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  1. frieed

    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    it moves. build thread is here: https://www.rme4x4.com/threads/offset-smoker-build.118876/
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    Offset Smoker Build

    I've wanted to build an offset smoker for years but never got around to it. With the recent addition of pellet smoker I was assuming that I'd never want an offset smoker again. I was wrong. There is one single thing about a pellet grill that I despise and that is the noise they make. Cooking is...
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    Coronavirus

    which vaccine? I got the disease last year and got the Pfizer vaccine this year with no side effects at all.
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    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    Offset smoker bomb... cut it in half with the lightning scissors and cut the bungs out. I decided it would be a little too small and I don't like the look of only one end rounded so I added part of the other side, got rid of the holes, and added a couple of lift tabs. Next week I'll...
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    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    gonna turn these into something...
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    Any Mtn Bikers on RME?

    Just hell no...
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    Basement water proofing

    what they might try to sell you on could be what I've seen on some home improvement shows.. excavate around the entire house to apply the membrane to the exterior of the foundation wall, with drain tiles at the bottom, or similar inside, with breaking up the floor to install the drain. That's...
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    Basement water proofing

    Two words, Sump Pump and a bunch more... make sure downspouts drain away from the foundation. make sure the yard slopes away from the foundation. I had to go sump pump because it was ground water coming up, not rain going down (actually I did have an issue with rain once but re-routed the...
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    Lighten the mood

    If you think your day is going poorly...
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    What are you listening to?

    Over the years I'm realizing how fortunate I was to live in Austin at that time. For those with a more blues/folk bent, how about Angela Strehli I used to go see her at Hut's hamburger joint. and sometimes Marcia Ball. Here she is on Austin City Limits About ACL... I made it about 15...
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    What are you listening to?

    For some fun, how about a little Bugs Henderson live at the Armadillo World Headquarters Saw him there several times.
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    What are you listening to?

    When I was in college my brother called from Amarillo asking about the warm-up band for George Thoroughgood, some "Steve Vaughn", that he was going to see. He was blown away.
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    Cold Chop saw

    what I really would like is a true cold saw like this one from Dake https://www.trick-tools.com/Dake_Super_Cut_315_Manual_Cold_Saw_315_DKE_2126 Gear driven, 44 rpm, 2.5 HP but at 5k I'll take a hard pass..
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    Cold Chop saw

    you could do that but it would be messy...
  15. frieed

    Cold Chop saw

    Woodworking tools and speeds work great for aluminum (including router bits) but not so much for steel.
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    Cold Chop saw

    I've had my evolution 380 Raptor for about 5 years and love it. (I'm the one that tool shamed Kevin into buying one :) ). about the only downside besides what Kevin mentioned: the clamp likes to slide when you cut miters (screw is fixed, pivot face on the moving side of the clamp rotates more...
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    General Tech What did you work on Today?

    come see if you can work that magic on mine :rofl:
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    For Sale Two Orbit B-Hyve WiFi sprinkler controllers

    here's what I spent the morning and half the afternoon doing tree root grew around the pipe and had to cut about 4" of it to replace the pipe. Tested it and found out I had cut the pipe with the sawzall just above the to coupling back in the dirt. I cut off on end of the flex, cut out the...
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    For Sale Two Orbit B-Hyve WiFi sprinkler controllers

    SOLD ... I have two of these one is 12 zones and is about 4 years old. The second is 6 zones and new this year. The 6 zone version is missing the front cover (took it off since it was in the cold storage room) I think the 6 zone works with Alexa but not the 12 zone (no mention of it when I...
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