Recent content by MennoR.

No shipping costs, apart from my fuel and coffee to go. It was on a Dutch national website and since our country is not too big. Well, small actually when compared to the US. So, only a drive up and down to Eindhoven and back. 2x 80mins. Do any of you have suggestions on how to store this...

I haven't looked yet. I will do that later!

I was looking for a new MIG/MAG welder (and an anvil btw) on a Dutch marketplace website. Then I stumbled across this set of tools. Without an asking price. I sent the seller a PM via the website and a €50 banknote in was enough to buy everything in the picture. One buy, one banknote.

I was directed towards this thread by a fellow forumite. I'm also about to 'skate away on the thin ice of a new day'. I was given an obsolete welder. Nothing fancy and a European brand. I've never welded before and I have enlisted in a 1 day welding class, especially for automotive sheet metal...

My good friend and fellow forumite Don pointed me towards this thread. And I've read all postings. We had a 50 y/old, 600 sq/ft chicken coop on our grounds. Asbestos roof, rotten timber. You can imagine how it looked. We decided to give it a new lease of life as a cottage with electric...

Forum member 4xdog and I are often exchanging all sorts of info. One of the things I shared with him, was the installation of a new wood burner in my wife's home office. A less-than-a-day job for a pro. The wood burner itself is from the Belgian company Dovre. A lot of wood burners sold here are...

Two good sites for everything about grass and mowing: Ryan Knorr Lawn Care A guy from MN Premier Lawns A former golf course groundskeeper who switched to commercial/professional lawn care for customers.

No, and I wouldn't. Like using a chainsaw, I'm very careful when it comes to using machines I don't 'know'.

I always fancied one but living in an area where a lot of neighbours have one 'on site', makes it easier to ask a neighbour to help me. One of them came to help for (in total 1.5 day) earlier this Spring: digging up a part of a lawn for a new gravel path, flattening 500m2/5300 sq ft for a new...

My good friend Don, a member here, emailed me a 'heads-up' pointing to this thread. I'm a member of TZ-UK a watch forum in (obviously) the UK and I've asked for the input of the members there. Let's see what happens

Fine paints of Europe is from Dutch manufacturer Ralston. Or, here in Holland, better known as Van Wijhe. I used to live a NE town called Zwolle, home of Van Wijhe's Paint. A fine product. The first house that I bought was painted with Ralston/Van Wijhe. But there's always a better option...

According to the course leader, 80 - 85% of all accidents happen as a result of bad maintenance. Sadly, numbers are up: an electric or battery-powered chain saw tends to lull users into a situation of: "...it's not that bad/scary!" Where 2stroke howling machines tend to keep people on their...

This one looks a lot safer than the ones I see offered on the internet: this one has two handles. I attended the Course 'How to use a chainsaw' last week. I was the only non-professional at a professional course: firefighters, health & safety officers of a large roadbuilding company, a...

A while back, I posted about our new home + workshop. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=468657 Here's an update. Originally in use a horse barn, it was clear that I needed to remove all dirt and grime before getting anything done in my workshop-to-be. I must have removed...

I had re-used a pic from my introduction posting last Summer, but somehow it didn't work: I needed more postings first. So, with a total of 5 postings, here we go again. Pic from the seller, last August: - The horse boxes are straight ahead. One is partly broken down and will act as the...