Recent content by Merch1

Nothing to do with the op, when I was an apprentice in the 80s we often would be using bottles that had date stamps from before WW2. Quite often I saw bottles with swasticas stamped into them. No idea why.

WTF does R10 Canadian mean?

I sold mine two years ago for 1200.00 Cdn

I just don’t tell them that I have a lift

I have a 30 x 40 shop. Just spent the better part of three years insulating,wiring,lighting , heating and organizing. The dream shop is almost done and ready to work on whatever I want. But I had to build a shed for everything that doesn’t belong in there. So….. up goes a 14 x 27 lean-to for...

When I had my welding shop I was working in a big hydroelectric power house. The last chore was to core a 4 inch hole in concrete. I rented the requisite tooling and went about drilling this hole. Finished the coring and returned the tools to the rental shop. The rental people always mic the...

2 post lift, mini split, tig, stick, mig, 50 ton press, anvil, bike lift, big jeezus welding table etc. plus everything on wheels.

I hung the old high school double sided clock today.

As a lot of us on GJ can attest, the satisfaction of making something with our hands and some imagination, skills etc is what keeps us excited to have a shop/garage, place to fiddle and a reason to get up in the morning.

Just scored a gently used B3 Beverly Shear. 560.00 Canadian. I had one way back and sold it. Now to play with some sheet metal.

Funny you should ask. Bought the place last year. Has a new 30x 40 shop. The Ahole that built it has it at least a foot below grade. All the water in the yard goes towards the shop. Came home last night after a couple days away and could see that the water had gone into the shop about 8 feet. I...

When I was working in the Railroad shops Bic lighters weren’t allowed. Heard stories of guys who had one in their breast pocket and an errant spark or a hot bit would melt it and the results weren’t pretty.

FL as in Harley Davidson?

As usual here on the GJ the responses to the OP are all over the map. He specifically asked about oxy acetylene cutting. Why can’t he cut his material and blow his holes with his torch? How is he going to learn how to use his equipment if he doesn’t have a go at it? How do you know that he...

We’ve socialized around those coffee table fire thingies and always found them to be semi useless. And by that I mean that it’s pretty and all, but you can’t put anything on the ledge next to the flames for obvious reasons. Your legs and feet don’t get any heat. We have a propane fire pit that...