Recent content by gandalf23

When my dad an I rebuilt his garage in the 90s we made the attic strong enough to hold tools. Until this past year it was just used for storage, but we recently moved most of the woodworking tools up there. The bandsaw and table saw are downstairs, but the sanders and lathes and the sand blast...

Head east a bit to DFW, there are lots available here. :) Dad bought a Clausing several years ago at an auction, then found a Monarch 10EE for sale on PracticalMachinist.com, so he bought that and loaned the Clausing to my brother-in-law's dad. Then a friend we met through a local home shop...

Don't have a picture of the garage, but we did the same thing in the house: ridge beam: then rafters: then added storage space about 8 feet up in the house (didn't have the room to do that in the garage attic): No trusses. Everything was permitted and inspected by the city. Everything...