Recent content by stevep500

I recently installed a C-7000 from National Auto Tools. Works great. I have a 10' ceiling and can lift my car to the ceiling. Gives me greater height thus more flexibility than the Maxjax. Also the lift has safety stops every 3" and I can move the posts if I want to with just a hand dolly. Cost...

Sorry for the late reply. I did get my C7000 from National Auto in Ft. Worth. Installation notes: drill the concrete mounting holes 3-1/4", not 4" as stated in the manual. The concrete anchors need to sit on the bottom of the holes and be flush with the top of the floor. The bolts that were...

One way to maximize space is to put almost everything on casters--saws, planer, workbench, storage cabinets, etc. Then you can rearrange your shop as needed for the project at hand. Fine Woodworking (http://www.finewoodworking.com/) and Wood magazine have excellent articles on building a...

I recently got a Triumph C-7000. It has higher lift and weight capabilities and each post can be moved with a common dolly. I have mine mostly installed and will report on it shortly.

There are still two Rustoleum floor coating kits at the West Plano Tx store. They are in the clearance section on the bottom shelf behind some foam T-style pipe covers. I didn't see a price, but a few weeks ago they were marked $10.

Northern Tool has them. Unfortunately my Milton high-flo couplers leak when they don't have a hose plugged in.

Thanks everybody! The 3/4" bolts do require a 1" hole because the drop in wedge part is 1" wide. The lift manufacturer's instructions call for 4" deep holes but the drop in part is only 3-3/16" long which lets the anchor fall pretty far below the surface. I was concerned about the anchor...

After reading and rereading many great posts on here about lifts, I decided to go with a C-7000 lift. I liked the Maxjax but I wanted higher lift and safety stops. I am in the middle of installing the lift. I drilled a couple of holes to 4" deep with a Bosch 1" bit that has two full-size...

The west Plano, TX store has a couple of Rustoleum clear epoxy kits for $19.88. They are located on the floor of a clearance rack on the main, center isle in the middle of the store.

I tried out the Chamberlain intercom listed above. Don't bother. The sound and operation quality was terrible.

I bought two James T818W1200BIXXDF50F1 led tubes from Bees Lighting. The labels on the bulbs do not have any manufacturer's name. Is this common? Does anyone have bulbs that have the James name on them? Thanks, Steve

I wonder if the diode idea was a single diode in series with the bulb to allow only one half of the full AC cycle to go through the bulb. It doesn't make much sense because it would cut the power by half. This should extend the life considerably but with considerable reduced light output. On...

I wondered what caused my screwdriver drawer to smell so incredibly bad. Now I know. Because of this thread, I rounded up about 20 Craftsman screwdrivers from the 1960s and 1970s and took them to Sears. Sears replaced all of them with no hassle. I removed a few other screwdrivers that had clear...

Anyone want a new Husky 48" wide black and grey floor cabinet--cheap from the HD Plano, TX clearance section? I bought both units I listed here a few days ago. I screwed up. One fits my shop. The other one doesn't. The depth is fine, I just forgot to take into account the room needed for the...

Sunday the west Plano TX store had two Husky 48" wide tall metal cabinets for $99. The sticker on the box was marked significantly higher but the price check app showed $99. There were also two 48" wide steel wall cabinets. Both of these types of cabinets were in the clearance rack. The price...