Recent content by bambbrose

Its been a few years, any comments on how this is holding up after use? I'm considering it for my shop. Looks great!

I appreciate your thoughts. I do have a tractor and I agree, having it in for service is a must. It has a ROPS which folds down but who knows what I'll own in the future. I will keep this in mind. Regarding the height of the garage, there is no code on this. It is my personal decision to...

Foundation requirements are not known, just whatever IRC 2012 is going by. I need to look it up. I do need a permit here but it doesn't have to be engineered plans. The county will likely call me out on the foundation/footing detail. I spoke with a few contractors here and many of them just...

When converted into a refrigerator the capacity of the compressor on whatever the pulled the guts from may not be the same as the cooler you have. I'm not sure if there is a model number on the compressor, but if there is, it would be worthwhile to see if you can see what kind of capacity it...

I roughly redesigned in a home design software as a 36x48' with trusses oriented along the doors. This will significantly reduce the complexity of the truss layout. I also put in: -1/2 bath under the stairs -Small room (shown as a kitchen for my wife's future commercial cooking/baking goals)...

I have it staked out but I need to do it again. Unfortunately we are parking where it will be on some gravel right now so I can't leave it staked up permanently. I do like the idea of adding an interior wall to keep the shop separate from the garage, so to speak. I may plan on this. It...

Added my general location. I can't go much higher for aesthetic reasons, my garage needs to be lower to prevent overpowering my home. This is why the slope was chosen. My septic is nearby and I have a backhoe so that is just time and materials for me. The county will not bother me on fees...

I have a PUMA PK6560V, 5HP Single Phase 60 gallon. Its been excellent. It has a NIDEC motor, 56 Frame. I've had great luck with NIDEC on other machines and that was a deciding factor for me. The tank is also US built. The pump is the same as many twin cycle units around, but there are some...

"An hour of sleep before 10 PM is worth two in the AM" - I've found this to be true "The hard thing about hard things is that they are hard" - You just got to get to it sometimes "Complacency kills"

First of all, thank you to everyone on this site for all of the great information. I've been a lurker for years and have used this place to dig up info on old tools, vises, etc. Always a pleasure! Now on to my post. Its finally time to build "the car shop" This shop will not be for...

FOUND, in 1 day no less. Thanks guys!