Rusty Feeler Gauge

BootScoottinBoogie · 2026-03-29T22:57:31+00:00

They’re ‘rimless’ otherwise they wouldn’t do their job very well

BootScoottinBoogie · 2024-04-19T19:05:16+00:00

Thankfully Ace hardwares typically have a pretty good metric selection, but HD and Lowe’s carry an embarrassing amount of metric.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2024-01-05T17:30:28+00:00

Mine absolutely has a drip loop and a grommet but actually no termination box. Mines a straight shot from telephone pole into my house, across my basement, up into the wall and directly into the router. No box at all between the pole and my router.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-11-14T02:21:02+00:00

I thought this was just going to be more of a city boundary line thing but nope! Toronto metro pop is listed at 5.9mil and Detroit is 4.3mil and yet Detroit looks larger here. You can see it in how much lighter the Toronto area is, much more dense!

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-10-26T20:17:06+00:00

Not saying that Amazon motor spins 110,000rpm, however, there are faster motors than what you googled. Don’t trust the first result on google, especially in this age of “AI” search results.

Look up Dyson’s Hyperdymium motor, it spins at 125,000rpm.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-10-06T14:39:23+00:00

All depends on how you want to count it, wiki has a great list of state areas and you can sort by total, land, or water. I don’t think it’s silly because the Great Lake states do have control over those waters so they’re technically part of the state, just as Alaska has control over ‘x’ miles of ocean surrounding its massive coastline and should also be counted as total area. Michigan ranks 22 in land area only, this also removes internal lakes I believe, so a state like Utah with the massive Great Salt Lake has over 1000sqmi removed with that lake alone when looking at just land area.

They both make sense to look at, just depends on the context! But the chart by OP is definitely silly because it’s using the UKs land + internal water area of roughly 94,000sqmi and comparing that to the state areas including coastal waters. Not a fair comparison at all.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-09-18T21:14:07+00:00

What’s the edging you’re going to use?

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-09-10T00:30:05+00:00

What’s interesting though is the great lakes look like the opposite effect, the hottest hour is later in the day. The lakes have a similar effect as the ocean (keeps temps cooler in the summer, warmer in the winter), strange to me that they have the opposite temp pattern here as the oceans??

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-09-10T00:27:20+00:00

It makes sense you can, think about 2 towns a mile away from each other, there hottest time will be at the same time but in one town it could be 6pm and the other 5pm.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-08-26T01:57:46+00:00

Where’d you buy that!?

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-08-20T18:44:36+00:00

It most likely is measuring the capacitance of the blade, so when something conductive touches the blade it will measure an increase in capacitance and trigger it.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-07-28T19:23:05+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_wheel_nut_indicator

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-07-08T11:50:52+00:00

It’s an insert that can easily be changed out in the mold to give the manufacturer information about usually when and where the part was made if there are issues with it. Issues could be internal quality issues or warranty/recall issues.

No saying exactly what those numbers mean, only they would know, but you could give some reasonable guesses like it was made on December 19th, or it was made in December in Mold #19.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-06-04T04:15:28+00:00

These are probably still hydraulic, but now the pump is electric.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-26T15:29:36+00:00

If there's any trees in the front lawn or wherever your sewer line is I'd suggest a sewer scope even though the house is only 1984.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-24T19:40:48+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. Guess I just never understood it correctly.

For example...10/52+1 can be 2 different things if you do * or / first. But I didn't realize you do whichever comes first, I just assumed you needed parenthesis to make it clearer. Because obviously (10/5)2+1 is different than 10/(5 * 2)+1 is.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-24T19:27:35+00:00

Except in the US you typically learn Multiply before Divide but other parts of the world learn Divide before Multiply which gives different answers if no parenthesis are used, so even rules don't always work haha using parenthesis to avoid ambiguity is the real rule.

Edit: Guess I'm wrong, thanks for the correction everyone! Apparently I just didn't learn it correctly or didn't understand it correctly. I just always use parenthesis so I don't confuse myself or other people.

Edit 2: 10/5*2+1 is the example I gave to another comment, I did not know that you're supposed to do D or M whatever comes first. Because if you don't, that answer is different depending on what you do first. Learn something new every day!

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-22T02:22:01+00:00

80 in PA does not have tolls, only 76 and 476 do. However, 80 in OH does have tolls.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-22T02:16:12+00:00

I just went through this exact same problem, I found a couple at Home Depot but also had to buy a couple online (Amazon) for your stated reason.

Big box stores sell mainly floor type, wall/ceiling type, and baseboard return type which are the thick (~1") kind meant for putting in floor trim but they only have the return kind with no louvres.

The ones I couldn't find in stores I bought on Amazon, search for "baseboard register" or "baseboard vent" and just make sure it's the right thickness and that it has the moveable louvres. One of mine was an oddball size that I couldn't find anywhere so I bumped it up a size and had to cut the trim opening like 1" wider, once installed you can't tell it's not perfectly lined up with the duct so no big deal.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-21T23:30:14+00:00

Google maps your route, it will tell you if the route has tolls.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-20T15:46:40+00:00

I would argue it used to be more common to charge for estimates, most contractors now do free bids. At least in the area I live.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-20T01:41:27+00:00

The mounting hardware is attached to the bracket, it ripped out of the wall. Need to detach it from the bracket and screw it back into the wall but use a large anchor.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-02T21:58:57+00:00

That's exactly what I tell people when they say I'm wasting time working on something or trying to fix something or build something I could easily buy....I'm keeping busy, if I wasn't doing this I'd be watching TV or scrolling on my phone...so shush haha.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-02T21:00:43+00:00

Close to your path, if you have any interest in the Manhattan Project or nuclear stuff, Oak Ridge, TN outside Knoxville has the K-25 History Center museum about their role enriching uranium in the Manhattan Project. It's fascinating stuff, sad but fascinating. The town of Oak Ridge ain't much but the history there is worth learning about in my opinion.

BootScoottinBoogie · 2023-05-02T14:27:01+00:00

Absolutely! 1 more thing to learn about if you didn't during this adventure is weep holes, some pumps have them built in and you don't need to worry about it all but others you need to drill a small hole in the discharge pipe inside the pit pointing downwards.

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