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Does it need to be flat? Craigslist Charleston has a guy with a few ~18in sections of railroad for $25. Useful in their way. If convenient, drop by a metal recycling place. Most of the ones I've been to, the phone number is a secretary or shipping person, not really the person to tell you if...

What are you using it for? Is it a step before tablesaw? Do you have a cordless circular saw? If you have a tablesaw, and no other cordless saw, I would go cordless. I have a cordless circular saw (not track saw) and being able to break stuff down at the hardware store or on the trailer/truck...

Any chance you could run to the ceiling? I would probably lean toward close to the driveway, as above for when the garage is being used for a project. I would also consider keeping the money in my pocket for now. I understand retrofit is more expensive than including it now, but if you aren't...

Would an air hammer and a piece of steel across do it, just get your heaviest buddy to sit on it?

My neighbor has his dust collector triggered by the table saw and planer, and has a key fob style button that can turn it on or off. Similar deal for air compressor, it's mounted either in the attic or in a shed so not close at hand to flip the switch. The other button on the fob. He was...

For thousands of years people fell in and died, and your brother married your wife and they had more kids who also fell in wells and died so they had more kids. For thousands of years the rat fell in and gave everyone in town the plague or cholera and your brother and your wife and your kids...

The part where you create it your self, assuming alone, is tricky. Alone, you don't have anyone to pull you out if the ladder breaks/rope falls in, making it alone could be a long time digging before you get any water. Months if not years. If I were going to live off grid, and I had a choice...

Why do you want the open hole? It could even have an open area for the first 5 feet so you can amaze your friends by winding a bucket out, but the safety concerns of a traditional open well are significant.

As above with the old school pump in addition to the modern setup could work. You might have a hard time getting around the not-removable-so-drunks-and-kids-can't-get-in lid, but put that low and your cobble stones and shade roof above. Might have questions around the mechanical pump being...

No need for a driveway or boat storage or a shed or anything in the plans? Have you got a quote on what new concrete costs? Just the pour is usually ~$6 a foot, plus rebar or mesh, plus dirt work to get it ready. 2000 square foot house could be $20k no problem. My friends parents built their...

I would wait for a pro with a full size digger. Not sure where exactly you are, but wild guess, $3-6k. I think one person with basically hand tools (mini excavator and below) would have a hard time getting it done in a week, let alone a day. Maybe if the miniex had a jack hammer, or you rent...

A piece of wood or plastic could be shaped to wedge in the trigger area. Come up with a 3d printed design and sell them on etsy. Once the trigger is held down, could you velcro strap it and pull the battery to shut it off?

What is the max angle for the standard lift master 8500 whatever? My friend has one at about 60 degrees from horizontal to match the slope of the ceiling, I always assumed you could go straight up. Maybe have to select lighter material, not sure how wide your door is, but maybe over thinking...

I totally get the desire to get the best of the best for a hobby shop, but any 10-15hp 2 piston with a big tank and correctly sized filters and dryers will be fine. As above, look at any 5-10 man race shop, machine shop, sandblast/powder coater, body shop. They're all doing fine on a large unit...

Pull it and read the label? Wifi smart outlet? That could be an interesting multi factor authentication for opening the door - first you have to know there's a smart switch, then you have to have access to turn it on, then you can fire the opener.

How do steel frames handle slab settling? How long will you keep the house? I'm not sure how it would affect resale, if most buyers aren't familiar. Would it be worth holding off another 6 months to see how the market changes? Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk

If you know you'll be taking some tools to the airport, and there's any budget to be considered, I'd be getting two smaller boxes. You will still need home maintenance tools at home. Buy now so you can start figuring out what duplicates you need.

How big is the door? Maybe hang a tarp around it to make an air barrier? How often are you opening it? Warehouses in Houston I've seen hanging plastic flaps, keep the ac in and the heat out, similar in walk in/pallet truck in freezers.

The machine shop I worked at in college had 10 mechanics bays, 8 machinists, and two welders, all on a big piston compressor with something like a 500 gallon tank and 2 inch main runs around the warehouse. The only time we got close to maxing it out, we had three cooler funnels going, the small...

I have a very similar craftsman compressor, it's just the compressor and the pressure switch, for tires and such. It's been great for that use, and kids inflatable pools and slip n slides and such. It's been good for filling a bunch of kids bike tires at the school bike day, family and friends...