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    Fluorescent Work Lights

    This is exactly what I use, and it works great. I throw this thing around too and haven't broken the bulb yet, so it's pretty tough and doesn't get hot enough to burn you or anything else it comes into contact with. The last metal cage drop light I had with a regular incandescent bulb wasn't...
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    garage build

    lol those are some sweet rebar caps. Looking good!
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    HF flat and round solid stock floor bender, anyone use it?

    Nice pickup, been thinking about one of those myself.
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    My super cheap garage lighting fix

    Decent. The CFLs have definitely gotten a lot better. You have a sheetrock'd ceiling so the light color gives you some nice light reflection and dispersion.
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    Garage Man Law.

    lol that's perfect
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    Most Electric-Miserly Heat Type?

    A ground-source heat pump with a water/water heat exchanger and radiant floor or baseboard heat will yield the highest efficiency (BTU/kWH) of your readily available options. High initial cost, low cost of operation.
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    Red Wing Shoes - made in china!

    Just checked my wings. F'n China. Now I'm going to bed angry.
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    I know Black Iron Pipe for Air but?............

    PVC is fine for air. It's just a fluid like water, except that since it's compressible you don't get the water-hammer effect that you do in wet applications. According to this site 1/2" ID Sch 40 PVC has an operating pressure of 358psi and a burst pressure of 1940 psi. What PVC isn't good at...
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    Drill Doctor 500, drill bit sharpener

    I'm torn, I'm going to have to find one to try somewhere. Maybe at a trade show or something. Gotta start looking.
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    Curing new concrete

    I'm not sure why you disagree. The chart you posted confirms my statement. I didn't say that strength INCREASED exponentially, only that the curve was exponential...which it is. The chart you posted shows several strenth-maturity curves, each following a different exponentially decreasing...
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    Polyiso foam board under slab

    EPS foam for perimeter insulation only, not under the whole slab. The slab is only as good as the subbase and compacted porous fill under it. Foam under concrete is only good for refrigerator slabs.
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    Curing new concrete

    For wet cure call around to some construction supply companies and buy a product called burlene. It's a poly backed burlap that you soak and it stays moist. Very often spec'd for wet cure of slabs. Concrete is batched with the appropriate amount of water for the quantity of cement. Or at...
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