Search results

Garage chairs I've been thinking about designing a welding chair for a long time now. I want to be able to adjust the height of the chair up or down, for when I'm tig welding on different projects at different heights. I also find it troublesome when I want to put my tig torch down, and...

Peg board hardware Thanks for posting this. I've been looking for these for a couple years now. I bought a small package of them (black) from the local lumber yard, and I love them. I've never had one break, and the ones that you can put about six screwdrivers in a row, keep the screwdrivers...

Where I live, we're allowed 14% of our lot size for garage square footage. This gave me 24 x 28, but the inspector allowed me to go an extra 2 feet, to 24 x 30, as long as it didn't push me over the 15% mark. I built a garage with full loft, had to get special permit from the city, as normal...

My compressor is in the loft above my garage. Next winter, if I get around to it, I will insulate the loft, possibly it may retain enough heat from the heated space below it, so my compressor will start on its own. Mine won't start, at temps below -20 Celsius (about -5 F), unless I go up there...

I see you are in California, but I'll post this anyway for those of us in colder climates. I built my garage as a 2 storey, with 10/12 pitch to match the roof of my house. Thus, I used 2x10 floor joists, and insulated fully between them. My 6.5 HP (what a joke) Sanborn is up there, and I can...

I have a couple friends that built their own from scratch. One guy used a worm-gear drive with a crank handle, then a chain and sprocket reduction to turn it over with. It really works well, and with the worm gear, it stays in whatever position you put it in, as the worm gear, (theoretically)...

I failed to mention in my original post, that when my buddy wired up my outside lights, he hooked them up to the relay from the door opener, but also hooked the alley lights on one switch, and the side lights on another switch so I can turn them on manually and leave them on for as long as I...

My own personal take on garage cabinets. I have used kitchen cupboards a couple times already. The uppers, I really like. The lowers, I will never do again, for this reason only. Whatever I see when I open the cabinet doors on a 24" deep cupboard is what I use. I don't have the discipline to dig...

I don't know if it is legal for a commercial shop or not, but I found a cabinet a few months back at our local industrial supply warehouse. I was an electrical cabinet in its previous life, except it was a far heavier version. Made out of 12 gauge metal, with a huge chrome handle on the front...

First post, this is a really neat site. I have one thing I am kinda proud of when I built my 24x30 2 story garage. I hate motion lights, cause every dog or passerby makes them go off, sometimes even tree branches, and its windy here, in Alberta. I wanted to wire the outside lights in the alley...