Recent content by Iluke

And a couple more pictures.

Here are some more recent pictures. Almost done.

I may be wrong, but don't most compressors have a pressure-relief function built into their on-off switch that, as I understand it, dumps the pressure from the cylinder before starting the motor. The point of this is to avoid too-heavy start-up loads. Wouldn't this function be defeated if you...

I'm finishing my 24X48 garage/shop and was looking at options for drywalling the ceiling. I don't have two friends tall strong and dumb enough to hold each sheet in place while I screw them in, so I need a dry wall lift. I could rent one form home depot, at my pace the job will probably take...

I built this job crane to use building my garage- Did't cost much and worked very well. I designed it for a 500 lb lift witha 2 to 1 safety factor. Came in real handy, but if I were to do it again I think I would spring for an electric winch instead of the hand-cranked verison.

I'm a homebuilder. Built a Kitfox years ago, plan to build a RV-7 soon. That's why I'm building my garage in the first place. So I have a space to build the RV-7.

The fall arrest gear was a pain to use, always getting snagged on the scaffolding and such, but despite what i thought when I was 20, I know I am not invincible. And that's a 12/12 roof, almost impossible to walk on, at least for me. In the end, I did slip two or three times and I'm darned glad...

I used the LVL beam in the ridge of the breeze way because it was a load bearing ridge beam rather than having the walls bear the load. That allowed us to build it without having to have any cross-ties (rafter-ties) so we could end up with an open vaulted-ceiling space. If the walls bear the...

Making progress installing doors & windows and shingling the roof.

Some shots of the roof going on.

The I-beams weren't too bad. I got them through Home Depot and paid $1.69 per foot, or $40.56 each for 24 footers. They were Boise AJS-20's sized at 14" deep to span the 24 feet. I'm only going to use the upstairs for storage and a workshop, so I was comfortable going with the minimim stiffness...

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Some more pictures

Here are some photos of my ongoing garage project- Except for the foundation, it's strictly a DIY project. Largely that means me and one friend cutting every board and driving every nail. Note the home made job crane. I'm gald to answer any questions & will post more pics later.