Recent content by fatboy621

I did this a long time ago. Due to the design of the house the post in the middle of the doors was load bearing. I went the the lumber yard and told them what I had and wanted to know what size header I needed.. They made a call and an engineer came out and sized it for free.. My dad and I did...

I ran black plastic water line for my air. Compressor in shed out back air in the garage. I found some rated for 300psi. Been there serval years with out issue. I ran it in the same ditch as the electric conduit.

This box with a two drawer and a flip up door base new is around 150 bucks. We have some at work, not bad quality over all. Metal is thin and drawer guides are cheap. Offer him 10 bucks.

I'm no pro when it comes to concrete but it looks like they may have worked it too much with the bull float when finishing it. This will work too much of the cream to the top. Makes it easy to finish with the broom but not strong and will wear easily and have small places chip out.

We have several in our plant. They are not the Big *** brand but made by Rite hite. Not sure if the cost is more or less than the BAFs. They do work very well and move a lot of air. Ours are 3 phase and run on a VFD.

The top one is a knife used in leather work. Not sure about the other.

The Menards near me has new boxes in stock and the old ones on clearance. The new ones have a latch on the drawers that have to be lifted up to open. Gone are the rubber detects. The top lid is different. They stock green only but you can order black,red and I think yellow. They said it would...

I have a junk oilless compressor from Sears, very loud! My old one was on it's last legs and at the time didn't have the cash for much. This thing is loud! I have a shed (12x16)about 8o feet from the garage. I put it out there and trenched a line back to the garage. I used black plastic water...

This is true, here they send a box of broken tools to the local steel mill. I know for a fact the not every thing is melted down. I worked with a guy whose step dad worked at the steel mill and would bring home some of the screw drivers, grind the tips and use them for awhile then turn them in...

Yes it is some what common to use the white wire for the second hot lead in a 220volt set up. If you don't want to use the white wire you can get 10/3with ground. Then you will have black,red, white and green or bare wire. This is what is known as a four wire 220 volt set up. It is ok to use the...

How thick of metal are you drilling? I drilled out 50 plus on the front end of my sons car with a 18 volt cordless drill and didn't even run one battery out of juice.

I have an Ideal at home that get very light use and have been very happy with. At work we have GreenLee. These are used alot and abused, still working. Either would be more than you could wear out it the garageor just around the house.

I won a set at a safety meeting at work, both ends are open. They are in the box but I have never tried them. To tell the truth I forgot about them until I read this post.

Not I the garage but right outside it, replaced the front fender on the old work truck. Set up the instant shade canopy and a big fan made the 101 heat some what bearable.

We just got 3 little giants at work to try out. All are fiberglass and very heavy, don't really like having to carry one up ten flights of stairs! They are very stable and definitely have a place. I had to spend the better part of 8 hour standing on one and have to say it killed my feet. The...