Recent content by dogwood1300

It doesn't have to be school. The town/city/county mgmt would just come up with a total amount of money they want to spend, and find a way to distribute the burden to all residents. Note that they came up with the amount first, not the other way that we would do when running our home.

For construction (framing), the HF saw is good enough. There should be coupon (go to a bookstore, check magazines for HF coupons) for the 10" sliding for < $90. If you want to do moulding (fine cabinetry), I'd get a better brand. The problem for the HF could be the assembly, and IMO, it's more...

Originally Posted By: supton I got a cheapie oil-less compressor from Home Depot. 20 gallon? I forget. I'm not sure I'm 100% happy with it. For inflating tires it's great; but so far I haven't been real impressed with its ability to run an HF impact wrench. Which may be a second source of...

Originally Posted By: JC1 Originally Posted By: Chris142 Ck out the 1/2 Earthquake impact gun. It's often on sale for $70ish and it will do anything you want it to. I've been "testing" one at work for about a year now. I liked it so much that I bought a 2nd one for home. BTW it's not made in...

Originally Posted By: jcwit You worry about the country of manufacture for an air hose with a chinese compressor? I would not compare the hose made in India with the compressor made in China

HF used to carry the Goodyear hose, 3/8" should be fine, see if you could still find in store.

Check the magazines, look for the Harbor Freight coupon for its 1/2" Earthquake impact gun (for $70?) For fittings, you would like to go for quality (Milton?) And if possible, see if you can get the hi-flo fitting (1/4") usually to go with the 3/8" hose HTH

Originally Posted By: gathermewool I'm a Newegg newsletter subscriber, and frequently check dealnews.com for the latest and greatest deals on the latest and greatest hardware. The temptation is definitely there, but I simply don't need to upgrade. MY i7 920 is plenty fast and the HD5850 will...

Originally Posted By: ToyotaNSaturn How many people upgrade their computers every couple/few years? The answer depends greatly of course. My wife's HP PC, Intel quad-core Q6600 CPU is now mine. It was my 'lab' server. But today made it my daily driver. 8GB RAM, Corsair SSD disk, Win2012 server...

Use Honda genuine transmission fluid only. Also if you are thinking about bleeding brake fluid, I'd use Honda genuine one only, too. Same with coolant

Originally Posted By: stephen9666 -Which torque wrench did you get? Did you get one where 35 in-lbs is in its usable torque range? -What makes you think it was overtightened? There's no evidence that the torque wrench did anything wrong or isn't accurate. It could have a problem, but at this...

Originally Posted By: Rand http://www.amazon.com/Makita-MAC700-Big-...=air+compressor for 199$ not too bad. If you monitor the price, it may go down to $175 from time to time Mazon price monitoring It is actually very good, can even handle impact wrench (to take of lug nuts) One thing is...

Originally Posted By: Rand its VERY nice.. just not enough air for stuff like a impact wrench. I'd love to have one.. You can run an impact wrench with it. I was able to get one wheel off before the air compressor kicks in.

Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL Eight people living in a "dorm" that is the size of a two-car garage. Sounds really pleasant to me...... That was the living condition as college students 20 years ago, and it was considered normal

Originally Posted By: Rocko1 I need from about 2ft lbs to 50 or so. Reading the reviews seems many claim the HF inaccurate. It'll depend on what you are using it for. For lug nuts, the HF 1/2" should be fine. For anything delicate, I might invest in quality. On the other hand, it might be...