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Hard to believe I put up my shop building over 12 years ago. When I built I used a package from Adam's Truss in Gentry, Arkansas. The package consisted of the five steel trusses, 1" thick AgBoard insulation, the tin, and all necessary fasteners. I sourced the wood for the girts and purlins...

You know, overrun with chickens, ducks, and a bit of genius. http://vimeo.com/118564546

Helped a friend with the wiring in his shop today. It is an old building slightly larger than a one car garage with it's own metered 100 amp 120V service. Some of the wiring is in the walls and some has been strung around on the outside. It is a real mess and we are working to sort it all...

My wife and I socialize with a group of like minded folks and we get together at some ones house for all the major holidays. We have hosted a couple of summer time events on our deck without any problems. This year our turn came up for the Christmas pot luck dinner. My wife, ever the creative...

About a month ago I scored a 1966 Buick 401 Nailhead. It is a heavy puppy. This is going to be a long term project and I want to mount it up to a well belt engine stand with good castors. Not the sort of thing you can just go out and buy. So, I am going to build one myself. I already have...

Wiring up a service entry. Utility accepts 4/0 aluminum or 2/0 copper conductors. For obvious reasons, I want to use aluminum up the mast. From the meter base, which has the disconnect (and 4 breaker spaces) to the main panel I will be using 4/0, 4/0, 4/0, 2 aluminum service entry cable. The...

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I recently acquired a 15 amp electric meter with base that I am going to use as "decor" in my shop. The meter came off an old house that was originally had knob and tube wiring. At some point it acquired a StabLoc panel (early 50s) with two 15 amp and two 20 amp breakers. When the house...

This looks like a nice set. Been on the local Craigslist for a while. http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/tls/4230779468.html

I am not a real machinist but I play one for laughs in my shop. My current mill is an ACRA 2 HP Bridgeport clone. I did not pay much for it but it is not in the best cosmetic shape and the table is peppered with the evidence of a hard life. Even so, it has given me good service. I have an...

My friend Barry bought this Quincy air compressor at auction the other day. Neither one of us has ever seen anything quite like it. There is a concept here that I am missing. Can anyone clue me in?

A friend of mine made big Killing a a factory closing auction, this past wee. One of the mills he picked up, a Bridgeport, has my name on it. It is missing the "Y" axis shaft unit. Can anyone recommend a dealer, breaker, or savager that deals in Bridgeport Spares.

I think I have a good deal lined up on this welder (used). Inverter is made in Italy and everything else is made here (USA). http://www.cornwelltools.com/webcat/products.php?product=CWETG155-%252d-DC-Invertr-Tig-Wldr-230V I am not much of a welder but I like TIG welds and want to practice...

25 years ago I was working at the old Homestead AFB and needed a workbench. I knew we were going to be moving on at some point so I decided to have a local fabrication shop build one out of steel. Something I could take with me when I moved on. I did the design on graph paper and the shop...

I just acquired a 3 phase grinder with a 3 horse power motor. The motor is dual voltage 220/440. The tag says 3.8 amperes at 440 but it does not list an amperage for 220. I will be running it off of a 220 volt 3 phase rotary converter. I'm thinking the amperage at 220 would be 7.6. Is this...

My friend Barry is a master fabricator/welder/machinist. He is also a marine surveyor and refloats or salvages boats blown about by hurricanes. His forte is building stainless steel tanks for agricultural use. Just about every crop duster in this area has one of his mixing tanks. He also...

A friend of mine just purchased this well used Hjo Melaniska Verkstad sheet metal shear. He is looking for technical information. A users manual, diagrams, etc. to aid in setting it up and getting it running. All we can find online is references to patents the company held. There is nothing...

Today's Score W/Update Friend is closing down the diesel repair shop he inherited from his father. Gave me this parts washer but I had to agree to take the 16 gallons of yucky diesel fuel in the barrel. Right now I have $3.50 invested in a can of AutoZone spray on engine cleaner and some time...

I recently put a new three phase motor in my lathe. It is three horsepower and runs off a five horsepower rotary converter. My mill, which is on the same converter runs in both forward and reverse without any problem. This leads me to believe the rotary is wired correctly. However, my lathe...

My friend Barry was cleaning out the shop on his family place and rediscovered this tool box. It belonged to his father and may have belonged to his grandfather. It is very well made and quite heavy. It is hard to imagine anyone picking it up when it is full of tools. The fold out top...