Recent content by jaylude

Hey all! I bought a Big Joe PDI 20 for my garage shop. 1400-ish lbs, 75" column height, 62" long by 50" wide at the outriggers (it's the T9 9-foot lift model). $900, decent deal. Quotes for having a transport company handle the transport to my shop are coming in around $5-600, or basically...

Ha! Looks like I wasn't the only one wondering about converting a manual unit....his stacker is the exact one I was considering: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/hydraulic-cylinder-convert-to-electric-pump.536010/

I attached a screenshot from the manual of the manual pump unit...

Yep, something exactly like this unit: https://www.grainger.com/product/DAYTON-Manual-Straddle-Stacker-2-4VMF1?opr=ILOF Dayton 4VMF1 DAYTON Manual Straddle Stacker: 2,000 lb Load Capacity, 2 3/4 in to 9 ft 10 in lift height

I have that exact same question. It seems like the PERFECT answer for my use case, but I don't see anything off the shelf. And yes, you'd have to tote around an air hose but big deal, I'd take that annoyance over dealing with batteries, charging and other electrical maintenance/complexity, plus...

I would totally rather a forklift too, from a functionality standpoint. 1000%. But all the other drawbacks (cost, size, complexity, maintenance, fueling/electrical....) and redundancies to existing equipment are what has me strongly looking at alternatives. I won't be stacking that often. Just...

Hey all. I've spent the last couple of days kicking around the future pallet racking setup for my outbuilding. The building is about 30'x50', cement floors, 12' ceiling. Now that I've got a clear picture of what that will be (ye' ol' standard 42" depth / 8' height orange and green racks...) I'm...

Thanks Bob, are you pointing out the lock location and sheet metal construction? All the drawers are closed so I can't see the drawers / sliders (obviously). I see you're in CT, I am as well...got anymore tall units you want to sell me :) :)

Jeez, really? I'm surprised given the overall robustness of the rest of the cabinet - just seems a bit lacking. I'm just surprised that they'd design such a heavy duty cabinet with just two bearings per side of the drawer, as no matter what, you're going to be cantilevering the box and using...

OK - took me a while to find a good picture, but here's a one that shows exactly what's so great about a typical Vidmar/Lista, vs the setup on this cabinet I have. That extra telescoping bracket has the single bearing at the front to support at the far end of the drawer, and the double bearing...

That'd be a huge help if you could! Thank you. Maybe this is just a really old, base model design from Vidmar. The action and design of the sliders just seems to leave a wholeeeee lot to desire. Are yours any better or do the do the same thing mine do? Guess I learned today that Stanley Vidmar...

Hey all, Picked up this 5-drawer, under-bench style cabinet the other day. Didn't pay much for it, and knew it needed a little TLC. At a superficial glance, it had all the Vidmar/Lista type cabinet trademarks - the robust construction, slotted drawers for dividers, roller drawer bearings and...

Alright, I waded through 1000+ posts in this thread and still can't find a match for the grinder I attached pics of in the above post! Between no matches here or on vintage machinery's site, I'm stumped and really hoping someone chimes in! I did, however, find a picture from post #2151 where a...

Does anyone have any clues as to what brand this bench grinder I picked up is? I think it may be an old Dayton based on the shape of the dust outlets on the back, and the base. But I can't find anything that's a spot on match, either through searching images or on Vintage Machinery's database...

I think I've officially joined the "AWD - More hassle than it's worth" club. Three of four of my recent AWD purchases have been broken, or someone switching out the item. Here's the latest jewel...a crappy nondigital unit someone swapped out for the proper digital one. Thanks, fellow society member.