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    Lee Valley Tools

    Hi, I have been dealing for years, and they have THE BEST customer service and warranties I have ever dealt with...
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    CANADIANS - compressor best bang for $$?

    Try Princess Auto and Busy Bee Tools...they usually have something on sale.... Home Depot has decent compressors at good prices too...
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    Winch to pull vehicles into garage

    Have the winch mounted somewhere on the hoist....The hoist should be secure to the floor. You can even have the winch at the back end of the hoist if you need to, and then when you pull something in, you can tie the winch off at a point under the vehicle that is farthest away from the winch...
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    Do you have any tips on Metal Scrapping?

    Re: Do you have any tips on Metal Scraping? Yep, scrap is big business right now, but since everyone can get in it so cheapo, everyone's doing it.....Find something that no one else is doing...that's where the money is. Here's a funny story about the current scrap market..... about 5 years...
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    Concrete Countertops

    Yep, I poured it fairly thin in the form and really vibrated the air out of it... Like I said, sealer and car wax, plus a bit of buffing, created a smooth, resistant surface.....as for pictures, I don't have any here, and I'm not sure the ex would allow me into her master bath to take photos now!
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    Concrete Countertops

    I built a concrete countertop for use in my master bath once. I built my form to pour the cement upside down, and allowed for a hole for the vanity sink... mixed cement with a brown tint, poured about half the cement in the form, layed a mesh screen, and pour the rest in. I had set the form on...
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    Sink installation

    I installed one before in a lodge that we built, and we had put a strip on the wall where the metal lip on top of the backsplash would slide in when the sink was installed....It didn't support the weight of the sink (that's what the legs are for) it just kept it tight to the wall and stopped it...
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    Moving an Old Garage

    I've done it a couple of times....here how we did the last one car garage (14' x 24' ) that we had to move almost 100 miles: - We had an old mobile home frame laying around, so we installed tires on the three axles and back the trailer into the garage. (Take the garage door off, ande back the...
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    Fireproofing wood floors / walls

    I just moved to my new house, and I have an older garage with wood plank floor and plywood walls.... I will have to use this garage for at least a year or two until I build a new shop. My old shop had cement floors and knee walls, so I wasn't worried about welding a grinding sparks causing a...
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    New Young guys...New Garage

    Canexel is a brand name for a wood fiber based siding... It's hard as nails, and sparks literally fly when you cut it with a skilsaw. You can buy it prepainted, and the paint on it is very strong and durable (baked in or something) It's a very popular material in Canada. Other than expensive...
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