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Another reason I like the beam style.

Agree with the heat. Sometimes just the heat of your hand and some silicone spray lubricant will do it.

Let gravity work for you. A wheeled device, wagon of some kind, loaded with appropriate weight. Rope and pulley. Your load goes up, wagon comes down. Your load comes down, wagon goes up. Proven workable over thousands of years.

We have 110 - 120 psi water pressure. City supplied. 35 years. No problems, ever.

Always err higher shop/ garage doors. Two of my Grandsons have put up 40x60+ pole buildings in the last 10 years. They had planned on 12’ doors. No, no says I. Go with 14 footers. (At least one) They did and still thank me from time to time.

I’ve seen shops where compressors/tanks were valved and daisy chained at those outlets.

I’m a bowline man, but in something like your doing I’d use a a hay hitch or trucker’s hitch with a long screw driver struck through it for easy release

Always used the wooden handle of a wire brush to unscrew broken bulb socket from hot circuit. Perfect fit.

Tip for for silver anti seize, Teflon pipe dope, and etc. To thin dried up containers, add virgin olive oil. Figured it out 40+ years ago by reading MSDS sheets. Works and won’t dry up.

Just try a drop of it on something. If it works, it works. I have a large bottle of red I’ve had for over 20 years and it still locks things up. They only more successful sales slogan than the expiration date scam on some things is the ” rinse and repeat “ the shampoo companies came out with...

Hard to reach places I blow with compressed air soak with acetone blow with compressed air spray with rust converter, two coats paint

I have no name 12, 20, and 50 ton presses. 20 and 50 are in compressor room and seldom used. 12 is in handy spot and has acy/oxy torch right beside it. 12 and torch handles everything car related. My philosophy: If it’s from a car or pickup and it doesn’t move with 24,000 lbs., better heat it...

Years ago in the oil field we painted them silver, with a rag.

Looks like that connection was severely over tightened

Main jet is possibly partially plugged. Might get away with dropping float bowl and shooting some carb cleaner straight up main jet channel (tube where float bowl screwed in) or trying to run a strand of copper wire up thru jet. You can remove jet with flat blade screwdriver, but don’t let it...

I have 6 or 7 one inch guns out in the shop. All are all are 30-40 years old. Two are spline guns. They are like new. I didn’t like to use them and neither did the help.

Steel air tanks on heavy duty trucks have been lined since the early seventies. I’m betting the railroad has something similar. Never figured out why all air tanks weren’t lined. Cost I suppose.

I’ve sprayed a lot of rustoleum with hvlp in the past. i think 50-60%+ acetone. Instant dry. Can clear almost immediately if you want

I use air at our cabin. Cabin is inaccessible 6 mos of year. 10‘+ snow Here’s what I do. have valve and hose bib in bottom of well pit. Hook air to hose bib. Drain hot water heater first. Blow down 5-6 times at 50-60 lbs. anti freeze traps, toilets, and washing machine.

I use Teflon paste pipe dope. I have some that’s over 20 years old and use as needed. It’s in a gallon can that I spoon over to smaller containers. I suppose 10-12 years ago, I had to mix a little virgin olive oil into the gallon because it was getting too dry. I also mix olive oil in anti...