Recent content by RNN14Wolfe

My garage door tracks are drilled for padlocks and the drive motor gets disconnected when not in use, we don't park our daily drivers in the garage and have no need for an opener in any of our cars, except for my classic that gets parked inside. Even then after pulling the car out, I go back in...

+1 on Penske. They're the only truck rental company that has liftgate trucks, I have to have them with all the heavy *** **** that I own, Matco rollaway, air compressor, etc. They're big as hell too, I fit my whole shop, and a 4 bed house worth of stuff on one 40' truck. I highly recommend them.

Love the Work wheels and the turbo on your 86, you have good taste. You really need to figure out how to get the lift shut off bar (if the lift even has one) mounted below your ceiling though, it's only a matter of time before you or someone else puts a car into the ceiling and causes damage...

The problem I have with that one is it's more of a plastic brazing, than welding.

What you're looking for would be wear blocks from an extendable boom forklift. Would be perfect for that. They're made from Delrin and are extremely slippery. I'd buy this and fabricate my own bushings out of it. http://www.trupar.com/block-p/3025457.htm

Speaking as a 22 year veteran mechanic......Resale value on trade in, but that's literally it. In all honesty, any box will do and hold your tools. it's what's inside that makes you money, not the box

Oh, yea, for sure, it'll stick 2 piece of metal together just fine, but yea, it's ugly. Cosmetics are always a concern of mine, welding is 50% of my job.

Not for certain races, such as the Pikes Peak International Hill climb, or many rally sanctioning bodies, they mandate only TIG welded roll cages.

I lived in Vegas for a few years. I can't imagine how ungodly hot it gets in a steel building during the summer. You'll definitely need cooling of some sort. I worked in Henderson rebuilding Fire Trucks and that building had swamp cooling, and it was still terribly hot most days.

That's terrible advice. Anyone can learn to tig. And there's certain things that require it, like roll cages, you can't MIG those. Spool guns are only for high volume production work, or if you don't give a damn what the welds look like. They have their place, but don't convince someone to give...

If burn something that's had chlorinated solvents on it, you're effectively creating something similar to mustard gas.

Metal fume fever is nothing to sneeze at, it basically feels like a hangover x10. What CAN kill you is using any kind of chlorinated solvents to wipe your metal down with (ie, brake cleaner). NEVER EVER DO THAT. Rubbing alcohol or acetone are acceptable.

I'm entirely self taught, Mig, Tig, Arc, etc. I've been a mechanic for 22 years now and sometimes welding just goes with the territory. I say just go for it and keep doing it until you get it right. You've already got a great welder to start with. I HIGHLY recommend you use shielding gas, and...

Well if it makes you feel any better, I DO have an ALI Bendpak 2 post in my garage, but only cause I got it for $1500 used lol. I really think that everyone tends to overthink things. I certainly wouldn't put myself under a lift that I didn't think was safe. If the OP wants to spend the money...

And for the record, ALI certification is coming for Twin Busch, I recently confirmed that with the Vegas store. They said an ALI model should be coming by mid fall.