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I've got a 25 or 30 year old Sears two cylinder 12 gallon air compressor that someone gave me for free. There's a pinhole in the bottom of the tank where it rusted through. The motor runs great and builds pressure quickly. All the piping is solid and the electric motor has no issues. Compared...

I have a small shed in my backyard where we used to have a pool house. A 220v line runs out to the shed (40amp breaker in the house leading to the pool house). After the pool shed was torn down the shed was delivered and set on the concrete slab that was still there. I ran the 220v line into...

I've got my HD45 mounted on the ceiling and my vent pipe came by UPS today. I got Dura-Vent double wall B vent pipe (3"). The way I mounted the heater the vent pipe is going horizontal through a side wall. My question is regarding attaching the vent pipe to the heater. The Hot Dawg has the...

Check this out: http://www.govsurplusstore.com/xcart/New-Products.html Scroll through, they have a bunch of Snap-On sockets for sale.

I've searched the forum and found a comparison for the Craftsman vs Gearwrench ratcheting wrenches....but I'm in the market to upgrade my socket sets. I'm a homeowner/hobbiest who only works on my own vehicles, lawn tractors and the like. I don't need Snap-On/MAC/Matco tools to do what I do...

SOLD! 1980 Troy Bilt Horse $500. 8hp Briggs & Stratton cast iron sleeve engine. Includes front engine guard and snow/dirt plow blade. Rear tined tiller (one tiller broken). Has electric start option, just needs a battery. Also has recoil start. Anyone who knows Troy Bilt knows that these...

In the installation manual for Hot Dawg heaters it states: All horizontal category III vents must be terminated with a Gary Steel 1092 or Breidert Type L style vent cap. I searched the net with Google and all the hits relate back to instructions for various heaters. All the caps I've found...

I'm going to install a 45k btu Hot Dawg in the shop. They (along with just about all the other brand shop heaters of the same size) come set up for 3" vent pipe for the exhaust. Is there any benefit to increasing the vent pipe to 4 or more inches in diameter, or does 3" work just as well? I'm...

I saw this on another website....what do you think? For all of you that are mechanically inclined..... Penetrating Oils Compared A study done by Machinist's Workshop magazine in their April 2007 issue looked at different penetrating oils to see which one did the best job of removing a rusted...

I installed my new Lithonia T8 strip lights and they made all kinds of static when I turned them on. Contacted Accupro (ballast supplied with lights) and they sent out 6 new ballasts which arrived today. My question is in regards to grounding. I have the ground wire for the electric grounded...

I'm trying to decide where to mount my Hot Dawg heater in my shop. Shop is 20' X 20' square. My original plan was to hang it centered on one of the two outside walls (other two walls are insulated and against an existing barn which is also insulated.). With the heater facing the center of the...

I'm going to be putting a Hot Dawg heater in the shop and I'm trying to figure out where to put the propane tank. My old shop had an upright 100 gallon (lbs?) tank behind the building. There were no windows and it was placed about 15 feet from the flue vent. I've got windows on my new shop...

I'm wiring my new shop and had a brain fart...:wtf: trying to wire up outlets for my dust collector and table saw (both 20amp/240v). I ran 12/3 wire from the load center to the outlet. The wire is connected in the load center to a double pole 20amp breaker: The black wire to one pole on the...

Looking for lights for my shop. Has anyone used the Metalux SNF series commercial narrow striplights? (fluorescent) They are 8' long, 4 T-8 bulbs. I found them at Lowes and matched up the model number listed as commercial grade on the Cooper website. The Cooper spec sheet lists the fixture...

I searched all the posts I could find here regarding what size heater to get, but couldn't find what I was looking for. My new shop is 20 X 20. There are two exterior walls with 2X6 framing, R19 insulation and two interior facing walls that are 2X4 framing that are insulated to R13. The...

Looking to buy a job site radio to put in the workshop. There's a bunch of them out there now..DeWalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Bosch, Rigid and I'm sure there are more. Do any of you have one or more of them and what do you think about them? I'm not concerned about it being used as a battery...

Looking at Ikea's website...their basic white cabinets are not too shabby looking and reasonably priced. The base cabinets have legs to keep the cabinet off the floor so sweeping or vacuuming under them is doable. Anyone used them yet? For the price it might be a quick way to get storage and...

I want to secure some 4X8 sheets of extruded poly insulation to ceiling joists with screws (or nails). I've seen special washers that you put a nail or screw through to give support to the material you are securing. I've seen metal ones and plastic ones...but my mad cow disease is kicking in...

Trying to narrow down the interior wall covering for my shop. I read all the posts about using OSB, but I'm not too crazy about the look. I'm looking at either using t1-11 (5/8") or trying to find a local sawmill and buy rough cut 8" shiplap. What I'm trying to figure out is which is the more...

I'm going to mount a Hot Dawg heater on the ceiling of my shop, but I don't want to just mount the heater flush to the ceiling...I feel a better with some air space above it. What I'm thinking of doing is mounting 2 pieces of u-channel to the ceiling, then using long bolts, hang the heater from...