Recent content by JTx1717

Yeah, scary to think he's working on life safety stuff.

Thanks for pointing that out. The technician that removed it was saying it was a rotary. I just took a deeper look into the model and the rebuild kit is about $500.00. Way too much for me.

So I picked up a 30 gallon rotary vane compressor. It was used for a fire sprinkler system in a healthcare facility. Can these be used in a garage environment (air tools, sprayers, etc.)? The unit on the tank looks identical to this...

That's the exact style that I need and inquring about. Fingers crossed, hopefully they can point me in the right direction for replacements.

I emailed Craftsman and still waiting for a reply. I did a search and found a couple of trim pieces on sears website but marked as "discontinued". I don't even know if they will fit on the older Craftsman toolboxes. Last correspondence I heard from customer service was that my inquiry was...

I just got a 70s Sears/Craftsman tool chest. It needs work and I want to restore it. There are big dings and gouges on some of the aluminum trim pieces on a few of the drawer pulls. Are these replaceable? I wouldn't know where I could get replacements or if it were even possible. Thanks in advance.

Just an update. I used the charger in question over the weekend in a simple electrolysis set up. It worked well on a rusty cast iron skillet. Before that I had opened the charger up to inspect. Yeah, it's a very simplistic set up. Even I could see that. Just happy that I can use it for my cast...

Will do that this weekend when I have a chance.

So I hooked it up to a good lead acid car battery and measured values at the terminal clamps. Ammeter did move but got inaccurate, however constant, values. Around 4mA regardless of the Amp selector position. Here's what I got: 6V/6A - 4.21mA/12.51V 6v/2A - 4.22mA/12.52V 12V/6A - 4.97mA/14.54V...

What I meant plugged in and testing the output at the clamps, not hooked up to a battery. As stated before, I'm electronically blind. :D

Hello Everyone. I picked up a older manual battery charger (Schumacher SE-82-6) to use for an electrolysis set up. It's a 6/2 amp, 6/12 volt. I am electronically blind so please bear with me. So tested it out to see if it works. I'm having issues because the values I'm getting are telling me...

Seems like the the bottom die is held in by that set screw pictured sticking out at the base where the bottom die sits. On the top die there's hole where I believe you can stick a metal shank in there for leverage to unscrew it. I haven't had a chance to search for dies but hoping there are dies...

So I came across this press. Tried to search through Google and didn't find anything on it. Only markings on it is "CDM" and "2" on the other side. Anyone familiar with this press and is this specifically for eyelets/grommets or can I use this for solid/tubular rivets? Also is this a modern...

Yep, trade school can be a way to pick up on something else. I learned about cars by starting fix things on my own. With not much money I had try and do it myself and that's where the learning process started for me. Not only did it help me understand cars but it opened my world to look at...

Thanks for your help again ed4banger. Are you replacing the rivets with solid ones? Let me know how it turns out.