Recent content by CharlieHo

The Craftsman line available at most places is now their second tier stuff. For many years, Craftsman was only available at Sears and one other distributor. Now everyone and their brother sells Craftsman tools. However, Craftsman now has an "Industrial" line, which seems to be a lot better...

Some, not all.

Sears Platinum AGM is a rebranded Odyssey. Both are top notch. Avoid Optima.

They had an eight footer also, but I think someone had already claimed it. I think I'll be able to manage with the ten footer ;)

Thanks, all points will be considered. I have no zoning or permits or any .gov BS to deal with. I'm free to do whatever I can afford out here. I also live in a fairly deep hollow that really protects from the wind, so that's a plus too, I guess. I tend to agree with the 16' door comment...

Picked this table/bench up last month. Storing it in the hay shed until I get around to building a new garage. 4'x10', 3/8" top, 2x6 structure, I think 1/8" bottom. I won't say how much I paid for it, wouldn't want anyone to cry.

Cool, I keep getting ideas for stuff I want to do, I just figured this might present something I couldn't foresee that I didn't really want to deal with.

I've been wanting to build a garage for several years, now, to get out of my attached garage. I'm planning on doing a ~30x45 pole build, but, I'm not planning on doing the typical door arrangement. Due to the arrangement of driveway/house/stream/yard, I plan on having the 30' end parallel to...

I skipped on it. I have been searching for a couple months for a decent vise for my garage. Nothing local, and shipping kills any decent online deals. My father drug a large 5" vise home from an auction for me a while back. He didn't even look very close at it. It was broken and had been...

Hi all, I may be able to pick up a Hollands #15 for around $100. I can't tell the condition of the jaws that well. Am I correct in thinking the jaws on a Holland are forged into and not a separate part?