Recent content by dodis

Looks like you decided to keep the base from your old tank, good! Now the old tank shouldn't become a time bomb... Anyway, I did the same thing last year. Got a good tank off craigslist, then cut off the base plate from my tank. Then I welded in some angle iron under the base to drill mounting...

Another purpose modified hand truck... Welding cart. Lowered the axle to match the casters on the front, also makes it easier to tilt back for going though doors, up/down steps, etc. Has been a work in progress, and now I need to add a shelf for a high-frequency unit I scored on eBay. <a...

Haven't even been lurking here for a while, too busy. But came back today and just finished read all this thread. I too have an old Rand 4000 compressor, and they are under recall, because of tank failures...

Not many posts (yet), and I don't have a decorative opinion, but a useful suggestion. On all of my (mix-matched) outlet covers and switch plates, I have written the breaker number the circuit is on with a sharpie, so that if I need to work on that line, I immediately know which breaker to throw...

Yes it was a mess, still is in some places. I expected what I saw in Galveston's West End, after seeing the results of Rita. Glad it didn't flood my apartment in Galveston then. It got 5 feet of water in Ike though, Glad I moved in 2007! What was most shocking was to see how bad Bolivar was in...

Exactly! I was actually working in Del Rio at the time of hurricane Ike, and Monday morning after it was over, every store from Del Rio to Uvalde was COMPLETELY sold out of gas cans! :shocking: ...And I just wanted enough to go home and check the house and get back out of town to find a...

Heck of a first post, instead of an intro! If you do decide on a price, post it or PM. Looks more and more like you will keep one, at least! I'm just down the highway in Texas City, so pickup is no problem... Then to decide, for beer brewing, BBQ, fuel storage for evacuations... Mike "Dodis"