Recent content by BigMike782

How is the student progressing?

I'm a little late to the keeping the shop clean party but...... Like most I use a combination of cheap paper towels, decent blue boxed shop rags, cotton shop rags when I find a deal on them and bath towels from Goodwill. One other thing I do for "those" times is I keep a coffee can full of...

I got some 1x12 white pine from the house of a hoarder that I am guessing was at least 100 years old or older. I ripped it into 3/8" square stop for stop for the glass in my kitchen cabinets and it cut like butter and stayed arrow straight....... a real joy to work with.

I have a 3/4" square piece of cherry stock about 24" long with a screw in hook on the end that I use for the same type of things but seeing it in steel is a great idea and I'm going to have to make one.

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I have a pretty well equipped home shop. I choose(more like chose many years ago) that I did not want paying side work. When I go to my shop I want it to be under the rules of when I want it done, why I want it done, how I want it done.

A Robust AND a Stubby?😳 Are you adopting? LOL

Vertical up and controlling heat on stainless with TIG would be my first requests.

I'm surprised no one mentioned ESAB EZ grind. I heard so many people talk about how easy it is to grind so I looked it up........9.00 a pound! WTF? 70S6 wire is 2.39 a pound on a 10 pound spool. What makes easy grind that spectacular?

Possibly called frieze molding? Been 20 yrs since I sold lumber but that sounds familiar.

When ACQ treatment first came out the recommendation was hot dipped galvanized or stainless steel. I was not aware that carriage bolts came in a ACQ safe coating.

I'm a huge Miller fan boy but........ If the Dynasty lets the magic smoke out it's going to be very painful to fix.......if boards are available.

My .02? .023 S6, surgically clean, a copper spoon will give the best results. If you have never TIG’d before(amperage control be damned) you may want to lay your grapes on the workbench and give them a good hard smack with a hammer, it will be less painful.

Viewing size is like TVs.......one company makes one a little bigger and then everyone that welds has to have a 36" wide by 18" high viewing area even if they are welding on a bench or right out in the open. Personally one of my all time favorites is my Huntsman 211P with a VINTAGE Harris gold...

From putting 1x4 beaded ceiling in my living room long ago ;) .......make sure that every board is the same pattern. Yup, I have one stinkin piece that was ever so slightly different on the T&G fit. After all these years I can see it but no one else has ever noticed.