Recent content by Garagedweller

Sounds to me that you are undersized on the tonnage of your unit. For a/c its usually about 20 BTU per square foot roughly. Also the amount of sun exposer has a lot to do with it but the most important thing is how well your building is insulated. But with that 5 ton unit its going to be on non...

hECK YEAH if you know a good installer i'd run all spiral exposed bare pipe. If its done right and everything is straight and level and everything is done clean it looks sweet. Only problem is finding a couple guys that really know how to really hang exposed...but when you do find them and its...

Hey guys I need some advice here on this Bridgeport mill I found on Craigslist. Give me all you got lol Thanks in advance https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tls/d/calabasas-bridgeport-mill/7324703053.html

Well sir let me go find out about this servo switch thingy here and I will get back to you ASAP .

Alrighty so the dude says its early 1900's but tooling and attachments include a 3 jaw chuck made by BSA tools England, a JACOBS DRILL chuck for tailstock,a tapering attachment,boring tool 2 live centers,quick change tool post and a bunch of HSS and cobalt cutters. along with the 220v - 440 volt...

Thats funny because my italian friend says the same thing lol

Ok guys I hope this isnt too much to ask but I found another lathe that a buddy of a buddy has . Dont know too much about it yet except its an older ROCKFORD with four speed reduction gears comes with all tooling and power converter for $1200. Ill get more info and post it as I get it

Hey did you check today 5-10 because I spent about an hour trying to post up some pics for you guys just not sure if I did it right or not lol.

Awesome yes I am aware of how fast things can happen with these and other machines and I do appreciate the concern . I have done some work on mills and lathes and iron workers ,50 ton press ,plate shears and a bunch more machines around the shop. Started way back when I was about 12 playing...

Wow yeah thats alot of info thank you . So the guy said he bought it a while ago and has just hooked power up to it but never has cut anything on it. If my picture URL worked the last picture is what scares me.

Hey everyone so I am fixin to buy a 13 x 40 LeBlond regal lathe I found but thought I might see if theres anything I should really be paying extra attention too when I go look at it because the guys leaving it hooked up for me to check out. Just so I dont just see it start up and spin around...

Dudes I have both the red and green compressors with the 2 piston pumps on them but to answer the original starter of the thread here both these compressors have some 3/8" thick really dense felt filters and cheese ball little tin retainers. I do believe they are 100% stock because I knew both...