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I refuse to use cordless drills any more. Call me old fashioned, but every one I've had has let me down when the battery pack runs out halfway through a project. I recently bought a Dewalt keyed chuck 1/2" drill ($99 @ HD). Couldn't be happier with it. Heavy gears, heavy duty, and the chuck...

Honestly I had to giggle at the silver solder comment. I paid ~$11 for my spool (a pound) of silver solder, and still have over half left. That was a very small dimple in the project. Lead would have been what... 7-8 bucks? 4 bucks wasn't even 1% of the project. ;)

You want your water separator away from the compressor. Having it next to the compressor kinda defeats all that nice cool-down pipe. You're blowing hot air with evap'd moisture right off the compressor... put that through pipe, air cools down, water condenses easier, the watertrap can do its...

Well, I'll start. I have a Clarke parts washer from Tractor Supply, which is your basic made in China 20 gallon unit, exactly (down to the same color) as the Northern Tools 20 gallon parts washer. Uses a fish tank / watergarden motor for a pump (well, it's similar to the pump that's in my son's...

http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/ Have fun. :)

There's one on I35 down toward Temple, between Temple and Troy. It's bigger than the one in Speegleville. I've never been in there, just driven past it. There's an even bigger one over on I45 down towards Huntsville.

Mueller is almost local. They've got a fairly good sized facility just north of Temple, I35 ~exit 308-310 or so. Their price was a little higher on roll up doors than others here in Waco, though. http://www.muellerinc.com/

I have a 105A CH welder. Just like Jimmy above, I wish it was more adjustable for heat settings (somewhere between "burn through" and "pop-fizzle" would be nice sometimes ;) ). It works fine on light stuff (exhaust, small brackets, making sawhorses out of old steel swingsets, etc). Don't ask it...

LOL @ Dave's Chinese prisoners... True dat.

One of my local post offices "fences off" their stamp area when closed with a hard accordian style door. The top has a horizontal roller track, the bottom has holes every 3-4 feet or so where a thick pin / dowel slides down in to the floor. The one at the post office is clear acrylic, but I...

I used to work for Scientific-Atlanta, selling these things to utilities (before the business went in the crapper). Well, I was an Applications Engineer - basically the guy who sits in the meeting and corrects the Sales guy when he promises the moon. ;) "Uhh, Bob, it really works this way..."...

Neighbor down the street built a 3-car detached garage with a game room back half. It's taller than his house. It's a super-nice addition (fully bricked to perfectly match his house), but IMO it still looks a little weird. ;) What's odd about his though, I watched the roof trusses go up...

Local company quoted me $725 installed for a 12x8 roll up door. $525 if I carry it out. Still kicking it around, it'd let me go up another foot at least with my lift... :headscrat

More pics from that garage / Year One event here: http://www.ls1tech.com/Events/YearOne2006/index_11.htm

My wife gives me her old cookie sheets. She gets newer stuff that doesn't stick to her baked goods (after the fire alarm tests), I get new tool and parts trays. :) Though they do have some scorch marks on 'em... :headscrat

4 post is no problem in a 10 ft ceiling garage. 2 post, you'll need a floor plate lift. That's what I have in my shop - my posts are right at 9 feet tall. My ceilings are just over 11 feet, but my garage door rail gets in the way well before the car gets to the ceiling. I'd bet the car goes a...

Looks great Roger, but... white? 10 minutes in my garage and they'd look like preschool fingerpainting gone wild... I just have to think about working in my shop and my hands will start sweating black moly grease... ;)

My wife's 99 Montana had the brown sludge build up in it due to DexCool. I hate the stuff, I won't run it in any of my vehicles. When I replaced the intake manifold gasket (after the dealer tried twice, and it kept leaking), I flushed completely and went back in with the Prestone metro stuff (it...

I agree 100% with what AdamMopar said about isocyanates. That's why I took the full hood approach as well. 100% skin coverage (with the bunny suit and nitrile gloves). The hood tucks inside the suit. And for using an air comrpressor, I've read that it's not a good idea. You want volume, but not...

To drop my motors, you undo the 6 subframe bolts below, then the 6 strut tower bolts above, & the trans xmember. Then you lift the body of the car off the front suspension - the front wheels, spindles, struts, etc - stay on the floor. Who here thinks we've totally confused him? :D There is no...