Recent content by ablebaker

I have a 24' X 48' ICF (side walls) garage that I would like to hang shelves and panels in. This will require setting some anchors into the walls. I'm looking for an affordable wall scanner that will help identify live wires, re-bar, and pipes under 1/2 or 5/8 sheet rock on top of 2" of foam...

Looking for recommendations on a basic one step sealer for a new concrete 24'X48' garage floor. I want something that will resist oil, road salt, and most of the other crud we drop on garage/shop floors. Preferably spray on but I could roll it if needed. I'd also be interested in what kind of...

Great suggestions, I appreciate all your input. I'll probably look into renting a semi trailer or buying a shipping container. I'll talk to my builder about putting an exterior on a shipping container that will meet HOA approval (wood siding and a roof of some sort) then I'll have my out...

I am going to be moving from Austin, Texas to McCall, Idaho in the Spring and I’m looking for moving and possibly storage options for all my shop equipment (tools, cabinets, workbenches, stationary saws drill press, scissor lift, and lots of misc. but heavy stuff, etc.). Pods seem...

I modified my NORCO mid rise car lift for my motorcycles. Welded up some extensions and put 3/4" plywood in the center, bolted down the wheel dock I made and built a movable ramp for the end. It works well and it all unbolts and folds up on to a flat dolly when I'm not using it. I can also use...

I've been having the same experience with Rustoleum, doesn't matter whether it's the new wide spray nozzle or the old one the paint clogs in the can. I've tried soaking them in hot water for an hour, leaving them in the sun, etc.etc, and they still don't work. I threw away five cans last week...

Haven't had any issues with storing them on end for over a year. It does, however, make moving the engine hoist a little more daunting. I don't use them often but when I do you have to be very careful lifting them on and off, they would really do a number on your toes if you drop one. The...

Hope the picture loads, if not I'll go back to the drawing board and try again. Anyway, got tired of tripping over my two floor jacks the other day and thought "there's got to be a better way". Since I had a engine hoist folded up against the wall taking up space anyway I decided to weld to "j"...

Thanks Dave, hadn't thought about a rail, that might be a more elegant solution.

I have a Norco midrise which is well supported in the middle, I just need something under the wheels on each end. I'll probably try to reenforce a plywood sheet with angle iron in the major stress areas (under the wheels). I had a motorcycle platform lift like your suggestion, don't have room...

I'm thinking of putting together a platform of sorts that will fit on my midrise and allow me to drive a motorcycle on to it for serviceing. Anyone out there done anything like this? Steel, I think, would be to heavy, perhaps 3/4" plywood reinforced in stratgic areas...Ideas and suggestions...

Just ordered a mid rise lift and I'm thinking that I will need to put something under the wheels so they don't mark or sink into the VCT I have on my floor. My initial thoughts are two strips of 5/32 sheet steel 6" inches wide and as long as they need to be. Any one see a problem with that or...

I'm trying to decide between the two. Norco is acouple of hundred dollars cheaper from Mile X Equipment but that's not a major issue. The vendors I'm considering all offer free shipping so that cancels out. It looks like you have more front and rear end access with the Norco but the Bendpak...

When I plug a tool or vacuum into my shop plugs I get a spark just as the plug goes into the recepticle...I wonder why this occurs - not all the time but frequently.

Just finished laying my Armstrong VCT and now want to put a couple of coats of wax on it before moving all my equipment on to it. Wondered if anyone had any particular recommendations for wax. I plan to sweep it, swab it, and the put the wax on with a sponge mop. Don't have a buffer so it needs...