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NLA sure is the killer of many things! For a Metabo-HPT oscillating tool that came missing a part last week, the part was "Obsolete no replacement available" the very same day that I bought it new in the box from Lowes. (Lowes gave me no problems returning it.) And, that model is still for sale...

I can surely empathize with your frustrations, PapaJack! Battery tools can often be frustrating- espeically when the manufacturer coats the circuit boards with black epoxy so we can't diagnose & fix them! Most of my hand tools are plug-it-in-the-wall. I get to keep working while my co workers...

I'm partial to electric. No more gasoline to buy and spill, no more oil changes & other P.M. tasks. Friends have Ego, Kobalt (Lowes) and GreenWorks. They all love them and each is several years old. I believe parts for Ego and Greenworks stay available for many years. I never looked into Kobalt...

The bonding brushes look like they'd be handy in electrical distribution work where stuff gets really corroded. Thanks for posting it, RedRick. Those wire brushes for cleaning oxidation off of copper tubing before sweating joints work well, too. You can get tapered ones for inside and circle...

The anti-ox pastes that are castor oil based waterproof very well. (Burndy Penetrox is one) Ideal's NoAlox also waterproofs, although I don't know what the carrier grease is. SDS is mute on the subject.

Don't use Dielectric grease. Webster's Dictionary: "Insulating. Unable to conduct electrical, energy". Use instead the stuff mentioned on Page 3. Paul

Speaking as an industrial and distribution system electrician, what FarmerDave said about anti-ox paste is a reply to be remembered. The stuff I build, install & service is subject to all manner of corrosive evils from road salt spray to corrosive aerosols. Using anti-oxidant paste is a cable...

Our Motorola G phone can't take RAW which is one reason that I have a "real" camera. My ZTE could not either. Nor can my wife's iPhone. To shoot RAW with iPad & IPhone, you need certain versions (12 Pro & 13 Pro for iPhone). Some earlier ones can shoot with a 3rd party app, but none I've tried...

Maybe try Selective Insurance Company. (selective.com) They insure in many states & were hundreds of dollars less expensive than the others for my business. Hartford has fairly reasonable rates if you are over 50 years old and go through AARP. (TheHartford.com and AARP.org) I have...

In the U.S. we get the benefit of being able to have a Sole Proprietorship which saves the start-up (and ongoing) paperwork of incorporation. (Plus the IRS' deep scrutiny of S-Corps lately) Amen x ten to Liability Insurance!!! Paul Disclaimer: My company is a Subchapter S Corporation with LLC...

Thanks RolandW for posting this. Here's a great example of why having a real business and deducting is to your benefit: In 2021 the vehicle costs (repairs, fuel, insurance, maintenance) for my business were $18,623.00. I deducted them instead of taking the standard mileage deduction. At the 12%...

It's great that in most states (if not all) you can have the advantages of Sole Proprietorship and LLC in the same business. In Michigan, you can even have an LLC S-Corporation. LLC is great protection if the company has debts that it can not pay. Your own home, bank accounts, spouse's job pay...

Some Thoughts, Bolensst140: Form A Real Business- I suggest forming a legitimate business for many reasons. It can be easy. Many types are "no lawyer needed" and some are "no paperwork needed". The main reason to form a business is so that you can buy liability insurance for that unfortunate...

An engine lubrication engineer for one of the car companies told me that if you switch to synthetic on an old engine, do the next oil & filer change sooner to get rid of the newly dissolved & dislodged solids. For me, just as Crazy Charlie mentioned earlier, old engines start leaking after...

My Motorola Android phone only takes giant photos with multi-megabit file sizes and large dimensions. It's easy & quick to shrink the file size and the dimensions on a Mac computer. (I don't have an iPhone or iPad, so I don't know if these work on them.) If you happen to have a Mac available...

As Rivets said, please don't charge in the house. Hydrogen & oxygen vent from the cells when lead acid (and I think AGM) batteries are charged. Both can cause an explosion if the gas builds up indoors. I wouldn't do it in an attached garage, either. Even if you can't see vents on the battery...

