Recent content by Japhy

I know it just came out in September, but I was wondering if anyone had actually gotten hands on with the new dcm200 bandfile yet and could share their opinions on it. I’m working on a couple welding projects that has me grinding a bunch of hard to reach welds and I’ve been using the Dewalt...

Much to the chagrin of my wife, I acquired a couple pallets of old fire hydrants and parts in a government surplus auction. I have a few projects in mind for a few of the hydrants (fountain, a table, etc) and need to paint them. I’m not looking to put much money (or effort) into them and don’t...

That’s the thing. These aren’t things I plan ahead of time. I’m talking about things that just come up over the weekend that would be nice to be able to knock out rather than wait several weeks or more for me to make a special trip to get steel. That’s why I’m looking for some good general...

Getting scrap metal isn’t a problem. I just don’t like to use it for most things I’m doing since they normally involve more prep work than I want to mess with for these small projects. I’m not blowing through vast amounts of steel and this is more of a hobby thing for me so I’d rather pay for...

I’m a (not very good) home welder (MIG) that lives a couple hours from the nearest commercial metal supplier. I often find myself needing/wanting to fabricate up some odd thing around the house spur of the moment so unless I want to pay Home Depot extortion rates for metal stock, I’m scratching...