Recent content by Pete Gossett

Finally - an actual bit of progress! :lol: I was starting a project the other day and realized I had my drill bits scattered amongst several boxes of stuff - and that's just the bits I brought down here, I still have more back in IL - so I decided now was the time to get them organized. Here's...

I dug out some storage bins a friend gave to me several years ago, I'm going to get this cabinet put into place - temporarily, until I can drywall & insulate the shop - and start plotting out how I want to setup my "alter-of-hardware". :D

Thanks! If we ever get to the point of listing our building(our kids are living there now) it'll be interesting to see how it goes. Property values in general, outside of tillable farm ground, are very low in our area. There isn't any desire or need for commercial space either. However, I...

Well I finished painting the 1x6s to go around the lower perimeter of the workshop, but I'm going to hold off on installing them until I have time to replace the rotted wood shown above. I had some time to kill last night, and since one of my main concerns is organizing all the hardware and...

Well I finally have a workbench in the garage...it's not the one I want, or plan on keeping as-is, but I needed some type of work surface to tear into a non-working ceiling fan from our gazebo. I inherited this from my last garage, and never cared much for it. However, I'm thinking of...

Awesome, thanks for the advice upndown!

The plan is to eventually remodel the garage, and insulate/drywall it, but I'm starting on the workshop first. The garage won't happen until at least next year. So I'll probably spend $150 now to replace this opener, then budget for a torsion spring conversion & a pair of Liftmasters before I...

Thanks, that was the conclusion I was drawing from the lack of any other info, but good to know for sure. I'll check out the cost/effort of converting to torsion vs. just putting up another cheap Craftsman.

One of the openers on the house we just bought has an intermittent problem where it doesn't always go all the way down, often varying by 2"-3", while other times it goes past the upper-limit stop and locks up. The PO had been into it before(even warned me about the problem), and I've followed...

It's ok, I barely count as a "cyclist". :D

I finally made it back to the coast, and started a bit of work sealing up the backyard workshop. The bead-board siding is really showing it's age in spots, and I'm surprised it's survived at all in this humid climate, but I'll do my best to make it last as long as I can. My main goal is to seal...

I like your bike part stash smedly. I have drawers full of old bike parts, most people would probably call it all junk, but like you every now & then I'm sure glad I have it!

About 4 years ago I ended up with 4 pickup truck loads of vintage & antique radios and parts from the '70s back through the '30s for free, after a friend's-brother's-boss's-father passed away and he was wanting the property cleaned out. They've all been sold, unfortunately. If you know anyone...

Yes, I really do. Every single time...unless they're rusty/junk. I grab pennies and other loose change too - it's free money! :lol:

Our town used to have a "Cleanup Day" each spring, the general idea was you'd drag your stuff to the curb & a crew would come along and haul it to the dump/recycling/whatever. Instead it turned into a town-wide "I'll swap my **** for your ****" with people just driving around picking up...