Recent content by crackerman

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Got my fishing poles sorted, cleaned my leaf vac/blowers after sucking up a 50 gallon trash can worth of stuff, and drained 16oz of **** water out of my cars A/C condenser after I unclogged it. That was some fun contortions.

This x10000. I feel where you are at, I have all the general tools I really "need" right now for the level of work I do. What I needed actually went down once I stopped racing and got rid of the bikes but, I will need more hopefully sooner once I become a homeowner. You even said it yourself...

http://1800recycling.com/ I'm not a big hippy by any means but when its this easy to find the proper place to dispose of stuff everybody really should. Good on ya for doing it.

Re: what did you do in your garage today? pppfftt, little JB weld, duck tape and you will still be better than some of the boat ramp hijinks I have seen. I relised i need a 16mm box end wrench to fill out the size i am missing (for no other reason than it bugs me)

You should have left this tree in there! It grows perfectly graded lumber, clone that and be a millionaire!!!!!:lol_hitti Seriously though, what are the boards for?

Kind of a boring night so I spent some time in the garage cleaning my compressor and installing a new quick disconnect so I dont have to lug around 50 feet of hose just to inflate a tire. Bonus is that once I cleaned the saw that the compressor would go to 60lbs just fine, so much for the 45lbs...

Consumer vs commercial and all that. What you need for a house garage or shop vs 100% duty cycle in a freezer case at Tim Hortons vs middle of a parking area at the northern latitudes of Yellow knife etc. Plus a big difference if I need to grab my 6ft ladder or a 120ft cherry picker to change...

Not a problem. I am a big believer in buying to the level you really need, the difference between frugal and cheap. Certain things like tools are a cry once, buy once proposition, but that said I bought USA craftsman where I can now because I want quality but don't really need SNAP-ON when I...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Hung a new 4ft T8 2 lamp fixture in the garage, wouldn't think that it would add a lot but it sure does.

Most every electronic ballast is good for 0F start up. There are different quality ballasts but is your garage will be typically used as a household garage and weekend project space they should work fine. At 10 bucks you really can't go wrong. I just installed a 15 dollar twin tube t8 fixture...

I know its probably sacrilege to a lot of guys here but what do you do with old kinda crappy tools. I have a 2 ratchets that work but are pretty beat up and worked them selves. They are cheapy Chinese ones and I also have a set of box end/ open end wrenches that don't even have country or brand...

Ace hardware? The flat head screw driver I just bought last week to replace my lost one says made in the USA on it, that is why I bought it. As far as Kobalt tools, I have the 227 peice set (1/4 and 1/2 metric/sae sockets and open end wrenches/allens, etc) that my brother got me for Christmas a...

Thanks guys

So I got this from my step dad about a year ago when he got a small Kobalt oil-less. He had it for a long time and he got it from his dad, i think. Suffice to say its old, but it still performs well enough to fill car tires 90% of the time and clean up and blow up inflatables. Thanks to you...

I blatantly stole this idea off of here and it works great so far to free up some space. A couple of surplus tables the wife's work was going to through away actually make a decent temporary shelving unit. Safety is always important! The sign actually glows in the dark, hooray for work...