Duck Pond Redneckery

[Electric Chicken]

@Duck Dewalt impact driver, Good for changing tires or no?

Impact drivers not really. Impact wrenches, yes if they have enough balls.

For a car you don't need a lot. I have a generic Amazon one that's good enough for the station wagon and general duties on the Mack like shock mounts and brackets and things.

An impact driver is better on small stuff that was never super tight. Like interior panels. I also used mine when I replaced the coolant reservoir. Doesn't hit super hard but spins really fast. Stuff you could use a ratchet on but are too lazy or don't want to take the extra time.

 

[Duck]

dimwit...all basements, all barns, all work sheds, have fucking dust, shit, there's fucking dust in the air...every fucving day, it's even in YOUR house, thanks to that ragamuffin yipper you got.

i got dust like you and every fucking body else has...i'd like to vent it out along with the chemical fumes.

i just need more airflow than what i am able to get now, and a filtration system can serve, maybe 3 purposes, maybe better than a Walmart special $19.99 fan will do.

1) filter the air

2) move the air, and be rid of the fumes

3) heat up my raviolis


dimwit.

Yes there's dust everywhere...

Apparently you've never been in a woodworking shop.

There's like 100 times as much airborne dust in my shop as in a house.

If I just blow it outside, no filter is required however all the air you blow outside has been heated with $$$ and it gets replaced by cold air from outside coming in through any little leak such as around the rollup garage door.

In your case, you would have no choice but to vent your fumes outside.

But in my case, I'm gonna filter it.

It takes a massive amount of airflow to pull all of the shop air through a filter before the dust can settle.

Furnace fans move a lot of air.

However one typical standard house furnace filter will clog up fast in my shop, and due to the speed of the air, a lot of finer particles will pass right through it.

Which is why I'm building a cube to permit using 5 filters. All 4 sides plus the bottom will be filters.

The airflow will be divided up across 5 filters so every square inch of filter material only has 1/5th the amount of airspeed through it, allowing it to catch more particles.

That's the theory anyway.


The part I ain't figured out yet is where to discharge the filtered air.

Because it'll be drawing in air from above my head, I'll want to return it low, because why not use it to warm the concrete floor and make the heating system more efficient?

Problem is wherever it discharges, it'll kick up dust that settled while the filter system was turned off. It'll spend most of its time turned off. I'm only going to have it on when I'm using the saws and power sanders.

I might use a Y adapter to split the velocity in half, and discharge it up high, but pointed straight down so it still reaches the floor, but slower.

 

[BlackBart]

On a car, probably. I just replaced the cord on my Dewalt hand drill. I bought the daggone thing at a garage sale in 2001, and I've put MEGA hard use on it. Hours and hours of running wire wheels with it and it still works just fine. Literally the best power tool I've ever owned, as far as longevity goes.

But, it was made at least 22 years ago. It looked old and beat up when I bought it.

They could have moved production to China by now, I don't know. I would definitely research that before I'd buy anything else Dewalt.

I mean, I'll buy Chinese crap, but only cheap stuff I don't expect to last.

If I'm paying for Dewalt, it better be made in USA or at least a friendly country full of reasonably intelligent workers like Canada, Germany, Austria or Japan.


If you're looking for something to change tires on a big truck, ask @ECv2 because he used to take the wheels off his old Ford at least once a day.

Dont forget the torque sticks

 

[Electric Chicken]

Dont forget the torque sticks

I have a proper torque wrench now. Got it in late 2021. 1" drive 200-750 breakaway style.

Stick proved to be accurate.

 

[Duck]

The filters are on backwards but I think it looks better in pictures that way.

The side with the X is the bottom.

Might put the blower fan inside, blowing into the duct it hangs from.

 

[389 Hood]

What if the unfiltered air were brought in from the bottom and then the clean air could be discharge in the fashion in which the filters are oriented now? You would have discharge air in multiple points instead of having to direct it and create a current.

I use a MERV 13 filter in the central A/C in the house. It's amazing how much cleaner the house stays by not using the cheap filters. That, and the evaporator still looks like new 5 years into the unit being installed, even with my overgrown ragamuffin yapper.

 

[Duck]

What if the unfiltered air were brought in from the bottom and then the clean air could be discharge in the fashion in which the filters are oriented now? You would have discharge air in multiple points instead of having to direct it and create a current.

