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I’m stuck but I know I’ve come to the right place. I’ve got the dynamic jaw separated but now I’d like to be able to remove the screw and handle. I did my best with the pictures so I hope someone has tinkered with a vise similar to this one before. As you can see in the picture there is some...

As I accumulate more stuff in my newly finished detached garage I get more paranoid about it sitting out there relatively unprotected. It's a pole barn so it's a little bit harder to break into than a teepee. It's located about 100 feet from the house. I keep noticing random vehicles slowing...

I was just assembling the airlines for my garage and must admit I'm not too excited about hanging them in their current condition. They're the black pipe from Lowe's. They don't look terrible but there are dings and scuffs and some rusty spots already. I keep telling myself this is just a...

My pole barn just got finished so now I'm trying to figure out some of the wiring. Right now I'm wondering how to mount the receptacles. Being a pole barn it's got 2x6's mounted horizontally but since they are mounted flush to the outside of the poles I'm having a hard time figuring out how to...

1) I've read a lot of threads with people asking how large a panel they need and everyone says that 100amp is plenty. I went to the local building supply store and asked the guy what I needed and told him I'd have a welder or two and he recommended I go with a 200amp panel. I was looking at a...

I just came across a magna force air compressor for sale locally. I gave the owner a call and he told me it was a 5.4hp 80gal unit he bought two years ago for about $1700. I asked him if it was a one stage or two and he replied, "uh, it's a 220." For that price I'm guessing it's a two stage...

Finally, finally, finally. I will now have a space of my own! I'm so excited I can't wait to share pictures with complete strangers over the internet. What is the world coming to? It has been a long time coming. I used to be a mechanic by trade. Began working in motorsports then went to a...

I went to pull the permit for my garage last Friday and they pulled up my plat and saw that the back of my property is bordered with a small creek, I have 10 acres. Due to the fact that my property shares a border with a "body of water" I am now required to get a water quality buffer survey...

I stopped by an antique store this morning at about 930 only to find out they open at 10. On the way back to the car this compressor caught my eye. It's been painted, ID tag and all so it's hard to make it out. I could just barely read the word 'champion' on the label under the paint and the...

My garage is going to be started next week and even though I don't have a lift currently in my budget I plan on getting one in a few years. I want to take the extra precaution now of making the concrete a little thicker in the areas where the two posts of the lift will be. I've worked in...

I'm going to give my builder the go ahead to start my garage. He wants to get started on it ASAP but I'm going to have him start just after labor day because I'll be out of town and want to be there during the construction. I want to make sure this goes perfect and there aren't any shoulda...

I'm planning out a pole barn garage and am doing the necessary research to make the decision of whether or not I want to attempt to do it myself. If I'm going to do it myself I plan on getting a permit and building it right but I'm a little worried about being able to build it to code. Is...

This is my first post but I've been lurking and doing lots of searching for several weeks now. I was hoping I could get some input on my garage I hope to have built within the next year or so. It has been a long time coming so I’m really excited about it but I want to make sure I do it right...

I made a drawing in google sketchup but can not figure out how to upload it. I can't figure out how to save it as a jpeg or anything. Can someone help me out?