Recent content by 71virgil

Here's a quick tip for sweating a pipe with water in it - stuff a piece of bread down the pipe to stop the water. It will give you enough time to sweat the fitting on, and when you turn on the water the bread will basically dissolve restoring the flow of water.

I'm not sure if this would do what you're wanting, but you could add a second line from the tank to your pump above the current line. If you install a ball valve in each line, keeping the bottom one closed and only drawing water from the top line, when the tank gets to the level of your upper...

Keep watching craigslist for free stuff or cheap materials. I've finished the inside of my shop with mostly free slotwall from a local cell phone company that was remodeling their stores. I'd get 5 or 6 4x8 sheets at a time and put them up as I got them. I got really lucky on this stuff...

Absolutely worthless and overpriced - there's no room left for a beer fridge!!

Here's a video link to the can smasher. I took the video on my phone and when it uploaded it's upside down and I can't edit it. http://s160.beta.photobucket.com/user/crawfordcountychoppers/media/20130303_190725_zps5a4213a6.mp4.html

Here's a can smasher I made. I actually found this design on youtube and had the parts laying around to build it. The garage door opener isn't designed to run continuously so it get hot and shuts off after about 3 or 4 minutes of use, which is a handy feature to have since it allows more time...

That was the original plan, but there's no way to run the wire up the side supports without destroying the entire thing to get it apart. Thinner wire is a must for the next few I make. I think I can use some super glue to stick it to the supports and conceal it as much as possible.

I've never heard of that before, will have to remember that. I assume any brand of molasses will do.

You're correct - this is a cheap china made p.o.s.! I bought one like this a few years ago for camping, every seam on it leaked oil and made a mess everywhere. I decided it was a fire hazard and threw it in the trash.

I put this together this morning. I bought a new kerosene lantern for $5, ripped the guts out of the bottom of it, installed a 40 watt appliance bulb and socket where the wick normally does. I had to drill a hole through the bottom for the socket post to go through, and a hole on the back side...

Not get in a hurry to do 1 thing and "worry about it later". I didn't plan to insulate my shed, I've wired it twice. My workbench is 20 some feet long...I've built it twice. I think building a house would be easier than a garage or shed.

I will comment on 3 pictures as advice only - #8 - get the woman a bigger drywall knife. She can do a lot more with a 6" knife than what's in her hand. #9 - get the trash cans outside - that will give you more room, less smell, and you'll feel better. #13 - don't cut insulation in a standing...

Honestly, I thought about that when I built those, and I have to admit I did ram my knee/shins into them in the darkness a few times but it wasn't as bad as a piece of angle iron or channel as most trailers have. Point noted however, maybe a piece of 1" pipe on the outside edge would be a nice...

I built these taillight housings about 3 years ago for a single axle tilt trailer I had at the time. All the flat steels was 3/16" plate, the round was 2 1/2" pipe picked up for free from the local muffler shop. I wanted something unique and somewhat indestructible, good looks were just a...

Did a little housecleaning over the weekend, a few more pictures. This is my south wall looking west. In the corner are some old antique tables waiting to be refinished when the shop is all done. My toolboxes are along this wall, as well as my table saw. The white material is called...