Recent content by curtis73

Not quite entirely finished. Still need trim around the copper, and the speakers will eventually hang on the wall, but almost ready. I searched long and hard for real copper ceiling tile and found one possibility, but it was way too expensive and so corroded that it had pinholes in it. So for...

I seem to be lacking in the "-ess" department. Have an extra I can spare? Thank goodness I'm not a bad seamster myself.

Been going slowly. My truck is sick, Covid is ramping up, holidays, and hunting season mean my priorities have been shifted. But I do have updates. I was able to take the 2.5" slab of walnut and turn it into a mantel. The slab was longer and skinnier than the mantel shape, so I was able to...

To catch you up to speed... Just installed a fireplace in my living room. The framing is all 2x3 with varying spacing based on logical spans, but no more than 13" spacing. It is all skinned with hardie backer. I bought stone veneer from a quarry that cuts real stone, so truly random. Nothing...

Not much to update. Couch and chair are in, and I bought a new studded office chair for the secretary desk. I had enough Maple left over to do all the baseboards. Inspector came to look at the fireplace and was here about 15 seconds. He basically said "yup, it's a fireplace." I'm slowly...

I'm kinda speechless. I had the same exact idea, right down to the velcro, when I woke up this morning.

I will post a picture when I get home in a few days. When mounted in a rack, the receptacle snaps into the face and the pigtails push on to the blades with crimp connectors. I suppose the entire rack is the enclosure... if you consider 24 cu ft an enclosure. When adding outlets to a rack...

But if I'm covering the faceplate, I'm removing the ability to access the box which is a no-no.

I suppose I could put a box behind my 1U panel to house the connection. It's a little hard to describe. The panel is a rated box, but it's designed for panel-mount connections; keystones, IECs, fuse holders, etc. It's only about 1.5" deep, so it's designed to be part of a rack-mount system...

Good to know. I was concerned that stranded wire on a screw post at the duplex was a no-no, and I knew it was a no-no to run SOOW through a wall. I would actually eliminate the wire nuts part and put crimps directly on the stranded whip to the posts on the receptacle. The 1U panel I'm using...

The 1U panel I'm using (and turning into a "stone") is a UL listed enclosure. It will be screwed to the face of the chase on the fireplace, so technically, I'm going from a box to a box, each with access using two screws. I have some similar pieces to those, but my point is to not have a...

Long story short, in my fireplace construction project, I will be hanging the TV over the mantel. I have run wires through the wall, and I'm making a fake stone out of a 1U keystone panel. In effect, I'll have a stone with speaker, LAN, and HDMI keystones in it. I'm also going to cut to mount...

I was so happy with that paint store that I took some leftover maple to him for his wood shop. I also gave him the applicator I used. We had brainstormed some applicator ideas and I wanted him to be able to try what I ended up using.

Thank you. A labor of love. I never knew how long I would stay here, but my job is awesome so roots in this area are fine with me. I did give pause when COVID hit and housing prices skyrocketed here. For a while there I could have sold this house for 40% more than I paid 3 years ago, but I...

Also realized I inserted the wrong pic for the poly. It's Zar OMU Poly, not the ultraviolet. Oops.