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    Looking for large, frame-worthy blueprints

    Thanks all, for the replies and ideas. I had thought of having some of my own drawings printed to large format but wasn't sure where to do it. Have some better idea now! (If anyone has access to a large plotter and time to work with me I'd be super glad to pay for time, materials and...
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    Looking for large, frame-worthy blueprints

    Having a heck of a time finding nice ones online! What I'm trying to do is get some "eye candy" on the wall over my lathe. It's a 13x40 so I have this long section of undecorated, unused, uncluttered white wall and it just looks weird. I figured instead of the usual beer posters I'd rather...
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    How much lighting is too much

    I agree. Before I did the garage makeover I had three 135 watt quartz-halogen lamps over my workbench and thought it was great. Then I put two 100-watt incandescent task lights on the bench and thought it was even better. When I replaced that bench with two bigger ones (the 8x2 foot butcher...
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    Epoxy coat drying time

    Do you have expansion joints in your floor? When I did mine, I used the expansion joints as "borders" so I could do the job in sections. All the overlapping is in the joints. I couldn't scuff there, but since it's a zero-traffic area of the floor I'm not worried about it.
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