Recent content by Rockettruck

A bunch of my old parts went through a tornado several years back with much damage. I got an estimate and my insurance company paid off...

I went to Lowe's and in their plumbing area I bought some braided steel flex lines like you would use on toilet hookups. I don't know what they are rated pressure wise, but mine has worked great for over 10 years. Perhaps an expert in their plumbing dept could help with the pressure spec...

I yell at the radio or TV when I hear a professional announcer say that some event is going to start "at 10:00 A.M. in the morning." Sheesh....

I like the Hitachi set that you can buy at Lowe's. I think the $30 set goes from 1/16 to 3/8", but they seem to work great. I have broken a few but I think only one was a defect--it's usually cockpit error on my part!:eyecrazy: They also carry individual bits so you can complete your set if...

I simply drilled a hole in an old hose clamp and used a deck screw to fasten the clamp to the wall. Drop the funnel into the hose clamp and use another deck screw to fasten a comtainer below the funnel. Since my wife likes to bake, I use an old plastic frosting container, but a cut off empty...

This is really a pretty simple tip--and pretty cheap too! I noticed these nice, plastic, hinged-lid boxes at my local Wal-Mart recently. Since I have hundreds of bolts stored in cigar boxes that I have collected over the years, I noticed that some of the cigar boxes are getting pretty flimsy...

Hi folks! I race HO scale slot cars and have a layout in my garage set up on a 5' x 16' table. It sits in the middle of the garage and I'd like to figure out some way to lift the table, keeping it horizontal to the floor, straight up to the ceiling. The table (minus legs) weighs in at about...