Recent content by Ainsley

What kind of work will you be doing? Residential? Commercial? Industrial? and if industrial will you be running power wiring and conduit or controls style stuff? I'm sure if you get into it you'll eventually have a full set of tools that will cover all the bases but if you can narrow down the...

Alu Flatbar and threaded rod

The PB Swiss are my favorite, over my Proto, Wiha, Wera, Klein, Expert, or other sets I've ended up with over the years.

You're in luck, i was working in the shop over the weekend and snapped a pic of the sensor

Thanks for the interest. This is all I have at the moment, i'll try and snap one this weekend while i'm in the shop

I built my own 8" buffer and got a kit from caswell plating, I primarily use it for buffing knives and it has worked well for me so far.

U use plano 3700 series trays for my hardware organization. I started with this many now I have about 20 of the deeper trays on a shelf in a cabinet as well... need to build a frame for them and find somewhere in my tiny shop to mount it. I made a frame out of 1" angle and flat bar to be able...

I just used one of these and installed a small magnet in the pully on my drill press https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXQ9YQ0/?tag=atomicindus08-20

If you need batteries I'd suggest looking for promos rather than just buying them outright. Only time i've purchased just batts is when they were clearing out the 4Ah at depot for like $80 a pair a few years back. Otherwise I always wait for the promos... All my cordless stuff is Makita, prob...

If you have a long enough piece (longer than the bender handle) try flipping the bender over so the shoe is pointing up. The extra leverage on the longer pieces makes it a breeze... only issue is having enough ceiling clearance to get the free end of the EMT high enough so the angle of the...

I manage the maintenance and Engineering department at a petrochemical facility, including all the paint specs and we primarily use Sherwin-william industrial coatings. For UV resistance I like their Acrylon 218HS which is a 2 part polyurethane but I'm not sure if they have it in anything other...

Square D QO all the way.

I have a beaver 3400 I got for free from a family friend. Restored it and put on a 3phase motor and VFD, has served me well so far. only pic I have that is already hosted:

This is my go-to set, a bit pricey but a great quality bit. Plus they have flats on the shank, which is key in my opinion

We use them at work for cutting pipe, bolts... everything. They're awesome!