Recent content by fiataccompli

My most frequently used work 'bench'/table in the garage is an old metal table on casters I picked up a few years ago on FB Marketplace. It had paint remaining (mostly) on the sides & legs but the top was rusty and somewhat oily...basically same condition & history as the OP's table. After a...

Sorry to Zombie an old thread here, but in case anyone else here has one of these machines I'd love to find any kind of documentation (how to use it correctly, wiring info & how people more recently have effectively modified these to use HEI or other electronic ignition distributors). After...

We could be in the same position with our new similarly sized (but stick built) garage & the new driveway that went with it. Knowing this, a slight mitigating factor is where we live seems to consistently appreciate in value (despite all my cars) rapidly enough that I would expect if we had a...

Good stuff here. I'm early in my 5th decade and looking back I've always had a lot of 'stuff' from early on when I was a kid buying garage sale bikes & taking them apart & building 'custom' bikes or doing the same thing with all sorts of electronics. I've always had a lot of cars, bicycles...

I had mine installed by the local vendor. They did in a short amount of time what a friend and I could have also done in 3-4x as long. It was interesting to see how they had a trailer rig that was set up to become a post/beam installer of sorts. I wouldn't call my choice economical or...

Might want to make 100% certain whatever you chose will fit under 12'. I have about the same size & height & ended up adding a couple courses of 2x before trusses were placed to make up for the drywall thickness & whatever other losses I may have acquired (mine is finished, pretty much like a...

I already have this but in this case the lower cabinet is lower than normal. The two spots are above these...and they would each be aligned on the right side but not the left (top would be longer) I’m already committed to high storage that requires a ladder, in fact on the other end of the...

I’m in the final details of organizing my new garage with 12 foot ceilings. I have cabinets mounted in many places at what is more or less a “normal “cabinet height. I have room to mount another row above those cabinets for more long-term storage. Besides it probably looking a little strange...

Seems like working backwards from the ceiling height to height of car & what lifts fit the space between is the ticket. Any of the options listed will be a vast improvement over ramps & jack stands. I have a friend with a max jax in a low basement garage & he uses it for all sorts of stuff &...

I’ve spent a decent amount of time here asking questions about garage storage. The funny thing to me is now that I have moved most of my top cabinets in and I have an array of bottom cabinets from a kitchen that was given to me, I’m leaning heavily towards giving my old metal kitchen cabinets a...

Surface plate? At the moment, i plan to leave the glass in. That plan may change. It’s a silly design, it seems like it’s only glued, not routed & not held in by any clips or trim. Despite what I expected the cabinets & the doors feel well made and strong. Sent from my iPhone using The...

Well, for the heck of it, I guess, I’ll follow up with the near conclusion. After a lot of life-generated delays, I picked up the cabinets. I have a 105” slab of countertop & a few shorter pieces, plus a series of 8’ tall & bottom cabinets most of which I won’t be using in the garage. I have...

That’s not a bad idea & probably a good way to keep my welding honest. I’m adding that to the list of stuff I’d do different next time (but there won’t be a next time). This whole thought/question/thread is only to save my capital on asking for a hand with something from my wife. If there are...

Wow, good stuff. Drop in anchors sound like what I probably want/need. Anchor pots sound like I could find all sorts of things to do with them in the shop...but probably not right away. I had not heard that about 120v winches failing early. Mostly, I have had 12v winches that ive hauled...

So, I have now read at least most of the threads here regarding the various things one can to install/use a winch in the workshop. I have a steady 4% slope out of the 3 doors of my garage. For each, there could be (likely, in fact) times when I need to push a non-running car in. 99% of the...