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i've found myself being alot more sensitive the last few years to welding fumes. I've was originally thinking about mounting a cheapo ducted kitchen hood over my bench to help get the **** out of my shop, quick and easy.. however first off i'd probably like to fab something so it's a little...

I just finished a build up of a HF based bead roller. I would like to make it movable but HATE tools on casters. Especially tools that you "work" like a sheet metal tool. They always end up moving on you when you try to work with them. At the very least they rock or shake. I know alot of...

I'm almost done digging out from my last hotrod project. I'm currently reorganizing and am looking for some cool ideas for a storage solution for threaded rod, brake, line, small tube etc. I had previously just piled it in with my other raw materials but it's a mess to deal with and is...

My shop is a 60+ year old 35wx35lx18h block building. It was originally a garage for milktrucks and now houses my dangerously old metalworking machines and hotrods. My shop borders my neibors on three sides so i can only see the front wall from the outside. I noticed some light showing...

hi guys - i recently purchase a 1960 rockwell 10x36 lathe. I remember back in the machine shop I used to work in we used some special grease (can't remember the name) for the open gears and screw. Anyone know what's best to use? I don't use the machine all that much but would like to take...

I have a 64 YALE forlift that I used quite a bit in setting up my shop and every once in a while when moving around a machine or bringing in a new hotrod project. Needless to say the previous owner beat the **** out of it so i've been doing little things here and there to make it a little...

I'm really excited about a HAMB affiliated site devoted just to the shop... I live in Bayonne and lucked into buying a 35x35x20h industrial fabrication shop (which happened to have a house on the property as well).. i'm a hotrodder at heart but have just as much love for the tools. I'm slowly...