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    Welding helmets

    I bought the Kobalt auto darkening with funky graphics at Lowes it was 129 bucks not top of the line but has changed my whole welding world I can see what I'm welding now! I love it but I'm learning and its prolly just good for home light shop use. It is Solar powered works off my graage lights...
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    Boyd Who rebuilds an old street rod.

    Thanks Boyd for the info, very kewl indeed. keep us updated
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    Boyd Who rebuilds an old street rod.

    Sorry for being dumb but I love this truck and started looking for Essex just to get an idea of what I was looking at and drooling over and found one place said it was made by Hudson and another says it was a Ford looks like a Ford to me maybe the same companies ? What do you know about the...
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    What did you do "TO" your garage today?

    Re: What did you do to your garage today? Brats that is way cool but looks deadly. I'm heating up my garage it is about 20 degress will rip down some maple ply for a project in about 2 hours once it warms up. I read on this fourm to try .035 tips and .030 wire so I bought that today and will...
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    quick tricks for dumb problems...

    Sort of related tip I change oil filters on in board boat motors mostly Mercs and Volvos and they are upside down a super PIA deal. An old waterman showed me a great tip: wrap a gallon sized zip lock over the top and around the whole assembly after you have loosened it about 1/8 of a turn or...
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    Festool question

    I have the 50" "all in one" and the 90" I use all the time they are great as long as you measure both sides 4 and a quarter from your cut line to your saw blade you'll see what i'm talking about when you get one, and you should, basically make sure it is square. Best $ you can invest think...
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    Cars you wish you still had

    72 Pinto station wagon with fake wood on the sides and luggage rack on the roof
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    What Garage Journal did to me...

    Fap fap Fap ya show me that snap on KRL1022APQH !!!
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    A good day!

    I agree with the 5.0 L Ford with a super charger. i love that truck and the garage looks nice and warm and a great place to work..your a lucky dude
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    What to do with old gas/getting ready for winter

    Stabil it use a lil at a time. I was thinking I could put it in the old stoner down the way with his ill breed wana be thug kids bong.....
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    Moving Utility Lines

    A similar situation I had they had to put in a temp power meter on a post cost 250.00 to get that done. Then the power company had a contractor come out do it, they dug it all up basically got rid of it. They laid new line to where the new breaker box was being installed and connected once the...
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    Creative ways to keep different operations seperate

    Jack has some pics of a yellow welding curtin he used on a fence so the focused vent system and a welding curtin that you could close might help. I do a lot of wood working and have a fein dust collections sytem won't work with metal but would make a ton of $ if someone came up with such a...
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    Vinegar & Rust

    Wow I learn something new everyday from this site. I use PB blaster and WD40 but never even thought about vinegar. I'm gonna try this old pair of pliers I have and like that are rusty.
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    Machine Shop Tips

    Cool videos and gonna order the book thanks!
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    What will happen to your tools when you die?

    My kids will craigslist them, my wife has no idea the value and will "loan" them to her brother the second my heart stops, my girlfriends will enshrine them and fight over them, the only one of the herd with any sense is my dog, so knuckles will be the richest dog on the Island. He can say he...
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    How small is too small

    Kewl link! Just goes to show you men all over the world like to have a spot to do man things- I'm sure there are some women who have cool garages as well I think they are called "das kitchen" in Murmansk
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    Drill Press Stand?

    Mines on a four legged stand from sears I fastened 2X4's across the bottom between the two out side legs and bolted locking castors to the 2x4s it rolls around easly and locks when needed. I'll have to snap some pics. I have a combo belt sander wheel sander on the same type of stand with same...
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    Accessory Building Variance Denied!!!

    I agree with most of the sentiments however the old adage of “your rights stop were the next persons begins” comes into play. In the area where I live, on an island, it is critical for all homes to be able to deal with their own run off and sewage so non permeable surfaces are a critical thing...
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    Accessory Building Variance Denied!!!

    this comment made me squirt diet pepsi out of my nose onto my keyboard
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    Using rubber air hose to plumb shop..

    I have a rather smallish 30 gallon sears compressor that gets up to about 180 psi. I ran manifold that would allow 4 air hoses to be hooked up and ran a hose 100' out to the back where I work outside on boats and would leave it hooked up all the time and pressurized. That hose exploded one time...
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