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I just wanted to post here a quick video that I did of my shop lighting. I made the video to show my results and hopefully give people that are interested in doing something like this some feedback. The system is basically 8 - 1600 lumen, 5000K daylight bulbs mounted at about 14' high. The...

Well I walked into my local welding store a few weeks ago and they had a flyer posted for Hougen mag drills for $815. I have been thinking seriously for a few months now about getting a magnetic drill, so this piqued my interest. I started looking around and found that this was pretty much the...

http://www.hougen.com/freekit/index.html Just bought my HMD904 drill and sent in form for my free annular cutters. Form said to expect 4-6 week delivery time. To my surprise 12 days later they are here. Big ticket item to buy, but a complete set of cutters is a great discount.

I just wanted to show my new shop lighting in a 32x48 pole barn. Previously I didn't have any permanent lighting in the shop so all of the lighting came from natural lighting from the translucent ridge cap. This was an fairly inexpensive first attempt for lighting the shop. There are (8) 100...

I have been wanting to try a 1/4" gearless ratchet for a while now. Mainly for getting into very tight places that can be frustrating even with a fine tooth ratchet. There are those times that you can't even swing a ratchet handle far enough to engage the next tooth. A few months ago I needed...

I have a new project for a friend that I am starting to design. He has a 60 hp Kubota tractor with a Cat. II 3-point hitch that is rated for 3000#. He also has a 200 gallon skid mount sprayer that he has used for several years. The skid has been mounted on an old re-welded time and time again...

A perfect storm came together last week which caused me to invest in a new DeWalt carbide chop saw. My wife and I started building a 6kW solar array, my old band saw decided to give me fits again, and Enco (http://www.use-enco.com) sent me a 25% off coupon. So, I have been eying up a carbide...

Today's project in the shop is a snow plow attachment for front end loader on a 55hp Kubota tractor. My neighbor attached an old Fisher snow plow to the bucket of his tractor last year to help clear his 3 mile stretch of Wyoming private road. The method of attachment was a two small cleats...

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So when my neighbor was cleaning out so they could move, I received allot of their cast off stuff. One of the items was several 55 gallon plastic drums. Not knowing what I was ever going to do with them I stuck them in the back corner of the shop waiting for a purpose. First I found out...

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This is the best price that I have seen for a Hobart 210 MVP and I have been looking for a while now. Got mine from Blain's last week and the service was great and the shipping was reasonable. My shipping for the welder and a 10# spool of 0.035 wire was $34 to Wyoming. An the machine is worth...

So my wife got a nice new shinny set of 42" pallet forks for her 45 hp Kioti tractor. After using them a few times she found a few additions that would make them a little nicer. I think she was just being nice to me by giving me some welding projects. When the forks are attached to the...

I saw this I think on youtube somewhere so I decided to try one. I bought a used 5" x 2" x 5/8"-11 - 36 grit grinding cup off of ebay for $10. This combined with a large 7" Black and Decker grinder makes for a serious metal removing machine. I used to use just 7" disks and they work well but...

For the last year or so I have had my Hobart Tig-wave 250 and Handler 135 and I have not had the time to make a reasonable place to weld (I just got a reasonable workbench last month). So I am finally caught up enough to begin doing some shop projects for myself. When I bought my Tig machine...

This is something a little bit larger than most would have in their home shops, but does anyone have any brand preferences or suggestions for a large (48"x28", 500 lb. capacity) industrial quality parts washer? I am hoping that some people here might have some suggestions based on units that...

I found in the tool room that I am working at, a Snap-On deep well 1/2" drive 20.6 socket. I have never seen this before. I have looked in the new and a few older Snap-On catalogs as well as their online catalog and found nothing. This is a very new looking style socket not a old historical...

I have a Gerstner Oak Machinist Tool Box http://www.gerstnerusa.com/ and I am looking for some suggestions for cleaning/care/maintenance of the box. My box is many years old and is in good shape, but I have had it in storage for a few years and it will be in storage for a few more before I use...