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Re: Duluth Machine Works - Two cars worth of fabrication Thanks, all. It was quite the headache and I’m glad that it’s done. I did find a couple of other spots when I took off the drywall on the back wall of the shop, but nothing too bad. Plumbing Now that I’ve talked about my wall...

Re: Duluth Machine Works - Two cars worth of fabrication We thought about going through them to help cover it, but since we ended up doing so much of it ourselves, we were able to do it for near the cost of the materials. I had a lot of help, which made it a lot easier. Also, I’m sure that the...

Duluth Machine Works - Two cars worth of fabrication Yeah, termite damage is awful. I’m definitely going to keep up with our termite treatments. Once we got into the repair, the extent of the termite damage was amazing. We pulled all of the drywall along that wall, and found damage over the...

Re: Duluth Machine Works - Two cars worth of fabrication The Beginning Before I started moving equipment, I had to get started getting rid of the massive blockout the previous owners put around an air duct. Before buying the house, I had poked an inspection camera up there, and seen that the...

Re: Duluth Machine Works - Two cars worth of fabrication Yeah, it’s a ring roller. Still a work in progress as I got busy before I got it done. I still need to machine some dies for it. Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Duluth Machine Works - Two cars worth of fabrication To start this off, here’s a few pictures of my previous shop and some of the work I did in it. My former workbench area: Lathe: Shaper: And a couple of projects: Sent from my iPhone using The Garage Journal mobile app

Greetings all, I have been lurking around here for a couple of years now, and have gotten many great ideas from other members of this forum and you all's fantastic garages. With the purchase of my house and first permanent shop space, I figure it's time for me to stop lurking and start...

If you’re looking to protect from grinding and welding sparks, how about a translucent welding curtain? You could mount it to a curtain rod so you can push it out of the way when you’re not doing hot work and don’t need the divider.

If you’re interested in GIS, the industry standard is ArcGIS. There is a personal use option that is much less expensive than the commercial use packages, so if you think you might want to do more site plan type work in the future, that could be a good option. AutoCAD is the industry standard...

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Your biggest issue with mixing the mineral spirits and PSC-1000 is that you'll be lowering the flash point of the mixture. As per the SDS for each of them, PSC-1000 has a flash point of 143 degrees while mineral spirits has a lower flash point around 105 degrees (depending on brand). PSC-1000 is...

Hello everyone, I've lurked around on the forum for a while, but never posted anything. I just started working on my first non-rental shop, and am looking forward to sharing my buildout and getting some new ideas. I live in Georgia and am a hobby machinist and fabricator.