Recent content by Dale

Wife and I are going to Landstuhl Germany next month. I need help finding the best tool stores over there.

I built my own camper and pulled at least a thousand pop rivets with the unit from Campbell-Hausfield (sp?) Five years later it still working well.

Sorry, I don't know your answer, but I sure would like to know where the best tools stores are around Landstuhl and Frankfurt. Going over later this month.

Frog Tape works good

Try sway control hitch balls, they are 1 1/4 inch and have a 5/8" threaded shaft. Would be lots lighter than a regular ball.

I am partial to cane bolts. Here in Oklahoma we have winds and my cane bolts do the job. I have built few and bought a few...

I found a 6 pound dead-blow at Harry Epsteins for a very good price. It was made by Garland Manufacturing of Maine. http://www.garlandmfg.com/mallets/deadblow_standard.html

Try the Evolution Rage 3. I just unpacked one. Less than $300.00 at some web sites.

There are 15 of those on the OKC, OK Craigslist for 30 dollars each. They are rough, but if you want them they have been there for several weeks: http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/tls/3529172633.html

I use one all the time for metal. Use the right sanding belts and disks and it works fine. The only problem I have had is if you let the metal bounce it can tear up the belt in a blink of the eye.

the ones this guy uses with his workbench are way cool:http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12371&highlight=workbench+receiver+hitches

I changed the situation around. Put router on front wall (up high) of detached garage and it feeds the house fine. Garage is steel r-panel and doesn't loss much signal strength with the router next to it's insulation.

Who has used soda blasters? What to look out. What type of materials have you used them on? Sand basting is too much for many of my jobs.

I have found a lot of useful info here: http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/. Lots and lots of video with great instruction.

You can call these guys, they have tubs full of all sizes. Some of their wrenches are Bonney, SK, and various other US Made. http://www.meridiantool.com/stores