Recent content by ptgb

I have Menards, Lowes, Home Depot, 84 Lumber, Carter Lumber, and various other local yards all within 10 miles of me. I strictly go to Menards for all my lumber. IMO, it is 10x better than the others as far as quality, quantity, and sizes. When I did the interior finishing of my garage over 10...

Work in an Industrial Supply house, I get these there. There are hundreds of rags in there and with my discount, it's a good buy. For about 20 bucks, they basically become disposable.

Check architectural salvage places, found mine there via Craigslist (but it was years ago). Right now Facebook Marketplace is polluted with them in my area, and I live in a much smaller area than you. Schaller bins placed inside for hardware... bolts, screws, to drill bits to o-rings to...

Did my garage 11 years ago, haven't been on this site in a long time, as I haven't done any major changes in the garage for the last few years. Here's my post from the build... https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/my-six-month-garage-build-its-done-in-pics.196027/

Buy… metal lab cabinets… Craigslist find about 10 years ago.

Still a metric ****-ton of workbench space… also have a sliding miter saw station to the right.

Plenty for my purposes. I am coming from a tiny Ryobi (garage sale purchase) as I am not a master cabinet maker by any stretch of the imagination. Thats why I like Durham’s Water Putty so much. One container makes like 483 pounds of filling and covering bliss.

Started by simply buying a new table saw. No where to put it, so became a “2 birds, one stone” situation as I also was out of room for my Milwaukee cordless tools as well. This is the original setup where this project took place. Original cordless tool storage. Currently additional tools...

Last Spring we built a playhouse/swing set for my grandson. Ordered all the lumber from Menards after pricing it out from big box and local lumber. They were easily the least expensive. They picked it and delivered. I told them when ordering that I didn't want any **** pieces. Either they...

Buy a couple pairs of pantyhose... cut off the legs. Fill each leg with calcium chloride making a calcium chloride "snake". Tie off the cut end. Go up on the roof and lay the "snakes" in the valley. If it's a steep valley, pound a nail at the top to hold it there. Should last all winter. We...

A bit from "column A" and a bit from "column B" for me..... one cabinet for motorcycle stuff, one for electrical (mostly), one for larger items, and one for loose stuff....

Wanted it integrated into my secondary workbench, out of the way. Very happy with it's placement.

^^^^^ This..... x1000...... turns the bugs and guts to butter.... leave on for a minute or two and wipe right off.

Followed every zoning rule. Did everything to keep the 83 year curmudgeon next door happy. After it was built, I kept quiet like I always have, and never made a mess outside. Work during the day and keep to myself. He has written three letters to zoning, first saying that it was too big, second...

Acknowledge and move on. It ain't a hill to die on.