Recent content by mitw44

I work in the health, safety and environmental field. I always tell employees that my hope is that the safe practices they use at work will follow them home. Every safety practice you use at work, you should use at home as well. Whether that is safety glasses, gloves, lock out-tag out (you...

When I consider the cost of a safety item, like the right ladder, or scaffolding, I always compare the cost to the insurance deductible just to get in the Emergency Room. My last trip to the ER (not due to a self inflicted injury) was $300 upfront. So, a $200 scaffold easily meets the "ER"...

I am an environmental engineer, and have had this test done when placing an impermeable clay cover over a landfill. The clay cover has to be placed so that water can not leach down to the waste beneath it. Two feet of clay cap followed by one foot of soil and vegetative cover is usually...

Owning a house with a double door, I wish I had two single car doors. If you ever have trouble with the door, or the opener, you have no use of the garage. The chances of two openers going out at once aren't that great. Plus two single doors set the cars further apart so that the car doors...

OK, you guys who use a leaf blower to clean your garage: Admit it, your wife doesn't allow you to clean anything in the house, does she?

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Thanks all, I appreciate all the ideas! I have been eying the 44" HF cabinets, one on each end of the workbench. Also, I have been trolling the sites that sell the reconditioned Vidmar and Lista cabinets. Just gathering information for now. I kind of went crazy a couple years ago, and...

Hi all, I recently joined and have really enjoyed reading all the posts. I am looking for ideas to outfit my new 24x36 shop that came with the house we bought last summer. I think my first project will be the workbench. I like how some members have built workbenches by placing a work top...