Recent content by danielbuck

I have a small hand held Chapin, and a backpack Chapin, I like their quality. as for leaking, they aren't really meant to be set up on the shelf pressurized for next weekend. I don't know that they would do so well that way. I depressurize mine when I'm done. (and wash, if needed)

come on man, saw-zall.

that's a shame :confused: I would have hoped they had better customer service than that. :headshake

that's what I was getting at, it will stay pressurized basically indefinitely sitting on the shelf, and you won't need to re-pressurize it while in use for a lot of use. I haven't measured, but I would guess it's considerably longer than how much a regular can of brake cleaner lasts. But I...

sure-shot is fantastic for solvents. pressurize it with compressed air, or even a bicycle pump if you don't have that. It does use a shrader valve I think, but I've never seen that be a problem. mine is only a few years old, but I know folks who have these for much longer without problems...

it'll just rust, that's it. Same with welding aluminized tubing, it'll rust where you weld.

eh... not sure that's a fantastic analogy, I've never seen a vehicle get better MPG with higher octane fuels. Unless maybe you're talking about some super fancy car that almost nobody could afford anyway. I wouldn't know anything about them :ROFLMAO: But back to the consumables, I like...

are you just cutting out and replacing a 4" straight section? You probably don't need to tack weld it on the vehicle. Just mark a center line on all pieces, remove the exhaust pieces, bring it to however you are going to have Tig weld it, and have them weld the pieces together with the new 4"...

I mostly work with tube, angle and flat bar instead of plate, so for me a plasma cutter isn't something I use a lot. It's great for cutting off things from frames. Body mounts, shock or other mounts. It gets the bulk of the material off of the frame quickly, I find that alot safer than trying...

Just posting this here since I asked earlier. The 1/2" step bit worked extremely well through various thickness of steel. I will be running these through more work pieces soon to see how they do after alot of holes, but so far damn they rip through the metal pretty quick. And best of all, no...

I like using deep sockets because once the nut is free, (if I'm not using air or impact) I find it easier to spin the nut off the rest of the threads with the deep socket (still attached to the ratchet) with my thumb and index finger spinning socket. For me and my hands, the deep sockets are...

I suppose one last thing worth noting. I've always found that if you are nice and polite when contacting support, you're more likely to get a more generous response in return. Sometimes small companies are harder to get ahold of, just keep your cool when you finally get ahold of someone, and...

that could be too. the local metal supply shop the next town over was closed all week last week.

I do for some things. One example would be copper working (think jewelry/art), I keep a ball peen hammer, black smith tongs, rivets, a few snips/cutters and bending jigs and dies and other random items that we use alot all in a metal box. When my wife and I want to work on copper stuff, we...

I was right, they don't work weekends, here on there "About" page.