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My girlfriend is a dog musher (I know, right?). She has a three-wheeled dryland cart that folds down so it can be mounted on a trailer hitch. To fold it down requires removing two bolts with wingnuts. The sled is a hard tail, the trails around here are very rocky, and the wingnuts routinely...

I'm trying to figure out where I can source a few more of this bolt: It has no threads and there is a hole at the bottom. I'm capable of drilling a hole in a bolt, but all of my tools are currently in storage, so it would be nice if I could avoid it. In any event, is there a name for this...

I just moved into a house with one of those tall furnaces that stick out of the wall. It could be 5 years old, it could be 30 years old. I've never seen a heater like this, and I'm trying to figure out if it's behaving as intended... I'll hear it click on for a minute (warming up?), then the...

I'm moving from the East Coast to the West Coast and I have a BendPak MD-6XP scissor lift in my garage. My plan for moving is to fill something like one of those POD things and have it shipped across (7' x 7', 4,400 pound limit). The pump is designed such that I can move the whole thing by...

I work on cars and motorcycles. These cars have rusty and dirty parts. When I take one off, I'd like to put it back on nice and clean, coated in zinc for corrosion protection. This includes bolts and washers and fasteners and what not. Cleaning is a pain. My method for years has been Simple...

I have a spot in my driveway that I'd like to park something shiny in, and I'd like to protect it from the elements. Does anyone have any experience with these? If it could fit a short full-sized van, that'd be great, but it really only needs to fit something the size of a Corvette. Primary...

I am in search of a lifting solution for my garage and I stumbled on a few examples of a very interesting breed of lift with very little info out there about them. It seemed worth it to start a thread discussing them specifically, as I couldn't find anyone on this board that had used one...

As I slowly build out my garage, I've stumbled on some recent products that I'm very happy with in the lighting department. First up is a standard light bulb replacement. It is a 50W LED with a brightness equivalence of 250W-300W and it did not disappoint in light output. I have four sockets in...

The day has finally arrived. I'm going to install a lift in my garage. An in-floor lift seems out of my price range, so I'm aiming for a two-post lift. The ceilings are 9' high. The floor is of unknown thickness and strength. Before I go researching lifts, it seems like I should figure out if...

There are many like it, but this one is mine. I have finally procured a garage. The plan is to slowly build it out as time and money allow. First order of business seems to be figuring out if my concrete will support a two-post lift. Second order of business is massive ceiling lighting. And of...