Recent content by Lelandwelds

Trench floor drains are great if your garage sees more home brew recipes and deer processing than oil changes. Either way, I lust after epoxy floors. I am thankful I don't have to live with the government's nose in my business.

If you plumb it between your pump and tank, I suspect it won't cause a significant flow restriction. Most pumps aren't that high volume and the tank is downstream to handle demand peaks. If you need it after your tank, add another tank down stream near your largest air hog. I doubt you need...

Hang male bucket from the bail. Put some dirt in it to kill the bounce. Tap the bottom bucket with some 1/4" flat bar and walk it around the rim. I am surprised shop air or a big pressure washer didn't budge it. You can always drill a hole in the worst bucket and apply air directly to...

Re: Dead welder I forget the details but is yours the 300 amp or the 225 amp? AC/DC? Hard wired or twist lock like a trumpet? Those are extremely simple machines. There is a schematic taped under the blue cover. That switch actually directly breaks the line current just after it enters the...

I carry a rifle in a toolbox. It works well. Do you work up in the canopy a lot? I just don't care for top handle saws.

Life is too short to teach a contractor how not to do a shoddy job. Find another contractor. Make certain the steel is in the center or bottom third of the concrete. The oversized macro fiber with the waves in it is far stronger than cat whiskers. Having a compacted in layers rock base...

Either someone admires "don't ask. Don't tell." Or that's a perfect real world example of "flexible ethics ".

CGA is stamped in the valve and cylinder nuts if you have a handy regulator that mates up. Photos will help. A " 3 foot" cylinder could be a rental acetylene, CA -510 ( a mirror image of CGA-580)

For the truly high end you are describing, they use the original "original" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_lacing It is actually kinda pretty and there is nothing to snag in tight quarters. I have seen some telco (?) stuff that was 70 (?) years old and was still in great shape.

Dad like his Milwaukee cordless sawsall. Buy a Stihl, Husky, Echo, Shindaiwa and stick a 14" bar on it. + 1 on the avoiding ethanol

ESAB? You must shop at AOC. Lots of people are very happy with their Millermatic 211. My favorite single phase mig that is still mfg is the MM252. Lincoln and Hobart has some great choices. Some internet guys like the yellow or the green ones from overseas.

Take a class at the local equivelent to Austin Community College. Try several brands and processes. Then go buy a Miller Mig Just kidding. Buy any name brand mig. Bigger usually makes people happier. Buying a tig is poor advice.for must people and all beginners. Most things are welded...

When I looked at those, they were a "definite purpose" motor. That usually means built extra crappy to custom order. The pump is a two stage parallel twin if I remember correctly. The tanks are always USA made from one of only a few companies. That was a deal.

So, you want to put a rod that can impale at the foot of a ladder? I missed the part where you explained a goal. Isn't the point of a rope ladder in a tree house is to be able to pull it up after yourself? At the top, you tie it off five feet above your platform.

3M has made those since at least the 1990s. You used to need to buy a thousand or two depending on size.