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    Making money with your garage

    A whole lot that's what! Expectations of strangers that pay you to fix their car means you are the professional and they have paid for something to be fixed on their car, if not, you are the last in line when they come to sue. If you get a spot of grease on their seat or the neighbor kid...
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    Metal buildings...yeah or nah???

    Dollar for dollar, I would always build a steel building/pole barn. Both styles have to have the inside walls finished so the deal with a building inside of a building is reaching as far as I am concerned. My dad when he retired and sold his gas station, we moved everything home to a pole barn...
  3. J

    car lifts outdoors?

    A few posts, trusses, sheeting and shingles and in a few years it can be inside and still in the same place!
  4. J

    Old Gas pumps

    If I had one in my garage I would probably ruin it by putting a keg inside of it and running a hose through the old gas hose so I could fill beer glasses from the gas nozzle!!!!
  5. J

    car lifts outdoors?

    When I visited my parents in Florida a couple of years ago, it seemed to be the norm to have one if not two lifts outside, only one inside, I assume for rainy day work. I would tell the manufacturer that you are planning on an outside application, then if they don't show any concern you should...
  6. J

    Blacksmith forge and Blower, VALUE?

    Depends on how much you want to get rid of it or how much the other guy wants it. The free market system on items such as this depend on another person wanting it.
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    Rolling Equipment vs Fixed

    I guess a lot has to do with point of view and how your shop is situated. At the current time, I have most equipment on wheels because I have only a two car garage. Most items are rolled where my truck should sit, and for a weekend project I utilize the area where my wife's car sits. If I...
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