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quick question, I am planning a "cheap" paint job on a mini bike frame I am building. I will be using rust oleum professional paint with rust oleum reducer and Valspar acrylic enamel hardener. My question is, should I mix the hardener to the paint before or after thinning? the hardener needs to...

I had thought about all those options. with a rolling stand, it's just too difficult to put the force required on the base with one foot while pulling with both arms on the handle while balancing your body with the other foot while reading the degree wheel. With the hitch mount, it's too...

I ended up just going with wedge anchors on mine. If I remember they called for around 85 ft lbs, and that thing is solid.

Okay, so I have had the new C-Aire hooked up and in use for a couple weeks now. Compared to my old unit, this thing is AWESOME! Now please understand that my shop is a 3 car garage that is set up rather nicely, my air usage so far consists of die grinders, impact guns, air ratchets, and the...

Sooooooo, went back to the shop and got the correct end installed. got it home went to put it on and..........leaking air like crazy. took it back down AGAIN and come to find out they had a bad run of fittings supposedly and the threads were cut wrong. Long story short had another complete hose...

and that would be why its not sealing. looks like a trip back to the hose shop for a different end. what kind of end should I be expecting to get that work with iron pipe. I am wanting a swivel for ease of installation.

If it is a hydraulic fitting the guy that made it screwed up. I clearly told him I needed ends for 1/2 pipe.

So this is the fitting in question, is there a specific fitting that this is meant to be mated to? I need to go onto 1/2" pipe but it is not sealing. In fact it seems to be slightly flaring out the pipe and making it hard to thread on and off. Am I missing something? First time I have plumbed a...

here we go the manifold itself seems to be holding pressure but now the lead hose I had locally made has a leak at the female thread end. I may never get this simple little job done. I don't think I have had something so small and simple give me so many issues.

Damn It! I'll have to repost tonight, sorry

This is what was giving me so much trouble. The piece in the center between filter and reg. https://i.imgur.com/wMKbUBW.jpg

I ran out this morning to test it, I wont be able to concentrate at work wondering if my last try worked. As of now all my joints seem to be air tight. I don't know if it was the particular piece of pipe I was using or if I had not tightened it enough before but it seems to be good. I am leaning...

well I assembled it once more tonight with a different piece of pipe where it was leaking. If it still doesn't seal I may try this. I may also use JB weld and hope I never want to take it apart

Im dealing with 3/4 inch pipe and only using an 8 or 10 inch pipe wrench as to not over tighten it. I am not a professional plumber and have not dealt with iron pipe much before so its hard to say if i'm over tightening or not enough. But out of 10 joints, only one was still giving me trouble.

I am building a small manifold for my new compressor install using iron pipe. I am having a hell of a time getting the joints between the iron pipe and the filter/regulator to seal. started with Teflon tape, too many leaks. I switched to rectorseal 5 and the pipe to fitting connections are...

I have a 30 amp on this circuit, per the manufacturers requirement. Are hour meters known for shorting?

So with the fuses, I would imagine something fairly small? the meter can't pull much of anything as far as current, so maybe 5amp? I really would like to use the meter just to add a little reassurance to know exactly how much run time I've got on it but I need to be sure I've got it installed right.

I am just amazed that people would go so long between oil changes. even on compressors that are not used much, there is still condensation that will accumulate in the crankcase throughout the year. Oil change regularity should be taken seriously. I have just replaced a 30 year old Campbell...

Okay, so how many people have installed an hour meter and had it burn their shop down? Or even catch fire, or damage their machine? I guess this meter is a bad idea, and should be avoided at all costs. And to all if you who go YEARS without changing compressor oil, I wonder how your trucks run?

that makes sense. Although, I'm not sure I have enough room in the pressure switch for two more 12g wires and I don't want to wire directly to the motor.