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Found this thing posted on CL . . . and now it's in my garage . . . If you've been following my shop build, you have seen the use of this cart MANY times during the project to move stuff. The major fall back of this yard cart is that it's powered by "me" . . . and it can get heavy - quickly...

So I hooked a friend of mine with a 2002 Honda Accord, that didn't need it anymore, with another friend that has a son just about to get his driver's license . . . This is the car as it was sold/purchased . . . a week ago . . . The top of the car has primer showing through . . . So I...

Several years ago my next door neighbor was cleaning out his workshop and offered me several tools that he no longer had any use . . . and without blinking an eye, bought all of them. This drill - probably cost me $20 . . . they don't make them like this anymore . . . and this thing is a hoss ...

One of these days, when (and if) I ever get my shop, I'm going to want to try and use my anvil and do some of the Damascus Steel stuff that I've been watching . . . it looks so cool, but to do it . . . I need 1. to finish my shop . . . 2. to have my anvil at a height that will work . . . It...

Should have done this years ago, but I kept putting it off . . . and I'm tired of waiting, so the time has come for me to get started on building my new shop ! ! But . . . there are a few "obstacles" that I'll have to contend with . . . and I had to figure out a way to make this plan work, and...

Saw something like this and wanted to have it for the shop, so I got it drawn out onto a sheet of steel, and then cut it out with the plasma cutter - which worked really great too ! Next - get it into primer . . . Now for the painting . . . I'm working on the back side to get my alignment...

Picked up a new "toy" for the shop . . . Good news it's the 2J head to boot ! ! !

Got a co-worker that has his daughter getting married this Saturday, and he approached me many months ago about helping to build a wedding table, hung by ropes, for use at the wedding ceremony . . . like usual, don't know "how" to say NO . . . So here's the progress ( and why little work is...

Had some spare car parts sitting around and I "saw" a new project in the making, so the welder got busted our, the angle grinder with the cut off wheel . . . and a little bit of creativity . . . and wound up with this . . . Kinda looks like a road runner . . . Little easier to see with...

really have been needing to work on the bottom of the car, but laying on my back on the cold concrete does not rank high on my hit parade . . . So it's time to build a rotisserie for the car . . . but . . . I've got about 12" of room to make it fit and be able to close the shop door . . . so...

Been needing to get this done for a while, but there never seems to be enough time in the day to get all my projects done ( and my others are a bit on hold due to this needing to get done ). My neighbor lost ( 2 ) huge oak trees and the "abundance of free firewood ( free if I bust my butt to...

Bought my house about 10 years ago, and the previous owner ( my belief ) got the house from an older couple - the house was built in 1973 - and he did a bunch of "upgrades" ( and I use that tern loosely ) to the house with possible intentions of flipping the house and making a cha-ching amount...

November 8th . . . House stuff yesterday . . . Spent 12 hours under the house with copper plumbing yesterday ( did I ever tell you I hate doing plumbing . . . ) with the goal to get my hot water line set up for installation of the hot water recirculating pump that my dad bought for my years...

Found this "little" number on CL . . . and after viewing the lathe, we determined that it was a good deal . . . but . . . the seals in the head were leaking. The seller agreed to split the cost of the seals and bearings and it came home . . . 12" on the chuck ( it does have a removable "gap"...