Recent content by housedad

Thanks. I had the parts sitting around for a couple of years to plumb this in better and finally got around to it. It is sooo nice now to just pull down the hose from the reel, throw on the valve, and use the air. Then just reel it up. No more hoses on the floor to trip over!!

more pictures 8. Feeder line running to the reel 9. showing the take off of the feeder line to go to the mill 10. Drop for the mill 11. Side view of reel 12. Front view of reel. Since the roof is trusses, I did not want to screw anything into them, especially to hold something heavy. I...

Well, I finally got around to redoing my air system in the garage. All 1/2" copper to a coalescer, dual filters, regulator and up to a reel and a drop for my milling machine. The milling machine uses a air assist on the knee to make it easier to lift the 11" x 58" table. It is a beast of a...

I found a vid where someone is demonstrating the Rikon mobility kit on the saw.

I bought a Craftsman 14" band saw model BAS350 before Christmas. It is a rebadged Rikon 10-320 14". I tell about getting it here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6896302#post6896302 I am well pleased for what I got at the price. It cuts well with a new blade, and setup...

This is a odd deal on a bandsaw so bear with me. The sears BAS350 14" bandsaw on sale for 439.99. It needs the fence, $79.99. The mobility kit (wheels ) $82.99. Without tax or shipping, That is $602.97. Add 6% tax, and that would be $639.15. LINK...

Now that is a good argument for copper. I ran copper for my garage. No rust, no flakes, no ALGAE. Algae forms in plastic AND iron lines, and you have rust in iron lines. For some reason people think that since iron is used successfully in natural gas lines, it would be good for compressed...

Yep. Change it. Brown is more than likely algae. The algaecide has broken down.

After 40 years of buying tools whenever I need them to do a job, and then the ungodly number of presents given to me, I say absolutely yes, you can have too many tools. However, I have too many tools for the jobs that I am currently involved in. BUT, That may very well change week to week...

AND FER GOD'S SAKE, don't tell anyone that you can replace Android, Ipad and Iphone screens!!! Just say NO!!! They REALLY come out of the woodwork if they find out.

I say nope to the moochers. I've got only so many hours of useful energy and time. I reserve that for my family only. The last time that anyone that I know aside from family offered to help me with ANYTHING, was never. As far as borrowing tools? Fat chance. I had one too many *******...

No pic yet, but the wife just bought me another toolbox. the Harbor Freight red 16 drawer model. She had already bought me two 44" chests, one top chest, one end cabinet and one end drawer unit last December. Along with the Stainless 42" That I had from Sams club years ago, I finally have...

I recently picked up the Jet 8" bench grinder. The thing has power to spare. Hard to bog down. it is even more powerful than my Baldor 8" and takes the same wheels. For about $200 on amazon with free shipping it is a heck of a deal. The Cast iron guards, while not as thick as a Baldor, are...

Yep, buy what you need for the vehicle or the specific jobs you will be doing. I work on tiny compacts (Fiesta), small SUV's (Escape), mid size (Taurus) and a Ford Excursion that weighs 7900lbs empty, and a 34" travel trailer. I have 4 of each size 3 Ton, 6 ton, and 12 ton. The 12 ton is...

I use mine several times a year. It is a Harbor freight 20 ton. I added the air powered jack to it, A Swag Off Road HD finger press brake, Swag adjustable v-die, goose neck dies, and a set of Swag arbor plates. With all that, it is a pretty versatile machine. The funny thing is that the...