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Read through lots of discussions on paint booths before I built mine. Just thought I'd take a moment to share what I ended up building. My goal was a fairly large paint booth that I could disassemble and store. Granted, this isn't a throw it together in 10 mins type of design. I built a...

Honestly it's constant changing. I've got a variety of hooks to hang things. I keep some of my safety glasses in there, etc. One side I'm using the shelf for cans, and the other side I took the shelf out and I'm hanging stuff on hooks. I'm getting ready to build some base cabinets for...

This post is simply to share. I've gleaned a lot of good ideas from everyone here so I figured I would take a minute to post one of my recent projects. Maybe it will inspire someone's project. I needed some storage above my toolbox. Didn't want anything too deep and wanted some cubbies to...

The post office here no longer has the 10% Lowes coupons in the change of address packet. (I checked several locations when we bought our house). I ended up buying a pack of 20 of the 10% off Lowes coupons on ebay. The first time most of them work. The 2nd time I bought them only a few of...

This may be helpful to those who understand what they've looking at. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-hack-an-Electric-Hoist-AC-motor/step2/hacking/ PS: I'm also not dead set on using the HF wireless controller. If there's a better wireless controller option, I'm open to ideas.

haha, the one here in Raleigh is just like that. pot holes everywhere! but again, it's in a run down shopping center.

I just used the 25% off coupon yesterday on an electric hoist. Thanks!

Fastjohnny, having redundant controls isn't a bad idea. But does complicate my already complicated project, haha. I know just enough about electronics to get into trouble. Can any explain exactly how the hoist controls work compared to what the wireless control is doing? I'm guessing the...

I had thought about that but the hoist will be mounted near the peak, which is probably close to 18' high. Plus what do I do with thie controller dangling in the center of my garage? Climbing up there to disconnect it everytime kinda ruins the ease of use.

I'm just brain storming here. Any thoughts on if it would be easier to use a garage door controller? That would be ac powered. Not sure of cost or compatibility though.

Hope this is the right section for this question. Looking to add an electric hoist to get heavy items up into the attic of my garage. A wireless controller seems like the best solution. HF offers this wireless winch controller...