TrikeKid
Junk Hoarder
Dang you guys get boned up there, I bought mine for 34 bucks.
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Shop and Tools: Tips and Tricks
- Thread starter Muckin_Slusher
- Start date
Brad
Jackass
Been using it lately and hadnt heard about it til a neighbor told me a few years ago.
Use a shop vac when digging post holes to get the dirt out of the hole. Much faster with me using the digging bar and the kid sucking all the first out than using post hole digger
Use a shop vac when digging post holes to get the dirt out of the hole. Much faster with me using the digging bar and the kid sucking all the first out than using post hole digger
chumly2071
Red Skull Member
- Joined
- May 25, 2020
- Member Number
- 1355
- Messages
- 13
One of these magnetic helping hands things seems to work good so far as a flexible pointer on my bender/degree wheel.
They are small, and the magnet is strong enough to hold it in place. I plan to replace the clip with a piece of aluminum tig rod to get a more precise pointer.
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They are small, and the magnet is strong enough to hold it in place. I plan to replace the clip with a piece of aluminum tig rod to get a more precise pointer.
[memphis]
Web wheeler
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2020
- Member Number
- 1867
- Messages
- 710
I saw this tip here but unsure of the thread… maybe it’s inside this one but for the sake of posting… the no swag no problem version of a vertical bandsaw. Apparently the foot doesn’t easily remove off of my unit… I really dislike the swag setup for my model of saw.
I’d like to figure out how to make a table to have more support when cutting
I’d like to figure out how to make a table to have more support when cutting
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Muckin_Slusher
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For right now (until you build a table) instead of clamping your saw like you are, clamp it by the tee handle at the top of the saw. Put that in the vise, and let the saw droop until the back of the saw bumps against the vise. (the tee handle is clamped sideways in the vise).
This way your saw is well supported, not just hanging by that flimsy blade guard thing.
richardskinner
Well-known member
Self explainatory. Somethings need a lil finger blastin.
budget76
Thread Killer
think this fits here. my jack was being a bastard for some time, one of the pistons was only returning back up halfway. thought it was the metal sleeve cover thing bent, so I yanked it off but no dice
found this video and tried it before I went to HF and spent $200 on a new jack. Works perfect again. I'd sprayed the damn thing with lube a bunch of times and i saw no signs of contamination when I pulled the piston out but something was in there binding it up. Cleaned it off, topped off the jack with compressor oil or whatever I had kicking around, and good to go
so no new tool :( but I saved myself $200 so a win?
found this video and tried it before I went to HF and spent $200 on a new jack. Works perfect again. I'd sprayed the damn thing with lube a bunch of times and i saw no signs of contamination when I pulled the piston out but something was in there binding it up. Cleaned it off, topped off the jack with compressor oil or whatever I had kicking around, and good to go
so no new tool :( but I saved myself $200 so a win?
budget76
Thread Killer
hope it works. only took a couple minutes to do, biggest pain was getting the circlip off