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5 things ya gotta know to stick weld: CLAMS C, Current, correct amperage and polarity for the electrode type and size, base metal type and thickness.( read 'em off a chart until you get a feel for what works best for you) L, Length of arc. Weldement deposition and...

Here are some detail shots of my 18'X12' Clopay shop door, It's 22 gauge, insulated and braced to 160 MPH wind load. It was not cheap at $2400.00 installed W/opener, but it exceeds the need. My homeowner's insurance lists my shop as a hurricane shelter... RED

Hammer to fit, paint to match. Trovato, When I needed to mount the winch I spent a little quality time with my mill, lathe and some scrap steel from the drop box. I stole the idea from an old J.C. Whitney cat. Necessity is not the mother of invention, desperation is... RED

This is how I solved the problem, I put a mount plate on the front and back of my pit dragger, with a plug-in. now the winch goes where I need it. RED

Perception IS truth... Personally, I'm very proud of the "Blue Oval Boy's", they have to work on thier ride's twice as much, spend twice the money, have twice the grief AND learn to be gracious losers. (Except on "super ford sunday" when the last car running is declaired the winner and towed...

You can always tell a Chief... HJV11, welcome aboard Chief, nice heater. HTC SW/DV RET. RED

Air tools are not rocket science, surf the net for an exploded drawing, carefully disassemble it and clean the junk out of it. Lay the parts out on a clean surface in the order you take them apart, (yea, I know you think you will remember how it goes together, but you won't, not the first time)...

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE------------------- HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Thanks, me too RED

Just like Scott said, shop vac and string. My personal best was a pull of 190 ft. in 2 in. RED

I've got 2 arbor presses, 2 & 8 ton, I find they are often my first choice over the 50 ton hyd. I like the Feel and sensitivity, when brut strength isn't required. (punching forming and corner notching sheet metal, riveting, pushing out spring pins and so forth) axel bearings, wheel studs and...

I put mine in 1 1/2 in. CPVC 3 ft. down (out of shovel and garden tiller range) from the pole to the shop, (thru the slab) and about 80 ft. to the house. I got all the phone wire and conn. boxes from the phone guy while he was repairing a storm damaged wire next door, for free, the phone co...

Jon, the biggist reason for the "gonzo" roof was the 160 MPH wind load rating, but I'm going to hang a 4 foot wide storage loft, 8'6"off the floor, all the way down the long sides. (kind of like a poor boy's mezanine) The hanger's will thru bolt to both the top and bottom truss chords, the wall...

a meeting a day... Hi, my name is paul and I'm a junkie... Being one of them impoverished self employed types, I surf here several times a day with no oversight, because I can. HEA,HEA,HEA If I don't cut back some, I'm gonna have to move the 'puter to the shop. RED

Bevis, I have a good friend in Port Charlotte, he lost his shop and part of his house in "Charlie". we just got his rebuilt shop dried in 2 weeks ago. The @#%&*** insurance company kept pullin' his chain and the FEMA shuffle is never ending. Now he can't even get insurance, at any price. What...

late up date Just a couple of pic's of what's getting done...RED

Yea, I wasen't either until I spent a few days in that one in Grants pass. We built a really trick solar powered water system and a swing up wind generator tower. His thermal energy repository was 2- 2500 gal insulated fiberglass water tanks with a no loss heat exchanger, (carins wheel) Pretty...

Have it your way... In the early '80's I did some contract work for a guy in southern Oregon,(Grant's pass area) that carved a similar house out of a decomposed granite hillside. The wall/roof construction was very similar to the PASH, but was insulated on all sides with expanded poly styrene...

and aweigh we go... Dave, I bought a HF folding hoist about 2 years ago, to hual in the race trailer. when I got it back to the shop, I looked it over real close and found several welds that looked funky so I ground them out and re-welded. ( that chink powder coat is some nasty smelling ****)...

In my old shop, I put 2 heavy coats of Porter premium exterior gloss on the sheetrock walls around my dirty work area, (engine teardowns and ****** work, with a sand blast cabinet in the corner) over hopper gun spray texture orange peel. I added a biocide (mildew stopper) to the texture, the...

Mud work's done... Seems like it's takin' forever, but the last of the concrete is placed. The truss crew I had lined up went toe's up around Christmas, so the hunt begins anew. We are in the middle of a serious building boom right now, I think every retired baby boomer in Michagan and...