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Belzer is owned by Apex Tool Group. Belzer is shown to be a South America only brand. Since it is owned by Apex, I would expect the tools to be good quality.

Richard D, In Texas City the depth of your water table is probably measured in inches, not feet. Burying a 55 gal drum vertically sounds like an experiment in finding out how high. Commercial waterless urinals use an acidic solution (added manually) to keep the smell down. So, add a trap and...

Buy an all metal vacuum used to clean out fireplaces.

Isn't anyone on this thread old enough to know the old mechanic's trick of dipping the tip of a screwdriver in the can of valve grinding compound to get extra grip on troublesome screws?

Garrett Wade has new bits and there are quite a few used bits on eBay.

The best outdoor wood finish is Epifanes spar varnish. Instructions call for at least four thin coats, more are better, but this stuff lasts. This finish is not a no-maintenance finish, but no exterior wood finish is. According to the Google you can buy it at Wally World. Be best if you upgrade...

Gotta agree with Nuttsgt, Comet and green scotchbrite pad. Scrub and rinse a couple of times, then if there is still some paint adhered, coat it with Soygel paint remover. The Soygel will take off the paint and won't hurt your hands. When all the paint is off, Comet and scotchbrite again, rinse...

Maybe not. The first pipe clamps I bought were two 1/2" five footers. Used them right away on a project. The are light weight and easy to handle and are absolutely worthless for serious clamping. Those two 1/2" pipe clamps have been hanging on my clamp rack for thirty years to remind me to only...

I bought a small yellow cabinet about a year ago to get the flammable liquids out of my shop. I found it on Craig's list for 25% of new. I have a open lean to outside my shop so I set it up there. I did this primarily because I have a house style HVAC in my shop.

In high school wood shop the instructor handed me an 8" cast iron lathe faceplate and told me to drill four 1/4" holes where the dimples were on the back. The threaded boss made a good handhold until the drill bit grabbed more than it could chew off at which point that nice big Delta drill press...

Be careful using bolts as an example in this thread. Industrial bolt users have been fighting a battle againt counterfeit bolts for over twenty years. The counterfeit bolts are NOT an example of reduced specifications! Counterfeit bolts are an example of outright criminality because of the vast...

Thanks for the update. We appreciate it. When I went to air condition my shop, I let my HVAC contractor talk me out of installing a mini-split. I had installed several in computer rooms at work with excellent results, but he had no experience with them. Once again my first instinct was right...

Buy a cheap steel framing blade and mount it backwards. It will cut sheet metal very well and I have cut up to 1/4" with it. It will be very noisy and throw lots of hot and sharp chips.

If your garage is a nonconditioned space masonite will absorb moisture and warp.

That's the spirit! Make it work! How much money did you save buying the Predator engine instead of buying a bolt on Briggs?

Well, you mentioned about five different heating devices: 1) BBQ, an offset smoker is typical, 2) oven, indiect fired, sometimes combined with offset smoker, 3) grill, direct fired, lots of choices, 4) (pots and) pans, a cooktop(?), 5) warmer, warming oven, drawers, etc. The real question is...

Put a 1.0 HP motor on your little table top drill press with new belts. It's going to take a lot of 2" forstner bits to drill 2000 holes, and you are going to get very good at sharpening them.

The gravel floor is in the blacksmith part of the shop, so it makes sense there.

We had those Lincoln Tombstones all over the chemical plant. Great price/performance ration. Learned to weld with one of them.

I too like the Zip system, it is a very good housewrap product. But, it is not a vapor barrier. The Zip systems data sheets talk about "optimum breathability" to keep free water out of the wall and allow the wall to breathe. A vapor barrier Is impermiable and usually goes inside, thus the talk...