Recent content by koenbro

Yeah that sounds like a great idea. Have a license to an older version of Chief Architect Home Designer, which I plan to fire up and see if I can draw something.

I am really interested in this. I don't know anything about roofs, so I am earnestly asking why not have a metal flat roof? I plan the East edge of the structure to be taller than the West-facing one (10 ft vs 8ft) so the roof would be slanted; is it still called flat, or not?! A well executed...

It seems hard to insulate a roll-up garage door. The door itself even when advertised as insulated is not very effective; then there is inevitably a gap at the sides and top. Very interested in alternatives. For sure, I will pull in water and electric, and gray water out; after all, I want the...

Great idea, this is something that may happen in my situation as well. For resale it may be more valuable as a casita/in-laws unit or garage anyways, so we will design and plumb it as such. Yeah, I heard about that from elsewhere too. Construction here is concrete slab, stick framing, stucco...

Hello, I currently work out of one bay in our 3-car garage (With some side storage). My wife is sick and tired of me seemingly occupying space so we have agreed on building an about 20x24' (or 20x30) workshop in the backyard. I do metal work, have a mill and CNC plasma table (and plan to get a...

I just got a 60 gal Quincy to run my new plasma table. Couldn’t run long cuts with my prior Cal Air Tools 10 gal. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

It seems that you will not be able to get an adequate answer to your question. If this is a Garage, why not install a Mitsubishi mini split? Minisplits are vastly more efficient, they are probably 25–30 SEER, they are very quiet, and there are literally millions of units installed outside of...

Get a Mitsubishi. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Modified my welding cart, by adding a top rack from 8020. Then I cut tabs specific for each machine that screw underneath and have tabs to attach to the 8920 rail. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And oh yeah, I used a CNC. I am not skilled enough to work a router on alum. Dialing in the DOC and speed (feed) is beyond my handheld abilities.

The hexagonal plate mates to an 8020 linear bearing, and then attaches to the 1.5" aluminum angle under the desktop. It has this funky shape because the riser is angled slighty backwards. I didn't know how to attach the desktop to the riser so that's the best I could figure out. The rectanguar...

I got a riveter, a collet, and a few aluminum router bits from McMaster Carr -- and must say I love McMaster, they have always sent me quality. In a world chasing the cheapest item (with the resulting Chinese junk) they send me a collet made in Japan! The riveter is from Taiwan, also feels...

I built a computer on wheels for my garage PC (that also drives my CNC) and for a raspberry PI, that share a touch screen monitor. The PC was initially on a wall next to the CNC and wanted it to be more portable; I also grew tired of messy wires. Took a few walnut boards, glued them together...

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Picked up a Jet air purifier from Rockler and installed it. Will wire it up permanently, but right now I just let it run, because I cut up three sheets of baltic birch ply today (for an upper and lower cabinet) and the garage feels dusty. Should’ve bought this purifier a long time ago...