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Thanks carpguy,
We corrected a technical glitch and the correct text is available now.

Yutmori,
Thank you for sharing your insight into the use of a Japanese saw in this nontraditional way, and for sharing the link with the wonderful photos of how they are typically used Japan (http://vicdiy.com/tool_select/001/001.html). I'm glad you found our adaptation interesting enough to mention it on your own website.
- Rob Wotzak, web producer

We went to plumber Bruce Norman with your concerns about this tip. Here's his response:

In this case, we are using vinyl plumber's tape as strapping, so no metal is in contact with the drain pipe. The vertical pipe that the vinyl plumber's tape is threaded through resists the upward thrust. This setup is 100% compliant with the UPC and a common practice here in Portland OR.

kurtthetileguy,
Just like some of the less expensive straight-line levels, each laser in the Bosch GLL2-80 is in a vial that hangs on some sort of fulcrum. If you lean the body of the level, the vials can only tilt so far before they rest against the sides of the fulcrums. This means you can set the device on a surface that is slightly out of level, but it will warn you if it's leaning too much. As far as precision goes, you're right, a water level is very accurate and fairly fool proof. But, it seems that plenty of people are willing to give up a little precision for a tool that you can just set on the ground and go.

Yes. Please don't try this at home.

I apologize to all who were expecting a full set of plans, and I'm sorry it was not immediately obvious that the model was an additional feature of the Ultimate Miter-Saw Stand article linked to above. I've made the link to the article more prominent, and I've made sure the article is free to view by any of our readers.

If you stay tuned, Matt Jackson plans to post a free tutorial in our Digital Job Site blog about working with dimensions and plan views in SketchUp models. Once his tutorial is complete, I'll be uploading a new version of the model with dimensions and with simple buttons that will allow you to toggle through different views of the stand.

Rob Wotzak
Web Producer

BigRed56,

Thanks for the game-topic suggestions. I can't make any promises that we'll cover all of them, but I'll certainly put your ideas on our list.

Thanks,
Rob Wotzak

robinkaren,

I'm glad you and other folks have been sharing similar stories about early American life. Larry described a sod home in one of his earlier posts that seems more like what your family must have built. I added a link to the post at the end of this article (entitled "The Soddy"). I believe he reserved the term "dugout" for the more primitive dwellings he had seen years ago.

Sorry about the broken link!
It should work fine for everyone now.

Great idea! It's nice to see someone creatively use what they've already got.

1chipster,
Aerogels are pretty impressive materials, but they seem to be best suited to situations where low weight and high light transmittance are important. They are very expensive, so it's usually more economical to modify a house to fit a larger quantity of a conventional insulation than to pay the premium price for the aerogel. That may change someday, but for now, aerogels are not a silver bullet for residential insulation retrofits.

After the event, you can return to this page for a link to the archived video.

cutdude2, true it is a trick question but if you notice you don't loose any points no matter what your answer is (unless of course you answer outside the box).

Yes you may enter more than one deck project. Just be sure to enter them as seperate posts. Thanks for your participation.

@ scoutmaster55 -- I thought those angle planks might be a backing layer.

@ allijl -- Nice work! Could you give us some insight to the hardware you used?