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So, over the last week, I've been working on it here and there as I get time. Here's what I've found: The good: - As far as forklifts go, it's adorable! And it's the perfect size for my needs (2.5k) - Propane powered - Pneumatic tires - Whoever had it before took decent care of it. All of...

I did some looking around the usual places (CL, OfferUp, MP, etc.) There were a few possibilities but nothing great. Then I remembered a small lift behind a garage nearby that i had noticed years ago. I drove by on my way home from work and spotted it sitting off to the side. It was small...

Hi, my name is Chris and I have a forklift problem. I'm a long time lurker with a few posts here and there. I thought some of you might want to follow along with my latest project. It started many years ago after we bought our house with a huge (for Seattle) garage. I had a few things that I...

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If an air admittance valve isn't possible and going to the other side of the window doesn't work, possibly island vent piping could work?

Definitely go pneumatic. I have a 4K Yale from the early 50's that does what I need but it has solid tires which are worthless on anything other than smooth concrete or asphalt. It has a gas engine, which is fine for what I need but I have a propane setup that I have yet to install. I did...

Here are some pics showing the original garage and flat roof and a couple of views of the new addition. The trees make it hard to see the dormer for the stairs but the PDF shows the elevation. I've also shown a picture with the new doors. They still need glazing but you get the idea.

I have some experience with this in Seattle. Our house was built in 1927 and then someone added a giant garage with a flat roof in the early 70's. We added a little over 1000 sf onto the flat roof about 3 years ago. It does still look like an addition but not nearly as much as it used to. In...

I replaced 1/3 of the back end of one of these after my wife neglected to heed the height warning at the parking garage. I bought a sheet of ABS from a plastics shop and then made a crude vacuum mold using plywood and a shop-vac. For the form, I found a friend who had the same model and then...

No offence to the OP but I guess I don't understand the rationale behind spending $500 for a cordless hammer drill when there are well known brands that offer the same thing for $300 or less. To me, this is just another example of a company selling their name in place of a good product. My...

I'm in the middle of building 2 sets of doors for 10x10 openings right now. Mine are a torsion box design with 1-1/2"x2" steel tubing, rigid insulation with 1/2" MDO plywood on the outside and 1/2" birch ply on the inside. Trim on the outside will be 1x material. I fabricated my own strap...

I'd be willing to bet that your hatchet was made by forge welding two pieces of wrought iron to a tool steel cutting edge. The sharp corners in the eye are where the two pieces of wrought iron come together. This would account for the difference in thickness on each side as, once they are...

I did the ceiling of my garage by myself with 12' sheets of 5/8". Ceiling is about 1000 sf and 12' high. I'm about 160 lbs. I bought a lift and a rolling scaffold. Everybody is correct in that loading the lift is the hardest part. What I did was build a sling from rope and some old closet...

I'm thinking of doing the same thing, basically. My plan is to weld up 1.5"x2" steel tubing into a frame and then glue and through-bolt marine grade plywood on the outside and finish grade on the inside. What is your source for 5x10 marine grade plywood, if I may ask? I've been unable to...