Recent content by cpakalolo

I have to agree to this too. Rebar is not always specified by the lift manufacturers. The difference is the size of the base. Look at them. The ones that require reinforcement have small bases. The ones that don't have much larger bases.

If you get a four post, realize they cost more and to use them you will be getting bridge jacks that are expensive. I have a bad back, so a four post would never suffice for work because you have to lean across the track for suspension/wheel work. You could extend the plate on the lift to...

I asked every salesman I could get a hold of to ask the question of whether symmetric or asymmetric is better for trucks etc... and I never got the same answer. The best thing someone said is "its all about opening the door" I have an assymetric lift and it seems like I'm going to be lifting...

Last Summer I was talking someone on the phone through one of these joints. I did it previously in 1979 and the homeowner was finally trying to get all the cast iron out of his house. He got tired and had to remake the joint. I used lead and oakum, but I got him to get a rubber insert. He...

I would definitely get a belt drive if I got a regular opener. They are so quiet.

Thank you

Might be the blade. I have a blade that I have been using to cut concrete and stone for years. It was a couple hundred bucks and I can't tell who makes it. I have it attached to an angle grinder with a huge guard I frakensteined on there. You couldn't complain about it at all.

Jack shaft openers have their problems. They don't push down on the door, so they need a deadbolt. Only the newest models can monitor and adjust the torque to overcome the cable tension slack problem. They are less forgiving of a poor door installation. Also, without the drag link pulling on...

Some of these lifts are so wide, that opening a two door is easy to do.

You say you want symmetric. Don't limit yourself. You might want a bi-symmetric. I just got an asymmetric Tuxedo 11 k, TP-11 KC-DX and installed it. It is almost 12' wide to the outside of the posts and is just over 12 feet tall. Since you specifically want to have the bottom of your lift...

Wow! I literally can shop from that one picture for a new one to replace my old Skill Twist.

If you find a good one let me know. I have owned them over the years. The best was a 3.8 volt Skill Twist. Not the best battery, but I frakensteined a new battery. The reason it was the best is because the way the button worked. You had a rocker switch which didn't require using an extra...

I use regular aluminum rivets that you just hit with a hammer. You drill the hole, drop the rivet in and pound until good. They are solid.

The capacitor is in the circuit in both directions. Since it is between the red and the black it works as follows. When black motor winding is connected to line, the red winding is getting its power from the capacitor like a regular psc motor. When line is connected to red, the black now gets...

If you are pulling power from the light and switching it, then the fan can be wired to line. If the switch gets its power from the outlet below it or whatever, you won't have continuous power at the light to use for the fan. If it is just a fan, you actually will have to remove the light when...