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Got an old ingersoll rand t30 compressor. It's the type with the large washers as check valves. The thing is great but after 3 or 4 days not used the tank pressure drops to zero. I can hear a leak back through the compressor head. Tank itself has no leaks. I was looking at installing a one way...

I have an old floor jack that has been around for at least 50 years that I know of. The internal seal finally gave up. I have absolutely no idea of the brand. No markings I can find. The dimensions of the seal are od of 1.087 I'd of .571 and a height of .320. I've posted a few pics of jack...

I have an old floor jack that I would like to identify. I've been told it is a Blackhawk but not with any certainty. It's a 2 speed whatever it is. I cant find any markings...steve

I came across these 2 jacks. the large one is a duff Norton 35 ton and the smaller is a Rees 3a 6 ton. I couldn’t read some of the numbers on the duff due to not having my glasses. Does anybody have any idea of what year these would have been manufactured.?…Steve

I am building a mezzanine that will be 20 long and 10 ft deep. Obviously the joists will be about 10 ft long . I need to go with 20 ft. Clearspan. I'm going to use an engineered beam. I've looked at the tables and they are all quite confused. Can anybody tell the proper beam size for this...

I am in the process of converting my 7.5 hp two stage compressor to single phase. From what I've read anything over about 5 hp should be protected by a magnetic starter. My question is can a magnetic starter be used in conjunction with any electric motor or are there motors specific to magnetic...

I have a husky brand 60 gallon compressor. I came out one afternoon and the motor would not turn electrically but turnred freely by hand. one pole of the pressure switch was also failed. I tried a different start capacitor ( I belive it was the start capacitor, it was the smaller of the two)and...

Hey guys, i am in the process of wiring my new shop for the welders. I want to put in 3 guage wire for the possibility of down the road installing a 100 amp breaker for high amperage welding. for now i am going to use a 30 amp breaker (in all likelihood ill never need anymore than this but I...

gettin ready to reinstall my bend pak 10000 lb lift. I want to t into a 50 amp 220 circuit with a 30 amp #10 wire circuit. I really dont want to go all the way back to the subpanel to install a dedicated circuit but at the same time i need to provide protection for the number 10 wire. Can...

I just finished putting up all the red iron superstructure on my building. It is 36x56 (2016 sf) with 16.5 high walls. Ive decided to have the rest of the building professionally completed. I have a few estimates and they are in the 9000 range. This includes sheeting the walls and roof and and...

I just did a quick sketch of how I intend to set up the cooling and filtering on my compressor. I am using a husky 6 hp 60 gallon compressor, 3/4 in. copper tubing, a coalescing filter followed by a refrigerated dryer. Ive been using the dryer for sometime and i rarely see any water in my air. I...

I have a 1200 square foot shop. The concrete floor is 10 years old and gets rough use. There are several old oil stains. I am tentatively planning on using versatile building products 5108 polyaspartic over 4100 primer with rhino tooth nonskid. I want a solid color (light grey) for ease of...

What is the difference between solvent and water based floorings? I am going to do My office floor this weekend and am making the coating selection an agonizing event. I was told that Sherwin williams water based epoxy was good. I am also looking at tread plex for the actual shop area. The...