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Make up air goes to a gas/oil furnace or other things that draw air and vent to the outside. Fresh air makes up for the carbon dioxide you breath out.

Around here the power company does not allow motors over 5hp on a residential service with out special permission. A lot of smaller lot houses share a transformer so larger motors can cause a voltage drop making your neighbor's lights dim on start up. My lot is big enough that I have my own...

Like others have said, the heat loss from the ducts will warm the basement which can be a plus if you use it. No insulation at all on a duct can be a problem in summer because if there is humidity down their water can condense on the ducts and drip into places where mold can grow.

2x6 joists 16" on center are not wimpy when they only span 7 ft. That is plenty strong enough and likely have little to no bounce because the span is so short. I am wondering if the OP dug all the way down to the bottom of the foundation on both sides to be sure what the foundation size...

If you get it cheap you can always beef it up with some 2x4's in a few places.

I have way too many plyers for a peg board. So many that they over filled a 16"x30" tool box drawer. A few weeks ago I found a great solution. I got an old cookie pan from my wife and used it to make a second level of plyers in the tool box drawer. I just keep the odd ball ones in the drawer...