Recent content by supermerle

If you look at a six point socket they form a perfect square that fit on pipe plugs great. This may not be what he's looking for but a six point fits over any thing square?

I believe what you need is a set of what they call 6-point sockets. Hard to find but I know sears can order them for you. I had a friend who was a mechanic before he went back to school to be an engineer and he had set and they worked great on all of then square head plugs they used on old tractors.

CT Cart was free with the Lincoln mig welder off of craigslist. JB weld is good for the tractors I mess with. Gray owl thats a good idea on addin some angle iron. Everything as it is right now seems to be working good and the cart is very rigid and moves easy. Yea picture adding not so good.

So, I've been needing to organize my welders and get rid of the old HF welding cart that came with the mig welder I picked up. The HF cart is rickity at best but does have the wheels and structure already in place. So I bought some 1" square tubing to build a new cart; so, I thought? First I...

I agree with you people; thats, why we are members on here in the first place. College and schooling is so forced feed to kids these days and then they pile a load **** on them that everybodys equal blah blah blah. What ever happen to good 'ol hard work? I work in a professional A&E firm and...

I have put up a new coast to coast metal bldg. and was wondering will boric acid rust, harm, or weaken in any way the galvanized support structure or wood framing if I line the perimeter with the boric acid for pest control? The sheeting is a painted metal but thin gaged. I've had good success...

Ruger lady What do I need to do to prep my new concrete to get ready for the Epxoy-coat. The floor was finished smooth with a power trowel? Do I do anything special or just buy the epoxy-coat and everything will be in the bucket? Will the acid ectch harm the steel support columns? I've watched...

First, thanks for everybodys response. Rugerlady, I'll call you tomorrow when I get a chance. The only bad thing is today I've found out that they are doing away with our department and the floor may have to go on hold :(. They finished up my building today and now I've got to come up with a way...

I see it covers 500sf but do y'all think it would cover 720sf without buying more? On a tight budgets thats all ready over spent? going on new concrete in the new shop?

I'll play! Love all of the wood projects in the thread. One is a 1950's Replica of a Fender tele (black guard) other is my first attempt at a F-style mandolin.

Willy I was going to cut it while its still pretty green? Oh, and the concrete co. is me:D? Can't afford to pay anybody since material is so expensive anymore. I'm hoping everything will be paid for when I'm finished.

First, thanks to all for your response. I've poured a couple slabs and laid rebar 24" oc each way and believe it or not I had zero cracks. Rebar has gotten so expensive that its making it beyond my budget :(. Can a person use a circular saw with a masonry blade to cut the slab? I'll be putting...

Building a 24 x 30 metal building and fixing to pour slab my finisher says a slab that small he would not saw cut slab? I've done a search but couldn't find any opinion on sawing concrete one way or the other; so, what does the garage journal folks think one way or the other? Should I saw...

Keep the post coming I'm going to have one installed in about a month.

MP&C Its a 1976 International Harvester Scout Terra. I got a wave in the panel were I tried (welded) a lower Qtr. panel on the bottom. I was thinking if I could weld a trailer hitch ball on a long steel rod I might be able to snake it up and around the wheel well and do some dolly work on the...