Recent content by Uncle Bob

Comparison is often the problem for folks. At a quick glance these Craftsman cabs look to be reasonably competitive within their class. The link description doesn't list the metal thickness, but they are likely 24 ga., so on the light duty side for some folks. You mentioned NewAge, which I'm...

Thanks for the feedback, but if people want to dismiss something like this because of their cynicism so be it. I have no control in the choices of others.

Someone asked to show where these are sold. Of course, good ol' Amazon (and maybe elsewhere); https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HG3NWVJ/?tag=atomicindus08-20

It’s been 40 years last month that the first cordless hand held vacuum was introduced to the world, the famous DustBuster. Since then the name has taken on the aura of going beyond a trademarked name to being the word that describes all the other similar products in the marketplace, e.g...

Yep, still happy with the purchase. These have held up very well. The drawers still slide easily and close well. The door hinges work smoothly. These even had to endure a move from the attached garage pictured to a new, detached garage I finished in late '17. The disassembly for moving went...

Here's some commentary I made on Newage Pro 3.0. Durability has been great. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=341000

Back to Larry's question on the previous page, here's a pic of the platform as it slips into the hole in the ceiling. The angle iron around the bottom is intended to **** up to the drywall of the ceiling, the comment about the upper limit switch setting is what corresponds to that. Note too...

Yes, it's the same limit switch you see on these typical winches. If you look at the pic I posted above showing just the winch unit it uses that round block just above the hook to trigger the limit switch which is that loop the cable routes through. On this attic lift it's one of the platform...

This is a pretty good post for thought experimenting. I chuckled at your table saw comment because in nearly 50 years of owning one I've had much the same usage experience at times. When you need it it's a terrific tool to have at hand, and I always enjoy how many times it comes in handy. The...

Drift, nice/simple/effective adaptation for light below an open door. That's part of the beauty of this forum, multiple solutions for broadly similar objectives with the ability to "borrow" some or parts of those alternatives. Read the thread you linked and enjoyed how you dealt with...

pbon, you're probably talking about something like the pic I'll attach here. I call it a "Universal Chinese Winch" as they are everywhere it seems and I have one that I use mostly to drag stuff on and off trailers. Not surprisingly, if you go to any of the sites for these attic lifts they all...

Good question Larry. That's one of the "custom " features they incorporate. If you look at their site you'll see that it's something like a cage, the lower portion hits the ceiling face, the upper forms the platform even with the storage deck as you noted. My ceiling joists are 2x8 so in my...

Due to poor planning on my part I didn't design an attic lift into the original build, only a fold down ladder. Well, at my age a lift is a better option so I retrofitted one and did a review in another posting here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7666807#post7666807

I did a search for attic lifts in a few different word/phrase configurations and mostly came up with threads about a variety of auto lifts; 4 post, two post, scissors...and of course all the posturing about who's choice is the "best"......whew glad I'm not going down that path. I'm sure there...

When we bought our house it had the 8500 on it. When it worked it was fine. I tried to add the MyQ but for some reason it just wouldn't function. We just operate it with a "normal" wall button (glorified door bell like) and vehicle remotes. We did have the random opening problem, and no...