Have you ever wondered what it would take to paint your own car? Save yourself tons of money by doing the paint job at home. For years the standard spray gun was a Binks siphon fed gun. These spray guns were best used with lacquer based paint while holding huge […]
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How to Check and Adjust Car Tire Air Pressure
Today we’re going to talk about getting your tires properly inflated. This is going to give you the best fuel economy and it’s also going to give you the best tire wear. Most vehicles are always going to have a recommendation in the door or you can check in the owners manual. A tech tip is you want to check the pressure with the tire “cold”. This means the car has completely cooled down and isn’t hot from driving. Measuring that way will give you the best reading possible.
How to Make Door Jambs From Scratch- Eastwood Elite Shrinker Stretcher
In this tech article we’re working on a Model T roadster project that started out as a pile of parts. With any type of project like this you’re going to run into areas where there’s just no metal at all and we need to make it from scratch so we’re going to be making a door sill and door jamb area on this vehicle.
Five MIG Welder Maintenance Tips- How to TroubleShoot Your MIG Welder
MIG Welders are a glorious thing. Feed it wire and gas and it’ll “glue” all sorts of metal together. The mechanical inner workings of a MIG welder are pretty simple. There’s a drive motor that turns a set of rollers that feeds the wire through your MIG torch and you’re off and welding. What most don’t realize is that a troublesome MIG welder could be just be a maintenance issue and not the welder itself failing. We decided to put our five maintenance tips below you should check periodically. Like any mechanical item your welder needs maintenance to continue to perform its best.
What type of Air Management Piping Do I Need?
So you’ve got an air compressor and you’re living the pneumatic powered dream. But what you’ve quickly gotten tired of is dragging that air hose around the shop/driveway and trying to untangle it after every use. A common upgrade after getting an air compressor is to build a management system that contains an air dryer and filtration system as well as routes the air lines out of the way and leaves you with convenient outlets or drops to hook your hose up to. This will minimize the tangled air hose mess and will also clean up the floor/shop. Below we go over the most common types of air compressor piping and why you might chose one over the other.
Air Compressor Trouble Shooting Guide- What’s Wrong with my Compressor?
It’s late at night or a weekend and you’re knee deep in a project ready to call in some pneumatic power to help you speed up your progress and the air compressor starts acting up! What can you do?! You can either give up and call in a professional; or maybe diagnosis and fix the issue yourself like a true Eastwood Guy or Gal! We decided to put together a simple trouble shooting guide for common reciprocating air compressors to help you get to the bottom of your problems.
Can You Put your Air Compressor Outside?
Making noise is part of working in your garage, but we always want to do what we can to limit the noise we HAVE to hear. One of the things we can do to limit the noise in your shop is choosing a good place to put your air compressor […]
Top Air Tools Needed For Auto Body Work
Air tools have made our lives easier and can make a lot of jobs go quicker. Auto Body work can be a slow process and definitely takes time and patience. We decided to put together our must-have list of air tools you should have in your tool box when working on body work on a vehicle.
How to Clean Air Tools
Just like your car you need to keep your tools clean and maintained. Hand tools can be easy to keep up with as they just take a wipe down and maybe an occasional drop of oil here and there. Your air tools get used hard and performance can decrease with […]