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From what I have researched, it's most likely the starting capacity, or possibly a centrifugal switch sticking. It's a pretty old motor (1/3hp Hoover Ball Bearing) and once it's spinning it works just fine. Turning power on, it hums as I spin the pulley by hand a few revolutions until it...

I have several tools/machines that I regularly use a hex key to either make adjustments or change tooling. I'm often misplacing the hex keys, and looking for a way to attach them to the machines. Without using magnets or chains, any ideas on attaching a hex key to the machines? I'd love to...

I've got one of these chamfer tools (I think this exact one, but not sure), I really like the results it produces, but it is extremely loud and high pitched, I don't use it much anymore purely because it's so stupid loud (it also makes the dogs in the neighborhood go nuts). I use a lot of air...

I'm pretty sure my compressor pump is shot. I have been using it way more than normal over the past few months (since I've been home, and have been working on a lot of projects). Sometimes running almost continuously for hours. Well, all of a sudden it seemed to not be increasing the...

Have been doing a lot of organizing with my free time lately, and I've come across several tubes of gasket maker and other products (dielectric grease, and so on) where the caps have split. Fortunately only 1 of the tubes dried up. The storage caps, not the tapered dispensing caps. They all...

I've been wanting to have some general charts to keep in the garage, with useful information. Stuff like torque specs for bolt sizes, drill sizes for taps, drill and saw RPM guides, inch to metric to gauge, and general stuff like that. Anyone found some free printable charts that they like? I...

looking for Williams Supercombo 12, 9, 8 and 7mm ratchet wrenches I'm looking for an 12mm, 9mm 8mm and 7mm Supercombo (not the regular) ratchet wrenches. For some reason I can only find the regular ratchet wrenches in 12, 9, 8 and 7mm, not the longer supercombo versions. Anyone know where I...

The foam mat in the drawers of my mobile tool cart (4 drawers) keeps bunching up at the back of the drawers, both from me closing the drawers, and from moving the thing around as I have a big bump that I have to go over in between the garage and the carport. I'm temporarily use double sided...

I just put a 3 phase motor and VFD on my drill press with 220v single phase input. Everything works good, except the VFD's display and fans stays on while it's plugged into the wall even while the motor isn't running. As far as I can tell, there is no "off" switch for the VFD. So my thought...

I generally measure pretty simple things with calipers and mics, and not every day. I'm not a machinist. I just had a part to measure and make CAD drawings that was much larger than my calipers, so after a bit of thinking I stacked 1-2-3 blocks and gauge blocks (and sometimes leap-frogging them...

I'm making space in my 1 car garage by moving the air compressor outside. I'm going to enclose it in this 36x24 "shed". Tank is 60 gallons, compressor is a single stage single piston 240 volt 4 hp oiled motor. "industrial air" I believe the brand was, but it's probably the same as any 60...

I have an Astro 3036 3/8" x 13" belt sander that gets a fair amount of use, but it seems like it's louder than what it should be. (the sound of the tools exhaust, not the sanding/grinding) Maybe I'm getting used to quieter air tools. Most of my quieter air tools are from AirCat, and I notice...

I'm going to be building a carport over a concrete pad I had poured a few weeks ago, I'm not used to working with long unsupported lengths of tubing, so I wonder what folks would suggest? Roof will be flat (and angled to let water drain) with metal galvanized roofing sheets. No snow to be...

I've been wanting to start using some parts designed in CAD for some of my projects, but I don't want to get into owning a CNC plasma table. I'm going to contact local companies to see if they will do small parts runs, or individual parts at a reasonable price. One of them quoted me a minimum...

I'm trying to get a metal building from strat-O-span, and I just cannot get them to send me any stamped plans (which my city requires...), they originally told me it would take 5 weeks for the stamped plans. I know I've let it drag on too far, it's been over 1/2 a year, and every time I contact...

I finally picked up a vacuum sealer for saving food in the freezer. I don't particularly like having "uni-task" devices (especially in the kitchen), although I really do wish I would have purchased a vacuum sealer for food a long time ago :) Are there any uses for sealing non-food items in a...

I don't see any markings on the shelves or the drawers. They are steel, 30" high, 10" deep and 12.5" wide. Drawers are just under 3" tall with no dividers in them. They have tabs in the back that keep the drawers from sliding all the way out, but I bend the tabs in so they remove freely. I...

Going to be building some metal shelving to hold a lot of my small parts drawers & hardware. It amazes me how heavy this stuff gets! It'll be made out of 1" .120 wall square steel tubing with leveling feet, and either sheet metal shelf tops or wood, not sure. But either way there will be...

There is a small tree that I'm going to have to cut on my property to have vehicle access to the side yard where I will be building my new workshop. I don't really want to cut it because I like trees and shade, but there's no real way around it. I'd like to re-purpose some of the wood, and my...

I'm eventually going to get a large compressor and tank, when I get a plasma cutter later down the road. Right now my only need for air is for blowing off objects to clean them, and especially for blowing off metal chips and dust from the drill press and the metal lathe and the grinders. I'm...