Recent content by mikehaugen

So an electric winch is an adequate tie down??

I have read countless threads/debates/reviews on "what is the best grinding wheel" but they all seem to focus on how long they last. My interest is in how long they perform well. I've used many varieties over the years (mostly 4-1/2") and haven't paid a lot if attention until recently. I'm...

Hey everyone! So I have a cheap crappy folding 4'x8' utility trailer that was given to me a while back... most likely from harbor freight. I have never used it because I never had much use for it, but I'm starting to think a small enclosure on it would be make it useful for camping trips...

Hey everyone! It's been quite a while since I've posted here but nice to see some familiar names are still around. Anyway... I currently own a Lincoln idealarc 250 tig/stick machine that has and still does serve me well, I plan to keep it. But I've been coming up with some projects that I...

So my boy (3 years old) is very fascinated with trains. I am planning a train themed bed to build and I have most of the plan done but for the "boiler" part I want some curved plywood. I am thinking the ends will be semi-circle plywood pieces and I want to bend another piece of plywood over...

At work we had Linde forklifts with vw 2.0 engines fueled by propane. They just got replaced, not for engine issues necessarily, just generally worn out. Here is one of the old ones waiting to be shipped out. We run 5-6 days per week, 3 shifts. Look, this one is nearly new... I think the...

Well I haven't blown anything up yet! I got the angle welded onto both sides. I still need to weld on the 3 point brackets, but I ran out of rod :( I know, I know, the metal isn't all that clean. It looks a lot better than when I drug it out of the snow/mud though. I not looking for...

Well when I went out to get them a few days ago they were frozen to the ground. We've had a warm weekend so I was able to get them. Now I just have to plan how to build this thing! They are about 300# each so manageable one at a time but once I start welding them together it won't be so easy...

A while back I cut down some posts at work. They are 6" round tubing filled with concrete- not sure if it's 1/4" or 3/16", I'll have to check. I cut them flush with the concrete floor with a torch and boy was there a lot of popping. Anyway, I want to weld some together but not sure if it is a...

I got the lights installed, still need to get outside and get them adjusted, but probably not tonight. Right now I just guessed at the angle... the inner two are spot beam and the outers are flood beam. They are on 2 separate switches. From what I can tell they seem to be pretty bright, but I...

Got it painted and just finished reinstalling it. Here is a close up of the feet installed. The edge is 1-1/4 off the ground... we'll see how it goes. Maybe over the summer I will take the plow apart and have it blasted then paint it. I will also probably install the crossover relief at...

Anyone ever heard of Nilight LED's? Anyone ever used them? Amazon has a good price for them. I made a light bar for the front of my tractor for snowplowing and left spots for 4 lights. Thought about getting 2 flood and 2 spot lights, 18 watts. If not I will probably go with the TUFF lights...

So I thought I would give this a try for the feet. It's 5" round stock 1-1/2" long with about 1/2" 45 degree chamfer. Not sure if I chamfered it enough, but we'll see.

Here it is getting ready for clean-up/paint.

Here's the lightbar I made... not sure why it's sideways.