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Unfortunately I have so much "stuff" that I had to have the concrete floor done in three stages, and move a lot of it from one side of the building to the other while each slab was poured. No place to put it other than outside, so I would have had to tarp over everything. It just wasn't...

Yes, there's a door on each end of the 40x30 building. There is also a plywood "office" in that corner, so access on one side of the lift would have been too cramped to put it on the other end.

It's a '97 540i six-speed manual, with Dinan blower. That upgrade alone cost the previous owner nine large at Dinan back in '98! Also the stage 1 Dinan suspension and exhaust. I got it at 66k miles about 7 years ago and it still only has 118k. 414 hp at the crank won't win that many drag races...

This project's been going on for about nine months. But instead of a dirt/mud floor, I now have a 4000 psi 6" (minimum) slab and a Dannmar D-7 four post lift. (I actually bought the lift 3 years ago and it's been in the crate until this winter). So 3 days of rain, thunderstorms and maybe hail...

As noted earlier in the thread, you get little flakes of zinc coming off and messing with the seals in your air tools. Then you also get little flakes of rust...

The OD on K, L and M are all the same. It's the ID that gets slightly smaller with the thicker wall. Don't use the M, it's about as thick as tinfoil. I haven't seen any thick-wall fittings but then I didn't worry about it. The "normal" plumbing and big-box store fittings are fine! I have run my...

Google is your friend! :p From Campbell Hausfeld's website: To calculate scfm, the air is expanded to a standard condition to take into account the variables of pressure, temperature and humidity: 14.7 psia (0 psig), 68 degrees Fahrenheit at 36 percent relative humidity. As a result, scfm...

So I'm old-fashioned. Sue me :p I don't use black pipe because I don't want flecks of rust traveling through the system; PVC is a shrapnel bomb waiting to happen. What would you use in your "modern" shop?

I know that building lumber has doubled and tripled in price this year (you'd think it grows on trees or something)... apparently, so has copper. I'm going to extend my shop air line a few feet so I can relocate my benchtop blasting cabinet. So I just bought 10 feet of one-inch copper tubing...

Very interesting! That should be thin enough :) Thanks for the suggestion. My new aluminum heads use 5/8" hex plugs so the problem will be going away shortly anyhow.

Unfortunately, for now, I do have iron heads. This winter I'll be putting on the PRH-massaged Speedmasters, and 5/8 hex plugs sound like the way to go. Will doublecheck to make sure they fit my new heads first ;) Thanks for the link!

Thanks for the suggestions (especially the 5/8" hex plug info) Time to buy one (or eight) Denso plugs! :) That would definitely be easier than modifying a socket, and cheaper than buying one! The problem with making wrenches, etc. is that there just is not room for me to reach up in there and...

I have a set of Hedman 78030 B-body headers on my low-deck, and the issues with #6 plug access are well known. I made a hole in my inner fender so at least I can get a socket on it. Since I don't have a thin forearm with two wrist joints, using a wrench from underneath is not practical...

I also have a cheap Harbor Fright blast cabinet that needs gloves. Please post back when you find a pair that fit. I have moderately large hands and "XL" work gloves are never big enough. The off-the-shelf XXL gloves are snug but workable - when I can find them.

I had already decided on a 4-post... accessibility not as good, but it'll never tip over and crush me like those poor guys in the Rolls video :eek: It's been in the crate in the barn for 2 or 3 years now... and I finally have the money for the concrete floor which I need first :)

I found this thread and invested $21.75 in a gallon of Evapo-Rust at my local farm store. Soaked my headlight brackets and mounting hardware for about 4 hours... and they look great with no effort other than rinsing them off! I am not going to scrub off the black since these parts are all hidden...

I got burned that way once... a small pancake air compressor really cheap because it only makes 20 psi. Turns out it has a PLASTIC ring on the compressor piston - and it's not a serviced part, period. What a POS. So now I use it to pressurize jugs of transmission fluid at 3 psi (squirts it into...