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I've only really taken a quick look under the top cover. I'm not familiar with the design of this type of "plug-in" stick welder. It looks like each of the transformers windings are tapped for different output currents. What confuses me is the battery charger function. How is the AC current...

I'm not a roofing professional by any means. I'd hired a "roofer" to replace the roofing. He failed to use common sense and did not use rolled roofing nor even suggest it. This is because of the low pitch, roughly 1/12. I did the tear off as I had to replace some sheathing. As I watched him work...

I've been using MAPP and Oxy/MAPP for sometime. Today I picked up a "SureFire" (Benzomatic) air/acy torch kit for $40. I hope that was a good deal anyway. Is the air/acy combo capable of cutting steel? -Markfothebeast- (www.youtube.com/markfothebeast)

Has anyone here managed to resurect an old car or marine lead acid battery? I've tried a few things that worked successfully but only added about 12 months of life. One was simply adding distilled water and charging for a few days on low current. My charger just happened to overcharge and it...

I've got a small multi-fuel military style Hunter burner deal and a heat exchanger to go with it. Works great. Now I need to pick a good spot to install it in my 22x24' garage with steel roofing. I'm assuming regardless of where it exits the roof that it must rise above the peak. Would you place...

I read about refrigerator and freezer compressors being transformed in to "silent air compressors". Yesterday I managed to grab a home central air compressor and I'd like to attempt this if it is possible. The label on it identifies it as a "Rechi Precision" brand, 115v, R22 (refrigerant I...

This 15+ year old gen was stolen, found outside, and returned to the owner. He never got it to work again and sold it cheap. Engine starts and runs (13hp). I've got no output on either 240v leg, the 120v, or 12v DC. Pulled the generator assembly out. Tested windings. DC winding has a faulty...

I'm looking for ideas on a design. Please share yours if you made one! Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

Moved in to this place a couple years ago, demolished one garage and built a new on the same foundation. The other garage in the woods however, was inhabited by critters and stuffed to the brim with ****. I now have most of it out (and found some nice antiques as well) but more roof decking...

I had an issue with my gas pressure washer the other day so I decided to take a shot at creating a pneumatically driven pressure washer using things laying around in the garage. It worked better than expected so I thought I'd make a quick video to share. It still needs some tweaking.

I bought this Husky 60 gallon about 10 months ago and it has been a great machine other than a few little bugs I had to work out. The Condor pressure switch appears to be of poor quality. The knob broke off on the first use. Now that I switched to a quality water filled gauge I can see that it...

I received a Miller 150 STL TIG welder from a buddy. The machine was taken out of service and upgraded so it is unknown if it functions properly. I bought a new ground clamp and electrode holder for it. I'm planning to use it for stick/arc welding. I have a Lincoln MIG I've used for about a...

I picked up a free electric Razor scooter that I figured I could at least use the batteries and electric 24v motor from. Than I decided I could maybe have a little fun and use an old 2-stroke weed whip engine and add three 13" Harbor Freight wheels. I haven't quite decided where I'm going to go...

I have a "Wilson Tools Mechanics Vice" I received from a buddy and I'd like to get some ideas how I should mount it. My garage only has kitchen cabinets and countertops. This thing weighs in at over 40lbs I'm estimating and it will be beat and abused. I have a large 2-piece adjustable steel...

I've gotten rid of engines at my local scrap yard just to get them out of the garage. I got like $9 per engine with aluminum heads. 280ish lbs each V6. Now I have a load of copper from our home and another home I plumbed. Google shows copper prices (stock market) $2.66 per lbs. The local...

I've been wanting a vise for quite sometime but they are much more expensive than I originally thought. Anyhow, a buddy that can't work in the garage anymore after a stroke gave me this older Wilton Tool Mechanics Vise. I'm happy to have something to finally break things loose in but I always...

Got this from a buddy. It's a poor mans hand me down machine. He had it used it. I have the manual. It says to push in on the tip (spring loaded) of the torch and it will ignite. I had to adjust the air pressure with the trigger open till it finally kicked on (audibly). It sparked when I touched...

We have a big old clog in our garage drain. There's about as many drains as a house and one branch is clogged. So I ordered one of those hoses that hook up to the pressure washer and it feeds down the drain and blows all the debris out. It actually fed in pretty well through the drain. Now if i...

About a year ago I picked up a Lincoln Weld Pack 120v flux core welder. I had never even touched a welder before that. I read and watched many different tutorials to learn about welding. Every one and their brother around my part of the woods has claimed to be the best welder around. Yet, nobody...

What type of thread does an air compressor typically use for the cylinder head fitting? It goes to the compression fitting on the line on the other end. Bostitch 6 gal 135 psi horizontal. The original elbow fitting is missing so I never got a look at it. My 60 gal compressor has a typical male...