Recent content by peghead

I use a large metal oil barrel, the kind you buy at Rual King or at a scrap yard. You can put a lid on it for small scraps if stored outside or if stored inside you can store longer pieces in it. Or you can simply take it outside and put some old oil in it and a match and light it. It wouldn't...

Pics deleted. I'll add new ones later. Thanks for advice.

Just wanted to mention something about these arch metal buildings. They are strong, I can walk on the building without support, and they can be taken down fairly easy, if your not in a hurry. I put this up by myself, no help, no equipment. Instead of laying each arch on the ground and bolting...

Thanks for wishing me luck. I can see where the foam will work for you. I wouldn't use it on top of a roof. Underneath is probably O.K. well, I am always building, adding on is no problem for me. Right now I am O.K. with the size. I have a carport that I think I am gonna customize. The...

Is that your garage in the pics. My photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratpoison/ Looks pretty big. Wish my garage was bigger, but I guess an add on later. Don't have much room though. I could go forward but there is a wheelchair ramp in the way. Can't go back, ground is to wet and major...

I thought I might add a few pics of my garage, which is a 20 by 20 arch metal building. I didn't like the space so I built it into my old modified garage, 15 by 25, I dry stacked concrete block then added a coat of waterproof concrete mix to the sides. I used polycarb plastic on the top front...

Ol Adam has the money for sure. He has got to be rich. But you could build a system just like that without buying the same brand. You could also make a rack system for the tool boxes. Stanley sells similar boxes at Wal Mart or Home depot or Menards or wherever they can be bought. May be...

I don't have a large garage myself. But you use the space for what is needed. repairing guitars, that is plenty of room. And probably other repairs as well. I think a lot of us need to think about organization and how to make more use of the space we have. I am sure not all of us are rich...

A garage is a garage. I think a lot of us are going through hard times. I have had to cut back on spending myself. Only thing I hate about older garages, is rotten wood and places where nasty stingers can get in, like wasps and hornets. I happen to be plagued with Hornets. So, now I seal...

This is an old thread, and you probably have your building by now, but I thought I might mention a few things since I am having some issues now since putting up my garage. I put up a metal arch building, it was 20 by 20 by 12 ft high. Well good enough for one car and doing some work in it. But...

Been a while since I've been here. Probably some answers here, but I'll post anyhow. A couple years back I put up a 20 by 20 by 12 height, metal arch building. I didn't like the space so I added one end onto my old wood construction 15 by 25 ft garage. Give me a lot more space, but still...

I see this is an old thread, but I have been looking for an American made tool box, not Chinese or Canadian. But I have come to the conclusion I am not going to find an American made for a couple hundred bucks. An American made tool box is gonna cost 1000's of dollars not hundreds. I am...

I hate Chinese made stuff! I have bought a few Chinese made items and later felt I was doing my country a disservice, as well as myself, as well as buying myself out of a job. But a Tool Box should be American made as far as I am concerned. Of course the price is high, but if I shop around...

Actually I looked into buying a scissor sharpening business, where you go to the customer and sharpen the scissors. But no bike, just a van. Cool little tool box!

Big toe, loss. Ouch! I knew a guy's brother who was killed while working under his truck. He used a floor jack, but not sure which floor jack. I use to have a sear's professional floor jack I used many years ago. It was great. I worked on big trucks with it. But I no longer have it. I...