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I paid $20 for the whole setup And I would love a rotary phase converter, as I'd like to add a milling machine to my shop at some point..but neither of those things fit into my budget right now.

Thanks for the suggestions, I will look more into the capacitors and decide whether to try that or the VFD converter. And yes, the converter is about 6x the cost of what I paid for the grinder itself (I gave a whole $20 bill on it and the stand).

Something I would consider is what you'll be doing in the garage. Lots of welding and heavy fabrication? I like having a detached garage so that if it catches on fire it won't take the rest of the house down with it.

Sorry for the newb question, I picked this Wissota 3/4hp grinder up off of craigslist yesterday. It was right down the road from my work so I ran over during lunch but didn't realize until I got home last night that it is a 3 phase. I know that each phase is 120v to neutral on 208 3 phase, so...

Man, this really does get posted a lot. I recently had to make that decision myself, researched heavily on here and it seems pretty split. I went with Milwaukee because I liked the warranty better, I bought all M18 fuel stuff with the exception of a drill, I bought a regular M18 drill. I love...

Good feedback so far, thank you guys. The Eastwood I assume would be capable of doing stainless as well? I think I'm going to do stainless on my next project. I'd say 95% of my flares will be on the bench, I can say I've only ever had to do a flare on car twice out of the hundreds of flares...

I've had my eyes on a master cool 71475 for quite a while but recently I discovered that Eastwood has a flaring tool as well (linked below) https://www.eastwood.com/professional-brake-tubing-flaring-tool.html I'm curious if anyone has any experience with this? Its about half the price of the...

I am a hobbyist and my current welding setup is a Lincoln 135 MIG welder and a Miller Maxstar 140 TIG. I've owned both for probably close to ten years, when I started out they were great and I love both machines but the better I get the more limitations I find with them. I'm not particularly...

That one has Chinese guts. I think the switch lever is still metal, it's identical to the switch that was in the kit I got parts out of. Plus it's got the warranty sticker on it.

^Thanks! Somehow I missed that. :headscratch: I ended up going to my local sears and they gave me just the gear out of #43447. It's made in China, and is slightly different but at least it's not got any broken teeth (yet...). I'll probably end up breaking down and ordering a kit from eBay at...

Thanks for posting! I could not find my ratchet in the table though, it's a 1/2" flex head quick release #44984. It's an older USA made unit. I've looked up kits on eBay but get conflicting information on what actually fits my ratchet. Can anyone shed some light?

I can attest to tech students leaving stuff behind. I went to tech school right out of high school, learned a trade that I turned around and put myself through college with. When I was in school there was a big "professional" grade craftsman box that always sat behind everyone elses boxes, was...

I took a gamble on buying this 18" pipe wrench at an estate sale over the weekend for $5. It's super light and American made, I thought for sure I'd be able to find the lower jaw for it but after searching here and elsewhere that doesn't seem to be the case. I did find some history on the maker...

Awesome!! Thanks! Do you think the Matco is really 1hp and blue point is .7? If they are identical it comes down to whether I want to support a friend of mine who just became a Matco dealer, or I want to excersize my student discount on a blue point.

I figured the Matco is also probably made overseas, and I didn't actually read over the part of the 8000rpm hah. Another option is BluePoint, which I found today...

I've about had it with my HF 3" extended reach cutoff wheel, I've gone through two of them and they both constantly stall and in general run slow. A neighbor is a Matco rep and has their 4" version on sale for $280 (normally $330) this week and I'm really tempted. I was looking around to see who...

My trusty Robinair 15101B pump quit pulling a vacuum today and I'm not really sure where to start looking to fix it. I've been using it for nearly ten years and my dad was using it before I ever took it over so I have no idea if there is any support for it. The last few times I've used it a...

I realized I said 140STL, my little machine is a 140STR. I'll download some manuals and read up on it. Right now I just feel overwhelmed (which is why I'm starting the process of finding/saving for one about 9 months before I plan to purchase:lol:).

So as crazy as it sounds, I want to start saving for a new TIG welder in hopes that I'll find a deal on something this coming December. I've been watching for one on craigslist and nothing decent has shown up in the past 6+ months, everything is either overpriced or overused and at this point...

Thanks! I guess I'll hit them with some 800-1000 grit sandpaper and run them on my polisher tonight. What can I put on them to prevent them from rusting again?