Recent content by carlquib

When dealing with those constant tension clamps, this is what I use. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005J3L0P2/?tag=atomicindus08-20 Those pliers plus Lisle makes a version with a cable for accessing those hard to reach places will help decrease the size needed for your swear jar. Sent from my...

I'll recommend the turned post 12000 pound two post model bendpak, they are a most useful tool. They don't have any trouble picking up my one ton trucks. I don't crawl around on the floor under a vehicle nearly as well as I used to. I don't know if I'm just getting old or if I'm finally getting...

I would say for a first try your casting turned out very well. Have you watched any of luckygen1001's videos on YouTube? He has a lot of good information on pouring cast iron. My name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic.

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Here are the pictures I promised of the business end of my ball turning tool. I had no idea it was so hard to take a photo of small shiny things. I'm still not really satisfied with the pictures but it is the best I can do with what I've got. The tool...

Thanks Andy, my gear fit up was pretty close. It only took moving the pinion in .003" to get the gear lash into spec. Now if I could only figure out how to do one of these without having to take everything in and out ten times. [emoji6] I'll try and get some better pictures of the the relief on...

Hi Andy, finally got around to getting those pictures of my ball turner for you. The actual cutting part of the business is the 1/4" hss tool blank mounted in a holder. I don't know if you will be able to tell from the picture but the center is relieved to help provide a positive cutting action...

I do cut on the bottom running in reverse. Clears chips better and the tool seems to be less likely to gouge and cause problems. My name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic.

A round tool bit works quite well in a boring bar ball turner. I just made a 3/4" tool holder and then use 1/4" round hss or smaller if you need smaller balls. If I make it out to the shop tomorrow I'll try to post some pictures of the bits I use for you. There are a couple pictures on my...

Import the design as a shape file, then go for it. My name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic.

I just use single magnification safety glasses to weld and for other tasks where I can't use my regular glasses. I do have multiple powers available, depending on what I'm trying to do. Higher power for fine tig welding, lower to run dual shield, mig or stick welding. While walking around the...

I got a bunch of those knotted stainless wire wheels with the 7/16-20 thread. Lucky for me the centers were soft and easy to open up to 5/8-11 to fit my grinders. Nice score though. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Me too, but I'm not fast enough to get three hundred an hour done without help. Hello, my name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic

Unfortunately, I'm all too familiar with those. I like them much better as a light then for their original purpose in the milking parlor. Hello, my name is Brian and I'm a toolaholic

I use one that is very similar for mouse poison. The only thing I do differently is I add another elbow and short piece of pipe so there is a clear run with two exits. When I tried one like yours it didn't work as well as I would have liked because the rodents were reluctant to go into a hole...

I've been doing the same. I would love to find some niche I could fill, but I always seem to be on the wrong end of those and the booms only seem to last a few years. We were looking at putting in a poultry barn a few years ago. One of the big processors was going to build a processing plant...