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I've been doing some research, much of it in this forum, on best options and prep methods to stain or dye my garage floor. Thanks in advance for advice. I do mostly woodworking in my garage - and I haven't always done a good job of laying down a tarp when staining furniture. My wife and family...

About a year ago I posted a bench build, made from craftsman tool checks and 6x4's scavenged from the scrap pile at work, completed with door from habitat rebuild: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222670 Ironically my garbage bench turned out a lot nicer than I thought and so...

So I'm refinishing an antique dresser for a coworker, and he might be bringing some more work in the near future - he has an old 1800's cavalry sword to refinish and display. For the blade, it's no problem to refinish, resurface and hone... but apparently a few years ago someone else was going...

Anyone here work in manufacturing? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-07/u-s-manufacturing-only-has-jobs-for-the-skilled-few.html I'm sick and tired of reading about this fear that robots are going to replace semi-skilled labor and the trades. These articles are written by people that...

1st post, been lurking here about a year. Background: I'm an engineer at a bearing plant, the job is part mechanic/troubleshooter, part machine component/tool designer. I do woodworking for family projects and a bit of car work, planning on doing metalworking at the house in the future. I've...