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I don’t care about the holes. That’s a better idea then trying to use plastic weld or JB Weld plastic putty over an entire hole.

Ugh. As usual, you’re right. I didn’t think about that. Maybe I could plastic weld it. I have four bins at our cottage we never use and my wife wanted to toss (we haul trash and recycling back to the city because of inconvenient cottage collection day).

“new” charger worked great. I experimented with a rusty vise- results were pretty good for a first real try, and I only had my e-tank running for maybe six hours. Results were encouraging enough for me to take apart the vise and plan another go. I also picked up a big 151L Rubbermaid tote for...

I had a chance to meet @85K100 today- he showed me around his garage and very generously gave me some cutting tools that will hopefully fit my tool posts, and gave me a lot of advice. We talked for a few hours about machining, bikes, and a bunch of other things. Thank you @85K100 - it was a...

You’d think, right? Fuse was definitely blown. Of course dumb me goes to Canadian Tire and *forgets to bring the bad fuse OR the specs”…. Fortunately I ended up finding another old school “dumb” charger for reasonable money. Apparently, prices on those things have skyrocketed due to...

For a while I've been toying with the idea of seeing if electrolysis could rescue some rusted things I've had lying around. Today was the day. I bought some rebar and tried to connect it to an old battery charger I had. Unfortunately that kept reporting an overload. I opened it up and...

Not sure why but I kind of like it!

I’m surprised battery powered tools are said to work nearly as well as I hear. It’s certainly not the case with drills that I’ve used… my corded drills have always been way more powerful than my expensive cordless ones!

After doing more reading - I see guys talking about having broken their breaker bars on these nuts. When I get the right socket, I think I'll buy an impact gun. I only have a small compressor that does 2.4 CFM at 90 PSI. Not sure if that will be enough. Or I could go electric. It's very...

Price is only a few dollars different... I was more worried with people claiming that using impacts marred their fasteners... but yeah, just as many users claiming that they couldn't get the fastener off without using an impact. What bums me is I ordered the tires a few days ago and could...

Thanks @Wingboy - that's very generous of you ! But I believe I need a 55mm for the rear and 30mm(could be wrong) up front. Plus it's a 12-point design with (supposedly) some inner taper to it.

So, I need to replace my front and rear tires. Given that the wheels need to be removed with a socket that is not common, I figured I would buy the tool, remove them myself and take them somewhere to have the tires mounted. It looks like this is pretty much the only option I can find in...

Motorcycle lift $349 Motorcycle lift table, in good working condition. Can be pumped up manually with foot pedal or with compressed air. Comes with safety bar and custom extension for bigger bikes. https://www.facebook.com/share/1DrYsrFGwz

LOL just came here to post that.

Yeah I thought it was a crazy idea but I really have no idea how to interpret the various units of shear strength and the like.. I’ll start calling the scrap places next week. Most of the ones I found on FB seemed to be pretty far west of the city. My cottage is near Orillia but most of...

I've been meaning to post a drawing with sizes.. Now I've gone down the rabbit hole of learning how to use Fusion 360 to create those diagrams. Overkill, for sure for this purpose, but I like learning new things. I also had the crazy idea of using Delrin to make these fittings. Cheap (I...

Motorcycle work stand CA$300 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1903165130482474/

I should have pulled the trigger on this one. STRIP DOWN 2006 YAMAHA ROYAL STAR MIDNIGHT VENTURE CA$700 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1784647229107517

I finished framing out the inside of my shipping container. I probably picked the worst possible day to spend working in a shipping container. I wonder how much water I sweated out today. I had to go to Canadian Tire to buy a big fan and then when I was at Costco saw another big fan and...

Was going to post that. Wasn’t all the construction work north of Beier’s though? Edit: @shanekingsley beat me to it.