Recent content by Mattpopp

You really need a Push/Pull gun to run Alum through any length if you dont use a spool. Also it is not a good idea to run Alum through the flex line that has had anything but Alum ran through it. Never a good idea to mix metals/alloys as the Alum wire will pick up the shavings and impurities...

Well that 48x96x1" that I thought I bought yesterday did not get bought, it was already sold. So I took the next option they have available. My shop table will now be a 1" thick chunk of steel that measures 65"x124". The top will weight 2300lbs alone.

When looking at top brands and trying to figure out what is the best top brand you are just slicing hairs at that point. My vote is Festool Rotex 150, no real world experience to back it up but if I wanted to drop $600 on a sander that is the one I would buy. But for now my $100 Orbital...

What are you looking for in a welder? What type of welding will you be doing the majority of the time? What is the size of the projects that you will be building? What is the type of material that you will be working with? How thick of material will you be using. In my opinion people get to...

Even at $0.50 per lb that is very expensive. Over double of what I just paid. I am paying $0.22per lb for the 1" plate that I just bought. $22 cwt.

I just bought a sheet of 1" plate about an hour ago. 49" x 96", weights just over 1300lbs. It will be the table top to my new work table. Though I will not be home until the fist week of Jan to pick it up, bummer...

Esab make a great machine, almost wish I would have bought their mig. I have a Miller-matic 211, it is a decent machine but nothing to right home about. Much better once you dumb the low end quality gun that comes with it.

I am always on the look out for shops that sell reclaimed or surplus Iron/Sheet around Houston TX. If anybody has locations would you please share them. Recently discovered Black Rose Steel Trading, http://www.blkrose.net/default.aspx At the top right is two links to a .pdf for Structural...

If you are around Houston Triple S will let you walk around there drop section. Good fro day dreaming of what you could build. I just found this place and they buy/resale surplus. May not always have what you need but they have a huge selection. They will add you to their monthly mailing...

Amazing how much different the foundation to a home is in the north compare to the south. This is gonna be a nice place once done.

Nice living in a place that will allow you to build a shop. We live in a rural neighborhood as well. Though our HOA is a bit more relaxed as we are able to have Tin cover barns with the only exception of it having Wainscoat Brick/Stone of the same type used on the house. Just for the sides...

Found some pictures on the PC. The 60x60x6" Shop Slab and the 60x10x4" Driveway extension consumed 125yrds of concrete Neighbors Ditch Witch 2004 model with 225hrs basically brand new, he has been thinking about selling it and I really want this sucker, wife told me no

Only Toy I have in there. The Ditch Witch is a neighbors. My lawn mower is a Kubota BX 2660 with front end loader. Polaris Rzr 1kxp, 6" lift, 40" Tractor Tires, and a ton of other items.

Last time we took the RV out we went to La Hacienda in Bee Cave. What I want to do with it and what I will do with it is two different things. One requires me to win the lottery. Other requires permission from the wife...... It is more or less my Man Cave. There are a few projects that I...