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The Museum of Art in Fort Collins announced the tour, and I decided to go. The tour sounded tailor-made for me, as I had moved into a new art studio/garage this year, and hoped to get some ideas. There were eight garages on the tour, and I was able to visit all of them. There were a wide...

I had put in my air lines earlier this year, and I knew that I had a leak or two. I just kept shutting the tank valve at the end of the day. Today I decided to chase the leaks in earnest. It seems like I fix one leak and another pops up. Today I fixed, or tried to fix, about 6 leaks...

Most of my garage has a few inches of loose insulation in the attic, but when a past owner added a bay to the garage, the addition was not insulated. Of course, the new part is the far end of the garage, lots of crawling is likely to be required. I laid down a plywood "sidewalk" to make it...

In the spirit of having a shop of maximum flexibility, I am thinking of plugging a cord into a ceiling outlet, and then hanging the cord wherever suits me at the moment. Maybe there would be a series of hooks. The idea would be that the cord would be hanging down to 6.5 feet, easily reached...

I am moving into my new garage/studio, and have a concern about things freezing. In my old house/garage, I just put things that I did not want to freeze in the basement. This would be things like latex paint or certain glues. But my new place does not have a basement, just a crawl space...

In my new shop, I had them pull in a 100 amp 240V subpanel, as well as wire two 240V outlets, 8 ga wire, on 50 amp breakers. (one circuit for the compressor, one for the welder). As I read the code, I could have gone to a 55 amp breaker, but the contractor would not go bigger on the breaker...

I have a loafing shed, open on the south side. I would like to add an outlet inside the shed. Do I need to use waterproof outlet boxes? (GFI for sure.) Sort of a related question: What is the easiest way to install outlets on both sides of the loafing shed? It is post and beam...

My new/old shop has several 8 foot two tube fixtures. I will want to add some additional lighting. I have been told that the 8 foot tube fixtures are kind of obsolete, partly because the tubes are so expensive. However, I have some spare tubes that came with the shop. It looks like T12...

In my new/old shop, they did not bother to put in an electrical box for each fluorescent light fixture. The fixtures are flush with the drywall ceiling. The wire nuts are out in the open, in the attic. I am trying not to go crazy fixing every possible problem on a 50 year old house. Do I...

I just bought a new/old house with a 900 sq ft garage. Yay! I want to put a few light things in the attic above the garage. The trusses are on 24 inch centers. I am not worried about sag, but it has to support my weight, about 200 pounds. I am thinking 1/2 inch plywood. I will probably...

I was not sure what forum to post this on, but here goes. Anyone have any suggestions for a simple small spray booth? One that would be more or less sparkproof, for safety? This is not something that I would use often, but the last time I sprayed, I coughed for days, even with a respirator...

I am fishing for ideas and comments. My goal for my new shop is to have everything on wheels, more or less. I am probably halfway there right now. I was talking about shop design with a friend, and he said he has 80% of the tools in his shop on wheels. I am thinking about the question of...

I am a metal sculptor who is seeking to move to somewhere where I can have a larger shop/studio. At this point, we are looking in the Fort Collins, Colorado area. We just made an offer on a place with one acre and a 3 car garage, but the owner has a somewhat inflated view of what the place is...