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My suggestion would be to close off the trusses. You’re basically heating unnecessary area due to the trusses being more or less storage space with probably an extra 4’-5’ area up there you basically don’t need heated. That in turn is causing the icicles. I’ve got a 30’X50’X12’ shop that used to...

From the pics you posted I myself would just use some WD-40 (or whatever strikes your fancy) and a few good rags. Most of that stuff will clean up rather nicely. For stuff that has a good coat of rust, a soak in vinegar will loosen it up enough to wipe it down. For the record though I'm one who...

I'm going to say any of your choices will give you years of service. I myself have an Eaton (polar air) and takes quite a beating due to running blast cabinets, paint guns, DA's, and all that stuff with my small body shop. All I've had to do is keep the oil changed and the belts tight so far...

Really dig the teal! My KRSC46 is purple. When I ordered it my driver thought I was nuts to pick out such an odd color. It took off in my area quickly lol

Please tell me this is in jest or to just get your thread count up.

I work for a living, so tools are a must. If I were a rich man I would just hire a few good guys and watch/torment them as they worked on my junk lol.

Mines wired up to a light switch by the man door. After I walk in and flip the lights on, it's the next movement I make to turn on the compressor and it's the first thing I do when I go to leave the shop is to turn it off. Always been terrified of burning one up if a hose blew while I was gone.

I have a similar drier as my primary first filter and yes the bears can get annoying to change. However over the years I've amassed around 10 coffee cans worth of the critters. So around once a month I change the beads whether they need it or not. But I'm also set up as a paint/body shop so my...

I used to work with a guy that loved a Paslode more than anything. We were building a dugout once and the d#$%ed thing refused to work anywhere close to efficiently, I would have been better off using a hammer. So I did what any smart human would do to a POS, I threw it as hard as I could to the...

I've got an Eaton and it's been great. Keep the oil changed and filters clean is all I've done in the last 5-7 years. I run a small body shop so it gets run a lot. I need to adjust the valves a touch as it's starting to get a little slow on building full pressure, but nothing major has happened...

I used to work at a mom and pop auto parts store that used to sell KD. Nothing pi$$ed me off more than some dorfus **** would come in with a wrench, socket, ratchet that had a touch of rust or whatever on it and try to warranty it. Most of the time you can't get it warrantied and the store pays...

Figured I might revive an old thread since I was just looking through my old posts. The SK ratcheting wrenches are definitely worth the price!! I love the things to say the least. They are the first thing I reach for when I need a ratcheting wrench. As for the rest of my daily tools in my truck...

My shop is lined with those style cabinets. I bought them out of a school auction cheap little at a time. All are pretty beat and had been painted multiple times haphazardly and just generally looked like ****. I'm a paint and body man by trade so I decided to make them all one color and just...

I had put off buying a press for years before I got into a project that forced me into buying one. I chose the same model in the video as I also buy into buy it once and cry once. Although at the price, I really didn't do any crying. One observation though, although it is heavy and awkward, I...

If it was dirt cheap or free I would take a chance on it. Otherwise I wouldn't really attempt it due to the fact it's going to take a bit of work to get it loaded, taken apart, and fixed. Let alone if you decide to give it a freshening up. But that's just my take on it due to the fact I've got a...

I bought one years ago and while I like the idea, I could never get the light to shine EXACTLY where I needed it. I have since just adapted to using one hand to hold a light and the other to weld.

Doing full floors isn't really cheap at my shop, but I'm not the most expensive either. I charge anywhere from $2,000-$$3,000 depending on how much I've actually got to do. It's labor intensive, but not really all that hard. If you want to learn to weld, floors are what I recommend all newbs to...

I would start with buying flowers

This is what I do as well. If you were going to be spraying primer in the coming weeks, bare metal would be fine as most of what would pop up is flash rust (which still needs to come off). But since it sounds like months, spray epoxy and just sand it back for where you're doing body work. Follow...

Turned out nice!!