Recent content by TimAndRoar

I'd certainly be interested in hearing more details about this if you get a chance. It sounds interesting. I ordered a few components to prototype some potential options next weekend. Some of them are kind of harebrained, but this is the kind of project I enjoy... I'll report back if I find...

Thanks for the ideas so far! I like the laser idea, mostly because I'm a geek so complicated tetchy things always appeal to me more than simple solutions (which are, of course, cheaper and more likely to work -- don't get my wife started). I've also been thinking about maybe trying a solution...

Does anyone have amazing ideas for marking the parking positions for cars (i.e. knowing how far to pull in)? The standard tennis ball hanging from a string seems kind of ugly to me. I have some of these parking mats from Griot's, and they seemed great at first. However, I've discovered that they...

Until I can take a picture, maybe this will help. It looks similar to this: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/101821824_bacc14cba6.jpg I can't tell if that's metal or plastic, mine is metal. And it doesn't say "electric" on it like that. But think that general shape and style. From memory I'd...

Thanks, good idea. I'll post pictures, but it will have to wait until next week because I'm actually out of state on business right now. I'm sitting in my hotel room researching garage projects!

My garage floor has a metal plate in it, covering the access for sewer cleanout (I think.. it's not labeled). How best to handle this when applying epoxy flooring? Any pictures of examples results?