Recent content by gtcs

Here’s a couple of my file cabinet drawers. The yellow dividers were sold as dividers for the black and yellow storage bins, they don’t fit perfectly but they work great. The others are coffee cans and I’m just glad I don’t need anymore as I’m not a fan of Maxwell House.

I bought the Fortress 26 g ultra quite six months ago, I have a 60g DeVilbiss, a 2g Campbell Hausfield, and an old Sears (not Craftsman), I had stopped using air tools all together because I couldn’t stand the noise. This Fortress is being used regularly and has had no issues and you wouldn’t...

On our Samsung dryer I replaced the thermal switch about 8 times, used the Samsung parts down to the 4.99 Amazon ones, no real difference in lifespan, they would kinda work but it was hell to troubleshoot. I finally pulled them out( there were 3 in mine) and hooked them up to my multimeter and...

I've found quite a bit over the years, one of the highlights was a Milwaukee sawzall still in its metal case. I gave that one to one of my uncles and he still uses it. I recently found s Wilson 5# hammer in great shape, that will replace my old welded on handle 5# that I found 10 years ago. I...

Thanks guys, I had already downloaded the manual before I started pulling it apart, lots of good stuff over at vintage machinery, I was just concerned about the wheels, that makes sense but I guess I never noticed when I replaced tires on the Milwaukees at work, but they were a lot smaller. This...

I have a few floating around and just last week I found out that this is a self solving problem! I actually kinda needed one and the of the 2 I found one was stuck in the locked position and the other wouldn’t go into reverse(what I needed) I guess I used them so little the moving parts are...

My version is like this I originally just had the wrench but every time I went to remove it I dropped it on the floor It’s essentially just a pin to keep it from folding down if you bump it

Yeah, he never really regained any interest in cars besides basic transportation. My son in law helped me rebuild my other daughters engine and he seemed pretty interested in learning more but with their new baby he doesn’t have any time. I’ve actually been busy in the shop for the last year...

I have a little giant that I can put to 14' as an a frame, it gets to over 24' as an extension. I bought it at Lowes and it has levelers for uneven terrain. It is heavy as he'll and was about $300 when I bought it, but it works for all kinds of stuff, I just wouldn't get one as my only ladder as...

I picked this up a while back but haven’t done anything with it, I started pulling it apart to clean it up and install the new tires I bought. I have a couple of questions though. First off, the previous owner had been using it for years with no tires (that’s why the odd blade size written on...

I have a real problem keeping up with these things but the shop is in full service now. I built a mezzanine and set up my cabinets. I currently have all 3 of my vehicles in it but I’m working on new carts/stands for my tools before I get into anything on the cars

Well, after reading this whole thing a few weeks ago I decided to go get my own when they were on sale. I removed the struts so I can flip the lid out of the way, I modified the shelf with the Allen wrench mod but I got tired of picking it up off the floor so I put a cable on it. On the handle...

Go with the 4 foot spacing. When I did mine the salesman sucked and did not even mention this was an option (nor did he mention the colored screws), and the 5' spacing pisses me off every time I need to do something on the walls. I think almost half of my posts on here are on this subject, the...

I just want to say this is a great thread, I ran through it in one day while I was off for COVID. It actually got me off my **** and out in the shop to finish something, but more importantly to update my build thread. Thanks for the inspiration

So in the middle of all the trying to get rid of stuff I found a deal in a Total Shop that I couldn’t pass up. For those of you that don’t know it’s a knock off of a ShopSmith, that was so exact the parts interchange…bet you can guess why they went out of business. I got it for 125 bucks and it...