Recent content by donnykooy

some of us are young, married and poor...not all of us are loaded, old, neglect our families or are single...please...tell me what its like

I don't need much of excuse to get in the shop and start tinkering. This website has been very helpful to the success I have had with some current projects but every once in a while(like now) I don't have any projects, I reorganized the shop twice and cleaned it spotless and I have no reason or...

It doesnt make sense to you because you dont know what a "cold" saw is. http://www.scotchman.com/cold-saws/non-ferrous/cpo350nf/

http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/203164101?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=chop+saw&storeId=10051&N=5yc1v&R=203164101 heres the link to the saw i am looking at

My current shop set up has a recessed platform for my abassive saw and has 8 feet of support on the left and 6 feet on the right. This allows me to cut long steel stock but if I purchased a cold saw I would have to shorten one of my steel benches and it also would be to deep. I do have a band...

I am in the market for a new abrassive chop saw fror my shop to assist in cutting metal. The dewalt one looks nice but I am looking for the top of the line abrassive saw. Money is not and option for this purchase but my shop cannot accomidate a cold saw...so it must be an abrassive saw...

I maybe getting a new house and Garage soon. The garage has no 220v outlets but I will need about 4 of them installed. Anybody have an idea of how much that would cost. What if I did the tunneling through the studs myself...would this cut down on the cost? __________________

I maybe getting a new house and Garage soon. The garage has no 220v outlets but I will need about 4 of them installed. Anybody have an idea of how much that would cost. What if I did the tunneling through the studs myself...would this cut down on the cost?

Kennedy does sell friction slides..thank you sir.

Lets all just calm down. If you actually watched both videos you would know that particular vise was a remake, not an original. I wasnt planning on spending years searching for an original pattern makers vise but a newly manufactured one like in the video.

They say it is the most versitle vise ever designed and after watching a few videos, I agree. The only thing is that it was built for woodworkers. I enjoy carpentry construction but I am no cabinet maker or anything like that. But I do a lot of welding and I think this vise would be perfect...

If I can buy friction slides then yes I am building a custom tool cabinet...otherwise i will be purchasing 2-11 drawer Gray tool cabinets pro series

Thanks for all the excellent advise so far. Im going to buy 2 of the 11 drawer pro series cabinets and make a workbench out of them with a galvinized top. They each hold 12,000 cubic inches so thats a lot better than a Craftsman box with the same outer dimensions. The craftsman 8 drawer I am...

still havent found any friction slides for sale...does anybody sell them?

I think the Gray tool cabinet pro series has a powder coat finish. Thats what it looks like to me in the pictures anyway. I may look into having a body shop do it, then I know it would be perfect. Then again I am ambitious and perhaps I could begin practicing. I am not going to buy craftsman...