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Are you going to put in AC? I wouldn't have a shop without it anymore, and especially not on the Texas coast. That will be a lot of...

Mine is about half woodworking/cabinet shop (big commercial tools). The other half has metal lathe, mill, metal shaper, power hacksaw...

I bought a VacMaster Professional Beast series 5 gallon and I love it. Its better than any large shop vac I've ever seen. It comes...

Tried and True varnish oil or linseed oil. Also, Jeff Jewitt at Homestead Finishing has some good articles and great supplies.

Why not put a little money back into the scag?

Kubota

Clearly says "ancient". Mine is their latest. Nobody sends updates after end of life. That's why Microsoft ended support for Windows...

Check the speed with and without. Mine maxed about 50-60mb/s. Router speed is 600 mb/s.

I dumped my old Google mesh this year for TP-LINK Deco. It works fine and the speeds are great.

We cut 4x4 twice a week building wheelchair ramps. I have never seen any white wood or untreated areas. We go through a dozen a week...

If I lived somewhere that took 2 years for a permit I'd have to hurt somebody.

Lot's of older shop tools, but the latest to become indispensable is the M12 stubby hex drive impact. I build wheelchair ramps 2 days a...

A real stump grinder will eat 24 inch oak stump in maybe 5 minutes. The guys that do it around here use big Vermeer machines that make...