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    What's your workbench look like?

    Mine will be a sail boat.
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    What's your workbench look like?

    Old Guy, I love the wooden boat. Here's one I am building with my dad: She's not going to have so much power as yours, measured in square feet instead of cubic inches.
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    Portable Generator For Live Band

    I spent about a decade as an FOH mixer and production manager for a few country bands. I have lots of experience with shady power. To do it right you need a real genny. Not something you find at Home Depot. But if this is a party, with a "Mustang Sally" band rather than a concert with a lot...
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    The DualSaw

    Lowes had them branded by Task Force for about ten seconds a few years ago. The one I picked up had a flaw and the two blades collided and destroyed themselves. Giant pieces of blade flew everywhere. I took it back. By the time I got it back, they didn't even stock them anymore and the return...
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    Heritage Barns

    This is the big barn on our place. Its kind of a hybrid stick frame/ timber construction. I've never seen anything like it. I figure it to be about 60 years old. It needs some refreshing for sure.
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    Heritage Barns

    Is this the OSHA approved method of using this lift? Just kidding. Great project.
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    The official work place thread

    I am a dairy goat farmer. Used to be a concert sound engineer for a few notorious Texas bands/ singers.
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    Hello from Houston

    Welcome aboard.
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    lift+earthquake

    I was in a tour bus in a small quake in CA once. It woke me up and I thought our driver had died behind the wheel and we were jumping curbs. I rolled out of my bunk and ran to the front of the bus and jumped in the driver's seat and floored the brakes. It took my mind a good minute to grok...
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    who hangs their motorcycle for working on it?

    Hahaha! Me n' the wife are going to renew our vows there.
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    How about PEX air lines?

    PEX is the easiest and cheapest plumbing system going if you factor in labor. Buy the tool. You won't regret it.
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    Price for a Pole Barn

    I don't know 427, I chopped my building in half with a stud wall and all the windows are in one room. The other has none and there is not a day that I don't wish I had ordered more of them.
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    Price for a Pole Barn

    I am near Houston TX. It's a really nice building. Went through Hurricane Ike, about 30 miles from the eye, with no trouble. I have a commercial kitchen and dairy parlor in there. Here's a couple pics:
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    Price for a Pole Barn

    My pole barn was 24K 24*30 interior with slab insulated with that bubble foil stuff 24*24 covered area with no slab 4 windows 4 Doors 1 10 foot roll up All work done by manufacturer including concrete. I had to do the pad prep.
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    Local Motors... Pretty cool if it works

    I think FFR is a major investor in LM.
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