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Any thoughts on going from copper to pex using sharkbite fittings

This is getting insane. I have had weather dot com as one of the tabs I watch and it is on all day every day along with sever other tabs such as family, vectric and a few others. The advertisements slapped in my face and EVERY click is just getting to be too much I need to dump that one. Any...

Fusion 360 is an Autodesk company. I was not getting the hang of Fusion as it functions quite differently that was I am best it which is Solidworks. I used Solidworks every day to design jigs and fixtures at work as well as lots of other things. After 10 years every da it was just...

Trees down - wires down - power out I live 1/4 mile from police station and I have power - a few flickers but nothing big - still no promises There are several main travel roads closed and several floods I have some damage in my yard but nothing to panic over. It's 61 degrees here on...

I got together with good friends and we went to Boston. Well we call it Boston but we really mean the Boston metropolitan area. First stop was Rockler - about a mile away from Harvard Universitary and Tufts Universitary. Lots of young people walking around. Lots of brownstone historic...

It has been a long haul. Solidworks. Solidworks is a professional CAD system. I got good at it when I had a job. It's one of those $20k os so CAD systems, an industry standard. As a maker edition it's like $50 bucks a year. Fusion is like $500 bucks a year. I am having a hard time getting...

I need to take a break from making cool stuff for a short time. I tell about it in this video

I have a lot of oak boards from trees that I had cut down and then milled into boards. I wanted a shelf in my kitchen to hang utensils and a shelf for stuff. Salt Pepper and other things I use daily. I like pottery, organic, rustic, made by local artists. NOT made in a factory in China. You...

I know I have posted some frustrations with my new computer. It's all in the name of the game. All manageable stuff. I will say though that the performance of my new HP OMEN 45 is absolutely OUTSTANDING I love it - WOW what a difference.

rant on Sooo - I bought a new computer. I also bought and installed an ethernet card so I could obtain faster connection speeds so I could have faster upload and download speeds. I shut off the wireless connection and I want to be only ethernet. The new computer goes into sleep mode -- OK...

Any recomendations on a MP4 video player for Win 11

As some of you know I make youtube videos. I also like photography. With that said - digital storage then becomes rediculously HUGE. Petabytes is visible at the end of the tunnel. I have a buffalo NAS 8 Tb and an external USB drive to backup the NAS 8 Tb My NAS is about 2/3 full so I need...

I am having my fill of "the lastest" technology lately. Did you know 1 transfer rates of cables? USB Network cables ? 2 transfer rates of USB-1, vs USB-3 vs USB-c 3 The network card inside your computer can get expensive for performance 4 The cable connecting your computer to your modem needs...

Some years ago I bought a Harbor Freight magnifyer light 22w Florescent articulated arm I use it quite a bit, but it stopped working. Replacement bulb did not work. Replacement started did not work When I bought it I used points on a CC to pay for it, so it didn't really cost me any money...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1567436070/resin-table-custom-order-poplar-wood?click_key=de381cb46f8657c1df544d2354b5842d06bed23f%3A1567436070&click_sum=7f9c35f7&ref=shop_home_recs_1&pro=1&frs=1 Something I want to try my hand at some day is epoxy resin tables I have hoarded some nice slabs of...

I don't know What to call this thread so I called it Making Cool stuff. Why - well because this is a fun project for me and I like making cool stuff. We are just about ready to enter into a slowdown of outside stuff. I do hope we get buried in snow. I have "We Make Cool Stuff" on my business...

Youtube just lowered the requirements for monitization. From 1000 subscribers down to 500 --- I have 104 From 10,000 watch hours down to 3000 --- I have 500 That puts me ain a MUCH better position to start earning maybe $1.00 per year by the time I am 80...

I am interested in how to make a little extra money to support my workshop. I found this guy to be pretty inspiring to me. He has a series of videos that I will be exploring.

Just in case anyone may be interested https://ugm.vectric.com/home I posted one show and tell project and will be posting a few more during this group meeting