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    Rural VS City living

    I live on 3.3 acres 5 mi. from town, apparently it was in a subdivision, a fact which was not disclosed to 12 of the 15 people living in this tiny subdivision. Everyone showed up at the 1 and only meeting of the HOA, which had no board, or officers, and we were all shown a book that had all of...
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    Need a bigger shop

    My shop came with the property, 35'x60' with 12' side walls in the front and 14' side walls in the back, it was a machine shed complete with dirt floors, but a 12'x24' concrete pad by the garage door in front. I'd like to extend it, but I don't have enough land to build the shop I have, let...
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    auto darkening helmet issue

    I picked up an Eastwood XL9000 Extra Wide out darkening helmet, nice big view port, 3.9" x 3.6", they no longer carry it, the new model is the XL9300, they moved most of the controls to the outside of the helmet. It has a separate battery pack that I've kept going for the past 5 years, I leave...
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    What have you built this year?

    Still building it, but a new rear bumper for my Colorado with a backup camera using a 6" "C" channel and a piece of 1 1/2" angle to mount the camera and 3 chunks of 2 1/2" angle for the mounts, and I will admit, if I could do it over I would have used 8" channel.
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    How did you find Welding Site?

    Lawnmowerforum.com sent me a link.
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