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I have an Aircat angle die grinder that I am very happy with. It has lots of torque and is very quiet, and Aircat is good about building quality low air consumption tools. My straight die grinder is an old Cleco that I inherited from my Dad. The Cleco has lots of torque but it's an air hog...

I worked at a plumbing supply store when I was much younger, the more experienced guys there used to give people hell that would come in and want to buy a 'hot water heater'. "If the water is already hot, why do you need to buy a heater for it?" I heard that a lot from the salesmen at the...

My current project, I'm building this one for a friend. I installed new quarter panels, inner wheel wells, trunk drop off panels, new front fenders and hood. Jambs painted, we're going back to the original midnight bronze. Fenders, header panel and valence panel painted: It's still...

I've done a lot of paint work out of my small garage. Here's my '70 Camaro, it started out like this: Laying down the clear here: Finished up and on the road.

Thank you, they are definitely very cool in person, the pictures really don't do them justice. I am playing the part of distributor, I wish I could make something this nice.

This is a little side project I'm working on. I'm exploring a new venture of selling high quality hand carved tobacco pipes. Today I took delivery of a selection of tobacco pipes made from rare and original Ebony, Rosewood & Natural Hardwoods. Each one is a unique work of functional art. I...

A few years ago I signed up online to be an ambassador for Makers Mark just for the hell of it. Soon they started sending me all kinds of goodies for free. Last Christmas I received an ice ball mold from them. It works awesome. It's just plastic. You fill up the lower section with water...

The 6255 is an awesome little grinder. I have been using it several hours a day since I got it and I like it very much over my old grinder. I can't get over how quiet it is. You hear the actual grinding or sanding over the little noise the tool puts out. My old grinder was deafening. I used to...

Mine was $1000 @ Lowes...

Just brought this one home today: My old 33 gallon Speedaire is going to be re-purposed as a dedicated paint booth compressor.

I ordered it through Amazon. I have a Prime membership so the deals are a little sweeter. I will put it through it's paces and report back. Thanks again.

After much deliberation I went ahead and snagged the Aircat 6255. I will have it Wednesday. I've heard a lot of good things about Aircat and have been wanting to give something of theirs a try for myself.

I ran down to the local Tractor Supply and they have this one in stock for $69.99: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VYZ1HW/?tag=atomicindus08-20 and what is the difference between the previous IR and this one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000E21D3C/?tag=atomicindus08-20 Is it worth the extra $?

To clarify I am buying this as my dedicated roloc grinder. I do a lot of restoration work and am currently cleaning the floor pans on a '72 Z28, I was using my old one cleaning out the creases when it quit on me.

This looks to be a nice gearless kit by K-Tool: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006FGILY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Thanks for the input.. I like the Sunex as well, now I'm leaning towards that one.

Hey folks. Yesterday my 1/4" angle air grinder bit the dust. It was a cheap import and it's a miracle it lasted as long as it did. I'm shopping for a replacement and could use a little help deciding which to get. I'm looking at either of these 2: The IR 3102...

I disassembled the impact, inspected it and put some fresh grease in it and put it back together, the thing works like new, save for the trigger which seems to be a bit sticky at times, I haven't broken in to that part of it yet. It cleaned up nice but the case has been beat to hell, I've been...

I hit up a good estate sale today and scored pretty well. Here's what I hauled home: First I grabbed this old IR 1/2" electric impact. I already removed & re-installed some lug nuts with it to verify it worked. Any guesses on how old this thing is? I picked it up for $7 Next I got this...

I never timed it, but it's not too bad. From empty to 110 psi takes probably 6-8 minutes. BTW those 2 extra tanks were old compressors I snatched from the curb before the garbage truck got them, they aren't pretty but they make a big difference when I'm running my sandblasting cabinet. I bought...