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If you do choose to "run the wire out through the gun until you reach tight wire", then you could simply "rewind" it back through the gun and the hose. Turn the power off, wrap a rag around the nozzle end of the gun, reach the spool with your hand and simply turn the spool to rewind the wire...

Here's something that helped my wire feed a ton. Cost me a nickel. The stock nut that came with the thing, meant to "adjust tension" on the spool was a plain wingnut. The way the spool rotated, it caused the wingnut to tighten as the wire fed out. Washers and other attempts to fix the "auto...

Here's the hold down/tray I built for my van... 26 year old OEM tray LEFT, my new fabbed up quick, made-from-shop-scraps tray RIGHT - The actual "hold down" part of the thing is a pair of 1/4-20 allthread rods front and rear of the tray. On top of the battery are two pieces of angle iron...

Cordless for nearly everything. For me, it has to do with WHERE I'm working. I live on a mini-ranch. Working on a fence or horse panel or whatever is simple if I take a cordless skillsaw, drill driver, sawzall, impact driver etc TO the work. Even if there is 110v power near the area, it's just...

Those suggesting a utility knife must be cutting some kind of horse stall mat that I'm not used to. The one's we use are made from recycled tires. No way in heck that a utility knife, even in the hands or Arnold, could cut through them. I mark with a silver sharpie and a straight edge, put a...

If they arrive scratched, have them refinished and apply polish liberally. Then store them behind glass in a humidity and temperature controlled display case. And if you're not well practiced at polishing your own tools, I recommend having them professionally polished. Sgt Lumpy

My LWS has better prices on US made wire than HD or Lowes, even HF China or eBay/Amazon Italian wire. Sgt Lumpy

CRC Freez-Off. It's the same light oil stuff as the others plus it freezes the object you spray it on. Freeze shrinks the joint, maybe breaking the corrosion, maybe allowing the light oil to get in there. Add heat if you want with soldering gun, big iron, even a spot weld from a MIG. You don't...

The Johnson Creek sign does look really well done. Did you cut the letters with something other than plasma? Got any intermediate step pics? Template? Much finish grinding? etc. Sgt Lumpy

Dead shopping cart from the local ditch. Pretty heavy steel though. Tough to bend. Sgt Lumpy

I think you could only cover half of Alaska. The other half of the tub would get all over your hands and tools. Lump

I don't even know what a tag is. But I thought bitchy passive-aggressive whining WAS what GJ was all about. Sgt Lumpy

I certainly hope that piece of EMT was from the tool truck and not that inferior Asian import stuff. :lol_hitti Sgt Lumpy

That is if Winter ever GETS HERE. We've had an unusually long summer this year. Temps still up near 100 during the day here in Phoenix. "It's a DRY kind of heat" Sgt Lumpy

No specific tool for me. Breaker bar and socket if I'm in the shop. I've done it in the field/breakdown with a regular combination wrench. Chevy 4.3 V6 with electric fan if that makes a difference. Sgt Lumpy

I'm late to the party as well with the same thought. So here's a mod... Turn those two small holes into one, larger "Handle" sized oval. Round over the edges etc. Now you've got a hanging hole, a carry handle, and even a clamping hole that allows you to get a C clamp or F clamp closer to the...

Angle grinding and cutoff wheel spark/slag, when working hot rolled steel, will melt little craters and embed steel granuals in a Honda Accord windshield. A "friend" of mine told me that happened to his wife's car. "He" now moves the car whenever working anywhere near it. Lump

I attach my ratchets to sockets. I turn nuts and bolt heads with them. ... :scared: Lump

Poetic justice would demand a 12 pt, 1" Harbor Freight "Through the Handle" ratchet. Sgt Lumpy

Name any tool maker that will replace your tool for ANY reason, any time, whether you've used or abused it or any other reason. Sgt Lumpy