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I am finally getting to the paint stage of my shop build and painting the stripe. Most of the outlets are in the stripe and I would like to paint the faceplates and outlets to match the stripe. Is this possible? How do you make the paint stick to the plastic? Thanks for any tips.

I am rewiring my shop. I have everything wired up in the new panel. My service comes from the transformer into a meter box on a pole about 75' from my shop. From there it goes into a panel with 3 breakers. A 100 amp breaker that runs to my shop, a 30 amp that is for a travel trailer hookup on...

We are finishing out the sheetrock in my shop and I'm fixing to order white metal to use on the ceiling. How do you trim out and seal the ends of the metal where it meets the sheetrock? Do they make a specific trim for this or am I going to have to make something. I tried searching but no luck.

I am at the point in my shop build where I need to run the wiring for a TV which will be satellite (most like dish network), speaker wires for sterio and possible outside antenna and internet (dsl thru phone line only option). This stuff will all be run inside the walls with plug in boxes where...

I've been thinking about a radial arm saw lately. Ran across this one on craigslist and scared myself when I opened the thread. http://littlerock.craigslist.org/tls/4274727451.html

I upgraded my travel trailer yesterday and have to relocate my trailer parking area to the other end of my shop so I will have more room. I need a 50 amp 240 volt circuit to plug it into. Total run length is going to be 65 feet from the breaker to the plug. From the research I have done I need...

I'm finishing out the inside of my pole barn and before I get to the ceiling I need to make sure I have enough attic ventilation. The plan is to replace the ridge cap with a vented one. My question is the eve vents. What I have is basically the opening created by the ridges in the wall metal. Is...

About 4 years ago I started building my new shop on some property I plan to retire on in a few years. Due to work, work, work, work, work, work, well you get the idea, I never got around to finishing it. I got laid off a couple weeks ago and plan to take some time off before I go back to work...

Last year after my Dad passed I ended up with his air compressor. It's a 60 gallon 6 hp craftsman. It's probably 20 years old but has not been used much at all and works great. A couple weeks ago I got a call from my wife saying it had sprung a leak on the bottom of the tank. Apparently it has a...

What kind of broom do you guys use to sweep the floor with. I've got a decent push broom but it is near impossible to get the floor clean. Every time you push it forward and then bring it back it drops dirt back on the clean part where it hits the floor. It's very aggrivating to have to keep...

I was cleaning out an old shed of my Dad's and stumbled on this old tool box. I have no clue where it came from but I thought it was cool. It has some old tools in it that have got to be older than me. LOL. Here are some of the tools that were in it. Check out that little vise. It's about...

I picked up a few metal cabinets for my shop today. They have been stored in an old hog barn for years. They are very dirty and have some surface rust. I want to give them a good cleaning, sand them, prime and paint. I'm probably gonna just use some rattle can paint. Any of you guys used that...

I'm working on installing a kitchen sink in my shop. Basically what I plan to do is run the drain down from the trap thru the floor and out under the building on the outside. Will I need to install an air vent pipe up thru the ceiling for this or will it work fine without?

I'm soon to be in the market for a lift for my garage. I am 6 foot 4 inches and getting too old to be hunched over under a lift. Any tall guys out there with extra high lifts? If so what is it and how do you like it? How high will it lift? BTW, I need at least a 10k capacity two post lift.

I've got a well pump problem I need help with. It seems to be overheating and shutting itself off. It is a 3/4 horsepower submersible. If you start from zero pressure and turn it on it will pump up about 20 psi then shut off, points on pressure regulator still contacted. After about a minute it...

Hi guys. My wife and I are in the planning stages of building our retirement home. We just completed my 30 x 50 shop to use for storage while building the house. We want to build the house 30 feet from the shop with a covered breeze way parking between the two. Here's my question. My bud was...

Hello everyone. New guy here with a few questions. I just built a new shop and am preparing to start the interior phase such as the electrical. A quick set up before I get to my question. The other day I carried some scrap steel to the scrap yard to get it out of my way. While I was there I...