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  1. 3 minutes ago, Altan said:

    Thanks, Made in US Proto sockets. I would still like to have them as one piece with 1/4" hex shank. With these I need to use an adapter always. Plus if I need to keep them in DeWALT accessory cases I need to buy one adapter for each :) 

    Agreed, SAE, fractional inch square socket ¼" hex shank bits would be handy for US taps.

  2. 1 hour ago, Altan said:

    1/4" hex shank to square female, adapter for taps in different sizes. 

    E6.3 Hex Shank Adapter for Square Shank Tap.jpg

    E6.3 Hex Shank Adapter for Square Shank Tap M14.jpg

    These are cool, but confusing to me.

     

    When I want to do taps w/o the tee handle or the bar tool included w/ the kit, I have eight point sockets w/ either ¼" or 3/8" standard drive. Those fit my taps.

     

    The image shows a M14 laser engraved ID, assuming for the square drive dimension.

     

    Are the ROW taps not having the US fractional inch square drive?

     

    Who is the manufacturer on this tool?

  3. Welcome to the forum.

     

    The OMT moves the blade back and forth and will stop the blade at some point on that arc (random or naturally at one point). That stopping point may or may not have the blade straight.

     

    Mine is close enough to straight.

  4. Momma Nature can make even the most brave super scared. As an example, during my near brush w/ Irma, the peak winds in my area were ~70MPH and that was waaay more than enough for me.

     

    There are solutions for those who really mean: "I don't care what it costs", that will withstand the worst possible conditions. I've seen coastal photos / video of one fully intact house w/ every single other house flattened, followed by an interview w/ the owner, describing the waaay over the top steps to attain that result.

     

    For the rest of humanity, do the best incremental improvements and have layers of a plan.

     

    Understand all aspects of the existing construction to determine the strongest and weakest interior locations. I had several more secure locations identified at my prior house, still determining the best spots at my current house.

     

    From a non-expert these are the most important points, keeping the roof in-place, flood protection, maintaining the integrity of the windows and doors. Then there are all the other "incidentals", like nothing in the yard that will become "missiles", having power, medicine, food, fuel and communications.

     

    Experience w/ both manually placed storm shutter panels and w/ hurricane windows, the windows are waaay easier, especially on multiple story structures, but IMO a steel panel bolted over the glass to a block building provides MUCH more protection (at the expense of time, storage, and maintenance, I'm probably the only one to sand and zinc paint my storm shutters). It is also SUPER dark inside when the shutters are up.

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  5. Not mentioned but am sure there is a generator w/ sufficient fuel storage.

     

    Note that the biggest issue to properly protect from is flooding.

     

    Nice list...

     

    When Irma trucked through several years ago I had to suffer through less than an hour of no TV / Internet and was searching for where to file my complaint on the outage, when it suddenly restored.

     

    While I remained on my waterfront property for that storm, I moved my vehicles to an elevated garage, plus sent the wife and her parents inland, out of the storm path (at the decision time). The storm turned, passed over them, not me, leaving them in the dark and stranded w/ the roads closed for days.

     

    Preparation w/ storm windows / doors and EVERYTHING possible stored inside. Hopefully negligent neighbor stuff doesn't projectile through your stuff.

  6. Welcome to the forum.

     

    It is good to provide enough info so others may be effective providing assistance. In this case a model number for the tool would be very useful. What is the tool model number?

     

    As a guess, here is the Bosch 18V GSB18V-975CN Hammer Drill. That tool has a drill / hammer selector at the top. Is that selector in the correct position?

     

    The tool will spin until pushed into the material, then will also hammer.

     

    cordlesshammerdrill18vGSB18V975CNboschwa

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  7. 3 hours ago, Altan said:

    You would love the sunken bath then

     

    Sunken Bath 4.jpg

    Hopefully they would have designed / installed a remote proportioning mixing valve for the ceiling waterfall shower.

     

    The time lag from twisting the valve at the tub to adjusted temperature drops hitting the body would be unusably excessive.

     

    Also, the water drops exiting the shower head will be cooling on that looong distance from the cathedral ceiling.

     

    It may be the only way for something like this to work is on/off w/ no adjustment at the tub. Just set the output temperature, perhaps using a tankless heater for the best guess setpoint.

  8. People in those amazing houses certainly don't care about the water / electric bill costs to fill those huge bath tubs.

     

    Too bad they are not also woke (in addition to rich) to care about the waste of resources (clean water and energy) just to plop their body into a tub.

  9. The other waaay cool thing is the huge step down shower / tub / (probably spa) instead of a step over tub.

     

    Interesting that the stone wall doesn't go all the way to the ceiling, so how is that toilet / tub drain properly vented?

     

    What is that white cylinder hanging down from the ceiling?

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