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I am in the early stages of building a new garage, have yet to get the foundation trenched. I am running a separate service to the garage as it is cost-prohibitive to upgrade my older home to bring it up to code in addition to upgrading the service (currently only 80 amps). Do i wait until the...

The Chinese made one is the 60 gal one at harbor freight. its on sale for $799 and the store is including a life replacement warranty program for it. Costco does not carry the compressor in their online warehouse, but it is available locally (new item for this store too). I don't recall the...

Does it matter if the 3-cyl is made in the USA vs the 2-stage being chinese?

Hi all. I noticed that Costco is selling an 80 gallon three cylinder single stage air compressor for $799 and was wondering what you could tell me about that kind of set up. I can get a 60 gal 2-stage for the same price. The CFM appears to be about the same (slightly higher on the 2-stage)...

Ok - I've looked through every page of this thread and these compressor are both awesome and perplexing. My perplexedness (ya, not a word) comes from the piping everyone is doing. I can't figure out what is right, wrong, overkill, or what?! I'm a hobby wood worker and grease monkey and...

I brought a 220v circuit into that bay just for this reason, so I'd like to use it. Besides, 220V has less amp draw and the pump works a little faster in that configuration as well. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, so the need to have 110v readily available isn't a concern. I saw Costco's...

I don't believe I've seen anywhere where an install was changed from 110v to 220v. Does anyone have direction has to how that is done? I'm ordering my MaxJax a soon as Uncle Sam repays me, and I have a 220v circuit waiting in the wings. Also, to be sure I'm getting the best deal, can people...

Best floor jack for the money is the low-profile 3.5 ton, quick-rise, Arcan from costco. $95. The red matches my cabinets too :) :thumbup:

Suits my needs...brighter than anything I've used that doesn't plug into the wall. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12623

Mudjacking is often just limestone and water pumped at a low psi (5psi)...never heard of a polymer one. Anyway, I vote for mudjacking. they do drill a lot of holes to get it done, but they back fill them with concrete. After 3 years of being in the sun, i can hardly see them, except when it...

Thanks for the detailed answers. I never thought of the unintended wear a chrome socket could have on impact tools. Additionally, I have multiple sets of chrome and impact sockets 1/2 and 3/8 alike. I never gave it much thought, just always bought impacts for my air tools, and chromies for my...

That seems counter-intuitive, thinner walled impact sockets cost more? I guess the cheaper stuff works for my needs (auto hobbyist, not earning my keep with my tools). Thanks for the answers guys.

i figured as much (thinner)...but impact sockets are cheap.

So, I have a pretty elementary question for the likes of this forum, but I'm just gonna set my pride aside and ask. What is the functional difference between an impact socket and a chrome socket? I know not to use my chrome sockets on my impact tools (breakage), but are they so different? If...

I built a cubby and wall mounted it near the door. Its out of the way, off the ground, and tidies things up. Half the shoes are mine. Steel toed boots, some beat up slip-ons that i wear when washing the car, and some old sneakers that are stained green from mowing the lawn..for uh...mowing...

I'm sure the real pros will chime in, but I'll give it a go. The product you use will have a minimum mils requirement by which you need to follow. If that means you need to apply more than one coat of epoxy, then do it. I used a 3/8" solvent resistant core roller to back roll my epoxy - which...

By the gallon, though you need to think of it in terms of the combined parts -1 gallon part A and 1 gallon part B for the epoxy, and 2:1 for the clear. So, minimum you'll be buying 5 gallons of material.

in response to Old Guy, I can tell you that Sherwin Williams doesn't advertise contractor/commercial coatings of any kind to 99.99% of their retail customers. Even basic contractor grades catch them by surprise when i ask for them. If I ask for a simple latex paint, Pro Mar 200, they're in...

I'll get some pictures up soon. Its been 24 hours, so I should be able to walk on it now...I'm going to wait until tomorrow though, to be safe. Good luck with your choice. PS. the Urethane coating is supposedly low VOC, but I gotta tell you...the whole house smelled of noxious fume. I had...

I just used 4 gallons of epoxy ArmorSeal HC1000 (2A+2B) and 3 gallons (2A+1B) of Urethane clear (UV protection among other things). Coated about 720 ft2 and cost me about $500 out the door. Granted that was a discounted price, but i think the stuff is usually around $100/gal. So, in the end I...