Garage Shop: Tools

A quick test and it works great.

4 x 4 all three 3/8" staples flat into the wood. 12Ga solid wire snug but not too tight to cut into the insulation.

 

Is that a white Makita? I never had the drill but remember a white Makita 1/4” hex impact I ran with for work around 2008.

 

It is. They phased out the white and went back to traditional turquoise a few years ago. They have a few black drill kits too as their “subcompact” models (smaller and lighter with a slight power disadvantage) I got this kit (drill and hex impact) about 10 years ago. Replaced the batteries once in that time fairly recently and the drill took a shit today while installing some sliders. The impact is still kicking though. I also have the 1/2” impact as well as two 5ah batteries, one 2ah battery and a dual bay charger, so I want to stay in the same brand for a replacement.

Now for some justifying math:
Replacement drill only is about $80
Drill, 1.5 ah battery and charger is about $100
Drill, impact, charger and two 2ah batteries is $170.

So as you can see, I had to buy the two drill kit. It’s the better bargain.


I’ll pass the old impact to my brother since he gets all my hand-me-down tools. He doesn’t use his tools as hard as I do so it should last him.

 

The kits are usually the best deal. Most of the time you’re essentially getting the tool free and paying for the batteries or vice versa, so sometimes it just makes more sense if you can justify the extra expense.

 

There's probably a couple of youtube vids that would make it a lot easier for you.

 

You pleb.

 

"Who said that?"
"That Andre the Giant clown over there LOL"

 

So here is the turbo compound that they ran on B-29s and Constellations. Can't believe these guys are running it without a test club (cutoff prop to provide load and cooling).

Go to 3 min for the start

https://www.revolvy.com/page/Curtis...d-start?stype=videos&cmd=list&sml=wVmMd2BnbJ4

 

Me and two friends rent this space together. I have the mechanic zone with the lift and tools etc, one friend is a carpenter so he does vehicle build outs as well as cool slab furniture, and the other is a welder so he fabricates sliders and bedracks etc.

I have the workbench one and the double stacked one, don't really know what they're called haha

 

Keep yer sawdust off my grinding dust, partner...

 

Haha exactly! I'm the only one in there full time though, the other guys do this on the side and work other jobs, so it's not too bad

 

It’s a cool set up!

What more do you need in there except for a two, three tank brewery tucked in a corner...

BTW, the older I get the more I inherit my father’s hair trigger gag reflex...your user name is getting close to having me blow chucks....Thanks for that

 

Very Impressive setup.

 

OK, last radial video. I promise. Really. Then I 'll start my own thread.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av12425163?from=search&seid=9022927795209053642


Watch the bottom turbo puke a bucket of oil at start. Classic 3350. At rest, the oil pools in all the lower cylinders and rocker boxes. On the race engines, everyone installed a rocker box drain system and a drip can to avoid the ungodly unholy mess.

I can't even imagine what some of the B-29 bases in the Marianas were like. You could probably drill for oil there, but it has probably long since drained through the coral and into the sea.





Sigh...

 

Cleaned off my work bench. Let's see how long it stays this way lol

A little preview of how bad it was lol

 

If it does not look like the bottom picture you spend all your time working out of state is some sort of Mechanical / Fabricating job.

When you do get home the last thing you want is to pick up any sort of tool at least in my case

 

My old jacks just didn’t work properly anymore. Picked these today. Worked great for my tire rotation.

 

Aww, twins

Looks great

 

Kind of like a junior and a senior.