Recent content by Cruster

thanks guys......didn't think about opening one up to find a label. Probably won't know what half of it means, but it's a start. thanks for taking the time to reply. Ron

Hey gang, there is no end to my ignorance so let's get that out of the way up front. I just finished my 40x60 shop and a friend gave me 4 large stadium light fixtures that someone gave him. One of them had a bulb and since it didn't work, I bought a new one like it, it is a 250w M58E metal arc...

These probably belong in the gallery, but here's what we've done so far. Quite a learning curve at times.

Looks like art to me.

Well, back in the day before we cared about a lot of stuff, my Dad threw a chain around the 2x4 stud below the roof truss in our cracker box garage and we pulled a dozen engines using a come a long. Never tore up anything or dropped anything. Now everyone is concerned about loads and breakage...

Well, you are industrious - I hope it's not a walk behind. We just dug a 250 x 2ft deep electrical line trench for the new shop. My two teenage sons and i were whipped after digging out rocks every two feet that the trencher couldn't handle. Hope you need the exercise, cause you are gonna get...

My wife's Dell Inspiron has been flawless and very easy to use. I'd look for a used one of those from the right seller.

Thanks everyone!

LOL, just what I was thinking. And, it will ALWAYS be hers. If you don't marry her that is. Still, pretty sweet.

The control joints are cut, you just can't see them in the pic. 1.25" with two each direction for a 5" slab. Fortunately, they are perfect. I saw another post where the cutter veered off while cutting and ruined the look. I was bummed for him. My concrete guy cut them the afternoon of the...

Sorry anth, no pic, but could get you one. Wouldn't put anything under it but road mat if I was gonna, it's all a nuisance later except that. Just weed killer works like hotfr8 said. Get the right size and it doesn't stick in the tires. But after it's packed it doesn't anyway. I have a...

If you are putting in a ceiling and paneling the walls anyway, why not blown in insulation? Way cheaper. Just fill each section. PIA and messy but cheap and easy. Just a thought.

I put road base on mine - about $300 bucks for 12 cubic yards or close to that. Quite a bit longer than yours in the pic. Had a friend with a roller packer hammer it for me, but you could do that yourself..... then it rained - stuff is like paving now. Only problem with it - the weeds grow up...

Here is a pic of my slab with the northeast corner on grade(R side of pic). Because of spring runoff (some years) I didn't want it on or below grade but this creates fill problems to get up to the doors. It will be a 40x60 steel building and our soil is clay as well and I didn't want it...

I used to avoid HF like the plague.....cheap chinese $hxt. Now if you look at most of the car parts stores, big box, etc - it all comes from there anyway except the most outrageously priced stuff. Lucky to get something from Japan or even Taiwan - they're outsourcing to china as well. Course...