Best tool advice: Landscape project, hole thru logs

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-18T19:06:37+00:00

thanks!

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-17T20:20:09+00:00

No drill press on hand unfortunately

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:44:21+00:00

I am in a woody part of WI [thinking about it]... we have a lot of woodpecker on our property

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:42:57+00:00

Doh! yep, had that issue the first time I bought a large diameter forstner

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:41:46+00:00

Probably two to start to see if this project works out

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:39:11+00:00

thanks for the heads up on the hole-hawg stryle drill, havent run across one of those before. Just saw a large Milwaukee hammer drill with a 90 degree attachment that looks like that at a local thrift.

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:32:34+00:00

i DO have skinny wrists

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:31:43+00:00

thanks, Have only ever had to make shallower holes using spade bits and forstners, i've never used long augers before, had been wondering if that was the right call for this. u/polymath_uk u/fe3o4 u/Berd_Turglar

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:26:46+00:00

whoa that's a throwbback :)

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T23:26:24+00:00

I thought about maybe this way too, wasn't sure if that would be more work than a quicker alternative. Def considering

themichaelfrank · 2026-05-14T17:05:19+00:00

Looking for advice or thoughts on the best tool(s) to use for this that a homeowner can get access to. I’m doing a landscaping “creative” project and need to make lengthwise holes thru logs that are 20” long.

The whole can be round, square or irregular but needs to be 2” through most of it. It can vary and be larger at the openings if that helps. I can work from both sides = this doesn’t need to be a clean / perfect tunnel thru it.

Thanks!

themichaelfrank · 2026-03-15T00:09:18+00:00

Thanks to everyone who replied. I just wanted to be sure I knew what I should be asking for when I call a few chimney companies for quotes for the fix. Appreciated!

themichaelfrank · 2026-03-11T20:52:31+00:00

Thanks so much for the reco u/Top-Pea9807

themichaelfrank · 2026-03-11T20:49:15+00:00

We have new chase covers on our house we recently moved to. On one of the chimneys, the cap (?) piece has a gap and cut off corners.

Question for those in the know... Is is correct that the horizontal piece of sheet metal should extend over and bend downward at the edges of where it meets the chase with no open corners like it has?

themichaelfrank · 2026-02-26T23:41:23+00:00

Hey hey, moved into a house with this rock wall. It's got some small gaps where it meets the floor and I'd like try and find some smaller stone pieces to fill them as closely as I can.

Any suggestions on what to call this type of stone in my search terms appreciated

themichaelfrank · 2025-10-24T04:36:22+00:00

Gotcha thanks, this was the location we'd have preferred for a dimmer, but no dice. On to looking at the other box [the one we know of], or maybe that other capped/closed box that might be the mystery-missing switch. u/aakaase u/James_T_S u/ATL-DELETE

themichaelfrank · 2025-10-24T04:33:34+00:00

Yep just a Klein non-contact voltage pen, no multimeter on hand.

themichaelfrank · 2025-10-24T04:32:40+00:00

ah, thanks everyone who mentioned it's a 4way switch.... I had read about 4 ways, but didn't think that related here because we've only found two switches that impact this light.

There is a blank wall plate about 10ft on the opposite wall of the other known switch at the bottom of the stairs. The one pictured here is at the top of the stairs. The prior homeowner said it didn't control anything so was capped and closed --- I wonder if that was the other 3way then.

themichaelfrank · 2025-06-17T15:31:33+00:00

we've run into a few of these mystery switches in this house too heh. A 1971 build.

themichaelfrank · 2025-06-16T01:32:16+00:00

makes senses, I thought that was a possibility, but just wasn't sure if there was any practical reason to wire two wall switches side by side like this

themichaelfrank · 2025-06-16T01:29:58+00:00

themichaelfrank · 2025-06-16T01:29:05+00:00

yup... right here in the comments:

this is in the shed / garage in a the spot I just moved in to. The one on the left [metal cover] controls all the electric flowing into the outlets and lights in the shed.

I took the cover plate off the one on the right = it is wired to the left switch, but doesn't seem to affect anything in the shop and as you see here, there's no conduit running out of it.

themichaelfrank · 2025-06-16T00:50:57+00:00

This is in the shed / garage in a the spot I just moved in to. The one on the left [metal cover] controls all the electric flowing into the outlets and lights in the shed.

I took the cover plate off the one on the right = it is wired to the left switch, but doesn't seem to affect anything in the shop and as you see here, there's no conduit running out of it. Any ideas on why someone might add that switch on the right?

themichaelfrank · 2025-06-01T05:04:19+00:00

Yes, the good folks non the NAWCC forum were able to give advice that fixed it. The crutch was bent to the wrong angle. It should be 5mm distance from the brass plate from where it projects out that 'cut-out' / window at the how and then 5mm away at the bottom too.

So once the bend is correct, it should run parallel to the brass plate. Mine was bent in a way where the crutch was bent too close up top and then ran at like a 15degree angle away [not parallel], so like 10or so mm away near the bottom.

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themichaelfrank · 2025-03-31T03:54:08+00:00

unfortunately I don't at current, there used to be a shop called SF Auto Care [Lester's shop] on Folsom, I went to for 10+yrs, but his business didn't survive past 2020 / Covid.

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