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That is correct, they were once carried on all the big trucks of local utility company which was part of Standard oil. It is 3/4 drive a the other in is the internal square that removes the stud nut. From the day when men did the job and the unions let them. I have always been amazed that those...

If it is a water pipe you would want to relocate the pipe or the post base, if that is not possible then dig on both sides and under the pipe and put a sleeve over it .

Here is special tool someone may recognize. Post your guesses.

I guess there was a misunderstanding when I said stock "O" rings, I meant for SAE fittings as shown in the picture. Nothing to do with hardware store type. The elbow in the picture is SAE on the cylinder and JIC on the hose end.

They are just stock "O" rings for those fittings. If you do not have a leak at that point and you do not move the fitting they should not be a problem. Check a place called Surplus Center for info and fittings or hoses. Ialways made my own hoses until I found the ones they have for the price. I...

The shop is my favorite place, but now I must finish the house.

It is just a get away place or second home. We have three PWC's on the upper deck and hydraulic extendable boat ties on each side for a ski boat and a fishing boat. We can go down to it and all of our things are there. We have the refrigerator on all the time, powered by solar panels and backed...

I had trouble getting more than one picture to stay here so I made an album in my profile and the pictures uploaded ok.

This is the building of my houseboat, in the picture of the pontoons is my wife, son 12 and daughter 15. We did it as a family project with no outside help. I used about 400 lbs. of welding wire. The boat weighs in at 70,000 lbs.

I use an Engenius access point, covers my 15 acres pretty well. I have installed several of them for friends, they all work fine.

I was in the underground business for 25 years. I think either pipe is OK, hdpe is rated by an SDR number (size dimension ratio), the lower number is the greater wall thickness. PVC is a schedule pipe in the solvent weld variety like you are planning for, schedule 40 would be fine for your...

$15-30, try W.W. Grainger

Conduit is best, glued is a must. I once worked for a large utility company when underground was just starting and they tried direct bury. It was a big mistake for several reasons. The wire you use can make a difference too as (thwn) is the water proof variety. Check the the conduit picture in...

The Niehoff is put in line with power feed to the car, that shunt on the end of the cable allows it to read the current flowing through it at a low rate that the meter can accept. The other one is for testing spark plug wire resistance and spark output.

It is for cutting off exhaust pipes, mufflers and so forth without cutting through the other pipe.

This is my Ingersoll with cooler and auto drain. It is 7.5 hp 3ph, rated 24 cfm@175. It is in this room outside of the shop with my Kohler 50kw generator, it is 12 lead reconnectable setup for 240v 3ph delta. It is powered by a Ford 460, connected to a 500 gallon tank. The room is 120 square...

This is my Superior drill press made in Kokomo IN. when it was an industrial city, this one is from 1899. It works great, power down feed as slow as .003" per revolution and has auto stop.

I think they were sold at Western Auto stores.

Here is my Norton type S grinder, wheels are 30" x 3", 20 hp , 5230 pounds. Ready for almost any job.

Can I post a grinder that sits on the floor?