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Hey All, with my ever expanding family (twins on the way) Ive begun looking for a new house. We found a farmhouse with a bank barn in pretty good shape. My question is, how would I go about installing my 4 post lift in the bank barn? Is it possible? The wooden second floor on the banked side...

Anyone every hear of this company in MN? GS compressor appears to have tank mounted screw compressors. I stumbled upon their site but cant find any reviews on them. Its an attractive price for a screw type compressor, never seen one designed like that before.

Hey all, I have this old SK tool set my great uncle left me years ago. Posting basically for historical fun/if its worth anything. The ratchet actually works really well. Everything appears to be in good shape and i think its all there. The box is a little worse for wear but thats to be...

I know I'm opening pandora's box with this question, but I'm looking to upgrade my wrenches. I currently have a full set of older Husky combo's, back when Stanley made them. They have served me well, but I'd like to get either a new set of Mac Knuckle Savers, or Cornwell V pattern's, or SK...

Hello All, So yesterday I added a new toy to my garage. I now own a 108" Snap On KRL1024, which is a quad bank box. I got it because there's some slight damage to it on one side...just cosmetic, all drawers function as they should. The $1500 price tag was to good to pass up:D:bounce::beer...

Does anyone here have the snap on 40th anniversary edition Mustang toolbox? Im trying to find the decals for the box I just bought, and snappy discontinued them. If someone has it and could post a clear picture of the stickers on it I could cut new ones. Its difficult to find online as they...

hey all, i recently purchased a krl1024 4 bank roll cab. Can our snap on tool box experts tell me what 2 individual boxes comprise this work station? it looks like its 2 double bank boxes bolted together. id like to get the box wrapped but need to figure out what each roll cab that makes it up...

Hey all, just wanted to show some pictures of my garage and the progress I've made. I'll be adding more when I get home but here's what I've got so far. Basically I wanted to make my own workstation out of affordable cabinets for the front of the garage. I already did the racedeck flooring...

Picked up a few things for the shop this week. Got myself a Craftsman drill press on Craigslist. It works great but I plan on cosmetically restoring it over next winter. Next is a parker vise my grandpop had sitting outside his shed for decades. Its in really good shape, and its huge. (this...

I will post pictures later but I Just picked up a benchtop King Seeley Drill press in decent condition. model number 103.23131 Are these a decent press'? Its a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be when I went to go get it. I have 2 major questions: 1, where can I get a chuck key for...

Anyone ever use the MAC digital torque wrenches? What kinda quality are they? I've never bought MAC before usually only snapon and cornwell, but i figured what the heck and pulled the trigger on it. Its completly digital and even tells you torque angle too.

Hey all, other than the RJ45 bridge jack availible from bendpak, what other options will work? I saw one from gregg smith that might fit, was seeing if anyone else had seen any other options? I like the rj45, but i dont have an air compressor strong enough to run it. ( My little one runs the...

Hey All I was given a modine pd 50 natural gas heater. Im going to be swithcing it over to propane, and installing it in my garage. I've never really done much with heating systems before so I have a few questions. 1. what do i do for venting? I was going to run a duct of some sort...

Hey all i need some suggestions. my walls in the garage are studded out with drywall installed already...bit the studs where installed on thier sides to save floorspace so theres basically about 2 inches of space between the outer wall and the drywall. i would like to install outlets recessed...

Anyone here have pictures of there mirrors for driving onto a 4 pot lift. In the shop I used to work in, out alignment rack ad a mirror on the wall in front of it so you could line up where you pulled on it at. Anyeone here have anything like that?

Hey all, Im goign to be installing strip lighting in my lift bay. Im tossed between t5 or t8 bulbs. Home depot has 8foot strips that take 4, 4 foot bulbs each in each size. Am I correct that the t5 bulbs are brighter than the t8s, even though they are smaller?

Hey all, I began wireing my lift this weekend but seemed to hit a snag. I am trying to connect it to a dryer cord, so i can unplug the lift. When i took the switch cover of the lift motor off to get a better look at things i saw 5 wires. (its a single phase motor) Theres a ground, a black...

Hey All! Im installing my sub panel in my garage. its a 100 amp eaton cutler hammer type br. When we went to wire it, we noticed both bus bars were connected by a metal plate that ran behind the main center bar. Now in my freinds box, there a dissconnect so you can make one bar a neutral and...

Hey all, this wekeend, I am installing a 100 amp sub panel in my garage. Currently, I have 3, 2 gauge direct burial aluminum wires that will be connected to my electrical box in my houses basement and ran back to the garage (roughly 200 feet). 2 hots, and a neutral. Then I will have 2...

anyone with experience with the Matco 4s line of boxes? Im finding them all over for cheap. Is it better than the harbor freight 56 inch? I know its not KRL quality territory but the pockets don't go down deep enough for one of those right now.