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Super glue it shut clean off any excess glue when dry and then get the same plastic to drip seal/patch it. What this is, is basically lighting on fire the plastic and letting it drip onto the crack. Do not touch it to the tank while dripping or you will get strings of plastic or worse the...

Played with the new $74 shoebox size, amazon flux core welder. Very surprised at what it could do without any wire speed control. Straighten and welded/reinforced a buddy’s ATV plow that was starting to get to the point of stress fracturing at key attachment points. Should be good forever

Im planning on welding up a 36-40x72" ATV pulled wagon with FW tongue steering ( mini hay wagon at about 1000lb limit ) for picking up the limbed out tree tops. The lazy hunting club members leave probably a cord of wood all over the property....it all burns the same in the wood stove?!? Like...

....Not Today but over the weekend I spent the big North-East snow storm at the hunting cabin where we got about 17-18". I built a drag plow out of 2x8 & 2x6 and hooked it to the Jeep Cherokee wood hauler. Plowed 4x over Sunday and once Monday morning. Needless to say it worked but needed...

Yes and no: Placement in the engine bay is key in super cold environments. Im in PA and we rarely see the teens but i still place my can above the exhaust or right next to the radiator line to keep the oil vapor from turning to mayonnaise. I also run a secondary lower holding can for the oil...

A catch can will extend the life of an engine because it prevents carbon build up on the exhaust side valves and piston tops. They also help with a cleaner exhaust because the engine is not burring off the oil that collects in the intake manifold and intercooler which throws off the fuel ratio...

Ya I could not say otherwise why they are visually different. Perhaps a different company was contracted to cast them and Oregon changed the branding then. Or it could be their way of "ID-ing" what plant or country is making them...? In the end they are both OREGON.

They are same/same from what I know, just one has Oregon's proprietary name of "Power Mate" stamped on it too. I have used the cheaper rim sprockets via Amazon on 18" and under saws without issue. There are some off brands that do look online exceptionally thin and spindly, which I stayed away...

There are plenty of other major factors involved in determining the cost of making a battery pack and motors. IMO Lithium batteries are going to be replaced in the next few years by something more efficient. The next metal/mineral variation has got to be much higher efficiency along with far...

There is not enough silver to be worth even researching it if your inquiring about harvesting value. There is actually more gold value in the BCS and BCM circuity of a quality lithium battery pack and that is only a microscopic amount as well.

Up till about 10 years ago all knowledgeable turbo Subaru guys ran Rotella 5w40 because it had the most zinc in it for a stock on the shelf oil. Also we needed a light weigh on cold start but a heavyweight running hot. It was great for the horizontal boxer head design in combatting under...

I would not be surprised if that statement in general has been stated 20x in this thread 🙄. Threads like this tend to turn in to the proverbial snowball rolling down hill getting larger and larger but only picking up the same stuff cuz that all there is. 🤷🏼‍♂️

That is a good point, I believe the old craftsman that I’m remembering was a straight shaft so it would not seat under torque like a tapered…..don’t know why I never thought of that, but it was a long time ago when i first started fiddling with saws.

IMO play is bad. It will lend enough wiggle room to “bang/bend w/e” the key until it gets buggered up and then breaks. I have only had a key strip on one old saw, it was reluctant to start after many pulls. But it sheered the key, I can’t say if it was an abrupt cut or working through it over...