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    Lowe's Porter Cable floor mount drill press

    I friggin HATE LOWE's but they had this drill press for $299 minus veterans discount, so I picked it up this week....so after sales tax I walked it out the door for LOL, $299:) .....well anyway....got it home and operating....I LOVE IT!...no, really, I LOVE it...fr the price and the features...
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    Got welder cart 99% done:)

    Only thing lacking is Plasma cutter and spoolgun...spool gun is ordered and it will stow low behind bottom stick welder...Plasma goes on middle shelf with motorguard filter behind it.... cart is designed it to accept Hypertherm 45...problem is whole thing already weighs almost 500lbs and a...
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    Barefoot welding, just me?

    I weld and work in my shop at home barefooted...always have.....anyone else here do same? Yup, and my day job is in a federal boiler/chiller plant where I go thru lots a socks cause they insist I wear 'something on my feet'...At home I go bare...always have...can't stand nuthin on my feet...My...
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    Don't you love restoring old power tools?

    I dug this ancient Baldor grinder out of the trash today...It's the real thang...6" with copper overload coil built into base....It's all there, too. So ok, first thing I did was full teardown....Sprayed it with paint stripper, next will soda blast it and apply baked on Ford Blue enamel finish...
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    made me a Nema 6-50 gang box for my welders:)

    I'm building a welding table...want it to hold all my welders and plasma cutter underneath on racks...Got to thinking it would be nice if they could remain plugged in...Same for all my grinders... So I fabbed me up a gang box for three Nema 6-50R's....The drop cord and it's plug you see will...
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    I think I have solved my shop lighting problem :)

    Wadda ya think? :) It's a 26X24X8 windowless shop.... I converted all 15 4 foot twin tube fixtures to T8, and added 6 200 watt CFL's down the middle on 4 ft centers....All tubes and bulbs are 4k and 5k. Yup, I can see now, and can always turn some off :) It's nice to crawl under a car and NOT...
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