The Tool Thread [not about inchworm metals and wine]

[Chankgeez]

Does it involve a flamethrower?

[lordgalvar]

Does it involve a flamethrower?

I've done that with tumbleweeds...burnin' weeds old farmer style...can't do that stuff anymore though. I think we used one of those old brass blow torches too!

growin' up out in farmland is kinda awesome (and I still got to live in a city...got the best of both!)

Man, cleaning up dead rats in fire schools wasn't fun though....

I want to weld...should sell pedals and start welding again...

should actually use the router table I just built and tongue and groove some boards and make my cabient doors haha.

[Chankgeez]

I want to weld...should sell pedals and start welding again…

You should start welding pedal enclosures. Then you can sell 'em. That'd be badass.

[lordgalvar]

When I sold all my old gear (which ulitimatly drove me to this site and all the pedals I have now) it was to actually buy a new wire feed...damn, did I get sidetracked. Probably could have bought a big Miller by now (that I would have to rewire my electrical panel to even use, haha).

I did go buy some sheet metal the other day to rehouse a DOD pedal I bent...but I was going to pop-rivet it...but I learned that is a bad thing on pedals (even though it is way easier than screws haha).

Seriously though...I gotta leave my sheet metal brake up instead of tearing down...been bending a lot of copper lately (damn I love copper haha).

[Mudfuzz]

When I sold all my old gear (which ulitimatly drove me to this site and all the pedals I have now) it was to actually buy a new wire feed...damn, did I get sidetracked. Probably could have bought a big Miller by now (that I would have to rewire my electrical panel to even use, haha).

I did go buy some sheet metal the other day to rehouse a DOD pedal I bent...but I was going to pop-rivet it...but I learned that is a bad thing on pedals (even though it is way easier than screws haha).

Seriously though...I gotta leave my sheet metal brake up instead of tearing down...been bending a lot of copper lately (damn I love copper haha).

now I want a copper enclosure… thanks...

[Chankgeez]

What is the best caulk (for doom)?

No, just kidding. Not about the caulk though, only about the doom.

I wanna caulk my windows before it starts getting really cold…




and I'm taking suggestions about the type of caulk to use.

I'll take caulk gun suggestions too.

[Mudfuzz]

OSI Quad Max? what application?

[Chankgeez]

There's starting to be a gap between the (metal) window frame and the wood that surrounds it.

[Mudfuzz]

There's starting to be a gap between the (metal) window frame and the wood that surrounds it.

inside or outside? if outside what kind of paper is under your siding?

[Chankgeez]

Oh, thanks, Mudfuzz. It's inside.

I'm only renting. Didn't wanna bother my landlord with this. Figured it doesn't cost much to caulk myself. Not doing anything too crazy. Just wanna improve my energy efficieny slightly.

[Mudfuzz]

ok… so.. forget about the $$ stuff like I suggested… you want something with low shrinkage and a lot of elasticity, latex or silicone based stuff should work if you are not dealing with outdoors, that where it gets tricky because the the building paper, flashing tape and caulking can react to each other badly if you use the wrong stuff.. like a butyl based rubberized material with black house paper [asphalt based]. for small jobs jet get the cheap guns.. I've had some of those that where 8+ years old and still worked fine being used every day


edit: good brands my company uses daly [we is a siding company] Dap, NPC, OSI, Sikaflex, Moistop, Dow..

[Chankgeez]

Awesome, thanks, I'll hit the hardware store sometime this week.

[Iommic Pope]

So stoked.
My grandfather and nana are moving into a retirement village soon, because he needs some extra care available (not the part I'm stoked about, that actually saddens me, but it is for the best that they do it) so he's cleaning out his house and gave my dad, my brother and I a bunch of tools yesterday.
I ended up with a Makita circular saw, a nice old hand mitre saw set up, a cheapo table top electric mitre and a Bosch plunge router. Got some ladders and a barrow for when our new place is built as well.
I've been hankering for a router for ages now, so this is gonna be fun.
Gonna get into building my own cabs. Need a few more things but I think this will be a great start.
SO EXCITE.

[Chankgeez]

That's awesome, Pope, stoked for you to get some tools.

I need to head to the hardware store and I need some more advice.

So, today I shut my windows and locked 'em. Just now I walked over to one of the windows to look outside. Felt draft. Looked under the sill.

There's like an eighth inch gap. Whoever put in these windows did an extremely shitty job. Which is even more disappointing because my landlord owns a construction company.

I need something to fill that gap. Seriously. Not looking forward to a drafty winter. Gonna do something about it.

Anyone got any suggestions for what to use to seal up the space between the sheetrock and the wood of the sill?

[Mudfuzz]

Anyone got any suggestions for what to use to seal up the space between the sheetrock and the wood of the sill?

As I am not a finish carpenter I have nothing… and this sounds like a bigger problem than it seems… air getting in means the vapor barrier is no correctly and fixing that the right way would mean ripping off siding, and a the best putting new window flashing over the window frame flange [look up Fortiflash for an example] at worst…. the just get it done part of me would be to got get a tube of really extreme caulking like 3M 5200 Marine Adhesive Sealant and be done with it… stuff is godly! if you can use it to keep a centerboard case in a sailboat from leaking the mallet I lost has the ends coated in the shit, it's rubbery!

ok new tools! going to install gutter screens