Recent content by joesregalproject

Yes, but there is no tank, and I'm only consuming maybe 10-20 CFM, so the rest goes right out the bypass.

Thanks for the reply. How big are you talking? Something like this?

I'm not using white sand, or sand at all. I'm using coal slag. Much cleaner and no silicosis to worry about later on.

Not sure if this is the best place to put this, but I'm not sure what the right place is, so here goes. I'm borrowing a tow-behind Ingersoll Rand P175 Diesel compressor from my uncle to do some sandblasting. It was sitting for a while, but I cleaned it up, put a battery in it, made an adapter...

Thats cool, I love old American tools. I know wright grip wrenches are highly regarded. I didn't have a set of SAE deeps, not something I use often but I don't need reasons to buy tools, lol. What is the giveaway on age? The alloy number?

Found these today while helping a friend haul some stuff home from an estate sale. They are missing a few from the sets and it looks like a Craftsman snuck in there but they don't look like they've lived a hard life. They are half inch drive SAE, deep 6 point and shallow 12 point. I paid $20 for...

I haven't purchased one yet. I've used the small inline type in the past. I guess they work because the silica turns purple but I have gotten some water through tools.

Hey all, I've got a 30 gallon portable upright compressor that I have been using for a couple years. I'm gonna be using it to get my car project into primer. Its a little small but it works for most of my needs. I eventually plan to upgrade to a 60 gallon compressor but I'm priming the car a...

Thanks. The 64-65 A Bodies are my favorite GM midsize cars. I've always been a Buick guy so I love the Skylarks. This one was a California car and it still has California black plates on it. It was last registered in 1980-something. I gotcha, and I'm not trying to argue either. Seems like the...

Thanks. That is the original color, I think it has yellowed a bit from age but it was originally "Desert Beige". It was not a vinyl roof, but it may have been a two tone, with "claret mist" on the roof, although it's very hard to tell, as it might have just been sunburned down to the reddish...

Any acid product needs to be neutralized and rinsed before paint. From SPI's website- "The ONLY acid cleaners SPI recommends is Opsho, PPG and DuPont metal preps as long as their instructions are followed to a tee."

This is not a concours restoration. This is a cruise night car at best. It's akin to telling someone you are gonna build a shed and then they tell you the right way is to pour a foundation and run power and water and heat to it. But that's not a shed. That's a house. This car is a shed. SPI...

Hey all. Recently picked up this 1964 Skylark project. It is mostly rust free, but its got some heavy pitting in the rear window frame. Not totally rusted through, but more than surface rust. After grinding it down, I can see all the little black pits. I can spend the next eternity grinding...

Okay, finally had a chance to get the last measurements for the pin. With the pin fully seated, the depth of the narrow part is 0.625". Add that to the 0.794" of what remains of the pin and you get 1.419". That will bring the pin flush with the outside of the vise. Add to that whatever length is...

Wow! Whaddaya know, just what I need! Lol. Can you tell me anything more about the vise that you made that for? Which model and do you have any drawings or anything for the pin you made?