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I'm building a built-in style cabinet to house our tv and components into what was going to be a closet when we originally framed the house

I built a deep box for the components at the base , with a shallow 11" deep box that will house the tv on an articulating wall mount

Built the doors from some scrap VG Fir sticks I had laying around Norm Abrams style with a 1/4" dado head on the tablesaw .

The doors will get reeded glass

 

There's a 2" hole in the top of the base cabinet that allows the base cabinet to share the volume of air that's behind the tv box , it will also be used to run the cables behind the tv . Beyond that I'm not worried about it overheating in there

 

A pocket hole jig would be perfect for some of the stuff you've been doing. Looks great.
When the f do you sleep or do work though

 

How are you attaching the glass?

 

Lol , I've been working at home pretty much full time for a couple months

I rabbeted the back of the doors and the glass will get siliconed to the door frames

 

Need to replace my bathroom exhaust fan. Recommendations for one under $100 that is quiet but also has good outflow? Current one sounds like it's about to go out and extremely loud even when we first moved in.

 

I have Panasonics in my house that are pretty quiet

 

my original one sounded like a helicopter. so i replaced it but used the mounting bracket that existed from the original one. that one was loud too. last spring when i remodeled my bathroom i bought a new one and mounted it in a different location and before i had the duct work hooked up you couldn't even tell that it was on. completely silent. now i have the cheap foil flex hose hooked up to it and you can hear it because of the wind resistance. I have a few sections of rigid pipe that i will be replacing the shitty hose with, but I'm waiting till it gets cooler before spending more time in the attic.

the new one is a hampton bay from home depot. just tried to find it on the site and a few look alike, and i don't remember the cfm rating. most have horrible reviews but I'm happy with mine.

 

Another consideration. At my old house I went through the same. Got a very nice quiet Broan. But also consider this: it's a fart fan. Depending on it's proximity to other areas and potential need for privacy, a little noise can be a good thing, IYKWIM.

 

oh and the reason i came in here.. I wanted to see if anyone else is using that Trufuel stuff instead of pre mix for small engines?

I have a stihl ms 250 chainsaw, a stihl blower, a redmax blower, and echo string trimmer, and i've always had problems with them. I just switched to trufuel and so far I'm really impressed. I always use premium gas, brand specific oil and the correct mixture. I just don't use them enough to use up the gas, and then it sits for a while and i guess it goes bad (ethanol b/s).

the blowers always needed to be run at half choke, but so far i've run a tank through each and can run them with out choke for the first time since they were new.

I might try to run some carb cleaner or something through them too, but so far i think I'm much happier spending $6 for a 32oz bottle that doesn't go bad, instead of $6 for a full gas can of pre mix that according to user manuals "should be used with in a month". If i have a big job where i'll need a lot of gas i'll still run some pre mix, but i'll atleast run trufuel though it before putting it away.

 

If it's possible to upgrade to 6" venting and a 6" ducted fan , you will greatly decrease noise levels at the same CFM

 

Sounds like a great idea. Make sure to take some pics of the process!

 

Heathen

 

How would you Zamboni that?

 

So...the Spam leaves a ton of grease behind that lubricates the skates?

 

I think you just got permabanned from Canada

 

It's hard maple more than likely and butcher block is endgrain and a shuffle board is showing side or face, been awhile since I looked at one. Yes you can use if for a cutting board but I wouldnt. Face and side grain are more suited to serving/cheese boards.

And wood over plastic. Wood is naturally anti bacterial and better on nicer knives.

 

cool. good idea.

i was going to say... better than ice? wtf? lol