Recent content by Masheen365

I have a can of Johnson’s, I just got it within the last year or so. I wish I would have known they were discontinuing it. I also have a can of Howard’s that works pretty good too. I see it all the time in junk shops. The nice thing about the Howard’s is it smells good, like citrus. I use the...

In the south we keep ours hooked up to the old, deckless mower so we can use it. Winterizing isn’t much of a concern because we have leaves falling until new ones come in. We just haul of the leaves to the burn pile and start it with all my wife’s Amazon boxes.

I went with Barrina from Amazon. They were cheap, bright, low profile and linkable. They are by no means the best option and if they cut up its to replace them. But they give great light and I did my whole 22x24 (11’ ceilings)shop with a 10-pack.

I usually just make about 20 trips out to the shop to get what I need while I’m working at home. If I need to go anywhere I have a kitty litter bucket that I’ll throw my bit boxes and a bunch of other random stuff. Rule, level, square, screws, hammer, shims, whatever I may need. Then I’ll hook...

Because I know my floor isn’t level and a few minutes of bending over will kill my back for the day. The dowels are blind, each one goes about 2.5” into each piece it is connecting. Using the attached picture, I built the long sides first (red). Then connected long sides with short stretchers...

I don’t have much of the joinery. What I did was super basic though, for the long stretchers into the leg I used four 1/2” oak dowels about 5” long. The short stretchers got three dowels with a different pattern so I didn’t drill into my other dowels. I used Titebond III to glue everything...

I’m using two benches in garage shop right now. The first one is a reloading bench I made in 2013 that was inside before I closed-in and insulated the carport. I’ve recently updated it with a new top that includes some heavy duty t-track, new drawers and lag screwed it to the studs. My second...

You must have just posted this on a Facebook group too. Workshop Organization or Workshop Tips and Tricks or I am having the most vivid deja vu. Anyways, looks awesome. I need to do something like this. I currently have all my tape rolls taking up an entire drawer in my tool box.

I guess so. I haven’t noticed. Maybe the A/C has to run a minute longer? I figure the A/C will run all summer long anyways, and my winter low only got below freezing for about 2-3 hours at a time this season.

I didn’t use anything. All my seams land on a stud. I butted your pretty tight, maybe a 1/16” gap. If I put anything it would be something like Alex Flex, but I don’t think it’s necessary. All of my walls are 2x4 studs, R13 insulation, 7/16” OSB, Tyvek house wrap and cap staples.

I installed my own 7x9 door. It was the cheapest thing I could find because I was trying to stay as cheap as possible when I was closing in my carport. Once I boxed in where I was going to hang the door it was pretty straight forward. Took me about three hours to get everything working right...

When I closed in the carport for a shop last year weather proofing is not where I saved money. There may be cheaper options than Tyvek, tape and cap staples but I don’t feel like you get the level of protection. I saved all my money on labor because I work at my place for free.

From the picture it looks like a right tilt, the adjustment handle is on the left. I have a saw extremely similar to this one and I love it! I believe mine is the JTAS-10XL-1. I don’t have a good picture for reference of my setup but it’s nothing fancy. It’s an older saw and as such doesn’t have...

when I closed my carport in I did 24” OC. When it came time to insulate it I wound up spending just as much on insulation as what I saved on lumber by not doing 16” OC.

I would add some blocking to mount a vise. Don’t want the vise relying on 3/4” plywood alone. I would also consider attaching the legs to the floor somehow. Maybe L brackets on the inside before you add a shelf.