Not really just the old shit is heavy duty as hell.

Right on.
When's the last time you guys saw these?

Bx..... that shit is tough to cut. Mc is so much easier to work with now

@RevStench last year

Haha word. I work exclusively in historic buildings, and I don't see them often.

Looks like screw in fuses for knob and tube

I stuck my finger in one as a kid lmao

Or this that a switch?

@Thomas Morrow lol

I think it's a switch. Not sure, I didn't mess with it haha

My luck I'd break it

If its a switch ive never seen one

It was at the height of a switch by a door like a switch, so I just assumed it was one

Louisville is unique because we have the largest collection of Victorian homes in the nation that haven't been remodeled. Our historic society is really strict. If you pull the shutters off and don't replace them they fine you until you do. It's absurd, but I love it because "Old" Louisville is beautiful.

That doesnt sound like muh freedom

It's worth preserving. Nothing modern is comparable.

I respect that

I see all these pictures of historic buildings on the server and twitter and I'm ok, so great your posting this stuff, but am I the only person who's actually saving them?

Remember when the trades were segregated? Whites, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, masons. Blacks brick layers, not masons. Hispanics dry wall, painting, and metal studs.

Still is for the most part

They are switches. They're just spring-loaded the upper one pushed in is for on. The place I was at today has them. You can purchase new ones there replicas for when they wear out

Sweet, thanks for identifying them bro

In the 30 years I've been doing electrical work I can count on both hands the # of black electricians I've worked with

@Lebens around here seems like everyone who swings a hammer calls themselves a carpenter. Low voltage guys calling themselves electricians, nigga you're a cable guy...

@Deleted User wow in the last 15 years I can't tell you how many blacks I've worked with calling themselves carpenters and they can't even read a tape measure.

I only hire our people period

So much of being an electrician is visualizing your work in your head. Whether it's the circuitry or the manner in which you're going to run your conduit racks Etc. They just can't keep up.

Watching One troubleshoot something is a riot

Lmao you're so right

We have to visualize everything

And understand it on an electrical "engineer" level

Nigs troubleshooting is like watching a trainwreck

Haha oh I know. I did cable a few years back to take a break from back breaking labor. And the blacks couldn't handle it. A literal monkey could do it.

A coax stripper and a crimp tool were too much for them to grasp

And cable is so simple, start at the pole every single time and work your way inside. It's cake

@Deleted User pretty much

They follow gibs law

Lil' twitchy on the trigger!

@RevStench How's our man with the red thumb doin?

He seems to be doing ok. He swears he's coming back to work tomorrow. He's that guy who works 7 days a week and thinks he's freaking superman.

He told me that he never felt a thing until after he left the hospital. That's how you know it was pretty bad cut.

Now it'll hurt like hell.

That's what he said. He got lucky. The things I've seen this man do with a circular saw blow my mind, and a fucking ladder took him out.

Well, wish him a speedy recovery from the Alt Right.

Haha will do. He'll appreciate it. He has 12 white grandkids!

Starting my first batch of organic kefir.

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Ukrainian/Russian style Borscht w/ grass fed beef, cabbage from the motherland, onion, organic carrot, potatoes, dill, organic garlic, crushed black pepper, Georgian nectar herbs, majoram, lemon juice, and a little organic whole milk.

That looks amazing

@Havamal Wow

Danke

A new Blurb should be up tomorrow about what kind of tools you need to always have on hand in your garage.

Also I start my Comercial Driver's License Program on the 21st, I'll take pictures of equipment to post up if I can.

@Yuma County Are you thinking about driving long haul?

@RevStench#3208 planning on it

New blurb in the <#339423792881336320> channel, guys. It's pretty simple this week.

thanks @Yuma County!

@Yuma County Right on bro. That'll be a lot of fun and good times.

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If you're not familiar with the set-up, have a look in the <#338772935462354945> channel. Lots of good info from a lot of smart people on this server.

Welcome, all.

Anyone here HVAC?

@REVNAT/PA yeah I believe @Lebens can help you.

@REVNAT/PA i contract HVAC. Post your question in electrical discussion please

OSHA has shown up twice this week to one of my job sites. Make sure everyone is up to date on compliance. This get expensive quick if you're busted. Fall prevention is the big one.

This is another reason residential is more profitable. Osha shows up to commercial projects. Commercial projects honestly do not have profit margin to time/material ratios that i find worth my time. In residential im in and out loke the wind with average material cost being 10% of ticket value

Example a $5k job will take me 1 day with material being around $500

In commercial after your time and material matrix you're lucky for 10% profit margins and youve wasted months

OSHA gets me because I work over 60ft often doing box gutters.
It's hard to fly under the radar when you see that scaffolding mess haha.
I work on time and materials too because doing historic preservation it's the only way to be fair. You have no idea how bad things could be until you open it up.
Historical preservation/restoration can get expensive quick, for example box gutters can break the bank, they run $200 to $250 a linear foot. I've worked on homes that run around $50k to have the gutters replaced on the whole home.
In that pic thats less than 20ft of gutter, it wraps the corner about 3 feet back, we replaced the dentil block too, that ran right around $7k. We made out like bandits, now we're doing the other side, which should go faster, because the "rafter tails" aren't rotten on this side.

Ignore that if you're an OSHA asshole.haha

You bill your customers on t&m? I do "flat rate" or "upfront" pricing..... this way they are clueless

Also i agree remodels have so many unknown variables that i tack on another 30% just to be safe

That padding usually hits my pockets nicely because unforseen issues i handle myself

And keep the helpers on task

Yes sir, time and materials. We only work on historic homes. We do add extra to what we charge for each carpenter. We're a 2 man crew no laborers.
Like with box gutters we charge 200 to 250 a linear foot, but if the whole thing doesn't need to be rebuilt it could be cheaper so we come out ahead.

Nice

We do get an insurance job every now and then and we bid those.
I don't have a lot of competition because we're specialized in historic work.
Do you do free quotes? We don't, I won't leave the shop or a job site to look at a job unless I make $100. No one else works for free why do people expect us to?

We should have a thread for budgeting and money management. Discuss ways to save money, invest it safely. No need for things to get too personal but it'd help a lot. @sigruna14

Would @everyone be interested in this?☝🏻 It's been suggested before. Please click the thumbs up react if so.

We have an entire server dedicated to budgeting and money management but I don't think it's used whatsoever

Huh.

Oldfag here with a Master's in business, 20 years of investment experience, lived as an adult through the last two major market events, and "successful person" *of course* wants to share his wisdom.

And ran multiple small businesses and works for giant public company now.

I also taught a class/seminar on budgeting for continuing ed & GED candidates sponsored by my Rotary club with the local school system back when I still did Rotary stuff.

I tried to make something like this, but I got side-tracked as a death in the family happened right after. I feel like it would be better here- I'd prefer to have it all in one place. Plus, there are people here who would be significantly more knowledgeable than me- I'm still a (((finance student)))

@Why Tea still interested in entrepreneurship?

Yes, to an extent.

@everyone While we're on the subject, someone brought up the idea of a tech channel as well. We had one on the main server but, for now at least, its down. Click the thumbs up react if you'd like us to add it here.

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