Recent content by SgtRauksauff

Today: Took the cones and ez-set winder out of the busted spring. Yesterday: Snapped a caliper mounting tab off of my buddy's focus while taking off his super-rusted-on front rotor that had been using no inside pad whatsoever. Then I welded it back on since it was Sunday and there were no...

Yep, it's a 3/4 HP 1725rpm Doerr motor. I hadn't thought about changing the pulley, that's a good thought! I've got an email into Gast to see if they can give me the documentation on these pieces (the vacuum pump is '0740-V177' and doesn't match their listings exactly either.) the compressor...

max ~25 psi to the Airbrush, which uses a 1/8" line and is really freakin' small. We're talking 0.5 CFM through that 1/8" line to the brush, not the 14.5CFM that the compressor produces. So there is 14cfm leftover that needs to just go away. I could just fill a tire with 40psi and have 15-20...

So, I've got my shop compressor, a nice Quincy with a 5hp single-phase, working great (but I need to change the oil soon). No worries there, this is about another one: Along with some other stuff, I acquired a vacuum pump and a compressor, both driven by the same motor (3/4hp). Both units are...

I like a 30A twist-lock outlet. Chop the original off the welder, and put the twist-lock in its place. Do the same for an extension cord if you need to drag the welder out to the driveway for some reason... I always found the 6-50 that came with the welder a gigantic PITA to plug and unplug...

good video. I've never seen a blade guard/riving knife on any table saw that I've ever used in my life, including a college shop that I used to build sets for the theater. I think that maybe the biggest thing is to respect the tool you're about to use, know about it, and just be aware of...

Jeez, you're lucky! My jackstands just keep staying under the cars, holding them up! If I keep them busy, they're too occupied to act on their aggressive tendencies. Some day, in that mythical future when my cars are OFF the jackstands, I might just look into something like this.

This is the plate on the motor, but I can't seem to quite find the exact model number that matches it. It was used at a printing press for something, but I'm not sure what. Anybody have some ideas? From what I can tell, it's a DC motor, but that's about all I know, never having worked with...

+1 on the split-ring hangers. This way, you can keep the pipe far enough away from the wall that you can fit a pipewrench in without crunching your drywall (if you've got drywall). I originally started using the conduit hangers like in the post above by Provincial, but changed everything over...

There's an electric motor shop around here that will re-wind a motor, maybe if you've got one in your area, they'll give you a little something for it, or possibly even repair it for less than the cost of a new one....

what sort of ballasts are in the fixtures? Certain ballasts are rated to operate at lower temperatures than others, they may not have the power to excite the gas inside the fluorescent tubes until they warm up a bit. if you've got a heated garage, try warming it up to about 60° and see if the...

Re: Advice needed : Best tire Changer to buy Holy post resurrection, Batman! It happens though, just means you're actually searching first! I looked around awhile, and finally found a Hunter TC3500 on craigslist that was within my price range. I mostly just do my own and my family's tires...

I was thinking of putting an LM3800 in my attached garage, and then realized that since the ceiling is so low, and it's got a double-top-track low-clearance setup, my cables are the same way as the original poster's. I was just planning on mounting it on the ceiling, as that would make rotation...

I put a LM3800 in my dad's garage, and it's great! Especially since there's only an 8-foot ceiling in there! The ONLY thing, there are times that I wish it would open faster sometimes. In my OWN garages, I've got an old-school Sears unit (not Craftsman, but Sears), and a run-of-the-mill...

I've got a 3-Cell Mag and a 4-Cell Mag (D-cells) and got the Mag-branded LED upgrade from Wal-Mart a few years back (It was like 18 bucks at the time). Since then, I don't think I've actually had to change the batteries yet, and the output has been phenomenal (compared to what it had been). The...