I use a MERV 13 filter in the central A/C in the house. It's amazing how much cleaner the house stays by not using the cheap filters. That, and the evaporator still looks like new 5 years into the unit being installed, even with my overgrown ragamuffin yapper.

I want the outlet as far away from the intake as possible, so it doesn't just circulate the same air near the filter box. I'd have sawdust all over everything in the back of the shop (like I do now) and super clean air at the other end.

To slow down the wind at the outlet end, I might see if I can get a semi truck muffler and modify it so there's no outlet pipe. Just cap that off and drill a bunch of holes in the outside for the air to come out of. As long as the holes add up to equal or exceed the area of a 6" circle.

I'm definitely not looking forward to hanging the ductwork across the ceiling.

I looked at the ducts at Menards and they are not a full cylinder shape. There's a seam & some fancy bent edges that I guess are supposedly supposed to lock into each other but I couldn't figure out how.

Luckily I have a friend who does HVAC. I'll probably get him to show me, and probably see if he can get me a deal on the blower fan too.

The fan I'm going to use is a 6 inch inline duct fan. Not the kind with the little conventional fan blade in it, but the kind that looks more like a truck turbo.

The one I want is $275 at Home Depot, 20 miles away up in Matteson.

Surely John can get me one cheaper.

 

[389 Hood]

It's going to be difficult because you have a temperature factor to contend with. You simply want to clean the existing air and not expel it to the outside.

I gotta sleep on this one.

 

[Duck]

It's going to be difficult because you have a temperature factor to contend with. You simply want to clean the existing air and not expel it to the outside.

I gotta sleep on this one.

Yeah. Propane ain't cheap.

Also, I have a 13 foot 2 inch high ceiling in there. Heat rises. If I climb a ladder, it's hot up there. Wasted heat, so I built that steerable fan to blow it back down.

I can use this air filter to do the same thing. Draw warm air from over my head and discharge it near the floor.

I don't know what height I'm going to mount the filter box yet but I want to be able to change the filters using just the 6 foot ladder.

 

[Duck]

How to fix an ugly knot hole in a corner on an otherwise flawless piece of wood.

1. Find the right size dowel in the scrap bucket.



2. Glue a piece in



3. When the glue is set, take a coping saw and trim it flush, then grab some sandpaper.

 

[Duck]

4. Fill all the small voids with wood putty.



It takes about an hour before you can sand the filler, and it's almost midnight so I'll sand it tomorrow.

 

[BlackBart]

You gonna paint that or stain it?

 

[Duck]

You gonna paint that or stain it?

Just linseed oil. If it turns out to be a dust magnet I'll put polyurethane on it.

It's an antidogification device to keep the dog out of the room with the cat's food.

It locks onto the trim piece in the doorway. The gaps on the sides are too small for the dog's head to fit through. I measured it.

 

[Rigjockey]

Just linseed oil. If it turns out to be a dust magnet I'll put polyurethane on it.

It's an antidogification device to keep the dog out of the room with the cat's food.

It locks onto the trim piece in the doorway. The gaps on the sides are too small for the dog's head to fit through. I measured it.

What is the dogs hat size?

 

[Duck]

What is the dogs hat size?

His skull is somewhere between 5-1/2" and 6" wide and if he turns his head, it's about the same distance from the bottom of his jaw to the top of his head.

It's hard to get an accurate measurement because he won't sit still.

The gaps on the sides are 4 inches.

The cat's skull is 3 inches wide.

Dog already tried it both ways, and he tried to jump it but he's not big enough. He's 35 lbs full grown.

 

[Rigjockey]

His skull is somewhere between 5-1/2" and 6" wide and if he turns his head, it's about the same distance from the bottom of his jaw to the top of his head.

It's hard to get an accurate measurement because he won't sit still.

The gaps on the sides are 4 inches.

The cat's skull is 3 inches wide.

Dog already tried it both ways, and he tried to jump it but he's not big enough. He's 35 lbs full grown.

Outstanding reply!

 

[Duck]

My table saw is always getting cluttered up with tools and project parts that I have to move when I need to use it.

So I built a crane.

 

[Duck]

This thing was trying to eat me:

 

[Duck]

This is what the crane is for.





It fits like a glove over the top of the table saw & when I need to use the saw, I just crank a boat trailer winch.



And that + shaped cross beam is going to be able to hold a million spring clamps.

 

[GAnthony]

and so, a piece of wood, is going to hold up a heavy metal object..?????????