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Kevin, Do you need skilled help or just general labor? You by chance don't know the older black guy in town named Kenny do you? He is always a huge help to my brother when he needs it. He just can't do much skilled stuff. The crazy ******* will work you into the ground though...damn near killed...

Kevin, I wandered in here looking for ideas for my garage remodel and stumbled on your build thread. I bet we know a lot of the same people. My brother owns the laundromat in town. Yea, the one that has been completely remodeled. I grew up out on Middle Urbana Rd. As soon as I saw "Short...

I just wanted you to know that I haven't forgotten. My electrician is semi retired and works when he feels like it. I hope to have them up later today. I did have to cut back to only 8 of the 8' High outputs. There was way to much stuff to work around on the ceiling that would have been very...

John, I am right at 200 lumens/ft with the lights I'm putting in today and tomorrow. This seems to be the range that I like as a mechanic. My previous garage was in the 150ish range and it could have been just slightly higher. It makes it nice when you drop that small screw on the floor...

4) Do not mig 4130 As of five years ago,per a conversation at Oshkosh,Aviat Aircrat MIG welds all their aircraft. Seriously. He did say with the really thinwall 4130 it takes quite a while to get a person up to speed. Chris

We have a Habitat for Humanity store near here. They usually have stuff that is getting recycled pretty cheap. Chris

I work on a fleet so I don't have the selection a dealer tech would have,but it is pretty full. The top drawer is almost all sockets. The move beat the lower part of the slides up due to the weight bouncing on them. Then the ball bearings all fell out. I put 6 or so new slides in and the box...

Mine is 16+ years old and going strong. I had to replace a couple of slides from damage incurred while moving. They don't like being full of tools and then bouncing along the interstate for two moves. Once I get a place bought next year I plan on tearing it all the way apart,cleaning and...

Semper Fi... 84-88 MOS 6476 RF4-B I-level camera tech out of El Toro. VMFP-3/H&MS 11 Time sure does fly... Chris

You made me scratch my head...I honestly can't remember the last time I used any of my chrome 1/2" stuff. I use impact sockets on everything. Chris

When I worked out at LAX int the early 90's a mid 40's co-worker was getting married for the first time. He said the worst part was removing the 69 Mustang quarters from under the bed and unbolting the grinder from the kitchen counter. I am almost that bad,but not quite. I just use a vise grip...

I know it ***** but if you have the skill there are some deals to be picked up with this drywall. I have a cousin who just picked a really nice place in Cape Coral for 20K. This is a 3100 sqft home in a decent area. I helped him gut the garage and then we spent a few days carefully removing all...

My old employer from the late 80's. Nice. Chris

For 780 bucks after rebate that 5 horse is a pretty good deal. I just looked at a well worn one a couple of weeks ago that was ~5 years old and the dude wanted 600 and wouldn't budge an inch. Chris

I have killed a couple of Knipex pliers. Just flat wore the teeth out. NBFD,toss em in the trash,buy a new set and move on with life...you work with tools to make a living you are gonna wear **** out. Chris

Merkava, I picked up the SK 1/4" Master set a couple of months ago at a pawn shop. Hard to beat 45.00 for a set that looked brand new. All my other 1/4" ratches are gathering dust. The SK is one of the nicest I have used. I have been turning wrenches for 20+ years and have used just about all...

Nate, I had water pooling in my old place up north. I got a masony blade for my circular saw and cut some small grooves to create drain channels. I went from about 1/4" deep up to an inch or so. I ran the grooves right under the door. I never had any problem even in the freezing weather. The...

HM, I have no idea about Socal codes 'cause I bailed from there 15 years ago but..... On my brothers garage we built in Ohio he had a similar situation. Even though he was way out in the country the commisioner said if he made it match the house he could build anything he wanted. So we...

HM, My uncle has hay storage buildings from both Perka and Kentucky Steel. He is very happy with both. He only went with KS the second time around due to them being much closer to his place in Ohio. If one or the other is closer, I don't think you could go wrong with either... I will most...