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I bought a single door to replace a sliding door in a pole barn that never worked. The door is a 9' x 7' (length x height). I RTFM and cannot find the size to make the framing rough-in.

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I thought I saw them in the store last year....

Things have changed... my basic Craftsman creeper that I got 20-30 years ago is a sheet of plywood with small foam headrest. The wheels where solid steel and kinds went where they wanted to go when you made a direction change. I would think the only downfall of this creeper would be the...

So I guess the next question would be what voltage does he run? The next quesiton is is the 220/230/240 volt (hopefully has that in the shop) single phase or better?

Drilling concrete and stone comes to mind as a use the I have used one for.

I have retapped for a helicoil insert in these instances. Thoroughly grease the tap and run it in a turn, back it out and then clean and regrease. Hopefully the grease will catch most of the filings. The just insert the helicoil as per instructions. Paul

Sears has these... Sears Rethreader Almost identical to is the Snap-on one: Snap-On Rethreader

FYI - these are back in stock and on sale: :thumbup: http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=12296&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C503%2C523%2C524&KickerID=240&KICKER

If you want something with more options, the local Tractor Supply store had one of the multi-function ones on clearance. I think it was about $50. It converted to a tool cart, small garden cart and a hand truck. I'll check there tommorow if I remember.

I picked up one of the power steering pulley removers and it worked just fine. Have some prybars, 3" cut off wheels and 4" grinders abrasives that worked out OK too.

I have an old garage door that didn't lock, but it's metal, so it's verysolid. I ended up just using the vise grip welding clamps (the big square looking ones) on both sides of the door rail right before the rollers.

OK I give up. What's the formula to calculate cubic yards of concrete. I thought it would be length x width to give you cubic feet. Then divided by inches in depth divided by 12. Then divided by 3 to get cubic yards. I must have missed something.