Recent content by Bob/Colfax

When you mentioned Livingston I totally understood. I grew up in the Billings area (24 yrs), went to MSU and spent 10 years in Bozeman. Now I'm stuck in southeastern WA at least it has mild winters. I'll be headed to Laurel this Friday to visit for a week. Sure wish I could move back to MT...

Looks like a good project and will turn out to be a great shop with lots of space. Like your truck. Did you build it yourself? Bob

I would get one of the nailers that uses the stick of 16D nails. That way you can also use the 8D nails in them for siding and any other work that would require that size of nail. Check to make sure that the nailer will use them though, I have a Senco that will work with both sizes. Bobg

I have an old two horse enclosed trailer that has the double doors in back. I want to redo it to just have one door. How can I bend 1 inch square tubing so that it has about a 6 inch radius. I only need to do two bend, but would like ideas on doing it. I thought about making a wooden die...

gto65goat, How far is it from your house to the garage? If it's not far build an enclosed walkway and that way it would be attached. I don't know whether that would make it a legally attached garage, but it may be worth a shot. Bob

I was given a 60 gallon compressor tank, so I put my compressor and motor on it and want to locate it in the loft of my barn. Total run of pipe would be about 50 feet with 4 foot drops. I have access to all the 1/2 inch galvanized that I need, but don't know if the is big enough. Any help...