Recent content by kavisiegel

I considered it. I have a form for a slab in the back with a building permit to match, what was going to be a 16x24 2-story garage. I considered finishing that, filling it up, and renting out the house minus that garage. My colleagues who landlord don't quite think it's wise, though. Hard to...

I grew up in my parents garage. I had a bedroom too and later the basement apartment, but since I was about 14, I was asking my parents for rides to Harbor Freight and messing around with my (immobile at the time) truck. Fast forward 10 years. Stainless steel rolling tool chest packed full...

And of course, a photo update: http://i.imgur.com/2mO5UiI.jpg

Woops, I was in the mode of googling the phrase FPSF and totally forgot to think of others. I tried to edit the post, but it didn't take! If any moderators see this, I could use a title edit. LifeLongWNYer - Funny enough, it's actually the total opposite of a warm weather thing. You don't see...

Unheated Frost Proof Shallow Foundation Advice I'm building a 16x24. I have done most of the site work and I have a concrete guy starting tomorrow on the forms in preparation for a pour on Friday. He's done insulated slabs, he has 30 years experience, I trust him, but I don't quite know if he's...

My garage has run out of space. Someday, I'll add another bay and bump out the back wall while I'm at it, but for now, I think a shed will suffice. Where, why: The spot I put it in is pretty convenient. It's next to the garden, next to the irrigation well, 30 feet from the road, out of view...

2" conduit with a 3/4" rubber air hose @200psi and some 10-3 wire. I don't see anything that could go wrong. How crazy am I? I'm already doing the 10-3 wire at 46" deep, 1-1/4" poly tubing for water at 40" deep, and then 1" conduit for Ethernet at 34" deep. (But I'm also tempted to just run...

Thanks for the comments guys! :D Where do you live? If it's nearby, it might be code in our areas to have it be above ground a certain amount? My garage is actually built on a slope - behind that wall, in the back yard, that concrete goes up chest high. Maybe the builders weren't sure how much...

A few of you guys helped with suggestions on how to apply a finish to it and I'm planing on doing that in the summer.. but I promised I'd post up some photos of the beast when it was assembled. It's finally there! Probably not the most overdone bench on here, but when I posted it on another DIY...

Coming from Amazon Warehouse Deals, which means they got a couple returns in... I've had good luck with products from them. I stumbled upon this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B003TFOPJA/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

Where does it have the sale price listed? I'll have to ask my cousin in Toronto to pick up 2 sets for me

Re: I'm building a 3" Douglas Fir butcher block workbench. It's too soft. Finish tips I ended up getting a 2" thick solid steel welding table which sits next to the workbench for pounding and abusing. I actually just finished making the fir workbench though, and I'm looking back into finish...

I had one of these in my basement, and I scrapped it for $20 a few weeks ago. I even put it on craigslist for free and nobody wanted it. Sigh. If only I had known better at the time. I still have the top, though.. I'm not sure what I'm planing to do with it.

I clicked around for half an hour and read a bunch of this guy's stuff, the I read his dad passed away in last October. Damn, that hurt more than it should have for half hour of reading... On the other hand, I actually have heard of this guy before, and some of the machines he makes out of wood...

I like that idea a lot, actually. Just need to make sure the two pegboards are exactly the same first, I guess. Hmm. Maybe I can make a jig out of 4 dowels and a 2x4 with an undersized hole in the center that'll line up with the other pegs and drill a pilot hole from one side, then finish it up...