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| bio | website | twitter.com/doresoom |
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| location | Huntsville, AL | |
| age | 26 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 10 months |
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Mechanical Engineer from Huntsville, AL.
New homeowner since 3/5/10
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May 10 |
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How much will a board-on-board (shadow board) fence reduce the wind load? 15 feet is a pretty long post spacing. My privacy fence has posts at 8 ft intervals. |
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May 10 |
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Is it safe to mount a medium-sized air compressor to the floor to stop or limit vibrations? Yes, you want to damp the vibrations with an isolator such as rubber feet. Otherwise, you're still putting a large vibratory force on the mounting points, which will wear them out over time. For a dramatic example of an underdamped system, here's a Chinook destroying itself via ground resonance. Now with a compressor you're not going to get vibratory loads of nearly that magnitude, but you'll still place unnecessary wear on your compressor. |
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Apr 28 |
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How can I safely get rid of fire ant mounds in my backyard? After looking at the active ingredient in the Spectracide, I only plan on using it for my yard, and not my garden, since there are quite a few vegetables that can't be eaten if the active ingredient is present in the soil the plants grow in. So digging up the mound provided to be a fairly good way to get a few small ant mounds out of my garden this year. Instead of flinging the shovels full of ants, I dumped them into my wheelbarrow, and then filled it with water with a tiny bit of dish soap. After letting it sit for a day, I dumped it out elsewhere, and no more ants. |
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Apr 27 |
awarded | Famous Question |
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Apr 9 |
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Which steel is stronger: Cold rolled, hot rolled, or stainless? I see you beat me to the engineering answer. To supplement, here's an easy plug-in the numbers calculator to get an answer for beam deflection under different loading conditions. |
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Apr 9 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 6 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Mar 9 |
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Can I backfeed a portable generator into my house's electrical system? Good to know, but my main question was backfeeding a generator, which I ultimately decided against. |
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Mar 1 |
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What might be causing our cistern to fill very slowly? I had the exact same symptoms with my toilet. A $3 seal had broken - replaced it and it's working perfectly now. The instructions for replacing it were even on the back of the packaging! |
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Feb 27 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Feb 26 |
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How can I remove a stuck screw that will still turn? What about a magnetic screwdriver bit? |
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Feb 20 |
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What's the most common cause of AC coolant lines freezing? I forgot to follow up with this question. You were right about the low coolant levels. The AC repair guy I ended up calling just refilled the coolant and that fixed everything. |
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Feb 20 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Feb 10 |
awarded | Famous Question |
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Jan 14 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jan 7 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Dec 7 |
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How do I keep my Christmas tree from falling over? @shirlockhomes Huh, definitely didn't have you pegged as a cat person. |
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Dec 6 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 30 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Nov 26 |
awarded | Notable Question |
