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Made in the USA is a priority. Nothing frosts me more than when the nearby city always goes out of state to hire for developement, even when there are locals interested in the work! Support your fellow citizen!

I have a few Craftsmen ratcheting combination wrenches and they seem fine, but I need to supplement with metrics. What brands do you like for dependability and functionality?

Not owning any Snap-On wrenches, I seem to be noticing that their standard wrenches are generally longer than Crastfman and SK? Is that a good or bad thing? Please, no "I am a Chevy guy, so Fords ****!" opinions. LOL

Take a step up to commercial quality; non-chloride accelerator if anything. Calcium chloride is a house builders faux pas. Just because it's done doesn't make it right.

What happens at the overhead doors?

You can check the concrete strength in place; it's called a Windsor Probe test. A pointed stud is "shot" into the concrete using a powder actuated gun and then the portion left projecting from the concrete is measured and referenced to a chart to determine the approximate concrete strength. You...

Often times the state, government or military has auctions for some pretty stout steel tables. Search the GSA.

I don't suggest temporary walls because they will be in your way to do the new work. Instead you should put some temporary beams and shoring posts leaving room to work. You might even rent the entire shoring system, beams and posts. You can't really go rule of thumb or tables for sizing your...

I have several SK sets. Have gotten to the age that it's a fumbling game of just eyeing the physical sizes rather than trying to read the stampings. The SKs are deeply imprinted but the font is small, about 1/8" tall. And I tend to keep all the tools clean (and thus the hands) to keep good...

Thanks all. I saw the Craftsmen today and I think it's wasted effort on their part. There is not enough contrast to make the etching stand out. The Matco inspires a personal look.

Thanks guys. Based on the prices it appears that Harbor Freight, Husky and Gearwrench are probably asian imports. I consider buying American as part of my responsibilities.

Not necessarily looking for huge, just prominent. Also, USA manufactured is important.

Besides Craftsman, does anyone make sockets with sizable size labels? Perhaps stamped before chroming?

JP What do you think of their socket rails?

Agreed, but one can always ask the specific questions of the manufacturer before buying. I'm saying that too many people buy Asian imports solely based on price and live to regret it all too soon. Think if a 2000# item has to be shipped across the ocean and comes in at hald the price, there...

Just put in heavy duty Knape & Vogt (K & V) adjustable shelving on 2 walls of the workshop after getting tired of tripping over tools and parts while repairing the bikes in the winter. The brackets are rated for near 500 pounds each so they will never be in danger of overload and being able to...

Buy American! Give your countryman a job and have somewhere to go if you need parts or have issues. Backyard Buddy's got positive reviews from owners on the Corvette Forum. Someone there posted comprehensive photos of his erecting two in his garage. When all was said and dine, he loved them as...

You need a hard support as far out as you can, like a continuous wall. It would also serve to retain the soil at the edge of the slope, and because of that needs a different footing and reinforcing bars to make it a retaining wall. If you have 4 feet of "anchor" slab width and 4 feet of...

That's fine. The rebar on most jobs look like that. It's just light surface rust. Don't paint it like someone noted. The rebar needs to bond and the paint, if not well bonded will hinder that. The "green" coated rebar is actually epoxy coated, but the kicker is that if you cut it then you end...

Something I'm not thrilled about is that the liners are not solid. They are a mesh so the drawers might collect crud that drops through.