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I'm building a 20 ton press for my shop, and have everything else pretty well handled. Wondering what might be useable and readily available for this application? I'm sure I could use grade 8 bolts, but finding them locally that have a long enough shank to clear everything is proving difficult...

I'm getting ready to build a hydraulic press, and need to drill the legs for the table support pins. They need to be perfect of course, so the table stays level and parallel to the header. Tools I have access to would be: Drill press Mag drill press Hand drills Iron worker Measuring and marking...

Wanted to take a moment and show off my new bike lift. I of course found the idea online and really liked the simplicity and cost. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=701077&page=3 (Scroll down a bit. BTW- there are lots of great lifts on that thread) I work as a fabricator, and...

Getting the itch to build a better smoker. I happen to have a perfect cabinet to use for the main box, but it is 1/8" aluminum plate. I would add stainless for all my racking, and the firebox below will be made from steel as well, although likely not stainless. I know that you're not supposed to...

She's been been bugging me for a new belt buckle, so I thought I'd give it a try. This is my first attempt at this type of metalwork. I just had the basics for tools- ball peen, grinder, a block of oak and my welders It looks pretty rough on the back side, but that just adds to charm...

Some of you may remember when I asked about what to do with this CAT generator breaker cabinet- Well, I received some great ideas about what I could turn it into, but I opted to take the difficult road! I am in desperate need of a toolbox in the shop, as my good box lives at work. I...

I have built a small wood stove for my pole barn shop. Without being totally stupid, I want to cheat it as close to the wall as possible My shop is tiny and I need all the space I can get. I can put up whatever needed for heat shields. I'm looking for thoughts on materials and installs. I have...

I am building a woodstove for my pole barn shop. It's built from 1/8" thick 12" pipe, around 18" long. There is a smoke box on top that is 9x10x12, which is where the flue will will exit. How do I determine what size chimney I should use? I'm guessing 6" as it seems to be the most common, but...

Anyone recognize this? It isn't old, we found it in google images and even that it is made or distributed by Honeywell, but What is it??

The company I work for builds primarily out of aluminum sheet. 14ga up thru 1/4" plate. We very often need threads, and the solution is usually nutserts. I HATE nutserts. Even when properly installed with a high quality Siuox pnuematic setter, the failure rate is screaming high, and that's...

I have my cabinet built mostly and it's up and running. I'll get some pics up this weekend. In the meantime, working on a solution for the dust extraction. After using for a bit to get a pair of motorcycle wheels finished up for the polisher, I learned that the dust gets worse, the longer your...

My initial thought is a bank of drawers. Maybe some drawers and an open shelved cabinet section? It's 53" tall, 23"wide and 16" deep. I can add drawer slides and build some drawers out of either 1/8" aluminum, or 12ga satin coat steel. It was originally a breaker cabinet off the side of a CAT...

I'm installing a king ceiling mounted heater which has a built in transformer and t-stat connection for 24 volts. Can I use a King line voltage thermostat that I have here? Isn't a switch a switch? I understand going the other direction may be a bad idea at times if the switch was not rated to...

If this still exists, this is the group to tell me where to get one! Probably close to 20 years ago, my dad had (until I borrowed) a test light that was the greatest thing since sliced bread. It was black plastic bodied with LED lights on a "scale" on the side to read 6,12 or 24 volts. The tip...

My mother-in-law uses a mobility scooter and has always used a crane type lift that allows her to carry it in her rear cargo area. She is requiring the scooter far more often than she used to, and it is just too much for her to take it apart, and deal with getting it in and out all the time. She...

I finally got a start on my blasting cabinet. I modified a set of plans that I found online for a wood cabinet. I am using 1/8" aluminum. I broke out the upper half, and welded the hopper up out of individual plates. I'll get around to sides and a door. I will add a vent and vac port, get the...

Some of you may remember, I picked up a newer Devilbiss 60 gal and grafted an old Craftsman pump to it. After a very short working life... Like the first day I had to really use the compressor for anything... The pump started to howl like a banshee and screeched to nearly stopping as I ran to...

Looking to build a qwik-n-dirty cabinet to get a few bike parts cleaned up. Is a blasting cabinet airtight? Seems logical that it would have to be, yet it's pumping air in from the outside. What keeps it from over pressuring? Is there usually a filtered exhaust of some kind? Thanks

Hey gang, don't know if this is the right place for this, so please move if needed I have a Chamberlain 3/4hp opener with 2 remotes and a exterior keypad. I would guess it's 5-7 years old. For seemingly no reason, the remotes and the keypad will fail to work. After a day or two of using the...

Hey guys, I recently picked up an cheap tig/stick/plaz machine from fleabay. I've been really pleased with it so far, after working through "cheap Chinese" features like straight pipe fittings instead of taper... The only thing left that REALLY bugs me is the sleeve they put on the hose/cable...