Recent content by tworley

I've been happy with my Milwaukee M18 Fuel and a 8ah battery. But I've got multiple batteries so once the one I am using depletes, I throw it back on the charger and use another thats already good to go. Second cubitron discs, those things are amazing.

I was able to find something like this at my local home depot.

38" for me.

Unpainted sheetrock from the 80s So tan-ish/yellowish. Would love to get a coat of white on it.

First house we bought had a single car garage; 10 feet wide and 27 feet deep. It was a chore to do any work in there, but it was certainly better than laying in the dirt/street. We lived there for 7 years. Our latest house has a 2-car, and I am finding that to be too small now. If you have the...

A set of tekton roll pin punches

Started my welding with a small lincoln 3200hd. It was limited to 120v and fine up to 1/8" but that was about its max without doing multiple passes. I never did run flux core thru it though. I sold it and bought a Lincoln 211i early last year. 240v has a lot more omph. I've been happy with it so...

A friend bought one a few years ago. We balanced a 35" tire. Took the tire off the balancer, put it back on the balancer, and the reading kept changing no matter what. It ended up in the garbage that afternoon.

Following along! Great motivation to my own garage organized.

The bench has found its new home. For some reason though, I have grown fond of the old steel bench. I may try and find a spot for it still. As mentioned, I'll skin the top with 1/8" steel soon. I bought retractable castors for the bench too to help move it around the garage.

I'd start by insulating the 2 walls that are open. That will help a bunch. I had a similar setup; 1 wall finished/insulated as it was a shared living space wall, an insulated ceiling (bedrooms above) and 2 open walls. My garage temps matched the ambient temps outside. Since insulating with...

When I wired my 500 sq ft garage I installed a 20 amp outlet every 4'. Each wall is on its own circuit and protected by a gfci. Its very few outlets for a circuit, but I wanted it set up that way. In two years, I've used every single outlet for one reason or another. Other circuits include the...

Im like a bumble bee, the torque box has been put on hold because i decided to build a new work bench. The current steel one works, but its shallow and short. This follows the eaa build plans, but I did 8' long, 38" tall and 30" deep. I still need to put on the lower shelf and the top will be...

My chop saw trigger quit working, I had to press/hold it just right for the motor to kick in before it finally quit. I took it apart and noticed the momentary switch was grungy looking. Took it apart and hit it with a sanding block to get it shiny. Put it back together and now it fires up every...

Not quite new as I bought it a couple weeks ago, but have used it a ton already!