Recent content by topher5150

-The wheel came with the grinder. -Enlighten me on wheel bushings

I scored this old Dayton bench grinder, with drill bit sharpener attachment for $40. I got it home cleaned the arbors and ran it for a sec with nothing on it and ran smooth. I put the grinding wheel on it hit the switch and it about jumped off the bench. I took an drill bit, clamped it to the...

I think this is getting a little more complicated than I intended. That's what I'm looking to do is use the taper tool so I can put the tie rod end on the other side. I found one at HF, and Summit has a set for $16...

I don't know the thickness of the part, less than 1", but I only need to taper about halfway. I'm not removing a whole lot, maybe a couple thou to get the tierod end in. It's for tie rod ends on a pitman arm and an axle spindle. I can get some more accurate measurements when I get home

I only need to re-taper two holes on some steering parts for my 47 Ford. Do I need a $100 tool, or could I get away with a couple of $5 Harbor Freight tools for this one project?

Well that disappointing. I plugged it in it gave me a couple of labours cranks and then tripped the circuit built into the air compressor.

So I have a bit of a weird situation here. My shed is about 50' from the house, and instead of dragging the air compressor to the house every time I want to use it, and for the sake of the neighbors, I would like to keep it in the shed. It's just a small 8-gallon harbor freight compressor...

So I think I figured it out. I left the jack out, under the car with the handle down, for a while. There's two spring loaded caps at the bottom of the handle and one of them got buggered up. So I can still use the jack but I have to put the handle almost all the way down to use it

I have a Pittsburg floor jack that I've had for about seven or eight years now. I used it about a month ago with no issues, Saturday I went to jack up my wife's car and it had just enough to lift the arm up. I know it's only a Harbor Freight jack but if it's a two-dollar fix, or just needs to be...

I bought a C02 tank at a garage sale the welding supplier asked no questions. Could I upgrade the smaller tanks to larger ones?

I've really seriously considering getting an oxy/acetylene torch, but the thing is I don't want to spend $400+ on a giant used set up that I may only use a couple of times of year. I've seen a lot of different variations of these miniature torch setups from different stores, but they all look...

ok thanks for the help fellas

I have an older Miller Sidekick MIG welder, and as far as I can tell it's a pretty good welder, I don't have anything to compare it to. I have had it for two or three years now and it acts up every now and again. I've had where I attach the ground to some bolt head or some rusty tab and run it...

I manhandled a giant solid wood work bench into my shed this weekend and looks like there's just enough room to squeeze the welder in next to it. My thought was to get a nice size piece of sheet metal on one side, about 3' wide by how ever deep the bench is. I'm wondering can I just use the...

It's just the body and frame everything else is either in the basement or my shed/hiding behind my shed.