Recent content by TJay

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    Help me size my compressor needs

    As previously stated, almost any 2-stage 80 Gallon should fit your needs perfectly. Since I work with IR compressors, my choice would be the 2340N5-V.
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    Tools made in your home town

    Growing up in Milwaukee I can relate to that, although nothing is really made here anymore it's still nice to see my hometown name on the side of my drill everyday
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    Craftsman Side Cab

    I put the Harvor Freight one on my Craftsman box and couldn't be happier. For the price the quality was drastically better than comparable craftsman side boxes
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    Wilton Bullet Vise date stamping. show yours with or without EXP on slide

    Looks like it's 4" across, as assumed Got a couple quick pics before work this morning
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    Wilton Bullet Vise date stamping. show yours with or without EXP on slide

    My newly acquired Wilton. No EXP on it, just says 6-945
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    The VISES of Garage Journal

    Received my great grandfathers vise yesterday, it's been used by most of my family through the years but still works great and now it's mine. Older Wilton, only numbers I see on it are the 6-945. I don't know much about it since I just started researching it but wanted to share a pic first
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    Whoops! Cut my buried coax...

    Well if all of our customers wanted to bury 2-3' in the ground Id be all for it lol but the majority of them wouldn't dream of that, they would let that line lay across their yard for years to come and then blame the company when it degrades faster. As for the comment regarding conduit runs, I...
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    Whoops! Cut my buried coax...

    I'm not sure what MSO you've worked with but in every area Ive worked the subscriber never buries their own lines. From the tap to the home is still the providers responsibility, once it terminates at the home it belongs to the homeowner.
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    Whoops! Cut my buried coax...

    A. This is the most reliable form of underground splice protection we have used so far (throw a zip tie around the center after you seal it though, they are re-enterable splices so the zip tie will prevent ground movement or anything else from popping it back open and exposing it)...
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    Whoops! Cut my buried coax...

    Just call them, for your own sanity and for the future cost. I used to be a service tech at the cable company I work for and in the 8 years doing repairs I never once had a customer repair their own line without it causing us a problem down the road. People dont realize that something as...
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    Show us your portable toolbox!

    I use the same one for work, have had it for about 6 years now and I love it. Holds everything I need and more without a problem.
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    Best Carhartt Jacket?

    This is going to be completely opinion based with probably quite a few different answers. This is the one I picked up last year...
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    tv question

    We have people at work that keep LCD's in the back of their trucks for testing year round. Haven't had any issues in the last couple years. As for me I keep an old tube TV in the truck still lol
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    New from Milwaukee, WI

    Welcome from Muskego Looks like you got a nice little setup for a Milwaukee garage
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