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Regardless Of The Model Of The Floor Jack, Some Maintenance Is Required   After extensive use lifting cars, trucks, or other vehicles the pumping action on floor jacks over time can allow air into the hydraulic pistons or cause a small amount of jack oil to leak out. This can cause the jack to not function as smoothly or lose some of its lifting power. Luckily with some basic maintenance highlighted in this video, your floor jack with be back in action.   Locate the fill/bleed valve on your floor jack. This will be a screw that pulls double duty...

Gear Spanner ServicingTo service or repair a Gear Spanner that is jammed or  slipping, soak the spanner in CRC Brake Clean for a couple of hours to clean the seized spanners and to loosen debris and fine dirt particles that have clogged up the spanners.When they come out of the CRC Brake Clean, give them a shake up and a blow out with compressed air. Repeat this step as required until all traces of dirt are removed. Once clean, soak them in CRC Marine for a couple of minutes as it has more of an oil residue to lubricate the spanner...

Bossweld MIG torches are built for operator comfort and provides excellent performance and ergonomics when welding with the greater heat levels generated by higher amperage applications. This video explains how to care for your MIG torch and how to change a MIG Gun liner. Spare Parts  

Click on the photos for more product information   Health and Safety in Welding Welding poses a range of hazards to your health. These can be obvious straight away such as electric shock or exposure to cadmium fumes, or they may show up in the long term such as lung and breathing disorders.This is user-friendly illustrated guidance that covers a range of topics including training and qualifications, fire and explosion prevention, local exhaust ventilation, and noise and vibration. There is also a workplace assessment tool and a permit to work form. Health and safety in welding (PDF 564 KB) PDF Welding health...

It’s easy to feel left in the dark when it comes to knowing what to look for when selecting a generator. The selection guide below will enable you to make the correct decision.​Traditional Portable Generator Traditional portable generators produce power by using an engine to rotate two large coils of wire (the rotor) inside a circumference of magnets (the stator). Each full rotation of the engine produces one complete sine wave of AC power. Therefore the engine must maintain a constant speed of 3000RPM to produce the standard of 50Hz. (3000 revs / 60 seconds (1min) = 50Hz). No matter what the load, a traditional style generator must run at full speed to provide the...