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I hate misaligned holes so I always do a center punch or dimple on most stuff I hand drill ... concrete included.

I use a center drill even on concrete ... so masonry bits won't walk.

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Ha-ha. Excellent MacGyver technique with the plastic spoon.

On epoxy, it does not stick to many plastics. But it does stick to metals. So what I did with those threaded inserts were to engulf completely with epoxy putty (keeping clear of the hole, of course) so, ven if it does not stick to the PVC plastic, the hardened epoxy structurally anchors itself to the whole assembly.

I have a funny feeling JB Weld will work well on this application.

http://www.amazon.com/Weld-8265S-Compound-Epoxy-Twin/dp/B0006O1ICE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357216029&sr=8-1&keywords=jb+weld

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I use a center drill even on concrete ... so masonry bits won't walk.

I'll try this one next time. Walking masonry bits have always been my problem.

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@jay,

do you use that countersink bit to make a dimple on concrete?

concrete nail lang gamit ko bro..sayang pag nabali yang carbide bit na yan..

hehe

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@jay,

do you use that countersink bit to make a dimple on concrete?

concrete nail lang gamit ko bro..sayang pag nabali yang carbide bit na yan..

hehe

Yes I use it. It's just high speed steel and purchased from Panda I think 200 pesos. Brand is KEO. I feel concrete dulls the bit faster than metal. I keep the used ones from metalworking and use these on concrete rather than new ones. I used concrete nails too but sometimes it chips the cement. Using center drills I don't have this issue plus I get exact positioning as well.

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I'll try this one next time. Walking masonry bits have always been my problem.

My assumption is concrete with palitada.

Dimple lang. Then bore at drill mode for few moments ( abt 1/8 in deep) para lang mag karoon ng conical bit impression sa concrete. Then stop and swith to mode. Bore using hammer mode.

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I had the same problem with some of the orange boxes. The masons who installed them were so careless that they got cement into the threads. When I try to thread the screws in, the plastic looses its grip on the brass inserts.

The best solution that I have so far is to "transplant" the whole plastic "ear". I cut the ear out from a donor using my brand spanking new DREMEL 4000, and then epoxy it into the recipient.

To hold the piece in place while the epoxy cures I use this hi-tech plastic crafted also with the DREMEL 4000:

Nice one sir. I think it is also possible if we place a small screw as a plug in the inserts to prevent cement from creeping in.

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Need help po mga sirs,

Just this morning, I plugged my sander on our wall outlet in the garage it doesn't have power, so basically I tried to check if there is power using my VOM , and it only reads ~ 115V , tried to reset the breaker still the same , when I power off the breaker for this outlet ,other wall outlet inside the house shuts down also , which means pareho sila ng breaker right? So , I tried to check the line voltage in those wall outlet inside the house it reads ~225V so it's okay but the wall outlet in the garage is still reading at ~110V even though they are on the same circuit breaker.The rating for the breaker is 30A

What is the possible explanation for this? Pwede kaya na yung wires to the wall outlet to the garage is broken or naputol?

If this wall outlet po ba is to be rewired , ano gage ng wire recommended ? Kasi some power tools are sometimes used and a welding machine (powercraft 250)is sometimes plugged in ?

Will refer this to an electrician also , but I would like to know some background info muna.

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Interesting, would like to know too what electrician finds out.

Has that outlet produced 220 V before, or first time to try?
Other outlets in garage?
Is it a stable 110 V, have you tried loading it, e.g., incandescent light bulb.
Is there a third ('neutral') wire/prong in the outlets, and if so what are the line to neutral voltages.

Simplest thing I can think of is that one of the two hot lines has become disconnected at that outlet and that you are now measuring line to ground, and your ground happens (by random chance or by intentional or accidental utility wiring) to be at the same potential as the 0 (or X2 or middle) terminal of the utility transformer output (110-0-110 or X1-X2-X3).

If electrician finds that loose/broken hot line is the explanation, curious ... can you check your utility transformer if there is a wire going from the middle terminal to earth ground (or to the case then to earth) ... or to your house.

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^ @ sir guad,

This outlet was used before , I do my DIY here , plugged in some power tools like sander, cs , router , and compressor plus occasional welding ,

Yeah tried plugging in a cp charger , my mini hifi , but no joy, still no power .

Still waiting for the electrician to come up, to diagnose.

No neutral wire sir, its a 2 wire wires from the circuit breaker , some outlets inside are the same breaker coz when I shut off the breaker , the outlets inside the house shuts down .

Will post if found the problem next time

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Have you tried testing the voltage immediately after your breaker? I think one of the poles of the breaker is busted.

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Nice one sir. I think it is also possible if we place a small screw as a plug in the inserts to prevent cement from creeping in.

But if you do that, you need to make sure the screw is heavily waxed. Epoxy sticks to metal. If even a drop of epoxy strays between that bolt and nut, there'd be no way to pry out that bolt.

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Have you tried testing the voltage immediately after your breaker? I think one of the poles of the breaker is busted.

yes sir , checked the voltage after the breaker it registers @ 220V.

thanks sirs

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@adzz
Correction, if one line is broken/disconnected, you would be measuring (hot) line to floating, not line to ground. The incandescent light bulb or any load test should be able to tell which is the case:
line to floating -- no light, measured voltage should drop to zero
line to ground -- bulb will light (or dim/flicker), measured voltage should stay at no-load value (or decrease but stay nonzero) ... depending on how good the ground is

Welding machine? I wonder if this kind of usage triggered the failure, e.g., overloading or heating cycles over time even if not technically overloaded.