Recent content by smitty357

Finally built my garage at age 50. Had to wait until we got the kids though college.

I bought an Intercomp tire pressure guage from tirerack.com. Seems accurate. And I can read it without my glasses.

Used 15/32" plywood on the walls in my detached garage. Looks great. You can hang anything anywhere. If the object you are hanging is heavy, obviously you look for a stud - if not heavy, don't even worry about looking for a stud. Thought about OSB but this stuff looks better.

A radial arm saw is designed to be pulled across the wood. The rotation of the blade helps to hold the wood down against the table and back against the fence. But you still must securely hold the wood against the fence with your free hand. If the saw is set up properly the blade won't get...

pattenp is correct. You always pull a radial arm saw blade into the wood. Always - no exceptions. The speed you allow it to cut depends upon the type of wood.

The radial arm saw in your photo is a decent one. I have had that same saw for 15 years. Bought it off an elderly gentleman who had grown frightened of it. All I did was change it over to 220V so it spools up faster. And added a longer table to better support the work (rip a solid core door...

Let me see if I have this straight - danieldolin dings DaWoodster for not spelling Porsche correctly. But danieldolin has screwed up the following words, electrician, sensitive, not, their, and hydraulic. Probably other spelling errors too - those just jumped out at me. So, danieldolin, keep...

Check out Haas garage doors. I went with their Tradition Series. Have had them for several years now and they are fine. Seem to be well insulated.

www.anyflag.com is a great source