Recent content by gasman23

Re: Your thoughts on using just 1/4" and 1/2" drive tools Abandon 3/8" drive? Every drive size has its applications and limitations. I have a 1/2" breaker bar that is 16" long. Most 1/4" sockets will not like the amount of force/abuse that you can apply with a long breaker bar.

Interesting plans Close to the Bodensee, nice environment over there :3gears:

Re: PHOTOBUCKET is holding some member's photos as hostage. what are the best options I like to post my pictures on different forums, some of them don`t offer local image hosting. That`s why I used Photobucket:mad:

Great video of that dismantling job The lift was executed with the Pioneering Spirit vessel from Allseas. Although it is officially a Swiss company (Switzerland is landlocked, the sea is at least 100 miles away :confused: ), Allseas has a Dutch owner and most of the (engineering) staff is from...

I also work offshore, in the southern North Sea, about 50 miles off the Dutch coast. Last week we had some rough weather, not very common for June. 52 knot wind, with gusts to 62 knots. And the helicopters were still flying, I was already on the platform but some guys arrived that day. They were...

Good for you :willy_nil That worked pretty good in Iraq and Afghanistan, right ? :lol_hitti Let`s face it, the wars there were pretty much a waste of money.

I live in the Netherlands, the country (especially the city Amsterdam) has a reputation for drugs. But that just it, it`s merely the reputation. 8% of the people in the Netherlands smoke weed, 16% in the US :lol_hitti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_cannabis_use_by_country...

I live in the the Netherlands, and we also lost a lot of manufacturing jobs. But our neighbour Germany still has a lot of manufacturing jobs, and those company's are highly succesfull too. Some articles about their success...

If you see a pickup truck (with a fleet-side bed as common in the US) in Europe it`s 99% of the time only used for fun/personal use, and not as a "work truck". The pickup trucks that are used in Europe are based on a van-chassis, and they all have a drop-side bed. That`s basically because it`s a...

Way too much work for a refrigerator, I would have set on a few beer kisten.:lol:

Nice shop :drool: In the past I ofted bought the Chrom und Flammen magazine (about US custom cars but you probably know that :lol: ), they also had a Dutch version but most of the articles were copied from the German issue. Even on the roads in Germany (I love 500 meters from the German border)...

Ah, a "klempner" working hard.:lol: My dad worked in Germany as a plumber in the 1970s and 80s, the salary was good for craftsman back then. My uncle also worked as a plumber in Germany, after a few years he married a German girl, and later he got his own plumbing business near Bremerhaven. I...

This topic backfired quickly:lol:

losvre lives in the UK:rolleyes:

I bought it second hand :bounce: New Ridgid workbenches are £350 in the UK :shocking: Machinemart also sells foldable workbenches £90 https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cwb10f-heavy-duty-workbench/