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I ended up giving the kid my 67 bug. It has a 1776 with dual dell'orto 40s, berg linkage, engle 120 cam, stock heads, Berg shifter, 4" narrowed beam with drop spindles, etc. He has his permit and has driven it a few times. He likes it but now we're leaning towards selling it and getting him a...

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Post a pic...kind of hard to say without seeing it. Imagining what it looks like I'd say use a cut off wheel to cut the connector next to the weld and then a cold chisel or similar to knock the connector off. Then, just use a 4" grinder to grind down the weld. You could also use a wash tip on...

Wow, are those wider than 1"? I went out a few minutes ago and got mine to 85". I've had it a few years so it's not new by any means.

I got my 1" 25' Stanley out horizontally to 83" the other day before it bent. :bounce: My wife looked at me like I was crazy for even trying.:headscrat

I bought a DeWalt 18v XRP set a little over 4 years ago. I love it. I have practically redone my house and built a garage with these tools. The hammer drill is awesome. It has never failed me even drilling into concrete to put redheads in. The reciprocating saw works great. I haven't opened my...

I have a 20x20 and I'm breaking out at the seams after only 2+ years. I work on VWs. I can really only work on one at a time. I keep two inside but move one out to work on the other. I store a lot of "junk" outside and my compressor is outside to save room. I have a 24"x10' workbench, an old...

I forgot, I own a few chipping hammers as well. My 22oz estwing has a waffle head and it is in my hammer drawer. How do I justify it? I don't. I'm not so uptight that I have issues with having a "tool" in a "toolbox". :lol_hitti It's my tool, my toolbox, my shop...it makes sense that it all be...

I admit, I have a bit of a hammer fetish. I have a 22 oz estwing and a 16 or 18 oz estwing in my shop box. I also have a couple sizes of ball-peens, a short-handled 3 lb sledge, a long-handle 3 lb sledge, a 4 lb sledge, a 3' handled 10 lb sledge, a brass hammer, a few mallots, a few dead-blow...

Both spellings are correct for a person that welds, while a machine is a welder. I went to the local Vo-Tech center to learn welding. I started with the basics: safety and basic metallurgy, oxy/fuel torch use, SMAW then GMAW then TMAW. It got me an entry level welding job. I worked hard and...

I bought my Lincoln 255c used years ago and the original owner took the wheels off of it. I was going to order new ones from Lincoln but used a set of wheels off a push mower, a couple casters I had and some small angle and sheetmetal. I think I have about $40 into it. Before (sitting on a...

If I have to borrow a tool more than once, I try to buy one. I do not like to borrow tools. I have a Lincoln 255c welder. I was going to borrow my brother's Lincoln 135 for a sheetmetal project but instead found a gently used Hobart Handler 140 on craigslist. I borrowed my brother's sandblaster...

General rule, NO, I don't loan my tools. I used to and there are still a few friends that I would loan anything in my shop, but the rule is no tools loaned. I loaned my torch set out to a buddy once "for a couple days". I went and got it two weeks later and both bottles were empty. He wasn't...

Here's mine: It is 10' x 24" deep. I want to say it is 38" tall but I don't remember. The legs are 4x4, the frame is 2x4 and the top and shelf are 3/4" plywood. I used a router to round the edges and then 3 coats of polyurethane (or similar? not done yet in this pic) I have turned the drill...

I haven't got around to redoing it yet. It is a 50s Westinghouse. It works like a charm, will freeze your beverages in the fridge part if you set it to. I got it off craigslist free and I gave the guy $20 to deliver it to my work.

Yes. My son has lost interest in the project. He will end up with either my tan 67 bug with a 1600 in it or a Toyota pickup. I have found a better body for the 64. It is a 61 and it needs heater channels and doors and some other rust repair but it is still less than the 64. I decided to chop the...

blah, blah, blah I snapped a Mac 14mm wrench last week using it in a way it was not designed to be used. Since I was scared of breaking another good wrench I grabbed a Taiwan wrench out of the box. It didn't break. :headscrat I have mostly Craftsman, a few Snap-On, Mac, Matco, Husky...a few...

Exactly! I have different standards for different tasks. Framing a wall is different than machining a hole. A penetration gap is different if I'm welding 2" plate vs. sheetmetal.

Here's mine...1950s? Westinghouse, will freeze your beverages, heavier than my modern 26 cu. ft. side-by-side. The plan is to paint it VW dove blue with some pinstriping and redo the chrome.

I think grey, green or blue hammertone would be the way to go.