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Extra Ebay bucks for some Ebayers this afternoon. Unfortunately no bucks for Business and Industrial category anymore.

I’m looking to replace my old cobbled together cutting outfit with something new. I was looking at the Victor Performer but after researching some old threads it looks like Victor has gone offshore with this model. I also notice that Victor now has a new and “improved” regulator design. Any...

A recent post on drilling UHMW got me thinking about a sheet of this that was given to me years ago. (At least I was told it was UHMW) I kept it because I was going to make a set of furniture glides, but was never sure how best to cut it. I'm not where I can measure but as I remember it was...

I know this ground has probably been covered before but I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for when I searched. I have several metal cabinets and racks I’d like to paint with a hammertone type finish. I know Rustoleum is the name that usually comes up but it may not be an option because...

I’m just getting started with Sketchup. If I’m creating a simple rectangular part that is symmetrical is it better to place the lower left corner of the part at the origin so that the entire drawing is in the first quadrant or place the center of the part at the origin so the drawing ends up...

I’m rerouting some coax and need to drill several 3/8 holes thru brick. I’d like to drill from the inside of the house because that will allow me to get the most accurate placement. I drilled the first hole using my cordless hammer drill and a long masonry bit. I know that brick tends to...

Bought a new Wagner master cylinder for my truck and no surprise it’s made in China. I decided to pull the pistons out and have a look at the quality of the components which didn’t look too bad, but there was fair amount of some type of assembly fluid (oil?) in the bore. It was pretty viscous...

I need to make a stub shaft for an idler pulley with 17mm ball bearings. I’d like to use O1 steel because I can get 17mm diameter drill rod from Mcmaster. Can I weld it with MIG or AC stick? I won’t be a highly stressed weld.

A local furniture store runs a television ad where the spokeswoman talks about how the couch “anchors” a living room. I suppose every room has an anchor, even the garage. For me, growing up it was a workbench made from a couple of 2 x 10 planks cantilevered off the exposed studs of our garage...

Are these worth $35? I’d never seen or heard of them prior to tripping across this one on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Forney-58558-200-Amp-Industrial-Magswitch/dp/B002OFHI1I/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1HL9OO1B9R6BT&coliid=I1F7JWMFLG2CXY

I’m preparing to paint a steel overhead garage door. It has a coat of oil base, about 10 years old, over the factory finish. The existing paint is simply faded, no peeling problems. I would like to paint it with latex and was wondering about the proper prep. A lot of latex paints recommend...

I’ve been researching old threads on after coolers, dryers, and moisture separators and I’ve seen reference to dew point in terms of the temperature at which the moisture will start to condense but didn’t see any info on how dew point changes with pressure. I did a few google searches and found...

In the process of cleaning up my new Wilton 1755 vise (grrrrr!) I ran across something that seemed odd to me but maybe it’s normal. The step that registers the body of the vise in the base is only about .090” deep. The base has a chamfer of about .050” so that only leaves about .040 of actual...

I have a friend that’s considering selling his EU2000i generator. We’ve been talking about a labor/cash trade for a while and lately he sounds more serious about letting it go. I know this model has a good reputation and it’s a low hour unit so it’s not a very risky deal, I’m just not sure...

Griot's 6" orbital wax polish kit is coming up on Amazon's cyber Monday deals. Are these any good? What's a good price? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003V3XBCM/?tag=atomicindus08-20

This is one of those topics where I’ve thought to myself many times “there has to be a better way”. When drilling out an existing hole in steel, say .030 to .060 oversize, how do you avoid the bit plowing into the edge of the hole and inevitably pulling the bit in at such a fast rate that you...

I’m looking to buy some parts offered by both Summit and Jegs at similar prices. I’ve never shopped at either but from what I’ve read online, both companies are good to deal with. My question for GJ is, do either of them offer coupons/discounts to returning customers? Looking at their...

I picked up some of this paint thinner the other day at Lowes thinking I would save a couple bucks and be “green” at the same time. Big mistake, this stuff is nothing like paint thinner. I was going to use it to clean up some greasy parts and while it did dissolve some of the crud it just...

I removed about 75 ft. of baseboard trim to do some wall paper removal/painting and would like to spruce it up a little before reinstalling. It’s just soft pine that has contractor spray on stain and what seems like a clear coat of some sort over the stain. 30 year old house so it’s scuffed...

Anybody know where I can buy spare nozzles for small tubes of silicone? I use Permatex Ultra Grey a lot and hate fighting a clogged nozzle. A google search turned up some in the UK but nothing here in the US.