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Some of my best naps have been laying on the creeper.:thumbup:

How do you know you've been in the shop too long...Your wife remarks your **** looks like a waffle from setting on a milk crate:) So how do you know you've been in the shop too long?

You might take at "hangar homes" for some ideas. I have built several 60' x 60' hangar homes with the aircraft hangar on the bottom floor and the home above. A 60' x 60' provides 3,600 square feet of home above the hangar /shop/playroom/hobby room/or anything you want it to be. I am a...

My Mother gave me the steel square my Dad used on the war emergency pipeline that he worked on during WW2. He bought it in 1942 and I used it while I was his welder helper and working my way through school. He was an excellent pipeline welder and I learned a lot. The square accumulated a fine...

Thanks guys. Lincoln is off the list per your suggestions. I like the looks of the M18 and they are available at Home Depot for a little over $240 for the kit. Alemite looks good but haven't found a price or dealer in this area. I wonder if the Alemite-Snap-on nozzle will fit on the M18 since...

I am getting tired of hand pumping my grease gun to lube the backhoe and excavator. Have been looking at the Lincoln brand unit and it looks very nice and durable. What does the collective wisdom have to say?

Finished welding up the stand for the Tennsmith box and pan brake, cleaned the metal with Stoddards Solvent and painted it. Will post pic's when I get the brake mounted to the stand. Otherwise, the cold front blew through here about 11 am and the wind chill dropped to -1. Had a cup of tea and...

Good Points guys. I will drop the soda blaster idea. A good Idea to have a pro do it since I don't need a sand blaster other than for this project.I knew I would find the answers here.

1. Build a new welding table. 2. Finish the table for my new Tennsmith HBU 48-16 Box and Pan Brake 3. Finish the 3 ton Gantry (roll around) I started in October 4. Continue restoration of the '74 FJ-40 Land Cruiser 5. Start restoration on the 1897 Chattanooga Plus a lot of Honey-do's I am...

So, I'm riding my Honda XR650L Dual Sport on some back roads in the mountains. I passed a house that had a rusty piece of machinery in the front yard. After thinking about it for about a mile I turned around because I finally remembered what it "should" be and sure enough it was an 1897...

Re: Insulated "office" area of detached garage floor is soaked with condensation? Nice shop and office. I have a 3,575sf shop, pre-engineered metal building with a 16' x 28' office, kitchenette, bathroom and walk-in closet for my shop clothes and temperature sensitive items. When I built the...

I wear the Redwing 8662. It is a Chukka style shoe in a mid brown color and all it needs is a slip in arch support. These are very comfortable and long wearing. You will not be disappointed. I wear them daily in the aircraft hangar and shop. They look good with shorts or jeans and in...

Perhaps demo existing garge in back, get drainage issues resolved for new concrete pad, install sewer lines and locate inflow points for your apartment, etc. design your 28-40 plan a little deeper to accommodate your apartment and do the slab this year. A per-engineered metal building is a...

I will post some for your review. I may have some time to go and get the pics and post them tomorrow.

I did power up the unit and ran it through a couple of passes in some material. No problems, and it has at least 25 collets and tapered inserts as well a large box of end mills, bits, and a lot of other items. Again, thanks for the information.