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What would you guys recommend for a parts washer? I'd prefer less toxic water based cleaner, but am in Colorado & my shop isn't heated, not to mention solvent generally cleaning better without any rust issues. May just go water based & drain it often though. Would likely add in a water heater...

I picked up an old (tank is dated 1974 & the pump matches) Saylor Beall a while back & most of the way through disassembling it, cleaning it & blasting it. Sandblasting is going painfully slow as I'm stuck with a cobbled together 1.5hp conglomeration after the pulley motor on my 5hp came...

My current Kobalt 5hp (which I doubt is really 5hp) 60 gallon 14cfm @90psi compressor has barely been keeping up with some of my sandblasting. Recently the tank pinholed & I'm looking for a new tank for it. I got the compressor in a trade for a snowblower, so it has been used a fair bit & no...

I have a Kobalt 5hp 60? Gallon compressor I traded for a couple years ago. I normally just shut off the output valve & leave it on. Last week I went out to the shop to find it running (toasty warm & probably had been for a while) & spewing air out the bottom. Finally got a chance to look at it...

My solar power system was just commissioned the other day & as part of the install, I had them install the proper gear for a generator disconnect. So I now have a 400@ disconnect sitting there (225@ service & apparently they only make 200@ & 400@ disconnect boxes). The solar guys haven't put a...

My barn/shop had 4 gauge (I think) wire buried running out to it & a 150@ breaker at the house, along with a lot of other shoddy wiring. I've cleaned up some of the really shoddy stuff already & been thinking about upgrading the service out there for a bit as I do some welding & other high juice...

We are getting solar put on our barn & I'm doing the trenching (solar guys are going to be dropping in their own conduit). While I'm at it, I'm going to be trenching out to the chicken coop as well. Solar guys are going to be pulling permits & getting inspections for their stuff, so I don't...

I'm trying to get some lights for my barn/shop. Some 8' fixtures from Home Depot with 4 4' T8 bulbs, the light is great, but I promptly realized they killed the reception on my radio. I've been searching for a decent low bay 8' light , preferably with 4' T8 bulbs for a couple weeks now trying...

We are 3 months in to settling into our new (1978) house, 5 acres & shop/barn. My shop use to be just a tin barn that got extended years ago. The more shop half has 4"? foam panels on the roof & walls. Not well sealed at all, but a lot better than nothing. Given I'm in Colorado & it's snowing...