Recent content by 2ridgebacks

I was asking if he had a torch. Kind of like locking the deadbolt and leaving a sledge sitting beside the door. You could even see it as a suggestion to look around your shop/property to look for opportunities you have created to make thievery easier.

Just curious, do you have a torch in the shop? That is going to negate most methods. As an alternative to cable or chain, you can use roller chain.

Can you "stair step" your lift? Maybe you need to vacuum with the lower vac and plumb the upper vac into the drain of the lower. Then you are getting the same total lift with 2 shorter lifts.

I work in the auto industry. We have miles of flexible plastic line in the plant. I've never seen one rupture. Failure is caused by a kink or an errant spark 99% of the time. Fwiw, we run 90psi.

If you have the right hammer drill and bit, it's not a problem. This is a good time to get a contractor grade drill meaning something with an sds series chuck and have at it. I just drilled 32 holes and hit rebar in 2. Takes a minute to get through, but in 14 years I have abondoned less than...

I just saw the drawing. Withh the reel hanging on one side, it will bind. Hang it underneath or use a huge counterweight.

We do this all the time at work. Run a coated cable parallel to the beam through the center of your coiled hose. No trolley are needed. If you buy a quality coiled hose and use coated cable, you'll never wear it out.

I'm 37 and I've never seen a drop of oil go through any of my Pop's air tools. Many of which have been used extensively. Having said that, we set up a compressor, minus frl at work for a construction project. After a month of hammering in structural (A325) bolts two brand new IR impacts were...