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looking for a mig in the 135/145 range to be used for classic car restoration. Is the millermatic worth the extra money over a standard mig

been looking for a used mig for a while, just located a Millermatic 130xp with tank, cart and hood for 350.00. Seems to be in good working condition, I'm told it's about 10 years old and cosmetically it looks well worn but I'm going to be welding not show it off. Any advice on issues with this...

Preparing to run 3 underground sch 40 pvc from house to detached garage. I have 2 1.25 pvc and 1 2" pvc, my plan was to bore 3 seperate holes (large enough to allow foam to expand around pipes the full thickness of the wall) below grade in the block basement wall of the house and seal around...

existing detached garage is subfeed with 3 wires, 2 hot, 1 neutral. Ground bar goes to ground rod, is this acceptable?

Installing a 50000btu nat gas Mr Heater. Garage ceiling is OSB, what do I use where the class B vent penetrates the ceiling. The Mr heater vent kit includes a wall thimble is this also correct for ceiling?

Planning on using Armorpoxy spgx but not sure if small existing cracks at the end of expansion joints will cause problems? Also should I do anything with the expansion joints?

Searched the forum for sealers and was overwhelmed by all the info available!!! So here is what I need, sealing garage floor for resistance to water, oil and salt. Garage will be used for light mechanical work involving jack stands and floor jacks, engine hoists, engine stands all with steel...

tried to search this but for some reason it won't work. Getting ready to install the 716 OSB ceiling and have some questions. Screws or nails, I have access to a framing nail gun and 3 1/2" nails but wondering if screws would hold better. I will be using blown insulation, do I need a vapor...

Working on a garage addition that is out of square and looking for a way to make sure roof trusses are square. This addition is attached to a garage that was built badly out of square so it doesn't help either. If I measure diagonally from the center of the new addition to the two front corners...

roughing in natural gas and water supply lines thru footer stem wall. Local supplier doesn't have BigMax in stock yet and I haven't been able to find any info that gives me the natural gas pipe size on the 500,000btu unit, anyone know??

adding an addition to my concrete block garage and I'm trying to decide what to do for a door in the connecting wall. I need something 5 to 6 feet wide and it has to be insulated, new addition will be heated old garage won't. The narrow insulated garage doors I've found are as expensive or more...

Excavating contractor is starting my footers two week later than planed due to the weather. If I start framing the walls now I won't have time get everything closed in before I leave for vacation. I will be gone for two weeks, will there be a potential problem if I leave the stud walls and...

My garage addition will be 20ft x 28ft wood frame construction, stem wall below grade will be 8" block, any problem with using 6" block for the two coarse above grade. The 4" concrete floor would be poured starting on top of the last coarse of 8" block leaving 12" of 6" block before starting...

getting ready to start my garage, can I attach the bottom plate of my stud wall directly to the the block stem wall or should I attach a sill plate first and then the stud wall to that? Stem wall will be aprox 18" above grade do I need to use pressure treated lumber for the bottom plate?