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Jack, We've crossed paths before! I bought a 4 inch Delta jointer from you a few years back. I'll be in Spokane in May for my wife's graduation -- she's a satellite student of Gonzaga university right now.

Joe, I definitely don't have the time for this project. I have too many projects that are demanding my time. I realized two things: 1. I hate spending money on organization, I'd rather spend that money on parts for the machines I'm fixing up. 2. My lack of organization slows me down when I...

Canada claims to be metric, but that is far from the truth. In the grocery store, produce is priced in $/ls, but shows up on your receipt as $/kg. Lumber, screws, hardware is all sold in inch dimensions. I'm in my mid-30's, In school, we were strictly taught metric, but at home everything was in...

I keep seeing posts from y'all showing your latest cabinet and Lista toolbox acquisitions, and it drives me bonkers, because stuff like that never shows up around here. In the constant battle to organize my garage, I realized that certain storage methods are more trouble than good (they're...

They're out of order! Blue orange green brown slate/white red black yellow violet. The sequence is burned into my retinas.

A lot of the **** that ends up in landfills is **** that was manufactured in China for as little money as possible, and built to last long enough to get from the store to the lucky owner's house. That stuff isn't worth repairing, and shouldn't have been bought in the first place. It's a bit...

Please, they're LED backlit LCDs. They are not LED TVs. That's like calling an old chevy an electric car because it has a battery under the hood. I know, the manufacturers are just as guilty of this stupidity, but if jimmy jumped off a bridge, would you follow? Also the bit about control of...

Serious question: what value do you get out of their chat?

Should we start a pool betting on your chances the boat will be ready for spring?

My dog scarfed down a cube of bromadiolone mouse poison last year, so I spent a lot of time researching this topic. It's not that it works differently, it's that it's a low enough dose to not be harmful to a dog or cat. But the fatal dose of mouse poison in terms of a percentage of body weight...

Semi-related random anecdote: Years ago, probably early to mid 80's, a family friend was having a bit of trouble with the local building inspector, so when he wired his house, he soldered and taped every single connection -- valid at the time according building codes.

A carpenter's square -- my wife spotted it in the middle of the road in the dark. She's a keeper.

Bill, It doesn't have to be about extremes. Being a productive and creative member of society requires that you surround yourself with a little clutter, that's the environment you draw from. Some people are driven my the need to make things, some people aren't. What I've come to understand...

Strouty, I think I was one of the pioneering Strouty Bashers in this thread, but I'm steadfastly holding my ground. I'll confess that I suffer from the same affliction as you, but I have less space to do it in, so I have to operate on a smaller scale. I've only recently started to get on top of...

Strouty, After reading about your lapping machine acquisition, I've come to realize that no amount of organization is going to help you. What you need is this setup:

My garage is similar in size to yours, so I feel your pain. I am constantly juggling for square feet, or the rare element 'Floorium' as some call it. I would sell the trailer. It has taken me years of working in cramped spaces to come to the understanding that money takes up less space than...

I'll throw in the dissenting opinion here... 114,800,000 households in the US Let's say 20 mA of 'vampire power' per household -- power drawn by devices doing nothing useful (ie, chargers connected to either nothing, or a fully charged battery) 114,800,000 * 20 milliamps * 120 volts = 275...

I'd go with a wooden floor, that way if you ever change your mind in the future about the location, you can relocate the shed. I've seen it happen more than a couple times. As long as you keep the shed out of the dirt and leave some air space underneath–put it up on blocks–it's going to last...

Strouty, Stop going to the salvage yard!

hoho98925, There is no way 5/8" will be visible from the street, at all. You can see it because you're comparing naked trusses. Throw some plywood and drywall on there, and the difference will disappear. You're obsessing and need to step back into reality. Go to a building (any building), grab...