Recent content by rcpaulsen

I have an idea for a DIY compressed air dryer that I've never seen before. The least expensive refrigerated air dryer I've seen is $550 at Harbor Freight, so decided to make my own ambient air dryer using a small air-cooled aftercooler to cool what's going into the tank plus a copper pipe grid...

I want a vertical metal-cutting bandsaw, and they are pricey. I have found horizontal bandsaws that can also be positioned vertically that are within my budget, but the blades are too wide to make intricate cuts. I have a 14" wood-cutting bandsaw that I want to convert into a metal muncher. It...

I want to hide a single-stage 60-gallon air compressor under my basement stairs. The problem is that there is not enough height for a vertical unit because the landing and first four steps are above a concrete slab on the other side of the basement wall. "No problem," I thought, "I'll just get...

We ran into that when we wanted to add a "master suite" bedroom addition to our three-bedroom house. Local code sized the septic to the number of bedrooms, not total square feet, so we couldn't have four bedrooms. Simple solution: Knock out the wall between the two smallest bedrooms. Same...

I did something similar to this. First, I sandwiched an 8-foot 2x6 betweeen two 8-foot 2x10s with the gap at the top. I slipped it over the bottom of a truss FOR LATERAL SUPPORT ONLY and attached with 3" screws from both sides. I made 8-foot long end braces to spread the lateral forces across...

The system I used in two garages: Sheath the walls with OSB (either 7/16" or 1/2" is more durable and water-resistant than sheetrock) Spray or roll on one coat of cheap exterior primer Spray cheap drywall joint compound through a $20 texture gun to mask the wood flake surface with an orange...