Recent content by hotdogstand

I use Inventor quite a bit, first in school and now for pretty much every personal project. Student license is free, pro license is $2000/yr.

Looks good! Wish I could get my act together and finish mine!

Looks good, and definitely gives me some ideas... Keep up the good work!

I love this project! After I finish school and start making money again I'd like to do something like this.

I've been meaning to check Tekton and Gray Pneumatic out. When it's time to replace my current set, I might just upgrade the lot of them. The HFs do wallow pretty bad after some abuse.

I use Kobalt tools from Lowe's. They're good enough quality, lifetime warranty, and sold single as well as in kits, so you can always get what you need. Their 300 piece runs between $200-300 usually and includes combo wrenches. They have a good selection of specialty sockets, too. My pliers are...

True that. A good buddy of mine still has his tattoo from his first marriage. He wears a simple gold band over it :D Sometimes being able to take your ring off CAN save your marriage!

I buy from Old Dominion Metals in Hampton, VA (nowhere near you, though) but I pay $30-40 for a 24 ft stick of pretty much anything 1/4" wall or thinner. At the prices you're paying, you'd be better off making the trip down with a truck and picking up a years' supply!

That's a good looking find! Congrats on to you and Randy. I'm restoring a 77 vette now, PA title, and I'm lucky that it's in the condition that it is!

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No joke, that 5-drawer cart and the matching side shelf are probably the best tools I have ever bought at HF. I love it better than my 44" box. Steal the mat off if a 18" side box, the shelf doesn't come with one.

I'm always looking for handier ways to store commonly used tools. This is pretty darn brilliant, thanks for sharing!

Nice project! I have/had one almost exactly like it, but it didn't roll well in my shop and it took up more space than I could afford to give. I took the side box out and the frame is sitting outside the shop rusting while I dream up an alternate plan. I like your solution for the bottle. I...

Removed the starter and filled the oil on an old 350 SBC that's been sitting around. Was going to compression test it, but I didn't get around to it. Oh, reorganized my tool cart to get the rest of my sockets from my main box to fit in there.

That^ I'm an electronics tech, 8 years active duty, returned to college to earn an AAS in the field. I cut my teeth on car audio/electrical. I have a friend in IT who repairs TVs on the side, but there isn't enough money in it for me. The average Joe can walk into a store and buy a 70" HD...