Recent content by TommyD

Robert, thanks to all the information and pictures on how to do proper metal work, it gave me the confidence to pull the trigger and buy a '56 Chevy 3600 pick-m-up truck that somebody had put a dump bed on somewhere during it's life. During this time it's owner snapped the frame just behind the...

Mine has a mind of it's own, never going where I want it to go and I've had it bite my shirt when trying to position it, usually under my Jeep at the time. I've had it not move or move under me so it's 90 degrees to my body and a side rail digging into my side. I give it a good kick outta the...

I twist stranded and solid then clip them back some before nutting.

I heat up my 3 bay gay-raj with a free standing smaller wood burning stove, I get it up to 'comfortable' during the winter in about 2-3 hours. I'm in CT and I've worked out there with some pretty bitter conditions outside, it's all insulated and with vapor barrier.

Are those tips ceramic? Steel is gonna wear out pretty fast, a little slower if hardened but still pretty fast. Most tips are ceramic or carbide. Ceramic can be machined, I did for years, use a lathe running at slow rpm's (hit or miss sometimes) and use a DEAD SHARP carbide or a diamond...

^^ agreed.

I made some "S" hooks about 12" long and hang stuff off the gutter. Gets it out in the wind better, sometimes too close to the house they don't catch a good breeze. They can be bought at home and garden centers.

Gotta get me some muppet grade gloves

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My lights are placed in a similar pattern and they work fine for most of what I do. The only time I really need extra lighting is when I work under my vehicles and then I just whip out my halogen work light and I'm gtg.

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Woodchips or mulch.. I woodchip everything, I live on a terraced hillside and have run off issues and the woodchips hold the dirt as well keeping the dirt and roots below watered and sheds rainwater. Where I live we grow rock for fun and profit, I have walls and patios all over my yard to...

Depends on the wood and the size. If I have larger pieces of wood that I can make the smaller pieces out of it goes in my firewood box. If it seems to be a useful smaller size it gets kept until I get too many the same size then it goes into the firewood box. 2x's, 4x's and the like, the same...

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