Recent content by texasdiver

I might actually do that. The bolt-on ones have 4 bolt holes that are spaced 1 and 5/8" apart which is too wide for the trailer frame which is only about that wide itself. But I can just take one of the hangers that is designed to be welded on, drill two 1/2" holes in it and use some shorty...

I've only ever used old-school stick welders. Would you recommend one of these flux welders over a stick welder? Do they tend to pull less amps than a stick welder?

The other thing is that the trailer doesn't have to be road worthy. I only ever hook up to it, drive it 100 yards across the grass to the boat ramp, and then back to my parking spot. I don't even have a license plate or lights on the trailer so it won't ever go on a paved road or more than 10...

Hi everyone. I have a small repair project I need to do on a boat trailer that requires a couple of welds. Because I already have the trailer torn apart (with the boat on it) I can't haul it to a shop where I can use a regular 220 volt welder. I ruined a stuck bolt on the rear spring hanger...

I was actually thinking that. With a brand new blade on a good hacksaw and old fashioned miter box I might be able to get a better cut than with any power tool grinder blade. Or just score a line on it and cut by hand.

So abrasive cutoff disk in the angle grinder sounds like the best method, clamped down onto a scrap of wood to keep it stable? And then finishing it off with a hand file? I don’t have that many cuts to make so I can afford to take the time to mess with them and get them right.

Hi all: I’m in the middle of a project installing engineered hardwood floor in my living and dining room adjacent to an existing tile floor and will be using Schluter stainless steel t-molding on the joint between the hardwood and tile. Specifically this Schluter stainless steel product which...

Yeah, it's this piece here that I need: https://www.toolpartspro.com/porter-cable-parts/porter-cable-j-340-type-1-parts/porter-cable-875403-container-filter No one seems to have it. The old one is all hard and cracked. But any sort of dust collector that will fit is fine with me. Seems like...

I have an older Porter Cable orbital sander that is missing the dust collector. The dust port is a round 1" diameter OD fitting so I can easily adapt it to my shop vac or dust collection system in the garage. But I can'd find a portable little bag that will fit for when I want to use it...

So I’m figuring if my biggest motor is the 15 amp circular saw then something like this 3000 watt converter should be adequate? Rockstone Power 3000 Watt Heavy Duty Step Up/Down Voltage Transformer Converter, 110/120/2... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CLYMMCC/?tag=atomicindus08-20...

I don’t know. It is standard DeWalt, Makita and Bosch. Stuff that everyone has here in the US. What is the consequence of running them on 50 HZ? Will the motors just run slower?

This winter I’m planning to fly down to Chile to help my wife and mother in-law work on a vacation home that they own in Chile. My wife’s family is from Chile. I’m expecting some things to do like deck repairs so I’d like to put together a bag of power tools like sanders and saws but Chile is...

Just a follow-up. I followed Ign's suggestion and bought three 4' LED shop lights from Costco. They had a big stack of Felt 4000 lumen LED shop lights for $27 each which was $10 cheaper than Home Depot. We don't have Menards out here...

That’s a great idea. The only built in light fixtures in my garage are two ceramic white bare bulb fixtures. I swapped out the old 100w bulbs for the largest CFL bulbs I could find. But that still isn’t enough. Now that I’m thinking about it I remember that I had interference problems with...

That might be a better solution. I don’t have a lot of ceiling room because the roll up garage doors take up a lot of space in the parts of the garage that are darkest and I want light when the doors are up as well. But I’ll take a second look at possible fixture mounting locations. I could...