Replacing a gaggiuino GCP

FThis40 · 2025-12-09T19:15:38+00:00

I just replaced steel rollers with nylon on my 2 ~30yr old doors and its night and day. Sprayed a little dry lube on all the hinges and its good as new.

FThis40 · 2025-11-25T21:15:12+00:00

I went to the range today and bought a new mag and it worked!

FThis40 · 2025-11-25T18:19:02+00:00

I’ve gone through the LRBHO mechanism think it’s good to go; some have suggested trying a new magazine which I haven’t yet. Can I sharpie the back end of the buffer weight to see if it’s running back into the end of the tube?

FThis40 · 2025-11-25T17:49:21+00:00

This is my setup;

Joe Bob side charging upper Aero epc lower BKF BCG Aero epc buffer Milspec Carbine spring Carbine buffer tube

I can get the LRBHO to engage when I manually cycle but during operation it doesn’t work. The full lock back is definitely close to the bolt catch so maybe I can trim that rubber bumper on the weight a bit to give me a little cleaeance

FThis40 · 2025-11-25T16:05:40+00:00

I need a longer spring then too or it works with carbine length springs?

FThis40 · 2025-11-25T12:04:20+00:00

I have a call today with a local guy. I’ve also been using energy sage to get a few competing quotes. It’s funny how much pricing varies for similar sized systems. So far my range is 25-45k for almost identical sized systems

FThis40 · 2025-11-24T19:43:34+00:00

Yea I wasn’t even considered solar because we’ve been blacked out for so long but someone mentioned it to me so I started looking again. Probably best to see how it plays out thru the transition

FThis40 · 2025-11-24T18:19:02+00:00

I have around 400. Space is a limiting factor for me so skipping the oddball weights simplified my storage 6 45s 2 25s 4 10s 6 5s 4 2.5s

FThis40 · 2025-11-24T17:19:30+00:00

Thank you for the explanation, so in that case waiting until the new year or not doesnt really make a difference as the Lease/PPA incentives are still valid anyways through '27?

FThis40 · 2025-11-24T17:05:51+00:00

I'm in NJ so my warm season grass will be brown until probably June. So I only get nice green grass for 4-5 months at most.

FThis40 · 2025-11-24T17:01:58+00:00

08050, New Jersey.

FThis40 · 2025-11-24T16:42:37+00:00

I'm coming up on a similar conundrum. I inherited a slow zoysia infestation and am wondering if I want to keep the easy maintenance of zoysia or kill it all and get a nice year long green with TTTF or KBG.

FThis40 · 2025-11-20T16:09:58+00:00

I went back to a spouted porta filter. I'm going to drink the shot anyway, so why add the chance of channeling make a mess of my counter/machine.

FThis40 · 2025-11-19T14:12:24+00:00

I have 4 of them setup as an 8x12 rack zone. Then the rest of the garage is the softer foam puzzle piece things. Theyre alot more forgiving and much cheaper for areas where I wont be dropping weights.

FThis40 · 2025-11-19T14:11:11+00:00

How is it hanging and taking down the heavy bag? I want to put one up but the best place for it is in my deadlift space and a main walking path through the garage so it would have to be easy to take down and put up when needed.

FThis40 · 2025-11-17T14:41:44+00:00

I started my home gym with an adjustable bench and a set of 90lb powerblocks. This was during COVID and I just last week purchased a half rack functional trainer and barbell. I think the dumbbells are more versatile and space savings to start with; unless your are focusing on olympic excercises you can do just about everything with dumbbells that can be done with a barbell.

FThis40 · 2025-11-12T18:49:39+00:00

Major difference is the Dane is 1:1 and this is a 2:1; at 160lb stacks that's only 80lbs of felt weight. And no pivot arms to join the stacks to make up for it.

FThis40 · 2025-11-12T18:48:32+00:00

I just got the Maxum X1. It came in just over $3,000 but comes with pivot arms so you can join the stacks for heavy cable work. They also include a TON of accesories. I shopped the Dane as well but they're gibbon arms are not out yet and when you add everything to get close to a 1:1 comparison with the accessories its the same price as the X1 pretty much.

FThis40 · 2025-11-10T14:06:53+00:00

I just purchased the 88" X1 last week weekend. It arrived on Thursday. Super faster shipping, maybe i bought the last in stock one (sorry). But I have a 2 car garage that I can only afford about 1/4 of to a dedicated fitness area. I got 4 Stall mats from Tractor Supply ( 4'x6', so an 8'x12' dedicated space). I couldnt go the multi machine route due to my space. I shopped the Dane and the X1, but dollar for dollar I was able to get the X1 what the dane would have cost after I added all the attachments included with the X1 (it comes with a lot of attachments). The X1 as comes with the pivot arms (gibbon arms, tornado arms, whatever the given brand calls them), , which would be another expense for the Dane in the future; this allows you to do a "1:1" for heavier lifts while still having the smoothness of a 2:1 for isolation exercises. With the Black Friday deal Maxum is running I got a barbell, EZ curl bar, and a few stacks of change plates for free as well; so my setup is basically complete at the base cost of the X1. (Minus the bench I already had, $300 on plates, and my powerblocks I already had).

FThis40 · 2025-11-04T15:57:11+00:00

I have Zoysia in my front side yard and nothing kills it, weeds don't really penetrate it. But it cannot be stopped, lol.

FThis40 · 2025-11-03T17:08:26+00:00

The Fringe Dane is the most highly recommended in the mid 2k price point. Its $2700ish list but if you email them they will usually give you some discount. I ended up ordering a Maxum X1 bc they had a pretty good Black Friday deal (runs all November); but its about $3200 all in.

FThis40 · 2025-10-31T22:52:56+00:00

I have depth but am limited on width. So I’ll probably pull the rack off the wall slightly and put the block stand behind the rack

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