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Yah, I've walked past that thing when it's been on sale for $49, thinking "I should get that"... But I never do. Then when I need to yank my trans (which happens fairly often with my race car), I just reach for this plate. Plate takes up a lot less room (which, if you look at the pic of my shop...

No, it's a Dell. Part number 00084797. Googling for a price...... $191. D'OH! :D (it was pulled out of a dumpster at work about 5 years ago)

Sure, here's a couple pics. It's so simple, it's almost silly. I needed a couple of pieces of aluminum once, so you'll notice that the plate's been cut a little on one side. ;) But hey, it works. This is where the jack is sitting tonight... I used it last week to move the trans around during my...

I have a piece of sheet aluminum that I use (it used to be a monitor stand for a laptop docking station :D). It bolts to my floor jack. I used to simply remove the jack pad on the jack, and stick a bolt through the hole to hold the sheet in place... but on my new jack, there was sufficient steel...

There are a lot of lift rebranders out there. My lift has huge "Armstrong Lifts" stickers on it, and is painted black, but I know that it's just a rebranded Gemini lift. http://www.geminilift.com - the installer even told me that's what it was. It's a GP-9F So depending on the lift, it may just...

That'd probably end up much like my 6 year old son's first time mowing the yard a few weeks ago. He mows for 20 minutes, I hear the mower quit, he walks up to me "Dad, I'm bored" and he goes inside. :headscrat We have 3/4 acre. So I probably shouldn't have him out there with the 22" push...

I order from McMaster-Carr a lot. And Enco. Haven't used MSC before. Price is coming up as $224 for me. :(

Grainger had the I-R 2340L5 (their 4L977) on sale for $931 about 6 weeks ago. One now sits in my garage. :D It has a Grainger Dayton 5hp (22 Amp) motor on it, and the I-R sticker has Grainger machine-typed on it. The sub-$1000 compressors at Tractor Supply aren't the 30T series V-pump...

Cool find. My wife's grandfather gave me his old Proto tool set (5/16 thru 1 1/4" wrenches) before he passed away. It'd look mighty good hanging on a rack like the one on the right... ;) Hmm, might have to make me one. Right now they're in the Proto roll up wrapper... Unless yours is for sale... ;)

I bought mine used from a buddy who was closing down his shop. He bought it used from another shop that closed down. I did have it professionally installed, and that guy adjusted the safety stops and made sure all the adjustments were working properly, made sure it was greased, filled properly...

The guy who installed my lift had a box / kit of them. I don't remember the diameter (3/4"? 1"? somewhere around there). But it was a kit similar to this: http://www.toolbarn.com/product/simpson/WA75700/

I drop my car down on to 4 Rhino Ramps (put under the wheels as it's coming down on the lift). Hop on a creeper, slide under, tighten suspension, lift car a little, remove ramps, lower car, go. :)

One thing you could try (temporarily) is bypassing the regulator. That'd tell you if it's your pipe or your regulator. I'd point out that opening the ball valve might help :D but that's probably too smart-a$$ of a reply. :D I use air tools on 1/4" fittings, no problems here...

I have geckos. They poop everywhere. I find their eggs and nests in boxes. Uggh. They poop on the painted walls in the main garage, and I have 'em out in my shop as well. At least my 7 year old son has fun with them when I catch 'em. ;)

Well, I had a smuggling compartment in a garage (a couple of houses ago). It was a split entry house - to enter the house, you walk up a few steps, through the door, and on to a landing - you can then go either up or down. The stairwell / landing was right next to the garage. There was no...

My metal 30x30 shop is insulated... It still gets hot inside, but if you stand outside the shop you can feel the heat radiating off of the metal... inside the shop, you don't. Vic, we have way more "hot" days than cold 'round here. I say do it. As a bonus, on the "cold" days, it doesn't take...

All it takes is (1) 50A circuit for a 7.5 HP compressor, (1) 40 A circuit for a light welder, and (2) 10A circuits for lights, and you blow through a 100A panel real quick. ;) My vote goes for 200A service if you can do it. I'd plan on a 50A breaker for the compressor, a 60A breaker for the...

Nice! Good lookin' compressor, and 635 RPMs - I bet that chucka-chucka-chucka sounds good. Nice groove. If it were me, I'd have gotten (1) miniature horse. And then the 10000 sq ft garage. :D

How much did the new drum, cables, and springs run you? Did you have them professionally installed? (I think our spring install when our main garage door broke ran around $150... worth it to me not to have to jack with it) If I could have this done for $300-$400, I'd do it. I'm in the same...

Sadly that was $900k in 1999 dollars. That hole is probably worth $1.4M by now... ;)