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I purchased my first house last year and subsequently now own my first garage. I want to start a long term garage build thread and share my progress along the way. I started with a blank canvas when I moved in with epoxy coated floors the only upgrade existing. These first photos are of what I...

As the title states, I am looking for some suggestions on a tool to measure the flatness of the grind wheels in our CNC machines at work. Every two weeks as part of verifying the calibration of the machine I also have to measure the flatness of the grind wheels. The grind wheels are bonded...

It's been a long while since I have been on here, but I am back. I purchased a new house back in October and now that it is getting colder I want to tackle setting up my garage. My garage only has 8ft ceilings. I want to hang some large cabinets in the front of the garage for storage as I do not...

So I was strolling on craigslist and found this if anyone was looking for one. Looks like a half good deal for $200. https://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/tls/d/just-restored-craftsman-1930s/6271936149.html

I'm finally getting around to beginning the process of shadowing my tool box. I'm using Hansen trays for my regular sockets. I want to make holes in the kaizen foam to place my allen sockets and flex sockets. What do you guys use for such a thing? I've read everything from freezing the foam and...

So I am allocating a portion of my tax return to purchasing some new power tools. I am mostly after a drill, impact, and electric ratchet to supplement my air tools. These will be used in the aviation feel so torque is not a major concern since everything will have final torque by hand; and...

Interested to see what the opinions are about this set. I'm mostly looking at picking it up to have some larger sockets on hand. My craftsman set goes up to 1 1/4". Once you get into these larger size sockets you are looking like $20-25 a socket. Are these at least usable for the odd occasion...

So I have seen several of these surplus aviation tool kits on eBay. Interested in seeing what your thoughts are on whether or not I should buy it or not. http://www.ebay.com/itm/132076917140

At the title states, I am unable to post images from a link. I have tried using imagur, onedrive, and google photos with no luck. I get the error message about an invalid link. Photos have been compressed as well; no difference. I usually give up and upload the files manually; but it gets old...

After this came to my attention that Strouty has been banned; I decided to make a petition for the Lifting of his ban. Comment below your vote For his return. Simply post "We want Strouty Back!". Nothing more. Thank you for your support and vote.

Came across this technology reading up on Facom tools. We have had tool box digital inventory for a while now using cameras, but this takes things to another level. Facom tools is putting RFID chips in their tools for locating, assigning, and general tool control. I'm sure like the snap on tool...

As the title states I'm looking for a good deal on ford wrenches (a two or three piece set). Wow are these a lot more expensive than your typical crescent wrenches. The cheapest I have found was this set from northern tool. Let me know what you can find thanks...

I always seem to miss out on all of the good deals. I came across this on reddit this morning; Quite a find! https://www.reddit.com/r/Tools/comments/5qy646/5_bucks_at_a_garage_sale_i_was_almost_shaking/ I always have to tell myself that if a find/purchase wasn't meant to happen it wasn't...

So the property that I live on is near completely flat (it used to be farm land). Been dealing with some settling issues in the house. Problem has been traced down to high water table/flooding during heavy rains. Went to check out my crawlspace yesterday to find it full about 4" of water. At...

So I spent most of today refinishing kitchen cabinets. Ended up taking a break to install a battery in my parent's SUV. After getting back from grabbing a few drinks with friends at a local establishment i returned home. I headed out to the shop to put another coat of paint on the cabinet doors...

I have a Englander 25-PDVP pellet stove in my detached shop. The building is a pole building with a garage door and one side door. Essentially a 2 car garage but deep. Building has insulation between the medal siding and the structure. Insulation on walls and sealing is about 1/2"thick. Also the...

I'm projected to be finishing my AMT program at the end of the summer. While I can still get student discounts from vendors, I am looking into what I should buy from Snap-on. I already have a several craftsman socket sets. I'm mostly looking into wrenches for next purchases. These are items...

Next year I am going to be starting some aviation maintenance classes, and have subsequently collecting some of the tools that I don't already have from working on cars. One of the things that has been puzzling me is on my required tool list it lists that I need 12pt 3/16"-1 1/8" sockets in 3/8...