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Thanks guys! I have built a few much smaller workshops but for some reason the toys keep getting bigger. I am in rural VT ... well ok, all VT is rural, our largest city is only 42,000 I seem to be working on all kinds of farm equipment lately. Lots of small farms ... old equipment that...

OK ... so I am just putting the roof on my new workshop ... need to think about heating next. The shop is just over 4000 sq ft. I have built it completely by myself ... even put the roof trusses up myself ... not too bad for an old guy (I am 61 now) I am a machinist by trade but as I tell...

Workshop video 13 is up! Check out the video at 18:30 .... Maria driving through the Notch. For anyone not familiar, it is a very narrow pass through the mountain. They just closed it for the season (open in the summer only). Video is just a few weeks behind, Maria is already editing the...

WOW ... you guys get hit much earlier than us .... I am from outside Buffalo NY originally so I have seen my share of snow ( if anyone has not heard of it, look up blizzard of 77 ... snow mobiles driving over the top of cars). I drive a 35 year old truck with an old plow ... best investment I...

Well .... !/2" in 20 ... I am probably OK .... I think I am 1/2" in about 60 ft long walls. I was 1/2" in a 16 ft board ... but it was headed back up at that point. Thanks

Thanks ... it looks like I am not out more than 1/2" anywhere (there maybe one spot I have not checked on a front wall that "might" be 3/4" .. had to tell, have not put a string on that wall yet. I think it looks worse than I first thought. I am a machinist by trade ... this working with a...

Thanks ... I actually did this exactly as you said. I am straight within 1/16" ... just didn't think about the wall going up and down. Heck, I watched a builder put together a wall with pre cut studs ... so he didn't check anything. The pad was done by a "professional" with 40 years...

Can't do that. There were not threaded roads put into the pad before it was poured. Long story but I used tapcons to put down the bottom mud sill (foam gasket under it). I stood the walls up and nailed them into the mud sill ... can't get them apart and the tapcons are buried between the...

I have a very very cheap planer ... HF ... blades are only $6 ... I always have spares on hand. Thanks!

Thanks guys .... The sun is out and it is 28 deg ... I am heading out right now to see how bad it is. Might use a combination of a sawzall to cut the high studs and shims to get the low ones. I was soooooo careful to make the walls the same height. I had no idea the concrete was off so much...

Finished putting the walls up on my new 4500 sq ft workshop .. been building it all summer. Just put my first piece of rim board up (Weyerhaeuser 16" LSL) .... Now the error in my concrete and walls shows up ... On a 16 ft span (the total length of the building is 52 ft ... this is just the...

Thanks for the encouragement! We started building a house 7 years ago .... it is "almost" done. In fairness, I thought it would take two ...we lived in an RV (froze when temps hit -30) for three years while building then moved into the house mostly done. My wife was paralyzed from the...

My aw-ha moment! I have called two distributors and put up three posts on other forums. No one could say if I could use the plastic wood for a sill. Everyone said "it should work" So ... you have used it? Any issues? I was just a bit worried with that much weight, it might deform and...

This has been an ongoing arguement with myself. My first option was to put down block ... I even did this once before to "save" a garage. Owner had put dirt against the side and rotted the sill. I lifted the garage ...put down two rows of block ... repaired the sill and lowered it (not bad by...

Hey! Yes, it looks like the "33" refers to a Jacobs 33 taper. The back of the chuck should have a tapered hold in it. In addition, the quill of the drill press may or may not have a tapered hole in it. When you lower the quill, can you see a slot in the side that you look through? If so...

Hello everyone! I am just about to start building a new workshop ... well as soon as the weather breaks ... 4 last night ... 15 now but feels like -1 with the wind chill (Jericho, VT). I have a 3500 sq ft pad of concrete poured. I know now it would have been better to go with a frost wall...