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I like Dewalt for power and battery life but am considering a switch to Milwaukee. I have a few Milwaukees and they are awesome. With Dewalt I have had four tools now that the switches have failed and were no longer available or were as expensive as a new tool. That just pisses me off.

I would recommend the Lee flour mill. They have been around for a long time but were something of a sideline for the company that made them. recently some one took over and made a new version of it that looks great but is expensive. If you can find a good older S-600 grab it. (ebay or...

Picked Zestars yesterday, State Fairs and Chestnut crab tomorrow.

Just had the same problem with mine, realized I had bumped the gauge and it was bent slightly. The needle was stuck so I thought I had plenty of gas and suddenly was out. Took the face off the gauge and gently bent it back and it dropped to zero.

That should work fine since it has a pressure regulator. The vaporization rate in the tank won't have any effect on the pressure delivered to the burner.

I wish I had a solution to deer, they're hell on my apple trees. A neighbor protects his food plot with an elaborate 4 wire electric fence. Right now I would take all your deer if you could get rid of a porcupine for me. He has killed three 20 ft maple trees in the last week.

Don't know if it is the same problem but I had a batch of unfermented juice that I sulfited and sorbated that developed an awful stench in the bottle. I had a pure copper pot scrubber that I boiled and put in a funnel. I poured from one bottle to the next through the scrubber and the sulfur...

Kegged my coconut oatmeal stout, started some yeast for a Spotted Cow clone, cleaned equipment.

Maltwerks is a new one in Detroit Lakes, MN. Just tried some of there pale 2 row from my LHBS. Haven't gotten to tasting yet.

I've noticed that after I have the carbonation level I want it helps to chill the keg as cold as possible before bottling. A five degree temp drop can make a night and day difference in foaming.

Would you take $150 shipped to 56590? (for the mill)

If you are trying for very long term storage it would probably help to purge your bucket with CO2 and/or put O2 absorbers in the bucket.