ on the other side of Lake Michigan.) It's DRY here. I'm suspecting drought conditions this summer.

If you're where I think you are, that storm drew down a bead on you. We got nothing. Zero. Nada. Not even a drip.