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Thank you, that Cal-Van kit is just what I'm looking for! That SUR&R tool looks kinda interesting. How well does it work in tight quarters, though? The device Joe pictured above is great, but I could only use that on the bench. -Dave

I have one of these Napa tools for doing brake line flares, and it works great, esp on vehicle. https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/SER161A Does anyone know if you can get that style of flaring tool in other sizes, like maybe 3/8 or even 1/2"? (for use on NiCopp)

Thanks for the replies -- I hadn't thought about blade speed. I'll see what options I have for slowing it down. Knowing 200 fpm as a target speed is helpful, thanks! -Dave

Hey everyone.. I picked up an old Craftsman 12" band saw (113.248210). I'm hoping to be able to use it for light metal cutting. It seems to have an 80" x 1/4" wood cutting blade. Can I install an 80" x 1/2" metal cutting blade? Thanks, -Dave

Another vote for insulation, especially on a free-standing building. I'm in NE Ohio, and while this winter has been very pleasant (it's in the 70s today!!), just 2-3 years ago, we had some brutally cold winter. My garage is insulated and the walls/ceiling are finished with OSB. After a week...

Same here, installed it with help from friends in Oct '13. Love it. Purchased from Greg Smith Equipment, and since it requires a fork-lift or other heavy equipment to off-load from a freight truck, I made an arrangement with my local rental store. They received it for me from the truck (since...

You don't *need* a 12ft wall, it just depends on how close to the wall you want the lift. I have 10ft walls along with scissors trusses and I can lift full-size pickups high enough for 6ft people to work comfortably under it. Granted, one of the posts on my lift is less than a foot from the...

On my 2000 Silverado, I go right on the forward leaf spring mount. I use the tall spacer on the leaf spring, and two short spacers on the front. -Dave

I'm not sure what size OSB was used, but no nails backing out. -Dave

Honestly, I don't remember why I had the doors made so tall. I probably wanted to make sure I could back a trailer or anything large in there. It's probably a little overkill. I put drains in because I wanted to be able to wash cars in the winter and I didn't want to have to have the doors...

There wasn't a company that made the building. I had plans drawn to my spec and I got quotes from a few different places for a completed building. Steel siding was never an option for me. It's not common around here, at least for buildings in residential areas. -Dave

Wall height is 10'. The building itself (no concrete floor, no utilities, no garage doors, just a shell) was around $34k for materials + labor. I may have paid a lot in labor cost, but once the poles were set, the concrete guys came and poured the floor, and then the building went up *quick*...

Thanks! The door on the lift bay is a high-lift, so I can have the door open even with a car fully raised. The post between the doors is pretty small, 24" max, I think. I just measured and between the two door tracks is 23". -Dave

THE LIFT The biggest reason I built a new building was so that I could have a lift. I worked in a real service station back in the late 80s/early 90s when I was in HS and college and had first-hand experience with how awesome they are. They just make everything easier. When I had the plans...

Once the doors were up, I could finally close the building and moved the cars inside. It's funny, after the concrete was poured, I was standing on it, trying to visualize the building, and it just seemed small. However, with the building being up and the two most important cars inside, it...

I managed to water damage my phone while on vacation (motorcycling in the rain, water got into my pocket and to my phone), I surely lost some pictures. But, I came home to a sided/roofed building. Next up was electrical, and getting some doors put up. A couple of my friends stopped over and I...

Somewhere around this point in the construction, my GF & I left for a week in Maine. I remembered reading about other people taking vacations in the middle of their builds and thinking "who does that??" Now I know.. :-) Trip plans were made before construction started, and I got a later than...

Hi All, I've been lurking on this board for a couple years reading all the great ideas people have incorporated into their garages, reading all the regrets of people who built and later realized what they should've done and tried to take advantage of the collective knowledge up here. I'm a car...