Recent content by cityhick

Havent posted in a while and havent read through this whole thread so forgive me if this was already posted. I have three daughters and two of them are younger...9 and 11. I have a rule that when Im at the lathe or bridgeport or any other dangerous noisy operation and they come into the garage...

Garage is detached with 2-2-2-4aluminum running from 60 amp breaker at the house to a sub panel in the garage. The garage panel is a Square D 100 amp panel with a main shutoff. Welder, compressor, and metal lathe are all in one corner of the garage all plugged into separate outlets but on the...

It is a 20amp breaker and like I said in the original post, It will also trip if I weld for more than 20-30 seconds continuously. The welder is a Miller 140 110 volt mig welder. The compressor says 5hp on the tank but in smaller print is says 5hp max output 2hp running. Before when the garage...

I recently ran a new service line and put up a sub panel in the garage. I ran 12-2 w ground in the garage. My air compressor is a 110 Craftsman oil less model 30 gallon rated at like 3hp. When it fires up and puts the most strain on the electrical it is fine but after it runs a while the breaker...

One other thing to consider is that at the time of the pour, my driveway was stone/gravel. I rented a mini ex to grade the driveway to the new floor level. I had an asphalt drive put in this spring.

For your garage you will need around five yards of concrete at four inches thick if you went the route I went. Concrete around here is around $100 a yard give or take a few bucks. Add in a couple hundred for other materials like wire/rebar, form wood, sealer, plastic,...etc. If you can find a...

I had a similar situation with my floor. I took out the entry doors and garage door and then put foam insulation around the inside perimeter along the baseplate. I put plastic down over the old floor and poured four inches on top of it. I then had to adjust the headers over the doors and put new...

Thanks guys....those are both good ideas. I have been accused of being a cheap *** so Im really liking the used cabinet route....minus the pink bag of course.

I need a new workbench and right now I have a bench that is 2ft deep by 8ft long with a lower shelf that is the same size. It seems that the majority of the space is just a catch all for junk that I should either put away or throw away. I only ever use about 4ft of the bench to do any actual...

Picked up this PowrKraft/Logan a few months back. Its 10X24. My Dad was a machinist before he retired and I always wanted to learn how to run a lathe myself so I got this from a neighbor down the street with a bunch of tooling, a four jaw chuck, two three jaw chucks, a faceplate, and five...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? I have four year old and six year old...both girls...The six year old has just about grown out of her toddler bed and my wife asked if I would make them some new beds. I got one headboard and footboard done. I will be making the other one the same as...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This.... I am looking into the same thing and would prefer to do concrete and can put the concrete down myself with help from the guys at work...city workers...and could do the concrete cheaper than asphalt since the labor is free. Our...

Re: Dear Sears(5 years from now) Originally Posted by HMCFab9 Agree 100%! I was in Sears recently & one of the first things I asked was: "Is it still made in USA, or is it Chinkanese ****". Thank you stephen9666. HMCFab9....it looks like you may have edited your post and removed your...

I have one of those "junk oil less compressors that you should just throw away". That seems kinda stupid to me but whatever. Anyway I got on Craftsmans website and ordered a complete rebuild kit that came with everything I needed including a new sleeve. Works good as new again for around $50.00...

I heat with wood in my house. It would be better for you to set up the stove in the main shop. Its gonna be hard to move the heat into the main shop efficiantly.