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So I finally got around to running a flood light on the front of the garage. Got everything hooked up the way it’s supposed to be, power comes from the panel to a switch by the door, then runs from the switch to the light on the front of the building. If the switch is up, it trips the breaker...

So after my neighbors were extremely courteous put up fences around 2 sides of my yard, my wife and I decided to finish off the other long side and then across the front. Now this brings me to my dilemma. How to build the gate that will span 11 feet to allow us to drive through it, but also not...

So I have a 211 that I purchased new in November of last year and the biggest complaint I have is the ground cable seems a little thin and I also want to upgrade the clamp to the USA Forged full brass style. Is it worth doing this and if so, what's the best way of going about doing this?

So I’m need of a new welding helmet. I currently use an Instapark GX990T but it has started flashing me and staying dark Asher I’ve stopped welding during use even after changing batteries multiple times, and I bought this in April of last year, and even then it hasn’t seen much use since I was...

So I’m looking around for a dry cut metal saw. I don’t want an abusive saw, I can’t really afford a quality band saw which I don’t have space for anyway, and I hate cutting larger material with a grinder. I do want to stay with a more well known brand so I was looking at the Evolution R355CPS...

So I now have two welding jackets. One Hobart and one showed up today that I ordered. It’s a Revco 2XL BSX Flame-Resistant Welding Jacket, BXRB9C. Once again the problem I run into is that at 6’2” and 260 pounds, the 2XL is the right size as far as chest measurements go, but the sleeves and body...

Getting ready to rebuild a 302 to go in my ‘84 F150 and I’m looking for opinions for a valve spring compressor since my springs need to be replaced to handle cam lift. What is recommended for a heads-off type? I found one on amazon for around $50 but had mixed reviews.

So I want to close in my porch and make the basement accessible from the inside and put the washer and dryer in there. Then open up the kitchen wall and make it a bigger, although somewhat oddly shaped, kitchen. That's the easy part for me. The part I'm unsure about is put down the plate. The...

So I'm putting a small deep sink in my garage, just for washing my hands, basically. I'm gonna use a dry well for the drain. My question is, how big does the drum for the dry well have to be? I have a 55 gallon plastic drum to use but my thought was since it's just one sink, could I cut the...

So I'm having electricity and water run out to my garage. Plumbing wise, Im just gonna pull off the house to the garage with 1/2" pex. It's only feeding a small deep sink. So it brings up the question, what sort of set up do y'all use for hot water in your detached garages. I'm planning on using...

So I closed this past Monday on my first house. Just a modest 2 bedroom 1 bath on a 1/4 acre (used to be a 1/2 but nobody was interested in the house so half the land was sold) and a single car garage out back with a nice driveway all the way to the back. Of course, I know I have to have...

Anyone ever had any trouble using chrome sockets with HyTorqs? And I know you're supposed to use HyTorq specific sockets. To the point, last night at work, we were going to be using a HyTorq but we didn't have a HyTorq specific socket, so the supervisor says "use the chrome socket. Impact...

I looked and there was nothing that answered my questions. I'm in the market for an 4 1/2" electric angle grinder. Just need something for light metal working, cutting up to 1/4" steel, grinding off surface rust so it would need to be the 5/8"-11 spindle to use twisted knot wire wheels and cup...

What are all the different tool websites y'all use to buy tools cheaper? I know of zoro.com. What else is out there?

just inherited this from my grandfather. Old craftsman toolbox, supposedly from the 70's. Full old KAL-usa, proto, craftsman and Blackhawk tools. Black paint is from where a pissed off coworker dropped a load off a forklift on it and my granddad massaged it back into place. Anyone know any...

Well, I was helping my granddad move and long story short, I got this 220v Mac Tools Compressor for $75. [/URL] I'm not exactly sure what model it is or what's it's worth, but it runs like a champ. Granddad says it's a 6 HP and the model number comes up on the internet showing it's a 44 gallon...

so when I first started in the shipyard, I bought most of my tools from Sears thinking Craftsman was top of the line. One of the things I bought was a alignment too and punch set, one of which is a 1/8" punch. Friday at work, I used it for the first time in almost a year of owning it and...

Hello, all. I'm Tom. I'm 20 years old and am currently an outside machinist at Lyon Shipyard (just a local, privately owned, commercial shipyard; tugboats and the like) but will be starting at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a marine machinery mechanic (fancy government way of saying outside...