Recent content by bosshoff

OK, There is a lot to think about. I am glad I asked. Thank you for all the answers. Cannuck, your post was very helpful about the top cap of the I-Beam and snow load. To give some more detail, our warehouse is 40,000 square feet. I am located in Chicagoland. The warehouse has a line of...

I am starting to plan how to remove a V8 I/O motor from a boat. My office has a large steel I-beam. It is tall enough for my purpose. I have a large 3+ ton chain hoist. Is it unsafe to "loop" a chain around the beam, to attach the chain hoist to? I know I could purchase a beam clamp and...

I need to attach an air hose reel to my garage wall. The wall is drywall. The hose reel is heavy enough that I am going to have to really secure it to the wall studs and spread out the load. I am looking for ideas for a wall bracket with maybe a shelf above it? I'd like to build it out of...

I like this.:D

Drivesitfar. The price was free. This was in my fathers business covered in dust. He has no idea where it came from, nor that he even had it. I just bought a Harbor Freight truck hitch mount for $20 for it to sit on. I have very limited garage space, but for times when I need a vise, this...

Anybody recognize the maker of this vise? There is a stylized "C" and the number "5"?

Everyone, thank you for reading and responding to my post. I apologize for the typos, it was late Friday, and I am a poor hen pecking typist at best. I went back and fixed them. I now understand that CAD is a full program which is probably not what I am looking for at this point. (This was...

First off I am very computer illiterate. I do not know all of the lingo/jargon, etc. I am in a pretty tough spot. I need some assistance from someone who can layout a garage in some sort of 3D architecture program. My father is building a garage for his lakehouse, and he is not a man with a...

My family has a log home located in the Upper Pennensula of Michigan. It is on a lake on a wooded lot. We need a garage to store boats, snowmobiles, etc. I would like to have the garage shaped like a shoe box, with dual doors located on the end of the building (short side of shoe box.) I...