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Was getting tired of the lateral play (everywhere) and offset at full extension with my 15 YO Craftsman, so I picked up a SB drill press a several weeks ago from local CL. 3rd owner, who bought it from the son of the guy who bought it originally in Chicago; I'm a sucker for chain of custody...

On Feb 17 I went in one of my local (Tucson) Harbor Freight stores and purchased (2) 56" cabinets, and a top and bottom 44 Tool Chest. They only had a single 56" in stock, and ordered the other items. The manager said it would be about a month. Got them with the IT discount, and opened up a...

Looking for the older, heavier version AC9944 (attached), NOT the AC9946 tubular version. Anybody have one laying around not being used? Thanks.

Have just ordered about 2300 SF of knotty-ish pine (local lumer yard calls it "Cactus Pine"?) for my 36x26 stick garage, and have been trying to find a finish for the hundreds of 1x6x16 boards. Several threads on this site, and I mostly settled upon an amber shellac, followed by a light sanding...

Did a search, and could not find this topic. Looking for a way to control 3 or 4 parking lot lights on garage exterior with network wireless. We live literally out in the sticks on a hilltop, and regularly deal with coyotes, havelina, skunks, and an occasional bobcat. It is 120 feet from one...

For any good experienced concrete guys... Have a problem just cropped up today. Obtained Pre-Slab inspection today, and the Contractor is going to be pouring Wednesday. Garage is freestanding, 36x26, 2'x2' footers, #4's at 12"OC on 2.5" dobies (should have heard the Contractor whine about using...

Seems odd that I could not find a thread on Man Door widths? So here goes: In my previous garage (maybe 30 years and a lifetime ago...), had a 48" Man Door just around the corner from the main roll-up. Loved it. Really handy to roll stuff in and not have to go "around the corner", and deal...

(Finally) building a 40W x 24D (or26) x 13H garage. Criminy, I have been working on this for years... Roof will be 12" parapets on 3 sides, with water sheeting off the back. Cannot seem to find a metal standing seam roof that is certified at less than 3/12 without resorting to mechanical seams...

Need to span 30' with a monopitch joist. Unfortunately, my Structural guy is referring me to Joist Fabricators, and the couple near me (Tucson and Phoenix) don't seem to want to answer phones the last couple days of last week. I have found online vendors, and they have a min pitch of 2:12 for...

Finally - after about 10 years... :sad: getting my 40x30 started. Sticks and stucco, nothing fancy. But part of my driveway has a short (50') length of 16% slope, and the garage approach has a cross-slope I am trying to minimize. Need about 200 LF of 2-4+ foot retaining wall, in basically a...

Anybody have any recent date regarding Keystone Block retaining wall pricing, installed, with footer? Good soil, dry, no clay, 1500-2000 PSF bearing. Just looking for ballpark $. Laying out my garage/access road, which is unfortunately on a good crossslope. According to my Civil engineer...

Finally moving forward on this. 40W x 30D x 2x6x10' studs. 18 x 8 car door and a 12 x 8 shop roll up door, with a 4' man door on one side. Having questions with the roof. Design is to match the existing Southwest style home - parapets with cut-outs, stucco, faux vigas beams. Thinking of...

Been playing with this for a couple years, and finally need to jump in and do it. I did not want a house/garage unit to be almost 100 feet long, so could not build at an end (N or S) of the house. Although at some time in the future, we may build a big playroom in the area N of the house...

Did a search, but could not find this topic. Laying out a 40x30x12 stick built, Southwest style, with 10' sectional doors at 18' and 12' in the long side. 48" man door around the corner (4'?) from the 12' sectional. I've contacted a couple local garage door companies, and one is telling me I...

Great site. After 6 years working in a Tuffshed :o, it's time to make the move. Designing now, building soon. Such great ideas on here... :bowdown:This is gonna be great....:3gears:

First poster here. What a great site. Lots of great ideas. But my first post is gonna be a problem... Designing a 38x28 garage (22x28 shop and 16x28 1-car), which is a portion of an ultimate 62x28. I can only build the 38x28 part due to codes in my area limiting the garage to 70% of the...