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Would you come and clean MY bench up? LOL

You have a good eye OMM! I shoulda explained... the one on the right is the exact same part as the one on the left (both out of the same bag of 10), and started out looking exactly like the one on the left. The one on the left has not been installed. The one on the right is the one that got...

Gotcha.. it was more deformed than I would have expected. Thought it would spring back to the original form when it came out the back side but no. Tried starting it in again and there was nowhere near the original tension, so the material is permanently deforming.

Just as a matter of curiousity.....I was installing helicoils (in a new billet AL flywheel for the pressure plate bolts) and had to run one helicoil all the way through and out the back side, because I missed a burr in the threaded hole and the helicoil was not sitting in the hole right. It was...

4 posts are much easier to install. The floor can be thinner, and more importantly, the cars' center of gravity is between the posts at all times. They will not tend to pitch over. The 2 post if loaded poorly with a heavy vehicle, will have a very large twisting force on the 2 floor mounts...

Auction closed 40 minutes before I saw you link..... probably a good thing for me! LOL

If you can, make one of the doors at least 1' tall. I'd use 3 separate doors. Compressor inside may make for less condensation inside the tank if the garage is heated in winter. Just a thought: A wash bay probably won't be viable with everything else inside unless it is a complete separated...

Has your slab been thickened under the pad spots?

YouTube and Google.... LOL

I'd encourage you to read and not just take word of mouth... here is a start: Common Shielding Gases Used for Arc Welding | Lincoln Electric

I think we'll all agree that you will believe you died and went to heaven with a Miller or Hobart LOL! As for the oxy to cut things, that is what I do and have a big bench grinder on a pedestal to finish things off, or a big electric right angle grinder. But is IS sloooow going to do the finish...

Take some sheet metal and some 1/4" plate with to try if you get to test one so you can really work it in different conditions. The biggest thing you will have in going from sheet metal is the amperage range difference; doing heavy plate work may stretch the amperage of a small unit that is good...

Tnx... they did list the brand (Helios) but have no info on parts. I liked this intro on their 101 section: "Before we start, let's state outright that the best, most reliable, and most useful caliper you can own is a vernier caliper. It isn't electronic and it doesn't have a dial. Only...

Unfortunately, a gauge block or standard would have not caught this odd error unless I knew exactly at what dimension to check with a large gauge block set.... it only showed up at certain rotation angles of the needle. At other needle angles, the caliper is still quite accurate. I only caught...

This is most likely your issue RRR. I opened the garage door garage a few weeks ago after a cold snap to let some warm air in but it was humid. Instant condensation on everything.... including all over a new crank being fitted in a block. Heating the space or the slab is what is needed. Sealing...

I tend to check my German made dial caliper regularly against micrometers and never saw it off more than +/-.001. But was measuring a 1.125" OD on a needle bearing assembly and kept getting .003" small. Compared with a vernier caliper, and 2 micrometers, and darned if the dial caliper was not...

Looks like this saves around $500 for floor and wall framing, and some time.

That's very much appreciated! Engineering goodies are great to have. But like on brian6pac's unit, this sonic gauge comes with a disc of calibrated thickness built into the side of the case. And I checked this gauge against a brake rotor because it is cast iron, and I wanted to make sure I knew...

You are very likely correct....I just did not look. Thanks very much for keeping things straightened out.

Too bad you can't get the Milwaukee tools easily over there. We use nothing but them in our work. The subcontractors we hire to help us all want to use out drills, rather than their Makita's and Dewalt's or Bosch's. The Milwaukees are just heavier duty all around, which pays if you use them a...

This reminds me of when I walked in to an older gearhead acquaintance's garage in the mid 70's. It was packed to the rafters and you had to pick your way around everything. I decided that if I ever got a good garage, it would never get that way...well, guess what mine looks like now! LOL

Tnx, that looks like it would connect right up, and the frequency is the same. Maybe you filed into the actual gap in the head; I was real careful to stay away from that.

I don't know the shop cost DF75, but that IS an idea. Of course, much/most of the value in this whole process is to know what is too thin... I got this to see how much could be bored out a 1968 273 block. Interestingly, it had much more consistent wall thicknesses than a later 360 block. Maybe...

I wanted to get one of these for measuring cylinder wall thickness, but the price on the 'shop' grade ones is over $1k. So took a chance on a 'chinesum' one. Found one on Amazon for $180 shipped. Model is TM8812. Got it here and it seem to work OK. First measured some non-vented brake rotors...

CFL's will hopefully die a very quick death and no one will mourn their passing. Too unreliable, and sometimes char and smoke when dying. Plus the warm-up problems.... I have been slowly changing many apps to LED's and the cost savings are worthwhile. I have found Phlips BR30 LED spots to be...

Thanks all; all sound like good suggestions. One of the recommended synthetics are next. Bearing work? Yeah..... we can change out both bearings and races in any hub and hand pack the bearings with grease in about 45 minutes now.... by the side of the road no less... After midnight takes a...

Thanks all; all sound like good suggestions. One of the recommended synthetics will be next. Bearing work? Yeah..... we can change out both bearings and races in any hub and hand pack the bearings with grease, and be back on the road in about 45 minutes now.... by the side of the road no...

OK, I know what that is generally. I think the moly-loaded type that we have is long-fibered, but I'l double check. A synthetic may be the next thing to try. Thanks again.

Yes it is. What kind of symptoms did you get when using it with bearings? I'll have to look at the container and see what it says. Tnx!