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Thanks! If you’re ever in Raleigh, NC - first round is on me!

I'm hoping someone out there can give me the circumference of the grip / handle on a Milwaukee M12 tool. I'm looking at getting some M12 tools for my mother, but she has small hands which gives her trouble gripping most cordless tools. The M12 series is supposed to be fairly compact, but I...

If they don't find you handsome, they should atleast find you handy.

If you are ever considering doing something, and the thought crosses your mind, "Instead of XYZ, maybe I should just ******** and go to bed..." the correct course of action is ALWAYS ******** and go to bed. There are few things in life that are absolutes - this is one of them. Your brain is...

Just shot him a PM, thanks. The vending machines are a good idea, but in my experience they are never stocked or re-stocked properly. I've done my homework on pay, market, etc... The only thing I can't seem to draw a good bead on is the company itself. There is a fair amount of negative...

I'm being fairly heavily recruited by maintenance supply company called Kimball Midwest. The job is outside sales for shop supplies, tools, etc... I'd be interested in the collective opinion of the company from the Garage Journal crew. Thanks.

Mine shipped to a freight depot. I have an open car trailer that I pull behind a Chevy 1/2 ton truck. The depot used a forklift to put the lift on my trailer. When I got home, I picked up the lift with my cherry picker, and then pulled the trailer out from under it. While it was still...

I never thought I would need three phase 220, but now I do. My main work bench is fixed to a wall with cabinets underneath. It is 24 inches wide by 16 feet long. I should have gone 30 inches wide.

I like the Redwing 6640. I just saw that they are made in China... Ugh, I hate buying stuff from there. The Mechanix wear pit shoes look like they will fit the bill as well. Thanks!

I've done the boot thing, I worked for a residnetial construction company for several years. They are comfortable, but they are heavy and they are hot. The shop that I work at specializes in horse power generation on late model vehicles (www.rpmmotorsportsnc.com) and, I need to be able to...

Also, one of the only things in my life that I have no buyers remorse on is my Atlas 9000 lb lift. It seems like everything big that I buy, there's a part of me that wonders if I made the best decision: Big screen TV? Yep, small part of me wonders if that was the best move. Corvette, same...

3 phase power is something I wish I would have done. My work bench is 24 inches wide by 16 feet long. I did that because it was a single 4 x 8 sheet of bench top material ripped in half. I should have spent the money on a little more material and gone 30 inches wide.

-sigh- Can always count on GJ to steer off topic... Thanks for the tips guys.

I don't do much welding or fab work, but I do work in a shop with a concrete floor that I stand on all day. Most of the guys in the shop (myself included) just wear some kind of tennis shoe. Nike, Under Armor, etc... Something that is comfortable to stand in for 8-10 hours at a stretch...

In the interest of full disclosure, what I am thinking of doing is climate controlling the air compressor shed. I've been through 2 motors on the compressor since it the summer heat started here in NC. I'm not sure that the heat has anything to do with the failures, but thus far the rise in...

I appreciate your time, but you didn't really answer my question. I understand your view, and focusing on the details of compressor inside / outside might seem like the real answer I'm looking for, but it's not. I was hoping to be able to calculate discharge air temp. Sometimes this place...

Still happy with mine, no complaints.

I want to figure out how much of a difference the temperature of the ambient air makes in the temperature of the compressed air my compressor produces. If I move compressor from outside (100 degrees ambient) to inside (70 degrees ambient) what kind of reduction in compressed air temperature...

If you don't count sleep, I spend more time in the garage than the house.

The columns are going to flex with a car on them at full rise. Put a car on your lift, or better yet a full size truck, max out the rise, watch the columns and shake the bumper up and down. All lifts, all columns, all flex or wiggle to a certain extent. When I bought the lift, I was a...