Recent content by abbeylives

I've been cutting aluminum piping on a vertical bandsaw and have trouble keeping the piping from rolling back. What do you guys use to cut aluminum piping? Also what about cutting pie cuts? Pie cuts have proven really difficult on bandsaw.

more pics of peoples setups please

I love these E-Z red wrenches. We refer to them as "awesome wrenches". They have proven to be a great go to wrench for all sorts of jobs. I think if I was going on a long rally or off road-trip they would definitely come along.

Nice project, thanks for in depth documentation. Is there any reason you chose not to clean weld area before welding? What kind of welder and setup did you use?

thanks for sharing this

Funny to see this post. Yesterday I bought 102LHCP pliers set off the truck at work. The set has the 915cp and 415cp. I was looking at the pliers today and didn't see a made in usa stamping. The package is marked made in the usa, but I was also wondering why no stamping. I plan on asking...

another vote for alternator.

Thanks for all the replies. Lots of good advice, especially regarding consistency. It wasn't something I had previously thought about.

Any ideas on starting amperage? I would think around 50amps for 16 and 19

I'm planning on attempting some body repairs on an 86 Toyota. I'm comfortable with a tig and plan on use that to weld in new panels. I was searching for metal at work and wasn't sure what gauge would be ideal. I'm not going for a period correct repair or anything. The patch would be from top...

Each of the discs in the caliper kit match up to a particular style piston. For example, Honda or VW. If you are doing brakes on a early 90's toyota, that disc is selected which then is position between the piston and tool. As you tightened the tool, the caliper piston is turned with pressure...

Where do you work that they provide tools?

the Mac is actually a rebranded air cat - heard it straight from my mac guy. Given the options I would choose the Snap On, nothing compares to the feel. But in reality I would buy the IR, more affordable, just as capable and reliable.

Also been very pleased with tooltopia. I purchased a 1/2in IR impact and some other pneumatic stuff at great price.

110 doesn't offer enough voltage to achieve full penetration of thicker steel tubing used in roll cages. I would also suggest saving for a TIG rather than a MIG, TIG welding is used by many sanctioning bodies for roll cages. More importantly, once you develop your basic welding skills you...