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8 motorcycles - but never a 4 wheeled vehicle.

The best job I had was as a YMCA Summer "Adventure Camp" Counselor for 12-16 year old kids. They paid me to go kayaking, hiking, swimming, fishing, sailing, and mountain biking - and all I had to do was supervise 5-15 kids while doing it. It was a great summer - riding my Harley to work often...

Thanks for the replies - it's given me a few things to think about. I think that I'm going to start watching Craigslist for a table saw, and will make a table for a router. There's no rush to complete the project, so maybe once I have a table saw, I can get a better idea of how to mount the...

Thanks for a few suggestions - The Rousseau router extension had some really poor reviews on Amazon, and the Festool appears to be out of my budget range. Not doubting the quality, but it's not something I'm going to use often enough to justify that cost. For what they are asking for a router...

I do mostly metal work, but lately I've been doing a few more interior projects and I think I'm at the point where I need to expand my woodworking tools. I've been getting by with a circular saw, compound miter, and a handheld router. Basically, all portable tools, working off saw horses or...

Just because you built it, doesn't mean it's any good. I think this is called the IKEA Effect. Never be afraid to be critical of your own work.

We've been talking with a loan officer, county zoning, and our contractor. I think we're going to have to scale back the scope and investigate other options for an "entertaining" area, and just focus on the garage. I'm leaning towards the idea of merging the properties, and expanding on the...

I'm having a hard time finding out what the living space to garage is for my county (I've been reading the zoning books, still digging.) The reason I've going to living space above it is to be able to rent it out to break even on the entire build, and have something that I can resell later...

Just got a call from the county. Setbacks are 30' from the road, 6' from the property lines. However, they're not sure if the structure I intend to build meets the requirements of a dwelling. If the structure is an additional "outbuilding", I would need to combine the properties and then...

Did you have to get financing for that? My concern is that the construction costs are going to be too much due to an engineered concrete floor, and I don't think I can pay cash for the build. By keeping it a separate property and putting an apartment in it, I can finance it, break even on...

Got off the phone with my mortgage guy - looks like I'm going to have to keep them separate in order to keep my current mortgage in one piece. My current mortgage is at a really good rate, and he's recommending not to touch that at all. Waiting to hear from the county on the minimum setback...

I'll try to post some photos from my computer when I get home, but basically the existing residence is a large colonial, with a 2 car attached garage close to the property line on the left as you are looking at the front of the home. The new structure would be further to the left of the...

I have a request in with the County - I should know by the end of the day. Given that the current garage is almost exactly 10' off the property, I would assume it's 10' or less. I would be okay with a 20' space between the buildings, as I want to have a "beer garden" patio area between them...

I'm looking for some opinions on my proposed garage build. Background: I own two adjoining half acres lots. One is empty, and the other has my home on it. My home is very close to the property line - with the current attached garage roughly 10' from the line. I would like to build a new...

I also have a JD210, from about the same time period. The Kohler K241 is a great little engine - and was also used in many other tractors from the same time period. Some of our Gravely's have the same motor. I ended up with a spare motor for mine - only needed a coil (same as a small-block...