Recent content by Sarbatche

Good looking built-ins and trim details. [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Seattle has a 30' height limit on detached buildings in residential areas. My neighborhood is mostly single story houses (including my own) and the garage is 25' tall. Thankfully Douglas Firs keep the garage from being an eye sore.

I've used a 5-side version of this (for hexagons) on lathes in the Navy. We had the fixtures for this variation on lathes and rotary broach fixtures for drill presses. I think the ones that we used may have had a collar for the piece to guide the shape of the polygon though...

The machining industry has been crying for a tool like that since the first iPad was just a rumor. Of course, we'd like it use different materials than wood and dimension things like tapped holes, bevels, etc... Then ultimately be able to port directly to a CNC machine. Very cool app, but I'm...

I bought a 19' scissor lift for $2000. 28'x40' garage I'm building next month has a vaulted ceiling in the front 25' - and the ceiling is 24' tall... Also, I'm placing an overhead bridge crane on the right half and couldn't think of a safe way to lift the spanning I-beam 10' in the air to place...

I spent 3 years working as a machinist on board a US Navy submarine tender. In addition to the usual supplies we ordered like lubricating oil, hand cleaner and shop rags we had to keep a constant inventory of fresh safety glasses. After several months the glasses would no longer be useable...