Recent content by tpwalsh

Interesting. Learn something every day. I had wondered if any company was using that condensate to cool the condesor, but I hadn't seen it yet. I wouldn't have expected it either on a $99 walmart special either. I drilled 2 drain holes in mine because it backed up to the point that the...

I had one for about 10 years before moving. I really loved it, though I wish it had more ceiling height. The first thing I recommend is LOTS of light. Without windows you need every bit of help you can get. Recess them into the floor joists if you can so you don't lose any height. I left my...

What kind of load do you anticipate with this trailer? Are we talking 1200lb first gen civics? or "lightweight" modern mini coopers? Here's one that an aquaintence built. Car weighs under 2000lbs and trailer weighs 750lbs.

Lurked on the Pirate thread for years. In with popcorn.

This is what I'd be going for since you do have 3 phase. Don't forget to budget for the other stuff you need. Bottle, Gas, Helmet, Gloves,filler wire, practice metal, etc. It adds up. Call it another $400-600 depending on bottle size. I'm in the market for a TIG as well, but for my racing...

I'll be headed to Stock Car Steel to get my roll cage materials in a couple of months.

talk to these guys: http://www.competitioncages.com/ I'm sure they'll set you straight on where to find it locally.

Reminds me of a story from another car site(GRM). Moral of these stories? NEVER, EVER leave a kid in a car alone with a running engine.

^ This. BTDT with a miata that didn't have any rear suspension. All I had around was the furniture dolly. Worked great.

?? If you're looking for a hot clean burn, wouldn't you be looking for Anthracite, which is generally mined out of eastern PA, or North Dakota?

So, since we have determined that some jobs are more riskier than others, we should eliminate those riskier jobs as a potential career for high school students? Even if those training classes are the ones that attract those students who are most susceptible to dropping out of school, and...

In some ways this is true, but in many others, it's looking at a multifaceted problem one dimensionally. We as a country have decided that dirty work is bad, and that all kids should enter college. This has gone as far as closing many vo-tech programs and forcing all kids into the same...

This is the problem with my master bedroom. Southern exposure in NC means the heat load in that room is probably double the other rooms in the house(ranch style, narrow end pointing directly south)

Something like this? This is my garage in about it's worst shape. $/sqft is about as cheap as it comes. Mine is around 1100sqft.

Very nice work. Yep, Miatas pull little trailers all the time. Friend of mine used his Harbor Freight trailer/miata to move a couch or 3 during his last move. Here's my 40x48 trailer when it was in tire trailer mode. Worked great to support 2 people for a long weekend away from home in the...