Recent content by DennisVog

I use M12 Red Lithium XC4.0 or 6.0. AFAIK, these are extended-capacity but not high output.

Maybe I'm confusing terminology. I assume NDT you're referring to is non-destructive test. My "coupons" are for either my personal welding practice or patch panels. I'm restoring a car and am cutting down 2 x 4' sheets to something smaller like 3 x 6". There is no formal certification or...

I'm referring to what the manual calls "depth of cut". How far below the thickness of the work material the cutting wheel sticks out. My understanding is less is better, so that there is less surface area of the cutting wheel exposed to potentially bind. As far as I can tell, there is not a way...

Well, this is kinda the crux of my question. Can you educate me on how to do it right? I'm using the guard and only exposing enough of the wheel to clear the material and a few mm more. Which I think addresses the issue @Yankeefarmer raised. Seems counterintuitive, but perhaps it's designed for...

This is a very interesting insight. A lot of people restoring cars use cut off wheels to remove rusting material. I wonder if this cause issues when TIG welding the replacement panel in. I hadn't heard this come up before.

I have a Milwaukee 2522-20 M12 FUEL 3" CUT OFF TOOL. My goal is to cut 18-gauge mild steel sheet metal into coupons. The product description says is designed for cutting various metals and steels. I have tried to use it numerous times with the Milwaukee supplied 3 in. x 0.040 in. x 3/8 in...

I noticed a Milwaukee response to a question about use on metal on Home Depot site It doesn't explain why, so I thought I'd contact Milwaukee directly. I didn't expect a reply, but was pleasantly surprised to get a very detailed answer: All that said, I would think 10k and 3/32" would be just...

I'm not suggesting it would be used to grind down the welds. It would be used after grinding to blend the ground part with the surrounding panel. Old school fabricators like Wray Schelin use a 2-inch orbital sander with 80 grit after planishing and grinding to put scratch marks into the weld...

Is there any reason the Milwaukee 3" Random Orbital Detail Sander wouldn't be appropriate for small sections of auto body work? For example, blending in **** welds. The use of 2 or 3 inch pneumatic angle orbitals with hook and loop interfaces seems pretty common. The product description, and...

Zoro is currently listing the Fein Versamag Vice with Magnet for $349. That's $100 less than normally seen. 15% off coupons are pretty easy to come by, and they will let you apply it on top of the sale prices. Lands it at $297.

This is super helpful. Thanks for the photos and write up. I envision that my 125 lb assortment will look like your metric fastener drawers after I get them back from plating and sorted. Is that the Durham LARGE STEEL COMPARTMENT BOX, ADJUSTABLE? My main annoyance will be keeping track of what...

I have two cars I'm restoring. So all the the pieces included in a remove, replate, and replace exercise. I also have 125 lbs of miscellaneous nuts and bolts I acquired from a shop that's closed that I will use as back-ups for things that inevitable get broken or lost.

Fair point on the label maker. I have one, but was thinking about the big sheets I've seen in the lids at the HW store. I can do individual compartments. My question was less about the labeling and more the containers themselves. For example, I've seen some complaints that the Harbor Freight...

Thus the comparison element of my post. The amount of options is overwhelming. Looking for those with experience that have weighed the pros and cons.

Has anyone seen a detailed comparison of the various fastener storage systems? I'm looking at ways to store a few cars worth of nuts, bolts, screws, and brackets. I could see ending up with half a dozen drawers of stuff pretty easily. Doesn't need to be transportable outside my garage. At the...