Recent content by JacobRothermel

FWiW, I'd go with a rope jumping a pulley if it's difficult to pull in both directions but it might just be too heavy for this type of track and its carriers. Curious to know what you and egilson discover...

I've had that exact one for a while and I loved it. It didn't seem to go through batteries very often unless I found myself using the high lumens setting A LOT. I only replaced it when I thought it had been lost (darn kids...) but then it miraculously showed up again (after I bought the new...

Ding ding ding! My university / EHS dept derived this requirement, partially because I work primarily w/ students the majority of the time. OSHA does not require harnesses in MEWPs but we do. And, again as a more-than-we-might-be-required-to-do requirement, if you're wearing a harness -...

We are required to be harnessed into a MEWP and to wear an Environmental Health & Safety Dept-approved hard hat w/ a chin strap as well. We recently brought a slew of the Petzl vented hats for ourselves and our student workers because they are approved by our EHS dept as both a bump cap and a...

I'd +1 anything anyone's said about using cardboard ESPECIALLY if you plan on painting it. I've only every had success with it when the design called for the material itself and could "look" like cardboard. Otherwise, in order to make it look like something else, you've got to put more...

So, just so I'm being clear here, I get being frustrated with your work and who you're working with. I'm a carpenter, a rigger, and sort of an electrician and, in the past two semesters, I've had to become an IT expert and videographer (or, at least, a gaffer and a best boy) practically...

Curious, Erich, what you think is "awful" about this guide? Certainly there are other, likely better, materials than what used to be known as "Duron" available these days and I don't think I'd brad nail anything, even if it did penetrate the hardboard properly, as I'd want to be able remove...

Willing to bet that sheeting is 1/8" single-tempered hardboard with only the one side burnished like "Masonite" is. The dimpling could be partially the result of the underside being the uneven "hatched" surface of the super cheap hardboard compressing against the subfloor. And I'm sure it's...

+1 for tempered hardboard (aka, masonite, etc.) over MDF.As others have said, you DEFINITELY want a gap. I've used US dimes before (slightly thinner than a US penny and the gap it leaves tends to disappear better from an audience distance) but I *really* like the putty knife idea (never heard...

Any stick is better than no stick, without question. Pulling a work piece through might be fine in experienced hands (I've also used the trick of flipping the work piece over 180 and cutting the other end in some instances if no stick is handy...) but if you're teaching inexperienced folks...

For two weeks I wouldn't worry about much deteriorating due to weather. You could consider building w/ pressure-treated lumber but that may also add an entire new level of frustration(s) to your efforts. PT is also rife with chemicals the cutting of which requires a respirator....I like...

Thank you all. Some of this is very helpful.-jake

Help me make a case to my Powers That Be:What's your production footprint typically look like?While I think this question applies to a lot of folks, I'm particularly curious to ask those in an academic settings (though I'd value union folks, too) who may be in permanent to semi-permanent...

I have to constantly remind myself that floor sanders, even the "industrial" ones, are intended for stripping stain and film finish, not latex-based paints. I've yet to meet a sander that doesn't gum up the way you're describing - it's just not how they're intended to work.For what it's...

Thankfully, my academic job is safe (for the moment) and I'm able to continue working from home, mostly planning for next academic year and the fall semester. A lot of it still feels like it's build on sand, though, as we've no idea what PA will be doing through the rest of the spring, into the...