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    The wife and I had “the talk”

    At first the “shop” area will just be storage area. Once we get into the home it will just be a clean shop area. We have friends that did this. They built a living apartment and a garage. Lots of restrictions and building requirements we’re already aware with in out area. Solid firewall...
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    The wife and I had “the talk”

    Yea, we’ve weighed all the costs and issues of building and dealing with contractors. Even discussed buying a place a few miles away. My biggest problem with that is the potential for break in’s. The lake we are looking at has a lot of properties with a lake lot and land across the street...
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    Ordered a new lawn tractor....

    When I bought my Cub Cadet many years back (10-12??) I went to a dealer and not HD because I wanted the priority repair service. But it was the identical mower that HD carried. Dealer was within $200 of HD price. Funny part is that I paid more for dealer priority service but I’ve never had to...
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    The wife and I had “the talk”

    About shop size. We’re currently in a 3000 sq ft home, 1000 of it is a finished basement. House is three levels with the garage under the house along with the basement. Garage area is 23’ deep by 30’ wide. I have a basement workshop that is 16’ X 24’. All in all, I have about 1100 sq ft of...
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    1966 F100 EcoBoost Engine Swap (EcoBoosted)

    Best carb ever made! I had one on my old ‘65 Fairlane. Of course I was 17 or 18 at the time and I thought that Holley was the king and swapped it out. Nothing but problems after that. I still have one of the small block carbs on the shelf that needs a major rebuild.
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    Green behind the ear tool mistakes

    Butterfly impact wrench. Never quite figured out why I bought that thing back in the day. Ordering anything from HF. Everything I have tried buying on line takes about 6 weeks to show up.
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    Best LED worklight to replace old style 500w quartz ?

    COSTCO had these at one time for $35. Had a co-worker with a membership snag me one.
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    Making airplane parts

    Mine are styrene. :bounce: But to stay on topic, nothing like finally settling into what you want to do, not have to do.
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    My garage odyssey

    No kidding! He needs a light up sign from a Porsche dealership up on the wall. :bounce::bounce:
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