Recent content by Darby9

After 35 years living in the northeast and midwest, it's taken a while for me to naturally consider earthquakes in my planning. And I still think about glue, paint, etc freezing in the winter, even though it never freezes here.

Air compressor I needed something bigger than my previous overworked 1 hp/eight gallon, but other than the mill's toolchanger and coolant systems, I don't run that many air tools. I picked up this Quincy 2hp 24 gallon on (where else?) Craig's List. Barely used, and suspiciously low on oil, but...

Unistruttin' The Bay area is good for failed tech company equipment auctions. Bidders overpay for the HF/Craftsman/Ryobi tools, but sometimes random stuff falls through the cracks. This 12' long Unistrut frame had one other bidder, and I paid less than what the leveling casters cost new...

Separating work and storage space is under-rated. 16 x 18 isn't huge, but you're obviously making it work already.

Storage I had a few goals for the new shop: minimize cardboard boxes and milk crates, reduce the variety of totes, and keep Tools and Materials separate (just for my memory & sanity). I've typically scavenged my storage--milk crates, scrap wood shelves etc--but I'm giving myself license to spend...

I've done a terrible job documenting my build out. House and garden projects took priority most of last year, and I just lived with piles of boxes and crates and not being able to find anything. But, it's coming together. Electrical-- The garage only had three outlet locations, all at chest...

Yes, I read through that one years ago. Amazing shop, and I think near me, but he had triple the floor space (and budget) I did. My new house will be more conventional, for better or worse.

So much for my initial ambitions of documenting regularly. Like so many other people on here say, life got in the way. Getting everything out of the old shop took weeks. I tried to be responsible and pay movers or riggers to move the heavy stuff, but I got quoted $1000-$1800 to move just my...

That cart is great--compact, functional, and has some style.

Thanks @jcarapet & @Lou's Garage. I put the tape measure to it tonight, but really should have had my laptop with me to draw as I went. I spent my afternoon machining something to +/- 0.001", but am off by several inches here... The part that's throwing me is the long bay that the car has to...

My early to-do list/decisions: I'm not coating the floors (not now, and so, not ever). Until my current house sells, I'm on a budget, and I need a 200 amp service and more outlets before I need sparkly floors. And, I need to get my $%& onto these floors so I can get the old place listed...

Last week, my partner and I closed on a new home in San Francisco, which means I have a new garage to sort out. I've soured on most social media, but as I've been researching ideas through old GJ threads, I thought maybe this is a better way to document and have a conversation about what I'm...

Resurrecting this post--now that you've had the lift for a while, how do you like it? My father's considering getting one, and I think this is the only Katool four post I've seen on this forum...

Thanks fishsalt69. Top material is ribbed, no name stuff off Amazon--see link in post #66. After using it for a couple years, I think a smoother texture would be better. The ribs collect chips and cutting fluid, so I end up wiping or Shop Vac'ing them out every couple of months. When I'm using...

Nice work. +1 on the roller idea too.