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Re: Cheap is fun.
By:John Monfoe
Date: 2/23/2002, 5:23 am
In Response To: Re: Cheap is fun. (KenC)

: Thats quite the setup you've got. I like the wheel at the end. But what are
: those triangular things underneath the strongback? I predrilled some holes
: in the cross-braces of my boxbeam strongback, in case I felt like
: stringing some electrical cable through, but haven't bothered to wire it
: up yet. Do you find the powerbars save you any significant effort/time?
: Ken

Ken, you had me scratching my head looking for triangular things under the strong back and then it dawned on me, those are the birdhouses I built out of the extra materal left over from the three sheets of plywood. I didn't mention it but I also repaired five other old bird houses out of left over plywood from those three sheets.

The three power bar outlets are very handy for me and have already saved me time. When I was mounting the cross section stations and the station holding L-brackets I had three electric hand drills all plugged in and using on the same operation. One had a bit for the pilot hole for the screw threads, one had a bit for the screw body and the last held a counter sink and the work went fast without a lot of changing bits. Again, being cheap, I already had two of the power bars laying around and bought the third for less then $2. But I believe it was Rehd that I got the idea from. He was mounting actual house outlets in his strongback.

John

Messages In This Thread

Other: Pricing on kits
Jeremy Lucca -- 2/21/2002, 5:31 pm
Re: Other: $200 Down and $50/Month ;)
Chip Sandresky -- 2/22/2002, 1:21 pm
Re: Other: Pricing on kits
john umlah -- 2/22/2002, 11:44 am
Re: Cheap is fun. *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 2/22/2002, 5:40 am
Re: Cheap is fun.
KenC -- 2/22/2002, 8:02 am
Re: Cheap is fun.
John Monfoe -- 2/23/2002, 5:23 am
Try ordering a la carte
Paul G. Jacobson@aol.com -- 2/22/2002, 12:22 am
Re: Ordering a la carte
Shawn Baker -- 2/22/2002, 12:46 pm
Re: Try ordering à la carte
Eric -- 2/22/2002, 7:08 am
Re: Try ordering a la carte
LeeG -- 2/22/2002, 12:32 am
Re: Other: Pricing on kits
LeeG -- 2/21/2002, 9:24 pm
Re: Other: Pricing on kits
Rehd -- 2/21/2002, 10:35 pm
Re:Book
Steve -- 2/22/2002, 9:01 am
Re:Book
Elliott -- 2/22/2002, 9:09 am