Recent content by fredlangva

Great story Bob and really nice that the tools will get to be loving used again. I miss Long Island a bit every so often. I took my Mom and Dad to Norway for their 50th and we got to see the 'ole country'. Dave's place is reminding me of the Island of Misfit Tools - tools that need a second...

I see Mrs Shopnut has good taste in sailboats. The builder appears to have done a bang up job on your "pole" building. Since I am an engineer myself, I know what you mean about being a bit finicky. I also worked with my dad in his building company. I watched for shortcuts when our new home...

I never tried using contact cement to attach metal to another surface. I know that stuff holds like the clappers on mica to particle board. I always rough up the MDF first then apply the glue to both parts. Once tacky, stick together and use a pressure roller to ensure good contact.

You need to add the top coat to the Rustoleum product for better wear resistance. So by the time you do the math, Epoxycoat and Rocksolid are cheaper or the same. Any coating job will depend on the floor prep. I had a new floor so just an acid etch and everything went down fine. My friend at...

The only thing I wished I did a bit better was throwing the chips on a few sections of the floor. I got a couple places thicker than I really wanted. Attached are the end result pictures

Thanks to all the great folks here at Garage Journal, laying it down was pretty easy also if time consuming. I bought 4 sets of 1 Qt and 2.5 Qt mixing buckets from Lowe's. 1) I mixed the solid part for 3 minutes 2) Divided parts A and B into the 8 buckets evenly. 3) Mix 1 part A bucket into...

I watched the construction of the house pretty closely since my dad was a foreman at a construction company many years ago and I had built quite a number of homes with him. The concrete guys hadn't used any additives nor was there a brush coat on the floor so prep was very straight forward...

Here's a photo of the garage before I put the epoxy floor down.

My wife and I closed on our new house in late December. It has been a few years since I had a garage I was able to use as a woodshop. I thought I would try to finish this one since we had new construction and a blank slate. We currently only have one car to deal with, so I can set up a...

I was in Ft Liqourdale (as my uncle called it) during the big blow. We didn't get hit too hard, but I remember the photos of the NOAA Hurricane Center's roof that was stripped by the winds at 240+ and the newly remodelled Burger King Headquarters. My dog was just a pup when he lost his house...

Nice job Jeff. I loved going to the Dade county fair years ago when I was down there. It's nice to get together with family. Too bad our winter has been "unseasonably" warm. Hope you have a safe time there and drive home. Fred

We just got into our brand new house and I've noticed the weeds spourting through the sections of the sod they put down. I'm trying Weed-B-Gone since I had good luck with it before. Our winter's been a little cooler than yours since we're north of you, but still some unseasonably warm weather...

I picked up the February Issue of Family Handyman for the article on closet storage and low and behold, ther was our own Jack Olsen. Way to go!

Hmm, 42 since that is the ultimate number.

That fan looks great. I need to think about getting some for the garage this summer. I also remember the WT Grant stores well. Kresge's didn't have too much exposure on Long Island but we did have a few McCrory's. They all got absorbed by Kmart. Now that we got our own house, I can start...