Recent content by Just A Beginner1

I worked for a A-Frame "summer home on the lake" company many years ago. The two halves of the "A-Frame" were hauled to the prepared site and installed over either a basement foundation or a crawl space. All came with a spiral staircase. One of my associate welders "Willie" built the spiral...

Question for the Members who have modded the Black 4 Drawer Tool Cart. I have purchased a few of the carts now. One is a "as received/as designed" 'Roll Around' cart. One is a slightly modded cart where I removed the lower section of the cart and located the box on top of a 42" single drawer...

I just bought two of the 7 Drawer HF Side Bench Cabinets yesterday. No real price save, but needed the extra storage capability and the taller height vs the work bench they were on previously. Cabinets are built much like the HF44 Bench in that the parts are very high quality vs some...

I bought two of the Black Carts about a year ago and I must have gotten the GOOD supplier as the drawers are perfect, the slides are great, and the suckers are HEAVY. So I would buy a couple more if I had a place to use them right now. JAB

I have seen a few Bunkers from the old A-Bomb Days. The vent/air supply for the Bunker is the reason why I am posting. I have seen large hand cranked air pumps that are supposed to change out the air in the Bunker fairly quickly to keep the Carbon Monoxide down to a safe level in the Bunker...

I took one of the $99 HF carts and cut the lower section part of the legs off. The top section now sits on one of my large work benches and is great to use. The lower section pieces I cut off right at the top of the perimeter walls, added the casters, etc and use it to move several stacked...

I worked on a Trolley garage door opener system today. It uses a spinning tube (driven by a heavy duty motor and belt/pulleys) to raise a heavy wooden door. The spinning tube has a trolley that pulls the door up the track and towards the motor where a shut-off switch stops the process when...

Glad you are taking the extra step to purchase Higher Capacity Jack Stands. That being said, I always stack a couple of old mounted tires under the side of the car I am working on (to keep the body drop to a minimum (if a hoist/jack stand failure does happen). Be safe. JAB

Some Info: 1) Garage was 3 vehicle with upstairs 3 large windows 2) Father constructed the stud frame walls by himself using a front end loader with a bucket on the front. Father made several "tools" to help with the construction. 3) Son came and helped but was in college or a job. 4)...