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It was a HOT Saturday morning down here in the deep south. It hit 90 by the time noon rolled around. I got up early and started moving everything out of the shop. By 8:00AM my BIL and his wife arrived and he helped to move the remaining heavy stuff. By 9:00AM we were ready to lay down the floor...

Ordered and received Racedeck with the 3 inch black transition pieces for my garage door opening and I ran into an issue that I hadn't considered when I did my layout pattern on RaceDeck's website. The issue is the 3 inch transition pieces. If you use them, then your tiles outside of the...

Co-worker's dad has passed and he inherited his Lincoln AC 225 welder. Also has a face shield and some welding rods(?). As you can see I'm not a welder at all but thought it might be a decent deal to pick it up and learn how to weld. He wants $150 for everything. Deal or no deal?:lol_hitti

Specs: 24x24 power troweled bare concrete floor. Approximately 4 years old and has some rather long, but minor surface cracks. I have a MaxJax lift installed. This is my shop out back of the house and not the attached garage where we keep our daily vehicles. I always have some sort of projecte...

I just bought a new Husky 30 gallon twin cylinder oiled compressor. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-30-Gal-155-psi-Ultra-Quiet-Portable-Electric-Air-Compressor-C302H/206695048 For years I've been dealing with a little Porter Cable pancake compressor and I needed something more substantial to...

Cannot seem to get these adjusted correctly for some unknown reason. It always seems everytime I lift the car at least a couple of the restraints won't lock into place and I have to loosen the bolts, reposition the restraint and then tighten it back up. The MaxJax instructions don't detail very...

Just saw this on Jalopnik: http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/lift-fail-watch-a-100-000-mercedes-g-wagen-fall-from-1667224685/+travis Can't tell what the failure mechanism was.. I don't think the vehicle was too heavy for the lift, though. Don't know what one of the guy's were thinking he could do...

I've got a small panel that I need to paint. Normally I would do this outside, but the temps have gotten cold, so I need to rig up something inside the shop. I haven't done this before, so I need some help. I'm going to rattle can this as it is only a small headlight panel (approximately 1 foot...

Sigh.... I've got a couple of droplights, one is incandescent and the other is a long tube flourscent. I prefer the incandescent simply because it has better light output, but the real problem is directing the light onto the work area efficiently. If I'm under the car (car on a lift) and I need...

I've got a crankshaft bolt that requires 325ft/lbs of torque to achieve the BMW spec on my V12 engine. This is a one time use bolt, so I need to get it right the first time. Problem is I don't have one that goes up to 325ft/lbs. Mine only goes to 120ft/lbs. I can rent one that does 250ft/lbs...

I picked up two of these carts for $30 each. They're great for servicing as a temporary table/bench and move around easily on 4 casters. Problem is I would like to add an extra shelf, or what would be ideal is to have a couple of sliding drawers added. ONLY problem is I don't know the best way...

I was cruising Craigslist and found someone selling Duncan parking meters. Anybody got one in their garage? Any trick to restoring these things? Got to be cheaper than a vintage gas pump!

Hope someone out there can offer me some help… I'm working on my BMW 850i. The front struts are oil filled and a new one is somewhere north of $1K, so I am retrofitting them with a Koni strut. The issue is the original strut tube that will receive the Koni insert has an issue I don't know how...

Anybody knows what happens electrically when you reverse the RUN and START wires on a new compressor? This happened to me on a new compressor I bought for my mini split. I had a 2nd technician come out and diagnose it and was informed the original tech that installed it, got the RUN and START...

Well, its not exactly garage related, but my garage is within 20 feet.... Does that count? Anyway, I know there are many here that have a broad wealth of knowledge and I wanted to ask here before I start calling Monday to some of the propane gas companies. I bought a used outdoor propane...

This isn't exactly garage related, so I included a picture with the Pergola overlooking the detached garage I had built last year. I had started on the Pergola over 2 years ago, but when I started the garage, the Pergola went on the back burner. After finishing out the interior of the garage, I...

Confused yet? Well, so am I. Its been too long since I've been out of college.. and I wasn't a math wiz anyway... So, I'm putting up a Pergola on our concrete patio. Been working on this for the past 2 years.. All the wood is cut and I need to get it out of my shop so I can do other things in...

Was at the local SamClub today to pick up some dog food when I stumbled across a new shop seat they were selling. I was wanting to get another seat because I needed another one as I'm getting ready to pull the engine out of my 850i. Cost me $30.00. I already have a Danmar seat and the Danmar...

I was cruising Gizmodo today and ran across an article about a front loading tool box. Check it out: http://www.bestmadeco.com/collections/frontpage/products/front-loading-tool-box I think I'm a gonna git me one. Best of all, its less than 100 bucks and made here in the good old USA.

This is probably a trivial question, but I've had my car up in the lifted position on my Maxjax for the past 48 hours. I can't lower it because I've got the front suspension off. I have the safety bars in place. Just wanting to know if others have had their car up on a Maxjax for an extended period.