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Thanks for all the suggestion. I am going to cut a hole in the concrete and dig down to make a deeper footing on both ends by the garage walls. I will also dow rod this footing into the house footing with rebar. I am thinking about digging down @ +18"( Oklahoma's freeze line) filling it halfway...

Thanks for the info. I was trying to figure out how to get the beam flat up on the ceiling do to the fact that the fork lift has part of it that sticks up above the forks.

I want to put a 40' s10 x 25 I beam in my garage for a hoist and to support the ceiling for a second floor conversion into a bedroom. The beam will weigh 1000 lbs. I will have to get whatever I use to lift the beam through my garage doors. The ceiling is 12 feet high. I wish I had thought of...

Ryan Very nice change. Can you tell me the size of the I beam you used and the support pole. I am looking at adding a story to my garage and I am trying to get an idea on the size of support. Thanks

Your Garage looks great :drool: . As soon as I can sale my 350z I plan on buying a A6 z51 C6 of course in yellow. My dayghter and I are building her a frame up custom 72 coupe. It is going to be painted PPG smooth yellow.

I want to avoid Craftsman...I bought their MIG welder a while back, it blew a circuit and I took it in and had it repaired under warranty. It took close to 3 months for them to get their part shipped from Taiwan or Thailand wherever it came from. The same nite, it blew again! I was so pissed and...

Craftsmen Drill I went to Sears in July look at the workbench drill press in craftsmen sales flyer for $ 89, I called my boss/CPA/wife to get permission .wned: I told her that they had a larger bench mount press for $129. She said are you sure that it was heavy duty enough and if I was going to...

I went to Sears yesterday to buy the new flex ratcheting wrenches and was going to look at the workbench drill press in craftsmen sales flyer for $ 89, I called my boss/CPA/wife to get permission .:owned: I told her that they had a larger bench mount press for $129. She said are you sure that...

Jason, Love your garage :rocker: and your toys, do you remeber the the specs or size of beam and what is your hoist rated at . I was thinking about putting one in my garage but it would have to span 40ft

I just bought a GE 23500btu AC window unit at SAMs for $349. Just in case anybody else was looking for one. I plan on mounting it in the wall and one thing nice is the air vents are only about half way up the outside box. I plan to mount the unit so that outside it starts at the vents, I hope...

That look realy realy clean, are all those full of tools, my garage will never be that clean. :bowdown: Looks good.

I got the couplers some cheap coulpers at Harbor Freight they come in a package of 5 for $ 7.99. The ones I got said industrial type, basicaly the same as meltons, :eyecrazy: they make so many different version that you have to make sure that you always stay with same type. So basically the...

I have got alot of great tips off of corvetteforum, I use the same screen name. smooth72 = "smooth" is from the name of PPG yellow we are painting the 72 vette, a true basket case. Also corvetteforum is how I discovered this great site.

I just drill up through the cabinet and then used a US fine thread bolt. Not a perfect fit but buy slightly cross threading them it worked like a lock bolt. I also used lock type on them. I got the quick couplers from Harbor Freight they come in a package of five and they are alot cheaper than...

I am new to this site, I too I'm a garage junkie. I have a 1390 sq. foot garage with a 2500 sq. ft attached house. I will post more pics and details when I get it cleaned out, right now you can't find the floor. This a great site and I hope it grows to help feed my addiction. :beer: I hope this...