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I'm building a patio in between the house and a detached garage and was hoping for some help with how to form ramps for the door to the house and the garage door. I want to pour it monolithic and at this point am just thinking of pulling some thin forms when the concrete is starting to set. We...

When I used to travel a lot for work I'd take the hand towels from hotels.

I tried to warranty out a 3/8" drive ratchet at sears a year or so ago, and they made me pick from a grab back of refurb products that were all just dripping oil and felt like **** as far as the gear mechanism. I picked the best feeling out of the bunch and just threw it in my bag as a backup...

Thanks for this guys. This is exactly the feedback I was looking for. A_PMech, I just read your garage thread. Incredible. I'm also an industrial designer. Do you have any sort of layout sketches or anything broad showing the flow of your shop? Where everything is set up? It seems like...

That's a good thought. I was thinking earlier maybe using some large tarps but making or buying some covers that fit tighter would be much better than loosely fitting tarps. I also saw the image of the leaf blower earlier and thought once a week blow out would be good as a measure to take..

Exceller8 I've stumbled upon your shop build thread several times in my searches. It looks clean and well organized. I think a container would be very beneficial in storing and securing tools you don't necessarily use every day also. Have you thought about making that space more into a...

I appreciate all of the feedback. I agree with most of what's been said, and the reasons why/why not. I just don't have the ability to build anything bigger and quite honestly don't want to or am unwilling to give up any of the abilities that using my tools affords me. In other words, I don't...

I've been on the board for a while, but this is my first time posting. I'm in the process of moving, and am going to have to downsize my shop space. I'm actually thinking it will be a good thing and make me use the space more efficiently and effectively. I'm currently in a 30x40 space, which...