Recent content by jcouch1

Whether the shop length runs E/W or N/S, it'll have doors on the North and South walls. It'll also, more than likely, be spray foam insulated. I like my E/W layout, but am trying to design an alternative N/S layout, including some sort of outdoor kitchen/ MIL suite. I'm also considering...

In the current configuration i have it drawn 45x70 shop w/ 30' leanto. The East bay will be drive through, center bay for long term project/s... South wall behind centerbay will be workbench/ tool storage. lathe, drill, mill along interior wall. The sectioned out portion would be designed as a...

I'm needing some input from y'all. I've played with my shop layout for a while. Was pretty settled on a layout, but now second guessing myself. Due to property layout and future plans, I'm now thinking instead of putting doors on the longer (length) wall of shop, I should spin it 90* and have...

I bought the Sense system... It was worth the expense for me because i'm trying to understand where my power is being used. I've been able to determine that my central air is the big user as opposed to the two electric water heaters. It helped me prioritize house upgrades/ expenditures over the...

I just wish Makita would make a battery powered grease gun.

The thought here is to allow me to pasture the front 'yard' and not have the wasted strip. The driveway would be half his property/half mine. What are your concerns?

Hi, Long time no poster here... I'm getting ready to build a shop. I've got a dirt pad built, it's ~85x85 +/-5' each way sloped to grade. The original plan was a 45x70x16 building w/ a 30x70' lean-to. I thought i had everything nailed down, got quotes, etc. Then I started wondering.... Is...

is it like raffle tickets, each post is an entry? count me in.

Could you reattach images? Photobucket won't show pics anymore.

I can't view pictures. Any way to reattach them?

Does anyone have any experience with an Alkota 3854 steam cleaner? I have a chance to pick one up cheap, but apparently it's 25-30yr old. I called Alkota and they have almost no information on the sucker other than basic specs and serial number/ production chart.

gone less than 12hr later. bummer.

DIF, I did search the vise threads on here... seems that it might be the best reference to these vises. Thanks for the patent info and catalog pages... I wouldn't have though to search the patents!

FJ, Luckily it was mounted on the table... Was quite the experience getting them both on and off the trailer though. DIF, thanks for the info. not much out there on these.

Hi, I recently purchased a welding table (beating table) w/ a vise on it... The vise was a plus, as I went to look at the table. I've searched the best I could here and elsewhere, but haven't found too much info, other than that this was the bee's knees in the late 1800's. I'll try to attach...