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When I built my shop 8 or 10 years ago, I bought used 8 foot fluorescent fixtures that were removed from a store. They use the single pin T12 tube. The lights have worked fine... until a year or so ago. I now have quite a few that are not working. And... it sounds like they are phasing these...

Another weekend, a little more barn construction. Started building the back wall, 12 foot long 2x6 studs.. installing perlins ... another view... note the old screw jacks holding wall truss up.... a view from "out in the field".. even further out in the field.. Slow but sure, it...

You have any pictures of your building? Sounds like the only way to remove this roof would be good old manual labor. :sad:

Hay You, great pics! Any idea how old your barn is? Looks similar in age to ours..

I dont have any really good interior pics, but took a few "before" pics of the damaged areas.. This is a pic inside of the lower area. The right wall has been replaced with the new wall shown in previous pictures. You can see how it was bowing out from the broken stud. The back wall also...

Wow! Glad to wake up this old thread! Great to see all the other barns out there! Nice to know I'm not the only old barn junkie... :beer:

Diesel Dan, Nope, no animals.... I agree , restoring an old barn is not for everyone. I am fortunate in the fact I actually have two barns on the property. The other is an open "machinery barn" in which I keep my old backhoe, a junk bucket truck and various "future projects" and their parts I...

Well, over two years have passed since starting the barn thread. Thanks to mother nature, I am working on it again. A couple of months ago, a storm blew about a third of the back wall out of it. This let the leaning barn, lean even more. The back wall was about a foot out of plumb. Here are a...

When you guys say non detergent oil, can I use ND straight 30 wt engine oil like this? http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/025197-mystik-non-detergent-motor-oil.html

Thinking its time to change the oil in my air compressors. My large compressor is a 3 phase- Quincy, 2 stage, piston pump, The others are single stage piston pumps. I just did a quick search on NAPA's site. It shows non detergent 30wt "air compressor" oil at $7.99 a quart! Farm & Fleet shows...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Got the puller/ Garden tractor started.

Thought I'd give a quick update. I have been using the "heck" out of the table for the last 3 1/2 months. I like the "drop in" receiver. I'm still thinking of adding one to the left end sometime. I would use the rubber coated casters again as well. They are quiet and roll very easy. The "X"...

My shop is at least 150 feet from the house and i wouldnt have it any other way.. Top 10 reasons to have detached shop: 10)depending on shop size, they dont "over power" your home. 9) Security, if shop is broken into, they dont have direct access to the house. 8)In my case, more privacy...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Fiinally fnished my welding table!!!! (for now )...

I've been doing a little more work on the table... Added a couple more receivers to the bottom frame for storing some of the inserts... also added a pair of duplex receptacles right below table top... ....with anvil and buffer inserts stored... I wired the outlets with 25 feet of 12-3...

Here is a pic of the 15/16" wrench I leave hanging on the bolt... always handy, but can be removed if needed.

Same storm... This has a picture of one of the old garages in it...

While this picture does not have my garage, it was taken at the end of our driveway just about two years ago....