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I am planning on having a 10ft wide wood fence swing with an automatic operator. I will probally install a wheel on the end away from the operator and it will be rolling over concrete. I have never bought a swing gate operator and am not sure what to get. I don't think I want a cheep one...

Ok, This seems simple enough but I can not seem to come up with a good solution. I have about 100 of the 4' center supports like pictured here http://www.amazon.com/RELIUS-SOLUTIONS-Double-Rivet-Shelving-Components/dp/B003KB2WE8 These are designed to go in the center for long runs of their...

I need to buy one. Anyone got an recommendations? I want a quality piece. Thanks a lot.

Getting closer and closer to getting started on the electrical. Attached is my layout for all my electrical above 5ft from the floor. Accept for the 240s on the wall everything in the diagram is for high on the walls and lights. I am planning on a Miller 211 welder & using a Delta 50-760 vac on...

Read the below on another thread and can not find any pics either.... Well I know there's a pic or two of them on Garage Journal somewhere. I just did a search but couldn't find them. Most people use two or three pieces of that zinc plated punched angle iron stuff on the ceiling down to the...

Ok, I am thinking about installing metal pipe in my studs w/ quick connect fittings coming out of a single gange box's every 10' or so and one or two outside. My question is there a fitting that will somehow mount in a single gang box? Any other pointers? Thanks

Hey, I am needing to wire in some 240v plugs. They will be powering a Rotary a10i lift, Miller 211 welder, and some brand tbd compressor. Any reason not to run some 10/2 I have left over from another job? Thanks for the input. While I got you looking. My lift can be wired either 3 phase or...

Ok, I have read the tons of threads complaing about bad radio reception in the shop, due to the balists in their t8 fixtures. So my question to you is this. Since I have not tuned on the radio in probally over 5 years. Use XM, Pandora and MP3s now adays does it really matter which balasts i...

Ok, well now that my shop is underway I am thinking of going ahead and getting a welder and using it for building some stairs up to my loft. Figured stairs leading up to a doorway 14ft off the ground would be a good learning project. :bounce: Who wants to come test them out for me once they are...

Hey guys, Before the brickers come I am going to add a little pad to the back of the shop and build a compressor room on it. Due to the layout of the land the pad will hit about one block high on the back of the shop. I have a 2 block high wall and then my walls start on top of them in the...

How man have lists of great ideas they have found on here in a nice format? I have seen tons of great ideas on here, but now that I am building my shop it is hard to weed through the thousands of threads and find them all. If you have any running lists of good ideas or a thread with them...

Ok I have a Square D rc816f200c disconnect on my house. All that it has now is a 200am disconnect breaker at the top that feeds my panel inside my house. I have buried 1.5" pipe to the shop that is 110 feet away. I am trying to figure out what size wire to run (I am thinking 1awg) and what...

Here is a pic that I saw and would like to build something similar for a garage but not at $1600.... Seems like something that I should be able to buy the parts and build for alot less. I am not sure where to get the stainless steel parts... Any help would be great.

Ok, I just stole two Sanyo 24khs72 mini-splits for $1300 each. They are brand new and I need to get linesets for them. Anyone know what linesets will work? My question is. I have a loft over my 26x40 shop. I am going to install one unit on the 26' side about 33' away from the unit is a...

I have a loft that I am building and am going to have stairs on the outside but am a little stumped on how to attach them to the structure before the brick goes up. Any ideas or how to. Thanks

Rafter calculator needed I have some rafters that are going to be around 19' total with a 1' overhang. I will be lathing over the rafters and installing a metal roof. I will also be tying the rafters together with a 2x at 8' 6" up from the loft floor. IT will have a 12/12 pitch and we get...

Ok, I was thinking about adapting these plans to my shop. http://www.cadsmith.com/garage_plans/barn_style/g3-2838b.htm I am just a little lost on how to span the 26' without trusses. I don't think trusses will work with the shed dormer. Any input would be great. Thanks It looks like in the...

My block guy is coming on Monday. I was just wondering how he should handle the 16' garage door and the 8' garage door and the 36" door way? Anyone got any pics of what they did? I am using 6" blocks and building a 6" stud wall on top of that. :) Thanks for any info.

I was thinking of ways to save space on my new garage I am building. Anyone ever ran a garage door straight up into a space in the attic? I think the liftmaster 3800 could lift it up there and I could frame out an opening for it to get there with. Just not sure about holding it up there an frame...

Ok, Thinking about building a shop and need to get an idea of what it is going to cost me before I undertake the project. I would like a material list without the trusses. I am having them prebuilt and a metal roof installed the pitch is 6/12. I am using 2x6 construction on 24" centers. Anyone...