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Getting ready to pick up paint and get paint started in my shop. I sheeted it with 1/2" OSB, finished side is the smooth side of the OSB. I have two coats of Kilz Oil-Based Primer applied. Looking at paint options... My Dad did similar in his shop. He used an oil-based Gloss White Barn...

So I'm hoping to start sheeting the interior walls of my shop with 1/2" OSB soon. It's a 32x64 pole barn building, I have a divider wall, so I have a 32x32 shop and the other side is cold storage. My divider wall is a 2x6 stud wall and I have that wall all ready sheeted. The other three walls...

I'm looking at the Milwaukee ECX screwdrivers. They have a #1 and a #2. I'm assuming the #1 is smaller and probably sized for the screws on outlets and switches and a #2 is larger, and size for the screws on breakers and screws in a service panel. Am I right in my assumption? I have not seen...

I'm hoping to do my blow in insulation in the attic of my shop soon. Before I do so, I have a few things to button up first. The major one is I want to put up a Cat-Walk down the center. It's a 32x64 pole barn, only half of it is going to be heated and insulated...so 32x32 shop. Trusses are...

I'm planning on installing my heater next week. I'm plan to mount it in the corner at a 45° angle to be aimed at the far corner next to my overhead door. I'm going to mount three pieces of Unistrut to the ceiling, using 1/2" threaded rod and supporting it with some 2x4 or 2x6s laying on top of...

Do they make a steel trim piece that you can use to cover the wood door jamb of a service door? On the service door of my shop, the jamb came primed white. Instead of painting I was wondering if they made a trim piece to cover the whole jamb? The doors on my parents house have the jamb...

I've been looking at shelving components off and on the last few weeks. I looked at the Xtreme Garage Brand stuff at Menards. I was at Costco last night and they had some Edsal Brand Shelving, 4-shelf unit that looked pretty nice. It looked visually the same as the Xtreme stuff at Menards...

I have a couple big of Box Elder trees that I had to take down when I put my shop up. My Dad and I were limbing them up and hit the red streaks in them so we saved a couple longer straight truck sections. I'm planning on bringing them in to get cut up into lumber. Does anyone know if the red...

So I bought 2 Solid Core Mastercraft doors from Menards to use as closet doors in my office. I built a closet with a 64" opening and planned to do a "French Door" style set-up on it (two 32" doors). I framed up the jamb, but the problem is, I didn't get to hanging the doors right away and they...

In my shop, I was planning on mounting an I-beam/S-beam from the trusses. I found one that is 2-3/4" wide x 4" tall, my brother has a similar setup in his shop and it works very well. He welded some plates to the beam and used long bolts that when against the trusses and to a plate that went...

The OEM weather stripping on the door was falling apart, I bought some new stuff that had a magnetic strip that would stick to the metal door to seal it. It seemed like a good idea. Problem is the saw kerf in the door jamb was way wider than the piece on the stripping that was supposed to go...

So about 6-7 years ago, I bought one of those tarp storage sheds from Menards. 12' x 24' x 10' or so. A few years ago the main cover tarp split in half. I patched it up with another big tarp and it has worked for a couple years now. But that tarp is showing it's age. Has anyone took the...

So I spent the weekend wiring up lights in my shop. First time using/bending conduit (3/4" EMT). It obviously is an art and takes a bit of practice. For what I was doing wasn't too bad...but for a newbie like me...it was enough of a challenge. I got everything bent and ran how I wanted, so I...

Dumb question maybe...does a garage door opener need to be mounted centered on the garage door? The reason I ask, is I'm going to be wiring up a section of T8 bulbs in the shop. I was going to run a row centered down the ceiling. My 16'x8' overhead door is also centered on the shop. I do not...

I'm planning on mounting three 8' T8 light fixtures end to end in my shop. Basically making a 24' run of lights. What is common practice for mounting them end to end? Mine have 1/2" knockouts on each end. I picked up some box spacers at Menards to put in between each fixture to mount them...

I'm planning on wiring up some lights in my shop. I'm doing EMT conduit. My Dad helped me last fall wire up a couple temporary outlet boxes. He used the plastic insulator bushings that thread onto the threaded portion of the connector that goes into the box after the star nut secures the...

I've been looking thru the posts on venting the Big Maxx/Hot Dawg/Modine style overhead garage heaters. I'm planning to vent it horizontally and I know it requires Category III stainless venting. Mine is a 80,000 btu unit, and requires 4". Question is, should I go with single or double wall...

I put in two 3' wide doors in my office closet...pretty much a French door style set-up instead of the usual bi-fold ones. I'm looking for some sort of door latches that I can put on the top of the door on the inside to keep the doors closed. Kind of a spring loaded thing that when you shut...

I'm still in the middle of finishing my pole building shop. 32 x 64 x 10 with divider wall to cut in half, so 32x32 cold storage and a 32x32 finished shop side. Divider wall will have 9' wide over-head door to roll toys from side to side. Anyways, back to my question. I have 3 windows in the...

Probably a dumb topic...but what do you guys use for shop brooms? I have a concrete floor in the shop, it's not polished, epoxied, sealed, etc and the apron outside has a brushed/broom finish on it. It was poured last fall. I was at Menards last week looking at brooms and they had several...