Recent content by BobsInTheGarage

I am most of the way through removing the grout from a shower stall and bathtub surround. My tiles are 4" x 4" and the grout lines are 1/16". It is painstakingly slow work. I started with a Fein oscillating tool and the smallest diamond blade they have, 3/32", was too wide, it chewed up the...

I added the ability to have a long cable running to the hand held remote that runs the winch. I used a suggestion from here, thank you! It turns out that the cable to the remote has 4 wires, and that it carries the current that runs from the wall plug to the winch. I cut it and used two short...

Well so much good information! It looks like the HF wireless adapter only works with the 12V winches. Also the sales person at HF mentioned that they have a lot of them coming back for returns. I likely will use the plug idea, that is cool, as most times I will have a helper to man the car as...

I like the long wires idea, it was unsettling to have the car unattended. I was wrong on the shear strength of the bolts, mine are 3/8" which are 'allowed' 810 pounds, with an 'ultimate' of 3240 pounds. Here is a link to the chart...

Here is a video of the first pull:

I have done it! Yesterday I completed the project of mounting a winch in my garage to pull vehicles that don't run, or trailers, into my garage for service. I thank all who have contributed here. I started with a plan to mount a 12V winch under my workbench, and went as far as buying a...