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I wouldn't give any more than $40 for it. That weld job looks terrible. Not a huge deal if you can redo it yourself. Overall the vise looks about worn out.

I have two older vidmars in my garage. We also have a mess of them at work. Early on in my career I figured out the grease in them drys out and the drawers stick. When work was slow I went through and related most of the vidmars in the shop. I also lubed my two. Makes a world of difference...

I like where your head is at. One step better, find a guy on CL or Marketplace to dig the trench for you. Laying the pipe is easy. I'd step the supply up to 1".

I think a pressure tank and pump is going to be your cheapest option that will net results. Upping the pipe size after a major restriction (the supply line) isn't going to make a difference.

Looks like you have gotten sound advice. I have a nugget on the conduit from the house to the shop. NEC requires any PVC conduit exposed to possible damage must be schedule 80. That means the chunk of conduit coming out of the ground at each end needs to be schedule 80. To simplify things I...

One more vote for 100 amps. Except I would us MHF at 90 amps (that's what I did and it has been plenty, much cheaper than running any other type of wire). Again, it depends on the tools you are using. My stick and mig welder both do fine on a 240v 30 amp breaker, look at the actual amps drawn...

I would not install the air compressor up there, not a good environment for a compressor. You want cool air going into the compressor - the compression of the air adds in enough heat. Also the vibration is not good for the structure, best to have that on concrete. I could see separating the...

One more vote for into the tank of the truck. I'd carry it to the gas station with me, dump in a couple gallons, then fill the tank up. In a couple fill ups it will be gone. The water filtering funnel sounds like a good idea, but I would just dump it in the truck a little a time personally.

Can you replace that panel with a larger panel? Doesn't look like there is much in it. Might be easier to replace it than to make room for another panel.

I bought Clopay doors from a local dealer. I wanted them insulated, with flat panels inside and out, and high lift that follow the sloped ceiling. They worked with Clopay and had them engineered. Their price was better than I could find elsewhere. They also installed them and did a great...

I have the pictured casters above on the baby gate in my living room. The gate is across the 5' wide door way from the living room to the dining room. They work great. I bought them at Lowe's. They were reasonably priced.

All the drinking they do on the job makes it easy.

I wired my garage last year with plenty of spare slots in the panel. I also still have open studs, so it is easy to run new circuits. I find 240v is better for any tool that gives the option of 120v or 240v, as I can get away with smaller wire.

Thanks guys! Now to find a cheap source for one, hard to justify spending more to control the pump than I paid for it. LOL.

Looks like you got your answer, so please allow my tangent. I ran a 90a service out to my garage using MHF in 1 1/2" conduit. There was plenty of room in the conduit. I think 2" might be overkill and a waste of money. Keep in mind I am a DIY speaking on my first hand experience in my one...

I have an Intex pool with the original pump setup to vacuum the pool (the stock pumps are junk, upgraded to a bigger/better pump). I only use it for vacuuming, a fountain for cooling the pool (and kids love playing with the fountain), and additional filtration when needed. It would be nice to...

Friend of mine bought a house from the 70s with a garage out back. The garage has a single 120v circuit running out to it feeding a couple outlets and an overhead light. The circuit is fed from the main panel in the house through conduit out to the garage (likely 3/4" conduit, but not sure the...

Torch and a jig to bend around. I had a similar project a few years ago and had access to a ring roller with no grooves for round stock. I rolled a ring in flat bar to the size I wanted, tacked it down to my weld table, and heat bent the round stock around the jig. Worked a treat.

My pressure washer came with aluminum ends on the high pressure hose. Damn thing seized on the spray wand and destroyed both pieces. Was a fairly high end Simpson pressure washer, was very disappointed. I recently bought a Flexzilla jumper hose and was disappointed to find it has aluminum...

OP, what exactly did you build there? I am curious to see it installed. I have mine piped w/ ~12" of hose to a 1/4 turn ball valve. The ball valve is attached to the side of a coffee can at the bottom of the can. Crack the valve, water is blasted into coffee can, close valve and leave...