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Very much a beginner woodworker here, pretty much starting from 0. I'm accumulating tools to practice with, and one tool I don't have that it seems I should is a plane. I see a lot of discussion here and on woodworker sites about how great it is to get an old plane and restore it, which I can...

I'm finding a lot of ceiling-mounted storage lifts online, but they all just sit there swinging from their lifting cables when in the up position. Is there one that locks into a retaining system? This thing would be mounted above cars, and the idea of it just hanging from cables that are being...

I'm going to put a 2" receiver in my fold-down bench. I'll have a grinder and a vise mounted to hitch plates. I'd like a quick-release pin instead of a bolt arrangement to secure them when they're installed. I'm thinking something like bike wheels use, with a lever lock, but I can't find...

Found it rattling around in the bottom of my dad's old tool box. He died years ago so I can't ask him. He would probably have gotten it some time between 1950 and 1970. It's a 1/4 inch drive socket with no visible markings on it.

Planning to lift the door tracks up near the ceiling to accommodate a future lift. I'm gonna start getting estimates, but I'm wondering what a rough figure would be so I know what's way out of line when they start coming in. It's a single-stall door, 7' tall, with 10' ceilings. I'd be raising...

Garage revamp continues. Not counting the garage door opener bulbs, I have 2 crappy bare-bulb light fixtures lighting an entire 3-car garage. It's a joke. My plan is to install recessed lighting in the front half of the garage, and a few strip lights in the back half. I'm doing it that way...

Well, it's not *in* my garage, but it's on the outside wall of it. Faucet was leaking around the stem only when on, so I knew the packing nut needed to be replaced. Brought the nut in to the hardware store to find a match and the guy told me you can't get parts for anything more than 2 years old...

I have a little 20 gallon compressor. I never do anything over 90psi. I have an air hose reel that I'd like to mount to the ceiling, and then have an air line going from that across the ceiling, down the wall, and to the compressor. We're talking about probably a 30 foot run at most, depending...

I'm heavily leaning toward getting a set of Bold cabinets instead of the Pro ones. That's mainly because my garage is stupidly short front to back - if I park my TL in front of the curbside trash can, I've got about 4" left over - and the Bold series is half a foot shallower on the ground...

Hi guys. I need to pick up a miter saw that won't see all that much use. I need to repair a wood floor (probably a total of 10 cuts or less) this year, and next year I'm planning to build a deck. Since it's not going to be a daily-use tool like my automotive stuff, I'm not really looking to...

I'm looking for a Racedeck-like product, but it doesn't need to be as durable. It's for a 100 sqft shed floor, and the heaviest thing on it will be a snowblower. Mainly getting it to keep oil and other fluids off the plywood. I had planned to go with Racedeck, but I got an estimate and $350 +...

This isn't something I'm planning to do right away, but as I organize my new (to me) garage, I don't want to be setting up storage on the ceiling where a lift would go if I got one. Got a garage with 9' ceilings. I have 2 small cars I want to stack on top of each other. 1 car is 48" tall, the...

I know I want a hard-coat floor for my garage. I know I don't want Racedeck or similar non-permanent floors, and I know I don't want porcelain tile. I've talked to a bunch of people. Some say MMA is the best. Some say polyuretic is the best. Some say epoxy is the best. The warranties from...