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I'm gonna slowly begin to acquire the metal Durham boxes for nuts, bolts, electrical connectors, etc and get rid of the cheap plastic containers that I have. The problem is I can't find any dimensions of the interior compartments and I don't have a store close to me that carries them. I'm...

Here's my situation: my wife bought a 75ft hose reel (3/8" ID with 1/4" npt connections) for Christmas. I'm finally getting around to installing the lines to feed it from the compressor. Total run of hard line is about 25ft. I initially planned on running 1/2" hard line to the hose reel...

Last night I picked up a Sprunger DP14, s/n 78834. Near as I can tell it was manufactured in 1973. It was purchased brand new by the grandfather of the seller, and is bolted to a steel base that weights probably a 100lbs. For starters, it runs. The belt needs immediate replacement, it's...

I'm working on a design that requires 30 holes drilled through 1/8" angle. I'm halfway through the first build, or prototype, and have decided that using a M18 drill just doesn't cut it. Or rather, my arms don't cut it. The drill does fine. So, with limited cash in hand I've been scouring...

I'm a new welder with a Hobart 175 mig welder. I've noticed a problem with the wing nut that holds the 2lb spool on - it slowly backs off the tension resulting in a birds nest on the spool. There's a nylon nut between the wing nut and the spool. When my son was welding last night I watched...

I've always wanted to learn to weld and few months back my wife found a Hobart 175 for sale locally for a good price so I grabbed it. My youngest, a junior in high school, just started a 2 year dual credit welding program. Now we're starting to plan out how we're going to weld at home and I...

Why am I just finding this forum?! Thankfully I found it now, since our lack of a winter provides perfect weather for spending a lot of time in the garage. We've been in our current house almost 20 years, and while there's not really any big changes I want to make, there are some small...