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Craig Nedrow

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An ingenious pivoting work/welding table made from a bowling ball, brake rotors, a bottle jack and some scrap metal!
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would work great for ccing heads
 

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An ingenious pivoting work/welding table made from a bowling ball, brake rotors, a bottle jack and some scrap metal!
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I'm not a welder, but damn that is pretty slick
 

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Got a magnet mount drill. 100.00 bucks. I have needed one a couple of times.
 

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Ok, where are you finding these deals? I want in, lol.
I said were I was getting these deals a few posts ago. One of the ladies that my wife helps at the bank she is a loan officer at, is wanting to move back to Michigan. Her husband passed a couple of years ago, and she is wanting to sell off everything before she moves next summer. I've been helping her out doing little odd jobs for her... heavy lifting that type stuff when I have the time. He had a bunch of concrete working stuff, woodworking stuff, and just stuff like that. I've been able to pick what I want before she puts it on FB market to get rid of the rest. She have a few more things I want that she is saving for me.
 

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I said were I was getting these deals a few posts ago. One of the ladies that my wife helps at the bank she is a loan officer at, is wanting to move back to Michigan. Her husband passed a couple of years ago, and she is wanting to sell off everything before she moves next summer. I've been helping her out doing little odd jobs for her... heavy lifting that type stuff when I have the time. He had a bunch of concrete working stuff, woodworking stuff, and just stuff like that. I've been able to pick what I want before she puts it on FB market to get rid of the rest. She have a few more things I want that she is saving for me.

Ahh... I thought you picked her clean of the good stuff the first time, lol.

In all seriousness, she sounds like a real nice lady.
 

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my favorite tool got even better. Needed a angle drill. Dewalt came through again.
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some of the accessories that work really well with this attachment.
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Is that aluminum oxide? I've not used that, yet. Glass beads, soda and walnut shells. What I see in your pix is usually par for the course. I can never get a steady flow either and I'm using 90 psi with gravity feed.
use fine coal from tractor supply and try again!
 

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Not sure if this counts as a tool, but still messing with my air compressor plumbing. Trying to create a perfectly dry/clean air side from an air manifold for painting. Have a trans cooler to use for an aftercooler, then will go through a water separator, then into the tank, then to a manifold that one side exits to a copper pipe setup with ball valves to catch the little moisture the trans cooler doesn't get. After that, it goes to another water separator - oil/dirt filter - desiccant setup before hitting the gun. Buddy that has painted for 40yrs thinks it will be perfect. Dunno.

Well, just got the 1" copper pipes sweated. Used a scotch brite to make 'em purtee. Shouldn't be any leaks, but until Spring when I can test it, I will pace. (fwiw.....that 2 position breaker box is disappearing for a full size sub panel on the other side of the garage).

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Then to top it off, I went to a lumber outlet where they were having an anniversary sale. Picked up 100ft of 3/8" Parker Industrial (made in USA) air hose for $26.50 out the door. :hat:
 

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Not sure if this counts as a tool, but still messing with my air compressor plumbing. Trying to create a perfectly dry/clean air side from an air manifold for painting. Have a trans cooler to use for an aftercooler, then will go through a water separator, then into the tank, then to a manifold that one side exits to a copper pipe setup with ball valves to catch the little moisture the trans cooler doesn't get. After that, it goes to another water separator - oil/dirt filter - desiccant setup before hitting the gun. Buddy that has painted for 40yrs thinks it will be perfect. Dunno.

Well, just got the 1" copper pipes sweated. Used a scotch brite to make 'em purtee. Shouldn't be any leaks, but until Spring when I can test it, I will pace. (fwiw.....that 2 position breaker box is disappearing for a full size sub panel on the other side of the garage).

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Then to top it off, I went to a lumber outlet where they were having an anniversary sale. Picked up 100ft of 3/8" Parker Industrial (made in USA) air hose for $26.50 out the door. :hat:
I need to do some reading on this. I have noticed my air has quite of bit water in it. I drain my tank after every use. I have water separators and still getting a little water at the tool.
 

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I need to do some reading on this. I have noticed my air has quite of bit water in it. I drain my tank after every use. I have water separators and still getting a little water at the tool.
Look up Derale 15300. Its a 16 row trans cooler that has more links to air compressors than transmissions. lol There are a bazilion videos on YT showing it and the results. Most say 90-95% of the water is removed. A couple use a digital thermal reader - air coming out of the pump and going into the cooler is 280-300F. Air coming out is 72-80F. Have seen setups with small fans on top of the cooler - helped some but not enough for me to use it. Where my cooler will sit is right in front of the large "fan blades" from the pump pulley. I figure that cooling / water separating it before the tank is even better as it spares the tank in the long run.

There's also several that rely on just the copper like I did, with a separator at the tool or bench, and they like it fine. I'm doing both (plus a desiccant) just for shear overkill. It has been decades since I painted so I dont need any outside factors complicating it anymore than it will be. :hat:
 

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