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I have worked out of a 42x100x16 building for many years here in NW Iowa. It's heated with a single 100,000 tube heater. We get down to...

It's a standard 3hp motor. Nothing special I hopped on marketplace and saw a couple decent 3hp 1ph motors for $100. I'm sure you could...

The old motor is 184T frame. Any 184T and a lot of 182T frames will fit. The only difference is the 184T rear mounting bolt holes are...

Those guys didn't do any meaningful calculation. That's way to big even if they were just shooting from the hip. I put two 80k tube...

Never ran one of those trenchers. I can say a ditch witch with a 4' trencher has no problems with fist sized rocks, I can usually get...

The corded saws have a longer stroke. Cordless is shorter - almost vibratory. More teeth cutting per stroke means more sawing done and...

A discussion about battery powered tools on another forum prompted me to make this video. The set up: Corded Milwaukee Super Sawzall vs...

Liner panel and surface mount EMT. Land your boxes on the flats between ribs. Easy peasy, reliable, light weight, and don't have to...

OSB is heavy. Sheetrock is too. No idea if they will support it but there are lighter options. For my shop I used ribbed steel panels...

When you have posts in the ground. I don't

Another shed I built. This one is double 2x4 studs on 48" centers.

I'm not a Milwaukee fanboy anymore. I used them for quite a few years and still do use some of their stuff. Some of their drills are...

I am very impressed so far with all the pieces I got.

I spent a lot of time in "temporary" WW2 era buildings built with studs on 48" centers in the 1990's. Edit to add: After some research...

I've got a couple buildings with a gravel floor. Hasn't rotted away yet.