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I did this a number of years back on a Yates American J120 band saw. I used a 2 HP Baldor DC motor that I bought cheap, and a corresponding Baldor DC controller. It worked fine at first, but now it pulses up and down speed wise. Still cuts fine, but the speed goes up and down noticeably...

I also bought the Shop Savvy book many years ago, and started to use golf balls for file handles. I have never found cheap file handles to buy, they have always been about 5 bucks or more. Once you start using golf balls, you'll never go back to regular handles. I don't get blisters in the...

Okay, so for those without any imagination, here goes. Hopefully I don't have to take pics of the other end of the bench with the swivelling casters. With any luck, most of you can imagine that.

I did something similar with my welding bench. I bought two trailer jacks at the local offshore junk tool store. You know, the kind that you weld the socket to the trailer frame, then pull the pin and the jack swings up out of the way. I welded a socket to each end of the welding bench. Then...

I have this same lathe. I have recently just started using it a little more, had it for several years, but had too much other stuff to do before. Now that I've started using it, I'm using it quite a bit. Anyway, what I'm looking for is a manual for it. Anyone know of any dealers that sell...

Looks like a real nice setup you are building. In the beginning, you stated you were going to do some welding. The dirty room - clean room thing is the one single thing I would do also , if I were doing it all over again. If I were you, I would put a wall down the middle to separate them...

I posted this some time back made out of an old barbecue. It just happened to have fold up ends on it. Cheap and easy and free, I just bolted some plywood to the frame after removing the barbecue portion of the stand. http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147599

We know, here at GJ there are a lot of specialists for sheet metal work and aircraft. So please, help us with if you have the knowledge we have to learn. Your statement above from the first post of this thread....... says you are looking to learn........if you ask me, you guys have pretty much...

Not fancy, not high tech. I was about to throw this old barbecue away several years ago, and got to thinking I should be able to use the rolling stand for it somehow. Turns out I needed a stand for my mitre saw, so it became the recipient. Blind luck that I only needed to bolt some 3/4...

Here is one I built, then donated to my engine builder. Hope it helps with the idea process. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5683155#post5683155

Originally Posted by reptilezs i use golf balls pics?? Being an avid golfer, I'd really like to see this! First time I ever saw golf ball file handles was in a book called "Shop Savvy" and I don't recall the author's name. Been around for a long time. And I have to say that I prefer the...

For a filter, I used an old paper air filter from a Kenworth under my sink. One end of the filter was totally closed off ( bottom) and the other end went directly under the sink drain. Filter was inside a 25 gallon grease barrel with a pump in the bottom of it ( pump was under the filter)...

I've posted this in the past before.http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17668 Or, you can search for the thread titled " Three Storey Welding Cart" Someone asked how to keep the cables up off the floor, and the system I use works very well.

I built this last winter from scraps and junk. Made it so I have lots of surfaces on all sides so as to use a c clamp to attach it to a table top. The big handle is sort of a lark, as a friend that is in the gaming business gave it to me. It is off a one armed bandit slot machine. The...

I built a heavy set out of scrap 3x3 box tubing. I'll have to get my son-in-law over here to show me how to post pics again. Working on a new Imac and I don't have it figured out yet. Anyway, if you look straight down from above them, they are shaped like a T. That makes them three legged...