Recent content by mattlago

Took some rebar and started tacking together some easy and cheap tool storage so thought would share. Spray with truck bed coating rinse and repeat My pegboard is an old evidence cage I bought at surplus but I imagine you could weld / jb weld / braze some pegboard hooks to rebar and get the...

These panels are square, not rectangular so I imagine they don't fit the "standard" size we are all used to seeing. However, the idea is still a better one than mine. I would imagine I can modify them far easier and cheaper than I can buy the materials. This seems to be the new thing. If you...

Hadnt thought about AL. My Tig skills ****, but this would be a good time to get better. Not like I am going to have people on my roof judging welds. Thank you on the insight to the ID. I am betting some silicone might be the ticket to get a snug and secure fit.

I need to fab some simple frames around some glass solar panels. Then from the frame I will weld on some tabs for attachment. I originally thought about just some simple angle iron but dont want any lift or shift and thought maybe it would be best to just cut some C channel. My local steel...

TY everyone

Going to weld up a desk. Fairly certain I can steal enuff ideas on that to build the frame and top etc. I am less looking forward to making drawers and my skill set isn't at that level. It will be steel frame and wood top so the drawer could be either material. Then I googled buying some and...

Well, I figured out why no one has done this. There is just too much slop in it at the end. Or at least with my ability, tools and tolerances that I was able to get. Too many shims and it wouldnt slide right. To slide right, needed slop or suggestions above. Also, the AZ license is correct...

I made a swing down tire carrier that came from my trailer hitch for my Cherokee and just hated it. My wife couldn’t handle the wheel (33’s) and it was cumbersome and it moved around too much. So I was thinking why not one that slides out but still gave me ground clearance? It needs to come...

I thought about adding a piece of angle iron of the same height and ruffing some teeth or serrations on it but then thought about someone falling against it and a workers comp claim. So I took a folding razor blade and set it on there. Good enuff.

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My wife holds meetings where there is a ton of content filling up white boards. The white board doesnt have enuff space so they have to erase and start over a lot. Someone at her office came up with the idea of buying a 3 foot sheet of paper and having much more space. The added benefit is...

"What about tacking steel feet to bottom ? Three feet inside and three feet outside perpendicular to gate should keep from tipping" Make it free standing you mean? I thought about that, however, one of the pups is at the point where he can open doors in my house. So thats another thing I need...

Also I thought of a baby gate. My dogs laugh at those. I have / had one at home Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s the genius idea I didn’t think of! Thank you. I was so focused on attachment point I didn’t think to have it lock At the hinge. Thank u Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a tiny condo in Mexico that we try to get down to as much as we can but not enough. It is a ground floor unit where my dogs like to sit and tell the other people how important they are. The problem is that the gate is at the bottom of the stairs and is small so I fear my pups will try to...