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Will be building a 14' x 4' high swinging gate this summer. Will have two sections and be made from thinwall 1.5x5" or 1.5x6" tubing for the main frame and will look like this photo but won't have the curved pieces on top and will be square. The center/inset area will have 3/4 or 1" wide by...

Will be building a new exhaust setup and plan to use a stainless steel muffler and mild steel pipe (and ceramic coating the whole thing). Can I tack weld stainless to mild steel pipe with a few dots of regular MIG wire around each piece and then get a certified/pro welder to finish it all off...

I just received this exhaust tip off ebay. One tip is slightly deformed at the upper rear part of one pipe. I knew it was like this when I bought it. It's going on a 60's vintage car I'm restoring and I could not find another like it that is similar including Europe. I was thinking of...

Wondering if there is a type of safety glasses or goggles that work best along with a half face respirator? Have been doing a lot of rust repair on a car lately and have been creating a ton of dust and flying particles from grinding, sanding and cutting. Have a half face respirator but the...

My workshop has a heated floor and it's toasty warm and I only wear a T-shirt. When I am MIG welding it would be nice to have a pullover or zip-up lightweight welding shirt. Is there such a thing? Everything I find seems to be button up which would be a nuisance to put on every few minutes to...

Anyone know of any youtube vids or websites with a good description on how to smooth out MIG welds on sheet metal and how to use the various tools and discs? Can't seem to find any vids that are worth watching. Am doing my first restoration on a vintage car body that is needing a lot of sheet...

Am going to order a Dust Deputy collector and want a dedicated shop vac and be able to fit both under my blast cabinet. Looking at the various small shop vacs out there, I came across ash vacuums which seem like a good idea since they are designed to handle fine dust. They're relatively small...

Is there anything that can be done to control or reduce dust in a workshop other than not making it in the first place or taking it outside? Besides a few cars, equipment, workbench, etc. I have a lot of open shelving with car parts and misc. stuff on them and it's getting onto everything. Not...

Have had couple of 1960s Fiat Abarth projects for years, one about 30 and the other about 10. Now that I have my dream garage finished have started on some restoration work. Must have spent thousands of hours reading anything I could find and watching youtube vids. Best way of learning so far...

My table saw has been one of the most useful tools I've owned and has been used from just slicing a piece of wood in half to framing, finishing & cabinetry on large custom houses. Have finally finished my dream garage I've lusted after for decades and am transitioning into retirement and...

Have a new HF 240 volt spot welder I want to use on a car restoration. Doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info. around on using a portable spot welder. Seems like you pull the trigger for in the range of 1/2 to 2 seconds. Some spot welders (fancier ones I guess) use a timer. I can do some...

I want to revise my user name to one I use on a number of other forums on the internet. I can't register a new name on garagejournal because it says my email address is already in use.

The concrete floors in our attached garage (about 2,000 sq. ft total in 3 rooms) have taken quite a bit of abuse since the concrete was done about 10 years ago. The floors have gotten droplets and splotches of oil-based & latex paint, oil & grease, bits of drywall mud, some who-knows-what, etc...

Have been wondering about this for a while and maybe someone here has the answer. Looking at a typical 13 watt CFL, if you look at the base, it has the current printed on it. A Philips CFL we have for example, is 220 ma (0.22 amps). If you multiply the current by 120 volts, that's 26.4 watts...

Repurpose it... :) Used to be into BMW 2002s in a big way and had stripped many cars for parts. I eventually saw the light (after some words from the boss of me) and got rid of it all except I kept a ****** casing to make into a stool. Have been hanging onto this thing for 15+ years and...

Recently finished my shop enough to finally use it and have been welding, grinding and a little painting (by brush). The tenant above, my SIL, has been complaining about odors getting into her suite. Am wondering what fumes/gases/odors are more likely to get through the ceiling and then the...

Looking for 2 or 3 heavy duty 0"-1" C-clamps like in the photo for a sheet metal bender I want to make. They appear to be sometimes called a bridge clamp. They all seem to cost something like $50 -$100 per each, even used. Not sure why. Don't care about the country of origin in this case...

This is a heavy piece of an I-beam that was left here by the previous owners. It weighs about 300 lbs and is 18"L x 12"W x 14"H. The top and bottom flanges are 1.5" thick and the vertical web is 1" thick. Don't really want to take it somewhere to get cut into a more standard looking anvil...

Recently bought an IR 311A dual action sander. Feels great in the hand and has some nice weight to it, plus it is a real dual action and the shaft can be locked for either. Going through my stash o' good junk yesterday, I came across a brand new Campbell Hausfeld PL1566 random orbital sander...

Yup, band-aids, and not the hasty fix kind. Question is, why is it they make them so friggin' hard to open when you need one the most?? So you've cut your flesh somewhere, are bleeding all over and in a near state of shock and passing out and you've got to find the tiny little ends and open...