That's why there is a bin of brass/copper in the garage. Normally enough there to get a project done.
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Canadian Tire - Curbside experiences
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It's ABS fittings I need...and some threaded and flush mounted, and some with barbed fittings, etc etc. In the end it's going to be one of those projects where I'd probably have been to HD at least twice or three times in a single day, but it's going to end up 2.5 weeks of multiple online orders.
This is the problem I find. Always forget something, or don’t even know I’ll need it until I’m at a step and it’s ‘wtf do I do now?’
Thankfully my dad has a van, shed, and room full of odd bits and ends that can be counted on to steal in a pinch.
needed to sharpen the mower blade this week. Have the grinder, have every type of disc except a grinding one. ‘Dad you got one? Leave it on the front porch and I’ll be there in 15’
I thought of working in retail but they wouldn't let me carry a gun.
I had a $50 part in stock and the guy on the phone was playing 20 questions. After about 20 minutes with no sign of an end I told him I just checked inventory and we were out. "I guess you'll have to buy an new $800 heater."
The golden rule of plumbing is that part A can not be directly attached to part B therefore part B has been renamed part E so it can be connected to part A with adapters B, C, and D. Part C is out of stock so use parts G and R as substitutes.
Sums it up perfectly LOL.
And by the time all the different pieces are together along with all the required adapters and such it's a 2 foot long conglomeration that has to fit in a 8" space lol
Quite impressed with CT Milton Today.
I placed an order for ANOTHER hockey stick for my son today and order was ready for pick up in about 2 hours.
(Maybe I shouldn't have accidently stepped on the other 2 week old stick)
5 min through the drive through and I was on my way back home.
I placed an order for ANOTHER hockey stick for my son today and order was ready for pick up in about 2 hours.
(Maybe I shouldn't have accidently stepped on the other 2 week old stick)
5 min through the drive through and I was on my way back home.
Well that's annoying.
I've been holding off on buying anything that's not something I need imminently. But once, whenever that is, things open up again I've got a long shopping list of stuff to get.
Just don't feel like dealing with the car lineups unless absolutely necessary.
I've started really using the smaller retailers , caulking and fasteners from RV and marine suppliers , sandpaper and screws from a tool store. I'm possibly paying significantly more, but I'm getting what is needed to carry on. I'll pay more for service.
I dont have panic jobs, like a sink faucet blowing up, and I plan a bit further out . Its all good.
We had a cottage on an Island yrs ago , you'd plan for a week, get everything you could possibly want or need for a project, double check. Then saturday about 10am you'd get in the boat and spend 1.5hr driving to CTC in Parry Sound.......
I dont have panic jobs, like a sink faucet blowing up, and I plan a bit further out . Its all good.
We had a cottage on an Island yrs ago , you'd plan for a week, get everything you could possibly want or need for a project, double check. Then saturday about 10am you'd get in the boat and spend 1.5hr driving to CTC in Parry Sound.......
I was fixing some air tools for a structural steel company and the foreman said his guys never drop tools unless they're working on bridges over open water.
Our last big project all the guys carried VERY large lunch boxes. A lot of tools would go missing. At the end of the job everything that wasn’t bolted down disappeared within an hour....
I’m not saying they were ALL stealing...but...
FIFO site didn’t have this issue. Contractor wasn’t paying for checked luggage so no one checked their luggage.
I had an overseas job that had some very expensive equipment get destroyed through a mistake made by others. I really wanted to bring some of the parts home to make a table or something out of but the shipping would have been killer. They were the rotating assemblies from hydraulic pumps so they were similar to a revolver cylinder made out of stainless ~12" in diameter with ~1.5" pistons. Each assembly was close to 100 lbs and there were a lot of them heading to the scrap bin. Similar to the pics below but much larger. I ended up with just a piston as that was easy to deal with on the plane.
Rebuilt lots of those. You should see what's left when things go wrong. Barely an internal part bigger than a hangnail.I had an overseas job that had some very expensive equipment get destroyed through a mistake made by others. I really wanted to bring some of the parts home to make a table or something out of but the shipping would have been killer. They were the rotating assemblies from hydraulic pumps so they were similar to a revolver cylinder made out of stainless ~12" in diameter with ~1.5" pistons. Each assembly was close to 100 lbs and there were a lot of them heading to the scrap bin. Similar to the pics below but much larger. I ended up with just a piston as that was easy to deal with on the plane.
I've never taken a pressure washer apart but I would expect to see a similar but cheaper internal assembly. Right / wrong?I had an overseas job that had some very expensive equipment get destroyed through a mistake made by others. I really wanted to bring some of the parts home to make a table or something out of but the shipping would have been killer. They were the rotating assemblies from hydraulic pumps so they were similar to a revolver cylinder made out of stainless ~12" in diameter with ~1.5" pistons. Each assembly was close to 100 lbs and there were a lot of them heading to the scrap bin. Similar to the pics below but much larger. I ended up with just a piston as that was easy to deal with on the plane.
From the look of the outside I expect a 3 cylinder inline pump on a good pressure washer. On a cheap one, probably a single piston.
No. Most are just little pistons and check valves.
I’ve got one with a damaged line. Can’t seem to find the part so it’s most likely garbage. I’ll tear it into pieces and let you know.
Internal line or external hose? I have a spare hose/gun that will likely never get used.
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