Recent content by Ron_J

Right now I am leaning towards a cordless grinder for the grinding wheel and the cutoff disk for the corded one, and if I have to swap them around for a specific project, so be it. Or, just buy another corded and cordless. I think having a cordless would come in handy.

The time isn't as much of an issue, as I don't make my living with them. But, it does get old swapping them out. If I had to guess, with the project I am working on now, I've gone back and forth a couple dozen times.

I thought about the, and that's a good point.

I have been using my 4 1/2" grinder as a cutoff tool forever and am sick and tired of swapping back and forth between the cutoff disk and grinding wheel. So, I was planning on picking up a cordless grinder this weekend and see that dewalt (that is the color of the rest of my tools) has a 3"...

While I haven't done thousands, I have done a few. And while I agree that most are as have been described, I have done some that were not. An old Sachs is one that sticks in my mind. The spring in that came unwound and was laying at your feet as soon as you pulled the cover from the motor. I...

Like I said, not all pull cord assemblies are contained the way you described. The one in the OP may be, but not all are.

To be fair, working on some of those pull cord assemblies is liken to wrestling a 500lb gorilla. I just had to replace the cord on my son-in-laws blower last week and it was a breeze. The spring and spool was fastened to the housing so it wouldn't come off. I had a mini bike as a kid that as...

More than a one day project, but I finished it (for now) over the weekend. My all-in-one table.

I don't care to have a lot of shelves. I decided on one rack of shelves for stuff I need on a fairly regular basis and a loft for the seasonal stuff that I may only need to get to once a year. So far I'm real happy with the loft.

I was taught to hold the light by my granddad. He was a lot more understanding/forgiving than most. When I was still in highschool, dating my now wife, I would help her dad work on stuff. Often held the light. When we get together my brothers in law often talk about the comments like "I hope you...

I am still in the process of fine tuning my flat file cabinet, but it has great potential.

The floor space has been taking a beating with all the seasonal stuff and just "stuff" in general, I I finally got around to building my loft. I was a little unsure I was going to like the lost wall space from the stairs and the post in the middle of the floor, but I really like the extra...

As for the original question, i hung the light since i had it already and i didnt think it was terrible. I'm going to leave it up for a while to see how it works for the long haul.

Just a word of caution to those that might read this wanting advice one lights, ignore all the comments about 12' not being high enough for these lights. I did it at the recommendation feom Platonic here and i couldn't be happier.

I added a loft above my workbench and now need to add some lighting under the loft. I installed hi-bay lights in my garage (12' ceiling) and am very happy with them. I have one left over and was going to put that under the loft (8' ceiling). How bad will I hate them? The light I have is a 12k...