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Okay, got a bit of an update tonight. Been working every night to get my first of two mirror benches together. Got the first one about done, but first.... Remember that old nasty yellow cabinet that was in some of the earlier pictures? This one: I originally was going to toss it because...

I have a meager update for tonight- I was working on the shelves in the corner. I intentionally made them quick and dirty to get some form of storage going while I worked on other areas. While I was at the Depot, I ran across Rustoleum Restore and my brain started working... Here are the...

My lack of updates is not because I haven't been working on it! It has everything to do with the lost camera.... I've gotten a lot done in the past couple of months, and found my camera...so let the updates begin. Finally built a workbench-better pics to come, once it is cleaned off! The...

Call Mickey construction 214.682.1144. He gave me a good quote on a driveway that unfortunately never happened because the city of McKinney ***** it! But real good guy that was honest and highly recommended from Angie's list.

Before I show the update, let me rant for a bit about photobucket. I am sick of it! it used to be so easy to upload, organize and then post to forums simply by mousing over the pic and it would pop up with the links...but not now! No sir! You have to sit through advertising while you upload...

The driveway wouldn't have been a neighborhood shortcut...my whole property is gated (alpacas) And as far as why...who the hell knows. My property is county, and runs to about 3 feet from the city road...so the driveway would be on city property for 3ft. But the city can't say **** about the...

Got a day off today so I spent some time in the garage :) Put the final pieces together to cover up the center support beams. I'm scrapping the idea of a shop crane running the distance of the garage. I'm concerned about the weight of whatever I choose to hoist putting too much strain on the...

Bad news... the city cancelled my permit and stopped my contractor. So no private drive(for now) but I'm not ready to give up yet! Good news...our chickens are in and have a Huge coop. Been busy with that this weekend, so no garage updates...but here's a pic or two: And here is The lone...

Just did a search and came up empty...is the show called built by hand, or was that the title of an episode of a series by another name?

Dubber- the wife's garage is finished and has built in cabinets--though they stink of mouse piss...a lovely gift that comes with moving out of the city. There are plans to redo her garage, but they are way out in the distant future. I don't know that I'll finish the interior of the small one...

Been a while since I updated - -working on it only one or maybe two days a week if I'm lucky. I got almost all of the sheetrock up and in the insulation in. All that is left is a small area around where the the sub will be. My electrician friend is going to be wiring up a 150 Amp sub and...

I am framing my detached 2 car that is a steel building. I built a wood skeleton and tied it into the existing steel frame. I stuffed it with r19 insulation and am about to sheetrock. Do I need a vapor barrier? Thanks for your help The walls are insulated and sheetrocked. The ceilingis...

Is the gauge of wire indicative of the Amp rating, or will it actually say "600V XXAmps" on it somewhere?

I moved into a house that has a detached garage and a small 4 circuit sub panel. It is fed by a single pole 30A breaker and the wire was buried going to the garage, but I can make out that it is rated to 600 Volts...how do I determine what the amp rating is on it? In the sub, there were 10...

And here is another example of folks talking about it as if it is on the intake side of the compressor...so confused

Help me figure out how it connects to the compressor...I get the science and see how it works. But damn if I can't figure out what plugs in where... Some look like the center hole plugs to the intake of the compressor, some look like that is the start of the air lines Slowtwitches looks like...

Alright Folks…Ready for round 2? My wife and I bought a new (to us) house about 5 months ago. We weren’t really in the market, and were perfectly content at our old house…this new one was found almost by chance, and the only reason we bit was because it was beyond fair in price, and it came on...

Okay, got enough charge to get a few pics. They look a little more orange than it really is. The dark spots should be fairly obvious, the white against the wall is where the grinding didn't clear. I was going to do it by hand, but I really like the random nature of it along the edges of the...

I was told that if you have an aged slab, you either need to prep it with a chemical that will etch the existing concrete or grind it so you can take the top layer off and expose virgin concrete below it. If one or the other isn't done, the acid won't be able to react with the (I'm going to get...

I'll get a pic up in a bit. My camera's battery is dead and the phone takes crappy ones. I did grind it before. We moved into the new house and had plans on doing something in the back room, but didn't know what. The local Water company fastforwarded our plans the day before we moved in when...