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I was gifted a 60gal 6.5hp free standing (vertical) air compressor in about 2013 from my dad. it's an older "Charge Air Pro by Ingersol Rand". The other night I was using the air to cut some sheet metal and the compressor pump seized and burnt the belt off, belt actually caught fire (but...

Trying to assemble and install our new tire machine (atlas PTC500). The supply line has this 1/4" barb fitting on the back. I do not recognize it. Our supply HOSE is 1/2" so I need to connect the two somehow. I removed the rest of this fitting from the regulator, and it's also an oddball...

I work at a dealership. Powersports if it matters. Something that occurred to me recently (I've been there 2 years, prior 30 years at another dealer) is that customers are getting billed $180 for an oil change. Granted, we use only OE parts, and parts alone are about $60 depending on the...

Living in the South, we often have days on end of rain this time of year. Well I work on off-road equipment and it is stored outside, so it comes into the shop soaking wet. You guys working on cars/trucks have the same issues I'm sure. The wet floors are very slick as you can imagine...

30x40 metal building. I am in the shop more than I'm in the house. Anyway I do not have a phone out there. Cell service is fine-as long as the doors are up. Once the doors are down, there is no service at all. Same for wifi. Shop is 33' from the house and as long as the doors is up I have...

Looking for FIRST GENERATION Kobalt professional wrenches. I need a 12mm, 13mm, 18mm, possibly 22mm and 24mm if anyone has them. 12, 13 are the most important. picture is of a 14mm, that is what they should look like.

My neighbor asked me to make something for him since he don't have a shop to work out of. That, and I do some metal work-not a lot though. Basically he needs a 18" diameter funnel with a 17" tube attached. The tube is ok to be a piece of 1/2" black steel pipe. He said it ain't got to be...

Many years ago when TSC had tool boxes, I bought a 40" top and 40" bottom box new, I want to say it was $600 or thereabouts for the set. Well over the years I've misplaced the keys, so I ran down to Sears and bought a new lock set for their craftsman line, installed them (with little...

I'm going to have to buy one for work. I have one at the house and love most everything about it other than it's weight. That sucker is stout and hard to move around. Anyone know any discount or coupons for the HF 72"? Probably going to order in the next week or so.

Few years back I had a 30x40 pole barn style shop built. Just your typical metal building. I'm tired of standing in the rain at night getting soaked with cold water and/or ice sliding off of the roof trying to unlock the locks on the door. Yeah I could use electronic locks or just not lock it...

I just bought an older but basically brand new/never used Ex-cell W1000 engine hoist for a song. The ram leaks a little, not bad but a leak is a leak. I know it can be rebuilt. I use a crane about 6-8 times a year, sometimes more. Previously had a 1 ton HF folding cherry picker, which works...

I'm gonna have to buy a new press. At my old shop I had a harbor freight style H frame 20 ton which did almost everything I needed it to do including axle bearings on my old ford truck-which was nice not to have to pay to have it done (9" ford). But I went into HF recently and noticed that...

30x40x10 metal building. I picked up a used (for one year, then removed from service and stored) package unit. 3.5 ton. Gas heat. Ruud RKNL unit. Not knowing and better to ask, I find out when I get home that it's 3 phase. Ugghh. It's a good unit-and clean. Problem is, I don't have 3...

30x40x10 fully insulated. R19 walls and sprayed ceiling, open truss. Live in the mid south. Summers are always upper 90's and into the low 100's for 2 months give or take. Winters aren't too bad. I haven't seen a 20 degree night yet this year but January and February might bring some...

Any of y'all build your own overhang over the walk-in door? I was going to head outside earlier and do some maintenance on my pickup and it started raining about the time I got to the walk-in door, and in the process of unlocking the door, I got soaked. Got me to thinking about an overhang of...

My shop is a multi-purpose shop. I work with lawn mowers, some wood work stuff on a few occasions, and cars/trucks. Mostly mechanical stuff. Cutting, welding, u-joints, etc. I don't have a vise. I'm probably going to need a 6" or similarly sized vise. I looked at the "vises of garage...

Got my 30x40 built and working on moving a few things around, and want to put the compressor outside. It doesn't get that cold here...maybe teens in the winter, but 100+ in the summer. I can vent the shack as needed. But I'm at a standstill at the moment. I don't know which route to go with...

I am in the process of trying to figure out my lighting. 30x40x10 pole barn w/concrete. 200A dedicated service. Right now I have 10 T8 fluorescent 8 foot fixtures screwed directly to the bottom of the exposed trusses, and I need to wire all of them. I don't plan on finishing a ceiling, but...

Got my shop built. Took about 8 years of saving money, but it's up. 30x40 metal exterior pole barn style. Need to put get the POCO to run service to the building so that I can finish it out. Building has been up for about 3 months now. People who built it were supposed to put up a meter socket...