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I see a lot of welding tables with slat tops and all I've seen have the slats running in the short direction. For those who have one, does this have an advantage over running them the length of the table? My first thought is it gives you more latitudinal slots for clamping but wouldn't you have...

Came across an old craftsman compressor that I just couldn't pass up. A little GoogleFu and I think it's from 1949. Research tells me it puts out about 12 psi. It runs beautifully. When I get time I'll clean it up and use it to blow off the work bench. Oh - and I got it for $20 Sent...

Building my shop (pole barn) the truss carriers just looked like they should have something at the splices. I decided to make my own. I had several old table saw and miter saw blades; that gave me the idea. I bought one Simpson plate and used it for the hole pattern. Spray painted it to mark...

Inspired by Boyd and his incredible cabinet/bench I am finally at a point in my shop build to start on my workbench. Base will be 4 mismatched Craigslist tool boxes. They were in pretty bad shape, but this is a budget build. Started out by just pressure washing them - whew they were bad. Then...

So I'm an old dog and I gotta believe I can still learn a few tricks. I'm trying to gear up and learn to weld. With help from a neighbor that was a pipeliner, he will be my main resource for skill training and I will start practicing when I can. I got an old stick welder (Lincoln ac225) and...

Scored an old lift table on C's List. It was pretty dirty and greasy, but cleaned up real nice with a can of engine degreaser and a squirt from the pressure washer. When I saw it for $70 I decided I might find it helpful as I'm getting older. Bending down to work on things on the ground is...

I found an older Lincoln AC 225 welder and couldn't pass up the price of $60. Bought it unable to test it and it is in obvious need of some care. There is no back sheet metal on it. During my clean up and rework to get the old toombstone working again I was thinking I could just cover the...

Since I jumped on the Trusty-Cook pink hammer deal, I've found myself using a deadblow hammer for things I hadn't used one for before. In fact things I hadn't thought of needing one for. A couple examples are Framing - Yep wood framing. I was tapping (beating) in 2x wood for window headers...

Been watching CL for several weeks looking for an old Walker Jack. I went and looked at one that was so rusty it was rusted open and missing the casters and the guy still thought it was worth its weight in Brass or something. Was telling a buddy of mine about it, and he said his dad had just...