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If the long 36 inch side is against the wall, the wall above is going to be less useful and hard to reach.

Anybody know who made those? That's a dead ringer for my Craftsman from the 1970's.

Garage sales, barn sales, flea markets, all the places to shop for screwdrivers to be modified into whatever I need it for. Paint can opening, chipping away at something when I don't feel like rummaging around for the better/right tool, or customizing to fit a carb jet. On & on.

Blow-molded....hmm My Craftsman bending beam style from 1975 in in the original cardboard box with the foam pieces supporting each end.

I'm wondering what the next hurricane will do to a 29 gauge roof? That gauge is the thinnest that a lot of companys will install. I know next to nothing about metal buildings, but if it were me, I would not want to do it twice. I would be inclined to use at least 26 gauge on the walls and would...

It if were my task to do, I'd go my stash of mudflap material and cut out a matching piece with a couple of appropriately sized hole saws. For the center hole, a hole saw may not be needed. Clamping the material between two pieces of plywood and using a twist bit would get the job done.

It looks a lot like mine, bought new in 1983. Six months later I bought the riser block kit. Mine works fine. I've never used a blade wider than 1/2 inch. Bending a 3/4 inch wide blade over 14 inch diameter wheels can be done but it doesn't make the machine any better. I've used mine for...

Thanks for reporting back. We all learn something that way.

Alas, no picture since this was a commercial on TV years ago. Usually aired a few weeks before Christmas and clearly aimed at a wife/girlfriend for her tool loving guy. Hapless and inept young guy holding a basic 3/8 inch drive ratchet handle with a socket of some indeterminate size attached...

A $50 Vidmar. There are no words.

The cylinder can be oriented either way and it usually depends on the best way to route the hoses. The loader on my tractor has the cylinders for the arm lift positioned one way and the bucket tilt oriented the other way to make the solid lines and the hose lengths more efficient.

21 mm is almost exactly 13/16 inch. Perhaps they're saving production costs by having you buy another socket.

Although it's not an original Buffalo Forge machine, it maybe useful. I have one exactly like it except for the badging. Mine has a "Cummins Tool, Chicago Illinois" label. I bought it for cheap from a neighbor in 1979. He had bought it the year before and then he and his wife decided to move...

I've seen two different styles of "roll pins". The more common have a seam, the less common are spiral wound and work the same way, they exert tension on the wall of the hole. First, add a set of "roll pin punches" to your inventory. They're made specifically for driving hollow pins.

Heartily agree with the guys above. Unless he's planning to run an entire shop on three phase, there's no reason to go the rotary-phase-converter route. That's a lot more equipment to deal with. A properly sized VFD will do just what you need.

Now there's a product I didn't know existed ^^^^^

That looks like a nice space for your hobby's. Even though you've made up your mind, you can still reconsider. As Steve and Jack mentioned, a coat of white paint will seal the material and more importantly make the space a lot brighter. When I had a third bay put on the existing two bay garage...

Grinder and paint make a welder I ain't. LA-LA-LA-LA-LA

Here are some pictures of the coupling nut style stabilizing feet that I use. These, shown, are on a frame I fabricated for a Powermatic 90. I also have the same style on the frame that holds two cabinet saws, the cabinet for a Logan metal lathe, and the frame I fabricated for a Clausing mill...

Lots of good lessons so far. I'll gotten pretty good at gluing pieces back together so I can cut the other end. Sometimes I even use biscuits on the repair if it really has to hold. 1/4 inch dowels in the pencil sharpener and then tapped into the "wrong" holes, cut flush, and get on with it...