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I have a mini-fridge (like the ones kids use in dorm rooms) the wife bought me for my b-day a few years back. I built a stand for it and placed inside the storage closet of my attached garage. In the summer it would never really keep anything cold, maybe "cool" at the best. I attributed it to...

Hey guys, I need to add a catch can to my Mustang's 8.8" axle tube. Sure someone sells a kit for $130.00, but ummmm no! I think I will build my own. All the kits seem to have the adapter pictured below, which screws directly into the place of the stock vent. In looking the adapter (the...

Last year I was fortunate that I had friend move out of state and he had two truck loads that he gave me for free. Yeah, I used all that last year and now I have to buy more for the upcoming winter. I know this is somewhat depending on where you live, but I have a few questions to what you...

In our neighborhood most of us leave our lights outside the garage on for security. Since I didn’t want to have to remember to turn them on and off every day and night, I installed an in-wall timer in lieu of one the wall switches right after we bought the house. We switched all the bulbs...

My boss has entered into a joint venture with two others to start a fitness center. Discarding the fact I think it's a terrible idea, let's move on. They need to place two floor speakers on opposite ends of the space, and opposite wall from the receiver. The space is a section within a...

I've decided to get my old '98 Cavalier Z-24 back on the road to serve as my DD. I've fixed the clutch and a couple of other issues, but need to fix the A/C. It gets as hot-as-two-rats-f*cking-in-a-wool-sock-with-the-end-tied-up here in NC in the summer, so no A/C is not an option. The A/C...

Guys, I'm actually soliciting opinions from the safety police here. I have a PVC shop sink in a storage room in my current attached garage that I want to move out into my new shop. It will be cold water only, basically for washing hands. The logical place to put it, considering the space I...

The reviews I've read of the Mityvac hand model are less than stellar. Any opinions from you guys or is there a better choice? I just need it for testing and bleeding clutch systems.

So I have this Jet Model HVBS-56M and it has served me well for the most part. The problem is me I'm sure, but I need more than just that information to correct it. Here's the deal. When I first got it I used the blade that came with it and cut a decent amount of 1.5" DOM tubing with it. It...

Where do you guys get yours? A friend and I would like to go in together on some Motorcraft 5W-20 SynBlend since between us we have fours cars that we use it in.

My old CP one broke this weekend (never liked it anyway) so I'm looking to replace it with a better, more quiet one. Maybe something like the Aircat 6255 on Amazon for $80. I'm not sold on this one,so if you got a better one I'm listening.

So this weekend I’m working on putting together my barrel stove kit for a little garage heat. I started with two open-ended 55 gallon drums which made it easier to assemble since I had unlimited access on one end. The plan was to assemble everything and then weld the lid on the end. When I...

We like to have our outside garage lights on for safety as do all of our neighbors on the street. Back when we bought our house I replaced the light switch with a programmable hard-wired in-wall timer like this one: For some reason CFLs will not work when using this timer. I don't really...

Following the advise of several GJ members I recently bought a 50 ft Flexzilla air hose for my new shop. The hose rocks just as advertised, but I hate having it just laying on the floor. I have a HF 25Ft retractable hose reel already, and if it would hold the new longer hose I'd use it, but...

When my attached garage was my workshop, it was 100% drywalled with studs 16" O.C. thus when I wanted to mount something heavy I broke out the old stud finder and use an appropriate sized lag screw(s). Now my new shop is constructed with 2"x2" steel tubes approx 60" O.C. making attaching a...

I'm planning my new welding table and of course it needs to be mobile. A rough guess for a 4'x8' table would be 500-750lbs depending on the top style/thickness. So what to do about casters? From some research I've found that like everything else you can spend as much or as little as you want...

I'm working on a design for welding table and I'm think about a 1/4-3/8" THK steel top with t-slots laser-cut by a local fabricator. What size would the slots need to be? I know there are different sizes, so give me some options. Thanks!

I don't jave a ton of metal stock, but what I do have eats up my floor space. I mostly use 1-1/2" angle and 3/4-1" square tubing, but I do have a few other odd sizes as well. Mostly my pieces are 4' or less, but I always save the smaller drops. I want to find a good wall storage solution...

Since my new lift will hopefully be installed next week I'm looking to go ahead a get a new telescopic-type oil change bin. First off I could not figure out what to call the dang thing. I knew what I wanted, but without a good search term it took me a few minutes. What do you guys thing of...

I'm in the process of wiring my new shop (as you might have gathered from all my stupid questions!) and I'm planning for a future 230V welder. I have a Lincoln 140 now, but when I can afford afford it, I'm planning to purchase a Hobart Handler 190. My question is which style of 230V plug does...