Recent content by cthulu

I use this kit, manual benders for lines is brutal. Done multiple cars with this set as well as fuel lines for AN fittings where it goes from hard line to a female fitting. Never let me down and pretty consistent, play around with it a bit before you use it on good line to get a feel for...

You must be in the saltbelt.

Love the lightning shifter, miss my olds. Maybe used it is, thanks guys.

Don't, there is a company called CDI that makes torque wrenches for snap-on who them rebrands them. I have 3 of them and they are all fantastic, it's ok to cheap out on some things but torque wrenches aren't one of them. (Had a off brand torque wrench fail, and now there is a 3/8-16 bolt in the...

Ok, so yeah I'm looking for advice on a new compressor and wondering what you guys have and how you like it. I've had a 15 gal 8cfm craftsman oil-less compressor for 20 years and it's done a good job for my needs and been really portable as I moved around. Now though it's getting really really...

I ran across the Shelly products but thought they were two different channels at 8amps each, are you using it on anything that has serious draw? (compressor, electric motors, etc.) I do like that their product integrates into existing electric boxes, I see a lot of newer higher end homes having...

Gotcha, this uses a higher amperage relay just like you are doing but I don't like the Alexa integration due to privacy concerns. I wanted something where every bit of code was something I wrote and having it work without internet connectivity.

I don't know much about this kind of thing besides the principals behind it, was a little frustrating at times but I learned a lot and now plan to make a few of these for my heater, compressor and then maybe some home security. The components are really cheap so as long as you have a computer...

If they make a 30$ wifi switch that doesn't depend on Alexa or similar services and can handle 30 amps with infinite ability to schedule I would buy one. This was a fun project, but it was a project because a similar device for a reasonable amount of money doesn't exist!

If you have something like the below, sort of. Its amperage use is limited, and everything you say or do on Alexa is stored by amazon forever and tied to you personally (or the residence) What I like about this is that large corporations don't have any involvement in the exchange of data, it's...

I mean, its done? There's nothing else coming really, you plug it in then use powershell on your computer to schedule when you want the thing to actually get power. Was there something missing that you'd like to see in the post? This is half for you guys and half for me so I can remember what...

Hey guys, I recently finished a project to send power to my parts washer on Saturdays without me having to get up and turn it on. This same basic principal can be used with basically anything that pulls under 30 amps, you could also use a larger amperage contactor and run this for larger...

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/09827874?fromRR=Y That's the holder then I picked up a few RD8p bits for it, I could technically do a 5/8 holder with the quick change mounts I have but it looks like selection for 1/2 is a lot better.

Thanks for the tips guys, picked up a round tool holder from MSC by kennametal with a few inserts and now I'm better armed to crawl ebay and estate sales.

So, picked up a lathe and a mill from grizzly while back and got them setup in the shop. Looking to upgrade from the grizzly 1/2 tool holders and the grizzly carbide inserts. what brands/sites do you guys like?