Recent content by ronjon1190

I agree with XJ- if you are stressed out on a pontoon, you are doing it wrong. I grew up with a second or 3rd or 4th hand 24 foot pontoon that had a second floor, a water slide (that you had to haul your own water up in a 5 gallon bucket) and a 6 horsepower evinrude from the 70s. The boat was...

Happy 7th gotcha day to my favorite little turd, Jax. He doesn't spend much time in the garage these days, since we moved, but hes enjoying the deck and lake these days.

I just got back from Puerto Morelos (20 miles south of Cancun) visiting my folks who snowbird down there- we must have just missed you! The craziness started the day we got there, and we got a message to shelter in place the first full day we were there, but it was changed to just the affected...

I get that it would be pretty difficult to use the mill to modify its own cabinet/ base, but you would think that someone who owned a mill, would have access to some higher precision tools than a hatchet...

I would wire it regularly with LED lights and a switch and just put a regular plug feeding the switch. You could still power the lights with a ryobi battery pack and one of these, and That way when you decide to trench regular power over from the house, everything is already set up for it. 18V...

Good to see the old Wheel horse finally getting some love. Go through it mechanically and put the blade back on for the winter... Get some seat time while speeding up the cleaning of your concrete! Then restore it on it's off season!! I have my grandfather's 1986 Wheel Horse 314-8 with a 36"...

My dad gave me a whole ration of S#it when I mounted a little 28 or 32" TV in our garage- He thought it was a total waste of money and a distraction when I was "supposed to be working on things". At the time (2020) I lived in the tiny apartment above the garage, and we used the garage as a...

Build in a cooler under the seat on the trailer!!

I used this stuff on my dock at the lake, and it has held up well for 3 years now out in the weather. Plus it has anti slip texture built in...

I know I am late to the party on this one, but This paragraph immediately made me think of a situation a few years ago. I borrowed my father's pontoon boat to go out on the lake right down the road from his house with a group of friends. We had a great time floating around the lake and stayed...

I was going to say the same thing- the HF HVLP gun is on sale right now for $9.99. Almost not worth trying to clean it!

He still posts almost daily on tractor fanatics

I have one of these streamlights with me every day. I love it. Small enough to clip in your pocket, or clip to the brim of your hat for hands free operation, but also bright as hell. And rechargable with the same cord I use to charge my phone...

I make a lot of assembly fixtures at work, and I always "dogbone" pockets, over running the pocket by half the diameter of the cutter. You do not need the corners to hold a rectangle workpiece- only the flats. In this case, the pockets are oversized anyway by .010 and not clamping, but if I was...

I have this little harbor freight 1400w generator for my small camper- it will run all the lights, chargers, and even the small wall mounted AC in the camper for around 8 hours on a tank of fuel, which I believe is around a half gallon. And it is quiet enough that it can be running on the back...