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In reading over a part of the post on the "lift not fitting his cars" it occurs to me that there is so much experience with lifts here, what are the questions to be asked in lift selection?

I did my shop floor 3+ years ago. It went in easily, covered well and looked terrific. I have fairly beaten the hell out of and am considering re-doing the floor with RB again. What is the process?

I've spent the last couple days just cleaning up the shop. I've been traveling for work quite bit and had a couple projects and things just got more and more...cluttered. It got to the point where I couldn't walk in a straight line anywhere. It was gymkhana style all the time. It was dangerous...

My daughters central furnace just went out with a failed HX. There was no A/C connected to the system. They just bought the house last year and want A/C. We ditched central system and I pulled all the duct work and furnace out of the crawl space. We put in a Fujitsu 24 with 2-7k & 1-12kbtu...

I just picked this up the other day. Wow, what a pleasure to use. I've got a project using 2x2, 3x3 & 4x4x1/4". This thing is so much better than my abrasive cut-off saw, especially in the hot dry conditions we have here this time of the year. Yes, it makes a mess, but when you are cutting...

My Grandson is turning 6 on 9/1. He and I are in the shop all the time. I don't get much done, but that's ok. I built him a workbench when he was two and it is equipped with the standard kids plastic tools. He said that for his birthday he wants "real tools". I'll likely make a kit of some of my...

My daughter picked up a 98# Hay Budden anvil for me for fathers day, so I guess it is time to get onto the forge part of the equation. Any suggestions or ideas would be much appreciated.

With the exception of driving into them, are there ways people can jimmy standard type overhead garage doors that don't have automatic operators on them?

My shop is wrapped in core-ten corrugated metal walls and as a result the place has about bingo reception. I put an "omni-directional" (round) FM antenna in the attic, which is standard framing, yesterday with about zero discernible improvement. What instrument will measure the performance of an...

This is a good reference article for those planning to pour a new slab. Worth a look.

I'm a major fan of mini-splits and really would not be without them. BUT, cleaning these things is difficult at best. Everyone here is pretty mechanical but a few things to consider when putting them in. When you buy, make sure you have a highly detailed step by step disassembly procedure. If...

Minot or Miami? It makes a difference as to advice on Heating and Cooling recommendations. Tell us where you are in your original post on a subject!

Minot or Miami? It makes a difference as to advice on Heating and Cooling recommendations. Tell us where you are in your original post on a subject!

The Sears mower finally bit the dust. The majority of my mowing is my Kubota 2660 and 60" mid mount mower. I need a mower for getting around flowers, fences, etc. I'm kind of interested in the electrics as the current gas that is available is killing all the small motors and we are soon to be...

I recently ran across an article about this guys US Map and I bought one. It just arrived and it is an excellent map. I can spend a lot of time in an atlas. It's big and excellent. Good information, wall art & story! http://www.imusgeographics.com/usa-maps

This seems to come up a lot and I just found the formula for BTU/HR with a glycol base. BTU/hr(water@68*)=GPMx500xDelta T 30% E Glycol=GPMX445XDelta T (Ethylene Glycol) 50% E Glycol=GPMX395XDelta T " 30% P Glycol=GPMX465XDelta T (Propylene Glycol) 50% P Glycol=GPMX420XDelta T...

These are pics of the shop with my new Rinnai EX22C LP installed. It is heating the 960 Sq ft shop quite nicely. I put the unit up on the pedestal to keep from beating the heck out of it with carts, etc. It took a 2.5" hole to install the vent. On the vent termination the exhaust goes out the...

If you go to Grundfos' US site they are giving away a handbook that is really excellent. There are so many questions on "which Circ/pump" that it will help you make decisions. As well it had a lot of basic Hydronic facts. Get it!

With the new shop I have been doing a "safety survey" of the place. There is no end to the places you can get banged in a shop and I can deal with the risks personally but worry about friends and family coming into the space. Primarily that is my 4 yr old Grandson, my Sidekick, for whom we are...

I want to do a couple videos and haven't done any since the old Hi-8 days. Is a Go Pro sufficient or should I go another direction.