Recent content by rosssloan68

Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

Chris, I chimed in once before asking some questions about your cabinets. I have closed on my new(to me) house and have begun my garage makeover. I'm taking lots of pics and will start a thread once I have a little more progress. I found a good deal on some 3/4" cabinet grade plywood and...

Did you make the cabinet doors out of plywood or mdf? if they were plywood, did you edge band them? I really like the cabinets and plan to copy them soon at my new house. What paint did you use? Did you prime? Great garage!

i have done this several times. i call it buying a $2500 piece of paper. find your self the local civil engineering firm. tell them how you want it split up. if you are talking a lot of acreage and a lot of subdividing then plan on buying a whole bunch of $2500 pieces of paper. the last time i...

i thought that a parquet floor means the wood is cut with the end grain laid vertical?

my advice is to be patient and watch craigslist. i bought a large bandsaw for $50 bucks. it had been sitting outside for a little while and had started to get some surface rust on it. i disassembled it cleaned it up painted and reassembled it. i know that bandsaw inside and out and had a great...

the lumberyard that i use has a free architect. i take a plan out of a book to him, we talk about it and in three to four weeks i have a plan. they charge me 2000-3000 dollars for this. then when i order out my lumber package from them they credit the money back to me.(i always get several...