Plan A: If you don't feel like shaping a new key, hardware stores often have a good selection of woodruff (and straight) keys. Measure slot length and depth at center, plus measure width to select the new key. Plan B: Metric & SAE woodruff keys are on line at places like Grainger, McMaster...

All of mine did the same thing. After trying all kinds of materials, two things that I've tried on cans and machines have been holding up for about 4 years so far: A gasket cut from PVC shower pan liner. (Sold at some big box stores by the foot.) A gasket made of the orange, high temperature...

I was on a project recently where 32 of us all went to lunch and sat at one long table in a college dining hall. During lunch, not one work was spoken because each person had their face buried in his or her cell phone. Decay, as MarineBob accurately put it! All of the other tables were alive...

Never thunk of that: Why, indeed, are they doing the lawn themselves? Money doesn't mean anything to them because everything is free. The whole box of them are on SSI. Far newer cars & trucks than mine, daily trips to buy beer, pop, pizza & cigarettes, but SSI none the less. (The callouses on...

I've know people who put a drop of motor or olive oil in the fuel to essentially (maybe) accomplish the same thing- seal moisture & oxygen out. Me? I pony up and buy Lucas Fuel Stabilizer 10302. A $4.98 bottle treats 40 gallons. Five dollar peace of mind? Exactly as MoparJoe said about Stabil...

One could do like my next door neighbors do: Leave the mower, blower, trimmer and edger exactly where you used them last because it's too much trouble to put them in the shed or garage. When next needed, take the tools to the repair shop. Upon return, dump in the ancient gasoline that has been...

I'm no mechanic, but I use fuel stabilizer always. When the fuel is 4 months old, I dump it in a vehicle to dilute it with the gas in that vehicle's larger tank. If the oil will be due for changing before next use or is close to due now, I'll change it before storing (& after storage). Storage-...

My 35 classic did the same as yours, LochlinR. I changed the carburetor diaphragm (the top gasket looking thing in your photo) and it solved the problem for about 4 years. When it did it again, I changed the diaphragm again & the problem hasn't yet returned. It's been another 4 years. The...

Is it possible to get a gear puller (pulley puller) on the rim? Deflate the tire and grip the metal if the jaws aren't curved enough to pass the tire. You can rent these at many auto parts stores. Use safety eye wear in case the puller shatters. A three or four-jaw puller gives less chance of...

Thank You Bertsmobile1 for taking time to reply & explain. Do you think after the engine oil is changed the only run time before the 6 month deadline was 20 - 30 minutes of maintenance running I'd be safe to extend the oil change interval to 12 months? (The GX340 is on a generator, so usually...

Hello All! The manuals for most of my small engine equipment say to change the crankcase oil at "X" number of hours or annually. One engine is a Honda GX340. It's manual says "X" number or hours or 6 months. I'm curious why that Honda engine wants 6 months between changes, assuming hours are...

Hello Star Tech. Thank You very much for taking time to reply with helpful information. I think your ideas have me on the way to a happy machine. Also, sorry I didn't reply sooner. I don't get notifications of replies for some reason & forgot to check here. I apologize for making a new thread...

Thank You ILEngine & Geelee for taking time to reply with help. I very much appreciate it. I apologize for not thanking you sooner, but life's conundrums took me away for a couple of weeks. (And, for some reason, I don't get notifications of replies to threads I'm following. Someday I'll learn...

Hi All! I have a Briggs & Stratton Model 09A413 Type 0202 Code 014006YA engine on a Craftsman 536.881501 snow thrower (Murray Number 881501NB 22 Inch 5 HP). The carburetor's float bowl is shattered, so I had to purchase a replacement carburetor. This engine came with many different...

Hello All! On my 17 year old snow thrower, I'm having a problem with heavy exhaust smell and weak power, so I decided to rebuild/replace the carburetor, spark plug & fuel filter. Upon taking the covers off to access the carburetor & fuel filter I found the surprise described below. On the...