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Well guys, I am looking for a chop saw... Tractor Supply has one made by Clark for $119.99 Lowe's has the Hitachi for $149.99 and the BORG has a Ryobi for $139.99 Then if in the running.... Horror Freight has a couple under $100.00 Anyway, my main stay would be 1" stock (solid) or up to...

I used to do the old "blow it up" trick when I worked at a truck stop in the late 80's. We had one tech that decided he would wake up one of the truckers that was driving him nuts. He must of put damn near half a can in the tire before he lit it. That truck tire came about five feet off the...

PS... like it was said, it's a tool and one of the more dangerous ones to boot, but when you need it it can be so handy~ Here it was used as a hand winch to free my truck when I sort of put it in a bad spot in my back yard... Nuff said, Eh?

These jacks deserve respect. I got sick of mine slipping off the sliders on my 4-Runner so I made a custom adapter to fit under the tube. It made it much more stable as you can see. Yes, I was just testing it here to see how it held up. It passed the test with flying colors. I was able to...

Funny you brought this up... I have mostly all Snap-On or S-K tools and all my ratchets are S-K. The other day I had to run to sears to I brought a ratchet that broke maybe 5 to 7 years ago with me. I almost fell over when I saw just how big of a piece of **** it looked like compared to the...

Wow, that is a wonderful restoration! I restore a lot of tooling myself with lathes being my main stay. I assume that you used some body filler to smooth off the castings, right? It looks great and the orange is a keeper. In fact the Monarch is one of the few lathes that can pull off a color...

Dang if I can find the post, and I have looked, and searched for about 15min! Anyway, someone posted up the free shipping over $25.00 from Enco.com and I just wanted to post up to say thanks, and that the PRPT12 free shipping code still works as of tonight! I normally pay about $7.00 to ship...

I have two, a little tiny Craftsman 109 series that was my Granddad's and "Martha". Martha just came home in November, she was built about 1890 by F.E. Reed & Co. Before: After: And Martha, all ready for restoration.

Same here... I have a set of impact sockets I bough back in the late 1980's and while aI have lost a few, I have NEVER broken one. I have been very pleased with them.

Well, I am a bad file owner and I know it... I have about 25-30 of them all on top of one and another in a drawer in my tool box. To be fair though, I stop at a local used tool guy and pick them up at two for a quarter used. I have a good file kept at my metal lathe. This one is in a...

FWIW... A normal paint can shaker will work as long as the cap is on the can. A bit more expensive, sure... but you never know with e-bay!

Thanks guys, yes... it gets used a LOT in fact, it's amazing how often it comes in handy when it is all set up and ready to go. I did not honestly get all that fussy with it, in fact it is only half painted! I covered the walls with my drop cloths and sprayed the rustoilum from a gun with the...

You should be fine making your own. I would build the main box form chip board or ply and line the inside with hardboard panels. I say this just for the cost factor and not long life. If you make the hardboard panels screw on, you can just swap out any damaged ones. 1/4" plate glass for the...

IHMO, you will never see an old tank "explode". You will have leaks for a long time that start being bigger leaks to the point that you stop using the compressor before it explodes. The tank will rot out and begin to leak from the most rotted area a little at a time as the rot gets worse and...

Mine is an old Devilblis with a big old 220V motor in it (Repulsion Induction) Oh, and when I mean big.... that's a 60 gallon tank!

The negative "bolt" has two wires with clips on them inside the tank (Later moved to the outside of the tank so they are not stored in the water) I did this so my charger never came in contact with the water when in use. My web-page is here: http://ct-web2.unh.edu/lee/electrolysis.htm and...

Hey guys, getting in a bit late on this one, but I thought I would share my 5gal tank. I have replaced the anodes once in three years and have used it maybe a few dozen times. I always keep it filled and the bucket has a lid that stays on when not in use. Pay no mind to the bag, it is washing...

You can also make one with some scrap plywood, furnace filters and an old HVAC fan...

I am in process of building a large work station (8' long) and am planning to freshen up some of the the older tools I have. I have a old heavy duty disk/belt sander that is mostly cast iron. I posted up the old 8" bench grinder I picked up, and an cheapo drill press that needs minor paint on...

FYI, the "Mack" paint is made by Kirkler. I painted my Jeep in it this summer.. Nice paint. About $80 a gallon ready to spray with hardner & reducer. VERY easy paint to spray. Give it a light tack coat to make the surface sticky before you put on a reall coat or you can run it pretty easily.