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That a tight space then. I just built a dolly for mine out of old 1" chrome sq tubing used in office desks. Whenever we scraped out desks I would grab the legs and save them. Now I can easily slide out the cabinet from the wall to do maintenance. Over head vac may work, they are not too heavy...

my 02, I also have a skatblast cab from TP Tools, about 10 years now. It is a good unit overall. I used it for years tapped off a 50-hp screw compressor so cfm was never a problem. When I first bought it I thought I would save a few bucks and use a shop vac as I was told I could. What a mistake...

I can't say whether it uses oil, per say. It came in over full with oil and it blew down several times before I shut it down to see what the problem was. There was a lot of oil getting in the system. I am still using it in a temporary set up. I want to get it final installed,hard piped and get...

I want to follow up on my experience with this compressor so far to benefit others who are considering one. First off, would I buy one of these again? that is a fair question to ask and the honest answer is yes in a minute. This compressor fit my needs about as close as can be expected. It is...

To follow up on this, I decided to buy a new GL8. I couldn't find a used one locally, I guess people hold on to them. I like it for what it is. It is small enough to use in my tight shop surroundings. I used it yesterday to lift my air compressor up 6', that is about 300 lbs and it worked fine...

Thank you. Do you still have the 67 vette?

I am following this since I am doing about the same thing in my home shop. I have access to some surplus 1/2" blk pipe and copper tubing so I am planning on using both. The copper tubing was used off a 400 gallon rec tank to the control panel and we never had a leak but I don't know what was...

I work on old vettes and what I like to do is get the short steel lines NAPA has or had the last time I needed them. These are metric, I was surprised to find a MC with metric threads in a 69 vette but that is what was in there. I cut off the flared nut on one end and screwed in the lines on the...

Thank you, that explains a lot. What a shame to see another once great business fail. I have seen it in the machine tool business all too often. I am glad I have the tools I do and they have served me well over the years. Signing off of this thread now.

Well just got back to read this thread. Sorry I do not scan threads here, at least on Craftsmen tools. I never had a need to since my 40 year old tools still function fine. I recently read on a thread, and it might not have been here, that the quality level for Craftsman dropped to what seems...

I dunno, maybe I am Rip Van Winkle, but I haven't had to really buy hand tools in many years. When I did I bought Craftsman because they were local, had a lifetime warranty which I used a few time, and really were good tools. I abused the heck out of them and they held up. Mine were all bought...

Well I made up a set of cooling risers- (4) 6' lengths of 1/2" blk pipe, regulator/filter, and another on the blast cabinet. I hooked them up temporarily and blasted a couple of steering boxes clean. The compressor kept up with the blast cabinet for the most part. It is a huge difference going...

Normally I would agree, in this case I am confident it can be repaired with min down time for me. I rely on air to build my vette boxes and differentials so if I don't have to crate it and return it all the better for all parties. If it doesn't work out Mark assured me Eastwoods would take care...

To follow up on where I am with this machine and response to my issues. I contacted Eastwoods and got in touch the guy who is in charge of this project, Mark R. I will say that the tech support from Mark has been excellent, actually rare from vendors today in fact. I thought I was the only one...

Exactly what mine did today on first start up. At least you got some time on it. I really needed about 20 minutes on it but don't want oil dumping out all over.

Well it's Sat night, snowing in CT and I just came in from the shop. I had the time to wire in a 30 amp, 240vac, 1ph circuit and wire up my new compressor. I had it close to a month and need it to get some jobs done in my blast cabinet. This compressor came with oil in it so I assume it was...

I still haven't had time to wire my compressor up and start using it. I am curious for those that did if you have any condensation issues, what you may be using for filtration? I have a job to do quickly so I was thinking once I get it wired up to use a hose to my blast cabinet to get in about...

Thanks for the feedback, I want it to lift about 150# crates from the floor to pickup bed. I would also like to use it with a boom to lift about 120#. I have been looking and nothing local yet, but pricing is in the $600 range. Sounds like you got a nice deal with it. I appreciate the review...

Been looking online at some Genie small lifts and the GL line looks like something I can use. Has anyone used one? How well does it work, move, etc and are they easy to load on a p/u truck? Pricing seems to be about $1400 for new, does anyone know of a good used equipment dealer?

To follow up, I had a carpenter come in last evening to take a look. Given the lack of fastners used on the ceiling 15 years ago I am going to screw the S**T of it and he said adding 2x4 support is all I need to do to tighten it up but not to store and hang anything off it. He agreed the best...