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Finally getting around to changing the oil on my compressor. Wow, Quincy thinks a lot of their syn Quin-cip D oil, it’s priced like liquid gold! Anyone have a recommendation for more reasonable good quality full syn compressor oil? Royal Purple seems more better priced, but I have never used...

Hi all. I have a Quincy QT5 80 gal vertical compressor. Bought it new 2 years ago. Just got around to plumbing the bottom drain so its easier (less messy) to do, and it's way quieter doing it. The manual says to purge air from the the tank down to 35psi before opening the drain ball valve to...

So last year I bought a house with my dream detached shop. The former owner built it for his huge RV, the "Bus" as he refers to it. It is a nicely built 30x40 pole building. Attached are a few pics when we moved in, a few of the man cave part I just finished It has 6" concrete floors, so a...

Hi all. I have a new Quincy 5-HP 80-Gallon Two-Stage QT Pro Air Compressor (230 Volt 1-Phase), model 251CP80VCB. I am placing it within 4 feet of my 200 amp breaker box. The manual is pretty skimpy on specifics to hook it up, other than where to attach the wires and that it needs a 60 amp...

My good friend is "de-cluttering" his shop as I am just starting mine. So he is giving me this wonderful old drill press. It will be a restoration project I look forward to. Cord is cut and it has a heavy rust patina. The drill bit chuck works and it spins like the motor isn't seized. It's...

I am purchasing a 1987 house that has already had the Quest plumbing for the entire house replaced with Pex. The house has an awesome garage about 35 ft from the house crawl space where the Pex water shut off is. Garage already has 100amp service, but no water for a hose or cable for TV or...

So I close on my new house and workshop Sept 8. All I have to do survive the mortgage appraisal next week. Everything else is done, inspected and pre approved. Yay! Some of you saw my new shop in another thread when I first looked at the property. Really nice 30x40 pole building built in...

I am considering purchasing this property in central NC that has a well maintained late 80's ranch house with a 600 sq ft attached garage, and a detached 1200 sq ft "Morton type building" that the current owner built for his motor home in 2010, wired with 100 amp service, 220 outlets and with...

Hi. I am hoping someone here can help me out. The town has dug up our street a dozen times or so doing new water, sewer and storm drains. Now they are re-surfacing our road & parking access outside our beach condo. The road is going to be concrete. Even with my best Google skills I can not...

Tomorrow morning I am looking at a unique property in Greensboro, NC. It has this unusually nice carport. My issue is I need an enclosed, secure garage. It's 24x24, so it's decent size, and has a room above it. I'm thinking the easiest and least expensive way to turn it into a garage is to...

Ok, this is not a garage... but it is a construction/repair question that I thought someone here could provide some input on. It could easily apply to a garage! These pics are the underside of staircase landings on an older 6 pack condo I own at Carolina Beach, NC. There are six of these...

Anyone familiar with this tool? http://maxx-leverage.com/store%20live.htm Eric The Car Guy did a recent tool review on it. I'm not sure the average mechanic or DYI would need the larger ones, but the 9" one seems like it could be handy not just for more breaking leverage on tough bolts, but...

Just plumbed a water softener in my condo that has Pex pipe borrowing a crimp tool. Want to buy one of my own. I see you can buy different wrenches for different sizes, or a kit that has inserts for different size pipe. The latter sounds good because I have all sizes covered... but do those...

Ok, I've done plenty of mechanic work over the years as a reasonably active backyard mechanic. I just had a headlight go out. These are HID's and the bulbs are pricey. So I take out both headlights (impossible to get the back of the bulb w/out removing the headlights) swap bulbs, end up...

Ok, I'm a "recreational mechanic" that has a sizable tool collection. Comming back from the beach a couple weeks ago the steering wheel mounted cruise control button on wife's 2002 Nissan Maxima SE broke :mad: It's a module that has several buttons on it. So I order a new one on-line...

OK, the original story is here: http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52043 My son has lived in Hawaii for a while now, and I miss him so much. He went to Guilford Technical college before he left the mainland, and was able to buy a great Snap-on box at a super student discount way...

I searched the threads - but just some general comments when this first came out and also similar general comments about discontinued blue point chain extensions... My Question: Does anyone who actually owns a "Tite-Reach" ratchet extension like it? What is your review on quality and...

I have been continuing to clean out my basement shop (never ending job!)and found a set of 6 large twist drill bits starting at 1". These must have been my fathers. The plastic roll-up sleeve that held them was disintigrating, but is said "Morse Taper Shank Drill Set". The dills seem new. I...

Hey guys, thought I'd share a few pics as I move, clean & sort tools from my basement shop to the Snap-on box in my garage I refurbished over Christmas. I have a separate post on refurbing the box. The box seems to get more awesome every day! Huge difference in the ball bearing drawer slides...

Hi, I was just cleaning out my basement workshop moving a lot of my tools to a new upstairs workshop. I found some of my fathers air tools... he passed away several years ago, I'm 55, he was 90 so these are old. I was able to reseach the Rodac pieces, but not the Chicago Pneumatic CP-834 1/2...