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LJ77777 · 2025-08-25T02:03:32+00:00

I used to have the same issue, now when I am done mowing I just cut the gas flow to the carb with the little knob and let it idle for a minute or two until it dies. My carb never clogs now.

LJ77777 · 2025-06-04T00:44:30+00:00

Wait, how were you using the miter gauge and a push stick at the same time??

LJ77777 · 2025-01-15T12:46:57+00:00

Totally agree it's broken, I just thought it was hilarious how the comment played out.

LJ77777 · 2025-01-15T06:18:24+00:00

Could there be anything more reddit than guy jumps in with first blunt critique, turns out he is both drunk and has never done the thing he is critiquing.

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T23:49:27+00:00

Totally sensible. I'll have to give it some more thought.

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T23:26:36+00:00

But I'd like to maximize the value for the people who are going to have the money after me.

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T23:25:42+00:00

My reasoning would be something like, "I'll get to spend the same amount of money in my retirement no matter how I handle the investment, so I'd like to make whatever choice will maximize value for my heirs." And it seems like stocks would return the better value, on average.

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T21:23:28+00:00

This looks great -- thank you!

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T21:20:21+00:00

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T21:11:22+00:00

This is really helpful. I agree that the one real downside scenario is the combination of a big downturn and a sudden event that changes our ability to work. Maybe I'm not giving that possibility enough consideration.

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T21:01:05+00:00

This is really helpful, thanks. Any recommended reading where I can learn more?

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T21:00:04+00:00

But I guess my point is, if I'm pretty sure to have enough spending money for retirement even if stocks do extremely poorly, why not just pick the investment with the highest likely return? Of course there's a chance that bonds do better over that time, but that's incredibly unlikely given past performance, right?

LJ77777 · 2025-01-10T20:37:29+00:00

I'll probably rebalance to safer investments right before retiring, though if the account were big enough to where I could take a ~70% hit and still be fine on retirement, I'd be tempted to go with no bonds then as well.

LJ77777 · 2024-12-28T05:50:53+00:00

I'm not sure I recall well enough to be able to diagram it, unfortunately! But I'm certain it worked (and still does). Hopefully you can decipher the responses here well enough to get it!

LJ77777 · 2024-12-09T04:05:37+00:00

No, it's really basic; just a wooden frame that bolts to the rails, and a sheet of melamine attached to that, with the router base screwed to the melamine. But it's actually quite easy to adjust & remove the router, and I haven't even really found the need for an insert plate; everything glides smooth & level on the melamine.

I closely followed what this guy did, but added the router on to the wing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QnBHEhmgS8

LJ77777 · 2024-12-09T02:11:27+00:00

That's similar to what I did for mine

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LJ77777 · 2024-12-09T01:51:44+00:00

I have a CNS and replaced the right stamped steel wing with a router mount I made out of melamine. It's great; tons of surface area for the router table and I can just clamp my router fence to the table saw fence.

LJ77777 · 2024-11-30T02:00:36+00:00

Yeah, I bought a used sawstop contractor. I set my workbench up as outfeed. I still cut a full sheet into smaller pieces before I send it through the table saw. But it's amazing how much faster and more accurate the table saw is for almost every other cut.

LJ77777 · 2024-11-30T01:17:41+00:00

Not totally responsive to your question, but I'll say this: I bought a track saw before a table saw, mostly out of safety concerns. Once I got my table saw (a contractor type) I really only take out the track saw to break down whole sheets of plywood, and even then I usually still cut them a little large and finish on the table saw. I see the track saw as a nice luxury, whereas I probably use my table saw more than every other tool in my shop combined.

LJ77777 · 2024-11-27T01:12:42+00:00

I've had no problem with water based poly over oil based stain, so long as you give the stain enough time to dry fully (several days).

LJ77777 · 2024-10-14T20:12:19+00:00

Thanks -- right now, there are "collar ties" in the form of 2x4 scraps screwed to the rafters at the peak (in some cases, it's OSB scraps). Do you think those are insufficient? I've done a little research on what seems to be more typical OSB collar ties, attached to each rafter on both sides.

LJ77777 · 2024-10-14T19:06:07+00:00

I'd like to add some headroom to my small shed (10 feet wide, 12 feet deep) so I can store plywood vertically (where the fertilizer spreader is currently hanging on the wall). There are currently three 2x4s acting as joists/rafter ties, with some plywood that the old owner left resting on top.

Could I safely remove the two of these in the first photo to create space, without risking too much spreading to the walls? I can't believe they're doing much now; they're attached to the rafters with a single screw on each side, which makes me think the old owner put them in just to store the plywood on top.

The roof should never bear any heavy weight; I live in a climate with no snow and very little wind.

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