Recent content by DustyandLefty

I used my 5/32 Husky nut driver Saturday morning to tighten the smaller electric connection on a starter in a 74 Dodge. Worked fine. A nut driver gives a little more solid feeling than using either a ratchet or a 1/4 driver handle+socket. I felt like I had a better chance of not...

4x4s for the legs and 2x4s for the sides and top bracing will make it plenty strong. You'll have install some extra support for the drawers however, since the top row would have to sit below the front 2x4 holding up the top. It took me way too many years to realize I could put big locking...

I see you're in Atlanta, so you won't need to worry about the faucet freezing; especially if it is a shared wall with the house. You might even consider having a small laundry tub instead of just the faucet, as long as there's a drain. Have you thought about putting up #15 felt or housewrap...

I've been in retail for awhile now. I once read that "employees are overhead, customers are profit." I try and remember that...stocking shelves, sweeping up, etc is important, but the profit only occurs when somebody actually buys something. D&L

The angles on both sets of my ramps were too steep for our low station wagons. I made two "pre-ramps" out of two staggered pieces of 2x6's about 18 inches long nailed together to get the car up 3" before the ramps. Like the others mentioned, these tended to skate out on my concrete garage...

Yep, I had a ratchet that kept reversing. It works fine now after I stretched the spring a little and cleaned out all the grease and used a light oil instead. My first attempt to fix it involved adding lots more grease which made it worse. (How I usually fix things!) That was the clue to...