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Friedrich used to build indestructible window air conditioners back in the day, but they have fallen victim to globalization like everyone else. To the best of my knowledge no one builds small air conditioners in the States anymore. It's mostly due to manufacturing economies of scale in Asia and...

Use an extension cord?

What color is the roof?

Keep in mind that swamp coolers are only effective with dry air so they don't work well in enclosed spaces unless they pull air from outside.

Open the doors and turn on the fans to circulate the hot air out of the building, and use the swamp cooler for localized cooling (pointed at you to make you feel cooler).

Just don't store the batteries in your house.

The Harry J Epstein Co. sells a variety of NOS Crescent wrenches: https://www.harryepstein.com/collections/crescent I've bought a few during Epstein Days over the years.

I have been eyeing a 6.5" cordless saw for a few years and one of these days I may just find some extra money in my budget for it. Both my city house and my lake house are on small pieces of property where outlets are within an extension cord's reach, so I don't have much of a need for cordless...

According to the specs, the 6.5" cordless Makita saw will cut just deep enough at a 45 degree angle to clear standard 2x lumber. I suspect the 6.5" DeWalt cordless saw would do the same.

I think for the average person in the average garage, most if not all tasks can be accomplished with cordless tools. For the rest of us above-average garage users, most tasks can still be performed with cordless tools, but there are some tasks which require air tools or are at least easier to...

Just get one of those portable power packs that I see all over the tik toks these days.

For surface mount I like 4 square deep boxes with quad covers. Gives you plenty of room for the wiring and allows you to put two duplex receptacles on two different circuits if you want.

I have a HF 18" flex-head 1/2" ratchet that I use mostly for lug nuts and differential fluid changes on my Tacoma since all of my large sockets are 1/2" drive. My 24" breaker bar is good for suspension work but most of the time I don't need something that long and I appreciate the ratcheting...

I think it looks better tucked up under the nose of the tread rather than running down at an angle to the top of the next tread.

As I said, as long as the other end isn't connected to a power source just cap together the wires on the end you have access to. My old house has gradually been rewired over the years and what BX cable I couldn't remove has been de-energized, capped at whatever end(s) I have access to, and left...