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    Favorite/Most Useful Welding Tools?

    A very large safety pin for hooking torch striker to belt loop
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    Let's See Your Garage Dog

    have no idea if this worked but this is diesel helping make hay love this thread will have to find shots from the shop
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    My flea market findings

    you did better then me all i found today was 2 hog scrapers and a haynes manual for my jeep and that stuff cost me 2 bucks
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    thanks cundifc!
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    yeah i have no need for a 32'' bar i am no logger im just running a 20" plus we have no old growth timber here... i clean out the bar and the hole saw every morning in the winters when we go cut with compressed air i do not do any extra oiling of anything on the saw but will start makes since...
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    its a stihl ms 390 and its Stihl 33RSC Saw Chain (.375" x .050" Chisel) chain there are green and yellow bars the rollermatic E is a green or safety bar and the rollermatic ES is a pro bar i have the oiler turned all the way up i use a little more then half a tank of oil to a tank of gas and i...
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    yeah there the right pitch and gauge i just didnt know if you should be running pro chain on a low kickback bar
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    stihl bar oil 90% of the time the other 10 is the kind in the green gallon jug flip the bar every time i sharpen and the oilier is cranked up i also run a flat file down the sides of the bar to true it up i tighten the chain so that when you pull up on it you get 1/2 inch or so of play in it i...
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    mostly just oak, whit oak and locust i cut around 20-30 chords a year for myself and to sell i only run a 20" bar and nothing but stihl chains could it be that its a yellow chain on a green bar would that mater at all? this will be the 3rd bar i have bought in 4-5 years the tips are what fails...
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    Stihl or aftermarket???

    need a new bar for my saw i have used nothing but stihl bars but they seem to wear out fast and at 60 bucks a pop its getting old can anyone out there let me know how the oregon, carlton, windsor and woodland pro bars hold up and if the are any better then the rollermatic E and ES from stihl...
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    Where did you learn to weld?

    check with the state extension office or your states FFA they offer programs of some kind in my state a couple times a year at a very low cost for just the basics
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    Need help picking a 26'' top chest

    melliott28 thanks for the offer but yeah texas aint across the street but good looking out dave ill get some pics up some time this week that drill is a beast i love the more steel less complicated way things used to be built i have a table top buffalo drill press that thing must be pushing 200...
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    Need help picking a 26'' top chest

    boxes is looking great dave i got a good deal on a power kraft bottom box at a auction a couple months ago plan on cleaning it up a little it seems that stuff from the 70's is 3 times heavier then the stuff you get today
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    Where did you learn to weld?

    i spent 2 years at a tech college learning all the major processes of welding and brazing best thing i could have done well worth the money and time spent there like said above well worth the money in material and consumables now with that said one SMAW class and you'll be able to lay some nice...
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    Help me find the right box!

    thanks for all the feed back i am shocked at how many people say go with harbor freight a lot of the things i have gotten from there just seemed like junk to me but you all seem sold on there boxes at least i will have to make a drive down to one of the stores and check it out hate to buy...
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    Montgomery/Ward Chain Saw

    www.baileysonline.com great source for parts
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    Need help picking a 26'' top chest

    thanks for all the help ill have to check out the HF stuff i had no idea they would get that kinda review on here but then again thats what i came here for!
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    Help me find the right box!

    no john but ill be back out there tomorrow ill take one and put it up
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    Need help picking a 26'' top chest

    good to know ritter4.0 thanks... i have done some looking but cant seem to figure out who makes the TSC masterhand tool boxes they seem to be the beefy ones of the store bought ones anyone know jack about them?
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    Help me find the right box!

    thanks bud ill check it out from what i seen they looked like good boxes
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