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has anyone ever built a storage rack/cart to store all the storm windows. My house has 31 windows of various sizes. (sounds like a lot, but it is just an older 1650 sq ft house built back in the thirties. They used a lot of windows before AC was around) I had them made up a couple of years ago...

I could use the info to order it too. Thanks, Bill

Here they are upright. Hard to understand when the print is sideways. Bill Michigan P.S. Got called out tonight so I had the opportunity to post this sooner than in the morning. The Co-Gen power plant I run shut down on "overvoltage" Consumers Energy line voltages have been running too high...

Those are pins to hold the aluminum angle braces in place. They have a detent ball in the end so they can be pulled out easily but will stay in place. The angle braces keep the trolley from folding up when weight is put on one end. It is like a teeter totter. If you pull down on one end the...

O, they have lots of laws. Now to be clear these are not covenants in a planned neighborhood, they are actual town ordinances. The keeping of more than two animals is prohibited. Each property is allowed three cars at maximum Buildings have to be built with "like construction" This means you...

Those are not regular bolts but the double ended bolt that tie the bottom af a beam trolley togethor. The stacked washers inside the trolley and outside the trolley set the width of the assy for the beam flange width. I can post the print of the assy tomorrow when I get back to work. Bill

Here are photos of the garage construction. It is a 34ft x 46ft pole barn. The ceiling height is 13 ft in the first story. This allowed for a 11ft x 18ft wide garage door with 2 ft above the door for the opener. I needed this for the height of my trucks. The trusses came from a company in...

Re: new member Michigan, garage hoist, & big truck photos Finally finished the hoist project, Well mostly finished. I posted photos here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34467 Here are a couple of photos of my trucks. The blue truck is a 1952 Studebaker Military truck...

The hoist is very fast. Lifts over 20 ft in seconds. But uses a lot of air. About 35 SCFM. My compressor puts out only 24 SCFM but catches up well between lifts. I purchased the hoist used from a weld shop that was closing down. They also sold me the aluminum I beam for about $400. It is light...

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Here are a couple more photos. Bill Michigan

Here is the hoist I built to lift plywood, (or anything else up to 1,000lbs) up into the attic of my garage. it is 14 ft from ground level up to the floor of the garage attic. (22 ft from the ground to the attic ceiling) I about threw my back out trying to carry the first 8 sheets of 3/4"...

Hi, I am a new member in Saginaw County, Michigan. I have a pole barn/garage and have been slowly trying to finish it out over the past 7 years. It has been slow going since I have a couple of small kids and not much time. it is 34ft X 46ft and has a ceiling height of 13 ft. I built it tall so I...