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I was doing some online shopping through Grainger today and I noticed they are offering Craftsman Industrial hand tools. They are made in the USA and claimed to be extra heavy duty for professional and industrial use. Are these a grade up from the Craftsman Professional line of hand tools...

I will be removing the vinyl I have over half the garage and doing the entire floor with RaceDeck Free Flow tiles. I'll do it in a graphite and alloy checkered pattern with red borders. Placing the order was easy with the use of their online floor planner. I called and spoke with Ashley. The...

I think I have decided to get a butcher block countertop from IKEA and use it for the top of my new bench. How should I finish the wood? IKEA sells a wood finishing oil that appears to be based on linseed oil. This is one option. How about using a polyurethane or something the would give it...

My garage is currently unfinished with open ceiling joists. I will be insulating the walls and closing them in initially. Later when time and budget permit I plan to insulate the ceiling. I do not anticipate ever trying to heat the garage -- my objective is to insulate against 120+ degree...

I'm still doing more thinking and planning about my garage renovation project. I am tired of fooling with 48" flourescent tubes and am considering alternatives. I am thinking about the possibility of using 100-watt equivalent CFL bulbs in porcelain ceiling sockets with pull chains. I would...

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I bought a used Craftsman vise 40 years ago. I am sure of the date I purchased it because I had just moved into my first home. It is a Craftsman 5215. The jaws measure 3 1/2" and it has a swivel base. It was already quite old when I bought it because I got it from a widow who was selling...

I am going to insulate a detached garage that will not be heated or cooled. Someone has suggested that I should cover the walls and insulation with Visquine prior to installing the wall sheathing. I am planning to use insulation batts that are faced with the brown Kraft paper. I did not think...

Well, I have been a member of this forum for just about two weeks and I must say I am inspired by what I have read and seen, as well as how much I have learned in a short time from all of you. I have been inspired and challenged to attack my own garage project. We own two new Corvettes that...

I am in the planning stage of finally finishing off the interior of a detached garage that was originally built 19 years ago. I have pretty well decided to use plywood on the interior walls rather than drywall/sheetrock. It has the 16' wide overhead door and a 3' walk-in door. I ran the...

I have been reading many good things on this site about the Harbor Freight US General Pro tool chests. (The red ones, not the black ones.) My wife was at Sam's Club today and said she saw some products there bearing the brand names Excel and Seville. I have not looked at them in person, but...

I have just starting to finish the interior of my garage (finally). I was directed to this Web site by members of the Corvette Forum. My wife and I each have a new Corvette Grand Sport and the interior of the garage is not worthy of the vehicles housed in it. So I hope to make it so. If this...