Recent content by colbiwon

The people who make Solid Works, pretty much the standard most places for 3D cad, also make a 2D cad program called Draft Sight. It is free and if you have ever used Autocad you can start using it right away. It is basically identical to Autocad LT, except for the pricetag. I have been...

It looks like it is just a regular shop with shipping containers inside. I was expecting it to be built out of shipping containers.

I have this one. http://www.thestickler.com/index.html They are only $279. I actually picked mine up at a garage sale for $20. It works great and it is no more dangerous than my chainsaw. You just have to use common sense.

I got a year membership a few months back when I needed a huge tarp. The regular price was $149.99. The member price was $99.99. So I still saved money on the tarp with paying for the membership. I have only bought a couple of things since then at member price. So basically I wouldn't get the...

Blazemaster CPVC piping is now listed for exposed use in residential and light hazard occupancies. This is relatively new it didn't used to be. It could be that the second contractor isn't aware of that. Here is the listing information: http://www.azfma.com/files/blazeng.pdf NFPA 13D is not...

Yeah, and the seals on the fasteners are only rated to last like 10 years. I just figured that out when we were going to do a metal roof on one of our buildings. For this reason we decided we are going to use a standing seam hidden fastener system.

From the pics your building looks like others I have seen in Oregon that use a metal screw with a rubber washer. Your typical fastener for any kind of metal siding or roofing with exposed fasteners. A lot of people make the mistake of tightening down the screw until the rubber is squished...

There is also this 4 post lift that uses 4 hi-lift jacks. http://hamercarlift.com/