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So ive been doing some small wood woking projects and was cutting soem grene maple and ash and oak with the chainsaw but needed a bandsaw to resaw the wood into useable peices to make small projects with. Just happened ro fins a guy selling a 16” reliant saw almost bought a homecraft 10” but...

So I'm getting into wood working and I need a table saw on the cheap I enjoy old heavy machinery that was built to last. I have to install a floating wood kitchen floor that came out of a friends home. Found this older 113 craftsman table saw, has cast irpm table and side table but is missing...

Were looking to replace out tub faucet, we have a older delta single handle with the shower valve right below the handle, then a tub faucet and below all that a shower overflow plate which controls the water stop. All the new stuff style stuff looks like the shower on off is located on the tub...

So I currently own a quincy 325 that was running well to the other day the set screw that holds the HP check valve in the head must of came loose and the newer style press fit valve the bumper got broken. It makes alot of air and I've owned it for a couple years had to install new used press fit...

I have a old airco dipstick 160 welder, is it possible to swap out the entire roller feed system with one from another brand machine where parts are more easily available? I see entire systems on ebay for pretty cheap, I know it would need to run off 120 I believe that's what mine runs off of...

So I've been stick welding and want to upgrade to a mig and came across a airco dipstick 160 for 400 bucks and it looks like new and has leads and maybe a mig gun I can't tell if it's setup for mig or tig. The top right corner looks to have a spot weld function or a knob for something most I've...

So I picked up a vintage set of vermont american tap and dies and no where does it say if they are carbon steel or hss, there old I haven't been able to find any info or another set like them. There NO. 5246 on the case 1/4 -1/2. There all marked made in the USA I'll post pictures tonight one...

So I've had a stick welder for 2 months or so and want to buy a mig welder I like the inverter style that can run dual voltage as I already have a 220v circuit and a 110 20 amp circuit in my garage. I want something that can run gas and had the ability to stick qnd mig. Also being able to adjust...

So my girlfriends dad was just here qnd told me that if you use pvc conduit and glue parts together that the glue needs to be visible on the outside of the parts to pass inspection. I did a small run in my garage with schedule 40 pvc for my welder hookup but didn't make it visible on the...

I'm looking to get a new set of champion brute platinum drill bits for drilling steel now that I've been welding alot more. I've never owned a good set the best I've had is dewalt titanium bits which did alright when kept lubed. I use a milwaukee fuel drill so I'm leaning more towards the...

So I've never welded but now I need to learn to fix my tractor I always wanted to learn. I searched craigslist for a week and came up with a lincoln ac/dc buzz box for $300 it was 2 hrs away. The guy was working near my job so I met him a mile down the road. I paid full listing price. He tossed...

I want to run a 50 amp circuit for the welder but from what I read in NY any receptacle in my garage needs to be a gfci. I have a disconnect box that my air compressor is wired to could I just in hook that run the wire to the disconect box then hard wire the welder to the disconect? A 50 amp...

So i have a bunch of gearwrench tools that I love using never had a bad tool by them. I noticed on their ratchets and ratcheting wrenchs that there's a M stamped on them. Does anyone know what the M stands for?

I seen there's 2 different materials for sockets I currently use gearwrench/KD tools and they list it as chrome plated alloy steel and so does SK. The kobalt impacts I have I'm not sure of. Which is the better of the two?

whwas rotating the tires on my car and finally used my used mac aw612 impact I got off ebay and I couldn't break 3 lug nuts loose with it had to use my electric kobalt which is rated at 350 ft lbs. I got a quincy 325 and had my regulator set to 95psi. It would hammer it then not move at all my...

So at work we had a machine that needed air so they bought a 3 phase high torque fuji ring compressor that's not in use anymore. After looking at the specs I'm confused if these can be used as a air compressor like a vane style compressor or what there's is a 135psi max and said 338cfm then gave...

So at one point according to my girlfriends dad they had the breaker box upgraded to a 150 amp panel. I added a 240v 30 amp 2 pole breaker to run my 5hp 184t marathon motor for my quincy compressor. My question is am I over taxing the panel box by adding this breaker? I got a couple other 2...

So i got some nice air filters and my buddy told me I should make a air line drop setup. I also read that the air dryer needs to be 20ft or more from the tank so your not over working it and the air has time to cool. This is going in my house garage it's a small 1 car garage in a townhouse. I...

So i picked up a quincy 325 roc 100, I ran it today and herd all sorts of funky noises so I pulled the valves and have a few issues from the previous owner doing valve work 6 years ago. First off this isn't a constant run model only have one unloading tower on the high pressure side. Now on...

I just picked up a quincy 325 roc 100 the other day it runs good but needs some freshening up. The air filter needs to be changed but I can't find what the part # is and there's to many on ebay to guess at what one I have. Also what type of synthetic oil should I run in this thing ( brand and...