Recent content by morrillm06

This thread is funny to me, the ratchets you are trying to get away from (craftsman 4499x series) are my go to especially in 3/8. I have about 25 3/8 ratchets including SO proto ect and I always reach for that one first

Agreed I work in a manufacturing facility and run the maintenance department, I don't care what it cost, the machines NEED to be running. We place orders for generally 1k-3k per day through MSC and Grainger. throwing tools like this in the cart now and then don't even get noticed by purchasing.

I got a 10k personal loan for the concrete, then paid out of pocket for the rest, it took me a year and a half to finish it but it was weathered in before winter so it didn't bother me. it was worth the extra time to not have 40k in debt

I see you already built something but this would have been my choice can bend 1/4 steel plate and only $260 https://lowbucktools.com/products/lowbuck-plate-brake

I have a pit box I built entirely out of 80/20 and cheap craftsman tool boxes, my needs differ from yours a I race circle track with tire impound so I don't carry my tires around, but I easily have 4-500 pounds of tools, springs and other spare parts in it. the cart I built for around 500 then I...

Op if your in central NH try Haney Concrete based out of Alexandria. He did my Foundation for my house (30x50 walk out with frost walls) it was in the 12-14K range as it was a few years ago and I don't remember exactly. last year he did my shop which is 32x40 floating slab 6 inch thick with...

I have used both a regular antenna radio that is battery powered and wall plug. I also used one that uses a Coax style plug and plugged it into my underground that runs 150 feet to my house (not plugged in to anything in the house and its shielded) with still no results. I will try moving the...

Hey guys, Currently finishing up my 32x40. I got 9 3 lamp led t8 tube fixtures from prolighting and installed them, all are hard wired and run off a single switch. Fixtures here...

I second proto durateks, I love mine

Napa price is weird mine shows 51 as well

I second deck screws, and an impact driver not a drill, just finishing up the inside of my 32x40 this week and it is all osb with deck screws. The key is the deck screws are torx not Phillips

Try this https://lowbucktools.com/products/lowbuck-notcher great notcher, its 365 but resale would be 275 easy, they have a pretty good following

Proto Durateks for me as well

Are you using used oil? We have a reznor waste oil burner at my fathers shop, it works great but a few years ago he primed it with new oil as it was what he had laying around. we farted around with that thing for hours. finally he called in a technician who serviced the furnace and said the new...

95% of the trailers I have seen around here have carriage bolts but not through the metal (usually angle) underneath. They are right next to it with a fender washer so it pinches it down, easier than drilling the metal and also one less place for rust to start