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Recently, I had a car broken into with my truck keys in it (stupid)- well they stole my truck as well. Also my upstairs neighbor had a water leak and ruined my kitchen. Anyways, While I'm dealing with insurance for these 2 things- i realized that having paperwork, proof or purchase etc would...

I was hoping for some advice on this situation: I own my condo- the unit upstairs is owned by somebody else and rented out. In between tenants, the water was shutoff in the that upstairs unit. When the new tenants re-activated the water, all the sudden their dishwasher started to leak. Going...

Let me know what you got, anything can be better that sand packing and heat which is what I am doing now..

Boom!! No more charring my wood bench top while welding/cutting/grinding. BEFORE: [/URL] AFTER: [/URL]

I will be drilling about 40 1/2" holes through 3/8" steel. Any suggestions for drilling that size? I must be doing something wrong, the other day I was drilling through some 3/8" plate and after 2 holes my bit stopped cutting, just spinning half way through the hole not making any progress...

I live in a condo, and I want to install a faucet on my patio. I can run a pipe from the water main, but it's clear on the opposite side of the property. Can I just tap into a copper pipe somewhere? Additionally, my kitchen sink is near the patio, maybe I can run something off of that? I would...

Hardwired the lights directly into the Tripp Lite Power strip, turned out pretty clean. Finally I have some good lighting over my bench

What are you working on during your Christmas Break? I Build this fire prod as a Christmas present for my Grandparents

Whats tool would you ask for under $100 bucks? I'm looking for ideas. I figure it's a good time to get that "cool tool" that you normally wouldn't buy... :thumbup:

Anybody build there own bending jigs? Or maybe some good tips and tricks? I'm have some 1.5" x 3/16" flat stock steel that I am looking to bend 180 degrees with a 2-2.5" radius. I planned on using a O/A Torch with rosebud tip for heat

I guess a Machine shop went under. Cheggit Out: http://www.westauction.com/auction/848 If you in CA may be of interest

Im in the market for a complete Wrench Set SAE/Metric, made in USA. Does anybody have a recommendation? This is for mostly around the house stuff and working on my truck.

Does anybody have pictures or tips/techniques for good oxy acetylene welding beads? I see all of these super clean looking welds with mig and tig and I'd like to get near that quality with a good ol oxy acetylene torch and some rg 45/60 rod.

Hello everybody, this is my first post but definitely not my first time on this forum. There are so many good ideas and interesting topics I had to join. Anyways I wanted to share my current workbench project and was hoping to get some suggestions on adding electricity and lighting to it...