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See what you can get from local suppliers. Makes it easier when you have an issue to get warranty parts. Compressors are a big one, if they will only send the parts after one of their suppliers techs looks at it, but they have to drive a hour or two each way, the warranty is close to useless...

I live in a very large county. Quick search shows 628K residents. In the lower part of the county you could have multiple townships in one "town", the whole area is known by one name, but actually broken up into several townships. They handle the waste and schools, and smaller side road around...

I like this strategy, but I have burned myself a few times with it too. Imagine buying a 9" grinder, because if you're only gonna have one should be the biggest one, then realizing you could have done 99% of the work with a 4 1/2 or 6" grinder. Not an actual example of something I've done...

Bummer. I’ve had the same thing. I blame the last guy more then management, but the management should have asked the last guy wtf he left the toolbox like this. Can only clean up other peoples messes so many times before you say let’em eat it. Seen it too many times.

I was talking about the Milwaukee.

The “spline drive in your first photo looks like a female version of a normal 12pt fastener. Your second photo looks nothing like the spline drive in the first. I’m not familiar with this style of fastener.

I think your the first person I’ve ever heard give those a bad review. What version of it dit they have? I have used the version with the two speed gearbox and quick change heads (they have a pole sole thing and an edger). I would say that it got more balls then my old 4 stroke gas trimmer.

I've got about 1ac, but there is a lot of "features" so I can't move a regular tractor around too good. little gas push mower with a 5hp B+S that I use from time to time and a little Honda rider with a 30" single blade. Honda is almost always broken so I use the pusher jobber more then I would...

Depends on how long is temporary. Be realistic. Gonna have the garage up by the end of the summer? Yeah, but the cheapest one you can find, they are all crappy and disposable. Four years? Buy a sea container or a shed. Rent a garage from some old lady to store the car.

if your only going to have one set or it’s your first set, I would suggest 12 pt. Much more versatile. Then later once you have a basic set and want to expand pick up a nice set of 6pt. At work I have 99% 12pt everything because 90% of the hardware is new. At home, use 6pt because most stuff...

Table saw works good for tonged and groove, but can be labor intensive if doing a bunch. If you have a big enough table saw you can use a dado blade, makes it a bit easier. However, for a thinner board, your kerf may be thick enough you might not have to do a bunch of extra work.

If you are a big home builder you aren't sending your boys out to home depot to pick through the racks to get a good deal. You have your own lumber yard with percurrent people making deals with mills to get the best prices. Then you sort the lumber based on what you're going to use it for before...

Big fan of these bad boys. Hook that pulles out of the top and magnets on the back. Three brightnesses. They run in battery’s, but you could use rechargeable AA if you want that. Extremely tough. I left one of mine wedged in a coil spring of an escape and dropped the car and drove it...

I have a family member that moved his entire machine shop from eastern Pa to central Arkansas. He bought a 53’ trailer used, filled it with all his equipment, and paid someone to drive it down to his new shop.

Cup holder. Some are better locations then others. Although I will say, they updated the software on the Iphones and the screen will not flip upside down when using the maps anymore. Use to be able to stick it in the cupholder upside down so the cord stuck out the top, and the screen would...

My brother picked up a set of the Husky diamond tip screw drivers. They were very brittle and I broke both the #2 and one of the slotted ones. Just ripped the teeth off the driver while trying to turn a seized up fastener in an electrical panel. I would recommend to staying away from the husky...

I tend to use a u joint more then a wobble, but wobbles are nice when you only need just a hair of an angle. I wrap my u joints in electrical tape so they don’t flip around when I’m trying to snake them in a tight spot. They still have a full range of flex but they just don’t flop around...

I would heavily consider simply planting some trees or bushes to block the view of the shop from the road.

I was having a lot of issues with condensation causing rust and mold in my uninsulated garage. I bought the most efficient humidifier they had at the home depot and set it up to run and drain out to the driveway. Last winter I just turned it off since it was below freezing for most of the...

Could always run a windows emulator. I had wine back 10 years ago when I ran Ubuntu. Slower then a dedicated machine, but for what it’s used for it should be fine.