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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    Just imagining the things that cabinet bench made in its day can be a mind blowing thing. terrific look to it. When I was a kid there was a blacksmith that lived just down the street. they had one of those Keller hacksaws at the shop still. By then it had been replaced with a band saw but they...
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    Totally awesome find great vintage stuff in the words of the count of counting cars and pawn stars these are the things we broke our first bones on
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    Growing up with tools.

    I remember my dad had a 1/4 inch black and decker drill he bought new in 1956 cost him over a weeks pay had a jig saw clamp on attachment. He remodeled 2 house with that and hand saw's. Most of his friends were envious and were constantly borrowing it. A total piece of **** by today's...
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    2 post lift dropping

    probable hydraulic leaking by in the cylinders or in the valve. Does it shift a little from side to side? or straight down? either way they all have safety locks that every instruction manual says lift up and set down on the safety locks, trust me once your working under a car and have a...
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    my inherited set of Montgomery Ward's Powr-Kraft tools

    I worked at a Montgomery Wards tire and battery shop in the 70s the tools were being made by Thorsen at that time but excellent in quality and of course lifetime warranty. around the later part of the 70s like 77 or 78 Mobil oil bought out Montgomery Wards leading to the eventual almost...
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    The Concrete Underground

    LoL start em young I say. thanks Beach Boy for the pics getting to see that place gives you a big YOU **** award for sure
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    Mark's Monster Garage....3800 sq ft

    Absolute killer green paint there looks awesome
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    Mark's Monster Garage....3800 sq ft

    I wouldn't be afraid of that two speed axle I rebuilt the two speed in my hauler granted its a 73 so newer but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be just found an old manual and started tearing things apart found new parts cheaper than used if you can believe it put all new bearings and...
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    MN Auto Shop build in a 42x90 pole barn

    I think your shop is looking good be nice to get the wiring done anyway more convienent to just plug it in than fool with the extension cords
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    Show off your lifts!!!

    Not what you guys normally lift did a little modification to mine so I can work on my tractors and the quads easily
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    He had to be a great man, just by the way that dog is so comfortable around Him! Most dogs are a better judge of people than most people are
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    Carl's Small Farm workshop

    Carl I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry on the snow shovel! I actually saw snow last week was out with my son as they were planting beans, part of this field had corn last year that was not harvested till this spring. along the north side of the trees where they scraped the snow to form a...
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    Wiring Questions.. Electricians step inside

    hooking your generator into the house will power your house BUT it will also send power back thru your meter to the pole where the line went down so the lineman who gets to hook it up grabs your hot line and all is not well in his world
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    As a couple who for the first time in over 20 years is (the shame the inhumanity) Lincoln-less we are missing it. Our town car got hailed out last year and we bought a Ford Diesel pickup instead, its those little things in the Lincoln you miss who ever thought automatic headlights and lo...
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    She looks like she is going to have a time to remember all her life (I figured that was what would be in the hauler but with all the happenings in the center of the universe you just never know)
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    Mark's Monster Garage....3800 sq ft

    Pretty, Ain't afraid to get dirty, and wheels around with equipment hanging from the fork lift!! You sir scored on that lady!!
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    A big congratulations on the 39th happy anniversary. I can't wait to see what's inside that hauler
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    Above 1200 Sq/FT Restored 1930's Auto Shop

    Wow the buildings are looking so good inside and out. Like that (new) TIG those were and are great machines, enjoy it like every tool and as to the Lincoln I have owned 4 Towncars over the years and you are right the difference in fit and panel alignment etc. over the standard ford car of...
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    The Concrete Underground

    Doors are awesome and the lighting on the steps looks too frickin cool to believe now you need a piece of steel some soapstone a 12 pack and 3 bubba's to rig up a garage door opener for the sliding door LOL even if its once a month a door needs an opener LOL life is too short to...
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    MN Auto Shop build in a 42x90 pole barn

    my ramps are some scrap (daughters significant other is foreman at a laser cutting shop) they are formed channel pieces a galvanized channel with holes pressed into and bent up (that part can be challenging as the pressed up holes grab the rubber tires really good but also have been known to...
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