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wear issues and accessories aside - any wierd design issues with either? Home machining has decided to find me in my late 40s and I enjoy it even tho im novice at best. Whats the best way to text the gears, shift each one and look for jumping on the apron? sebastian has been outside but its 15...

Looking at two lathes today - I want to polish cranks and have something more heavy duty than my sb9 which is fine for small projects, but it just cant hold great tolerances (old school lathe). Both a little beat but under 1k - Option 1 - Sebastian I believe not 100% sure on model: Option...

thanks for the great responses guys- yes will have a ball valve at the tank in case i need to slow it down. I dont have electricity enough so have to run my diesel gen for the large compressor. I will be modding the compressor to run the hot air thru a water cooling system before it enters the...

Also considering stainless shot that I can clean up - any idea what size would be a good all round? Found this chart online -

Hi all - so i recently decided im going to sandblast my own heads at the shop for crack checking etc. I have a 230v 80gal 6.5hp setup and just rebuilt the powerhead. Was going to go 3/8 over 1/4 but found a 50ft roll of 1/2" hose yesterday so snagged it with some 1/2" couplings. Im wondering if...

Hi - cant seem to find an answer. Looking at buying this for the shop to polish cranks and turn small parts- some forums say 36" but I found a manual online that said 54" Can someone confirm? I want to be able to squeeze a sbc and BBC crank on it with a live center - will be tight.

Ok so yet another update - I bought a new compressor, tired of messing around with ones half working and i was already behind work at the shop.. I saw a video where one guy had bypassed the reg valve and tapped straight into the main tank, i did this mod with a water filter, and the tire changer...

Yesterday I pulled apart the right pedal valve assembly as it had a steady hiss, 2 orings were mushy, and the valve shaft had a small crack, so i epoxied that, and resanded it back down - i also check the body with a straight edge and it seemed good. Replaced the orings with viton ones (all I...

Next I noticed when clamping the air would blow past the seal on the pump that sits below the transmission (one with the small v pulley). I know very little about these so tore into it. The air was leaking past this seal, however upon removal found the vanes were really worn (they measure 1-34...

Hi all, thought id start a thread here on my own. Picked up a 5030 for almost nothing last week.. (incl a balancer) and thought id share my journey of getting it working, incl specs and parts ive found. I will need som help getting it up and running so if anyone is familiar with these please...

good stuff - just picked up a coats 5030 for 200 bucks and a balancer for another 200. My upper seal was shot (no holding power), real easy to remove - all done from top: 4 hex bolts from table. 4 pex style hoses at each jaw.1 hose clamp up front and one on the backside. table top now lifts off...

Hi - been up down and all around on this- I have a 220v 3hp compressor and need an inverter to run it. Forget about generators. The elec motor charts (yes i will check with a clamp meter) show around 45 amp start draw. I am also planning on adding a soft start to reduce that significantly...

Batteries set me back 500, inverter maybe 500-750, used panels 300 bucks. There is currently no power at the shop hence why- plus im renting and dont want to pay the 3-5k its going to cost just to put power on someone elses property..

Hi all thanks for the replies. I wanna make the solar thing work if possible. Some more details: Currently I have 24v 380ah batteries on their way. Im using a soft start device for the compressor.. prob run 600-1200w panels. Ill be using a low frequency pure sine wave inverter from 24 to...

Hi all - just moved my shop and need to setup a solar system.. I use hand tools 99% of the time and will just be charging cordless batteries, run the drill press occasionally, run approx 60w 110v worth of shop LED lights.. I VERY infrequently need to weld but there are time that I do, plus I...

Very true.. only the high torque does it all.

Buy this you will never ever look back. I own a shop and this thing is the great persuader. Salt mari e environment need I say more..

Using 12 point sockets I stead of 6 on old bolts rounding them for good!! Greasy hands on tools!!!!!

Hi can anyone estimate the year? It's also stuck, drive won't budge thinking of popping cover off..

for all the trouble id just buy a good used US made one off fleabay? or grind your own from an old HSS drill bit? its a pretty crude tool- saved me when my shock nut was so siezed on my camaro, spent hours cos it was in such a stupid tight hole, then I discovered this tool and finally got it...