Recent content by chainz

Well, the shops a bust. Thanx to the (insert many 4 lettered explatives here) county. Seems the plans had a 25ft setback from my property line on the road side, that we hadn't noticed until we went to dig the footing. Well as it is, I was trying to shoe horn this thing in. Taking 25ft off the...

How well did that Bernard cooler help with the 180. I have a 180, and have to stop from time to time to let the torch cool down. Toyed with going that route, but also playing with the idea of going to a 350. Either way, ya gotta love Big Blue. Thanx, Chainz

I'll post up some pics of the plans tomorrow. Gonna have an 18 foot door in the center, and 2 9 footers on each side of it. With a man door around the corner on the left side.

So I have a new 40X30 shop that I am squeezing onto my property. I have already had the plans drawn up as far as the structure. Basically going to be a motorcycle / metal shop (hobbyist on steroids). What I am looking for is what you would have done differently, while building your shops, if...

I gotta give a HUGE FAIL to this one. I used one doing a 68 GTO front coil. I had just set the compressed spring in place, didn't even have my fingers pulled away completely, and the whole thing shattered. I heard the whizzing as a piece flew by my left ear, clipping it slightly, and sticking...

Curious why the huge easement between the shop and the house? I know its different from county to county, but it seems there should have been some way around that. I'm asking because I am rough drawing up plans for a similiar build, but "connecting", if you will, the shop to the house by way...

Very cool. I was just contemplating on how to build one myself, since adding one to my Miller Syncrowave would cost as much as the unit itself. Thanx, Chainz