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I know, the bigger the better! However, I plan to pay in cash for this project. I'm thinking around $50k? I have no idea. I'll be in Vermont so I have to heat it, likely pay taxes, etc. So I can't go crazy. I work on small travel trailers, so I'm thinking 10x10 or even better 12x12...

I'm at the point in life (mid-life crisis) where I like to upgrade my low-end junk and have nice(er) things. I've been using cheapo multimeters my whole life. I want something nicer. I'm a hobbyist/shade tree mechanic. What's the most useful thing for the 'ol toolbox? I mostly use the...

We're a couple years out from fully retiring from the military and looking to settle down in Texas and start our small business. I want to plan out a steel building to be our garage/workshop and have no idea where to start. I customize small travel trailers and would like a pull through set up...

We're military, getting stationed to Italy for 3 years starting this fall. I have to be prepared to either 1) live on base in an apartment, however it will have a storage room to keep a tool chest in. 2) live in town and probably have a 1 car garage. The movers will take care of the lifting...

Google has failed me. Every webpage touting the importance of sealing or staining bare concrete is of course tied to a company who sells the product. I just spent $800 getting pealing paint sandblasted from my stamped concrete driveway. Now it's grey, grippy (traction, hurray), and doesn't...

We're military and move a lot. During my past few houses I've kept all my hardware sorted in a harbor freight 47 bin rack that did the job. It was a little flimsy and I had to keep the heavier nuts and bolts on the bottom row, not suspended. Unfortunately at my previous house, the garage had...

I'm buying a house that has an ancient screw lift genie opener and a non-rated door (I'm in hurricane country). 2 car garage. I'm going to get a new door and opener. As for a new opener, what features are great and what are gimmicks? I was impressed with my last rental house that had a...

I'm renting and have a small workroom in the basement. I want a quality, but small drill press for little projects like pinewood derby, drilling holes in brackets, etc. I had a $60 harbor freight, but the spindle and chuck wobbled- no good for small holes. I have a very nice JET or Delta...

My dad is ready to have a stand-alone shed designed and built. He's thinking roughly 30x40 and 3 single car doors with room in front of the cars for work benches/tool boxes and a side area with a door and then a roll up rear door for tractors to get out (small garden tractors). I was thinking...

My 2 car garage is under the house so the ceiling is insulated. The doors are insulated. Both side walls are cinderblock and covered in earth (garage is on basement level). My electric panel is on the other side of wall, so easy to run 220v power. I have available circuits as the house was...

I have a two car garage under my house that goes into a walk in basement. I'd like to temporarily heat it while doing projects. It stays around 45 degrees in the winter right now, mid 60's would be great. I have available 220v breakers in the panel from when the house was converted to natural...

Sorry, not going in the garage, but my screened porch. What's the best outdoor rated ceiling fans? I was going to get a Hunter 52" outdoor original which are cast iron and $530 for brown. But there's a lot of marketing hype on the BigAssFan's 60" Haiku fan which is $900! But I can't find any...

My basement workshop/man-cave is finally coming together. Now it's time to find a couple seats or chairs for my brother and I to lounge on, consume beer, admire the ongoing projects and brainstorm future projects. What's something cool, comfortable, and can be thrown aside when it's time to...

I need a 10x14 shed for my 2 small tractors and yard stuff. I have a slightly slopped piece of lot that currently has a ton of composting leaves and branches on it. I plan to have it cleared out. To have a crew come in a do a real wood shed "mini barn" style with all pressure treated...

I want to augment my 2 car garage that's built into my home with a shed/garage at the top of the driveway. Because I'm right on the property line, I can't build a "proper" garage, but there is no building permit or setback requirement if I stay under 200sq/ft (12'x16') but the kicker is 8.5'...

I'm using my finished basement as a workshop/man cave. The previous owners had just installed $3000+ cut-pile wall to wall carpet with thick "nike"? padding. The stuff is slick too, especially on the stairs. Anyway, I decided to leave in place. Now I have my work benches, storage shelves...

I need to buy two metal roofed car ports to store a car and boat under. 12'x20' and 12'x30' with a 9' clearance underneath for my boat to clear through both (they will be lined up single file). Any suggestions for a good company to buy them from? Google brings up hundreds of metal carport...

I have a new 8' work bench. I need a grinder to have a wheel on one side and wire brush on the other. Mostly for mower blades, tool sharpening or general steel grinding/cleanup. I like quality, but can't afford Baldor's $800 stuff. What about in the $200 range? What about a nice quality...

Looking for some long (5-6'), shallow (24-30") work benches for the wall of my garage that are sturdy, solid wood top, and are open on the bottom so I can store my portable air compressor and welder underneath. Where to get them? I didn't see anything good from northen, depot, or lowes.

I asking for a 3/4" socket set for Christmas. Mostly for light duty work like large sized nuts on motorcycles (clutches, axle nuts, etc). Needs to handle 1/2" impact gun to remove, tightening torques from 35-150ft/lbs. I need sizes between 1"-2". Northern Tool has a "Klutch" brand impact...