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    My personal Rapidair experience

    OP here to answer a couple questions and further observations. The supplied cutter seems to work pretty good. I had a ratcheting cutter on-hand that I tried and it also works but no better than the supplied cutter. I think it just takes practice to get the cuts nice and square. I'm following...
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    Jet drill press: Is this thing worth $300?

    No way is that press worth $300. Keep looking.
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    My personal Rapidair experience

    I decided after watching numerous Youtube videos and reading accounts on this and other forums that I would install the Rapidair Maxline piping product in my 28ft x 30ft shop to compliment my new 40-gallon PUMA air compressor. I'd been getting by with two separate compressors and dragging hoses...
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    New Shop

    I did T1-11 oriented vertically. Happy with it after almost 8 years. Might not be for you if you do anything sparky (welding. grinding, etc), although mine is sealed with a anti-flammable additive.
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    Trading down on my engine hoist

    I currently have a nice AC Delco 2 ton engine hoist. I don't do any engine work and just use it as a general purpose shop crane. It's well made from heavy thick wall rectangular tubing. My only complaint is that it is not the folding variety. The legs have to be lifted vertically out of their...
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    10 yr old tank leaking from what?

    Make sure you understand where it's leaking. It might be leaking from rust around the bung, which would be dangerous.
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    Show me your air compressor doghouse

    My shop is two story with an interior staircase. I walled in the area under the staircase, and it always just seemed to collect junk. Then I got tired of listening to the air compressor out in the main downstairs room and had the brilliant idea of putting the air compressor in the "closet" under...
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    Faulty air compressor causes explosion and fire

    The father of a buddy of mine accidentally burned down the family home some years back when he was power washing the deck at the far end of the house, somehow using the air compressor (don't know details). They determined that the compressor got hot, ignited something in the garage, and by the...
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    machining class: how to prepare

    Lest we forget Youtube content creators ABOM79 and Keith Fenner and Keith Rucker.
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