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Man, I've got to learn to use Google Sketch. I tried it and was overwhelmed. Is there an easy tutorial to learn it?

Man, I agree with you 100%. I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE HOA's period. This is our first house and now I know better. Never again with an HOA. We live in a cul-de-sac, with a landscaped area in the middle. Had a basketball hoop up for all the kids. Multiple kids from houses on the street...

Man, great job on the garage. You are so far ahead of probably 90% of 21-year olds. Take some time to sit back and really think about what you have done with your time and pat yourself on the back.

Man, I hope this all goes well for you. I think water is the #1 issue to deal with on any home for the most part. Breaking pipes, leaking appliances, yard drainage issues, freezing, etc. Pain in the a**! We need to have our concrete drive replaced after 23 years. We need to get a drain and...

yeah I will spring for the 7" one. I don't have any coupons, but just subscribed to their mailing list. I'm sure they will send me a bunch. We have a Northern Tool place 15 min from the house, but the HF place is about 40 min from the house so I never bought much of anything from them b/c of...

Very, very cool work! I wish we would stop building new stuff and refurbish these old buildings sitting around everywhere. I sent this thread to a good friend of mine that lives in Kenosha just 10 min away probably. He brought me to that Andy's diner once. I loved it. He said he sent you...

Nevermind... I see they do have a 7" one for $40 though. But much better motor probably makes it worth the $20 more. http://www.harborfreight.com/7-inch-angle-grinder-67648.html

I've thought about getting one too. So cheap at $19. I wish they had a 7" one. 9" is too big and when I used one to cut through some landscaping bricks, 4.5" was too small. The big difference I see between these and some name brand is the motor amp's. This has about 1/2 the amp rating as the...

Very cool. Something about being organized speaks to me. :)

I guess it's just me ... but I can't fathom using anything other than steel plate of some kind as a bench top. Sure, wood looks nice, epoxy, etc, etc. but none of that will stand up well to use over time, spilled liquids/chemicals, pounding, any kind of metal work. It seems like anything...

FOLLOW UP - It *WAS* the Welder itself!!! It was the welder. I finally just went and exchanged it. Plugged the new one in and it fired right up, no issues. Man, frustrating how much time you doubt your setup and it turns out to be the unit itself. Brand new one off the shelf too. But...

Hmmm. Can you link me to where you saw that? Oh on second thought, you might be looking at a different model. They make a next level up model that can run on 120 or 230. Mine is strictly a 230 model.

It's a Lincoln Electric Pro Mig 180 http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/Equipment/Pages/product.aspx?product=k2481-1(LincolnElectric)

Correct. It's a clamp type behind and up to code here.

Correct. In that outlet, the white is not needed.

yeah I flip the breaker on to get the 245.5v reading. When it's off I get near 0 which is correct. The white is not used on the 6-50R receptacle. The ground is the green in the receptacle, which has the bare wire run to it and also grounded in the sub-panel. The white end in the sub panel...

Yeah it's a brand new out of the box Lincoln Electric Pro Mig 180. I'm going to try plugging it into my dryer receptacle in the house as I know that outlet works! (but that will have to wait until tomorrow night after work to try)

yes, I put the meter on the outlet that I plug the welder into (2nd picture in my original post).

I put the red to the red and black to the black and the meter read 245.5v and didn't move from it. Yes, I keep the breaker off but turn it on when I was ready to use it (and test it above). So I'm for sure getting power to that outlet then. It's wired directly to the main feed outside the...

Hi All- I'm trying to run a new device in my garage and I'm either not getting power to the outlet or I'm getting the wrong voltage and need to know how to correct it. Here is the device input power label. From this I think it can use either 208v or 230v: Here is the outlet I am connecting...