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i know that there is a wealthy car collector segment that doesn't do their own work, but i would also think that even if you don't spend huge amounts of time in your garage, if you have the money, and you value your car and the craftsmanship that goes into it, you would choose to equip your...

What's that old saying... he who laughs by the pool laughs best? :lol_hitti That looks like a wonderful place... you must get a great sense of pride when you drive up to your house every day :thumbup: i'm guessing you're somewhere in the upstate... looks like your lot has more elevation...

Group everything. If there's no shortage of boxes, then resist the urge to fill up boxes with any random thing that will fit. Label them well. i got a bunch of colored labels to save on writing- red was fragile, blue was liquid, orange was super-fragile. Then i had a different sticker to denote...

Also, at least for the Quikset locks at Lowes, they had a key code on the top of the individual boxes... if you poke around a bit, you can usually find at least four or five with the same key code as long as you stick to the same style. When i replaced all of the locks on our new house (the...

Yeah, it kinda sounds like the equivalent of "Gee, honey, I broke another dish when I was washing them... guess i'm just tooooo clumsy" :lol_hitti Hope you put them up the right way for her once you were done. ...dave

Yeah, your best bet is to get into the attic. Shoot, for a couple of flourescent tubes, i'd just piggyback off the existing bulb. For adding more outlets... long term, your best bet is to get an electrician to add a couple more circuits and do it right, if you're not sure of what you're...

Just picked up the Craftsman 19.4v drill/light/circular/sawzall set. Drill works well, although it doesn't feel very sturdy... i suspect that if i drop it onto the garage floor while working up in the rafters, i'll never even find all the parts, much less get it to work again. Still, speed...

Score! :beer: Thanks for the tip... just picked up the SAEs and the last set of Metrics that the local Sears had in stock. $3.75 per wrench... that's a tough deal to beat. :bounce: ...dave

Thanks for the tips. i wouldn't be getting anything fancy- plain old bricks would be just fine- so i think i can bring the cost for the actual pavers in under $4/square. Another advantage that it seems to have is that, as long as i do something very simple, i should be able to do a portion at a...

Thanks for the tips. i wouldn't be getting anything fancy- plain old bricks would be just fine- so i think i can bring the cost for the actual pavers in under $4/square. Another advantage that it seems to have is that, as long as i do something very simple, i should be able to do a portion at a...

Power steering fluid and ATF are very similar- most cars from the '60s used ATF in the power steering system. I dump them with the waste oil without hesitation. Brake fluid is a different animal- it's actually supposed to be recycled separately, like antifreeze, but it's hard to find a place...

That's pretty much it... i hate paying people to do jobs, because they're never done to my satisfaction... i know there's no way i can pour a 40 x 150 ft parking area on my own, so i'm looking for other options... I've seen some paver setups that look great, and with the way concrete prices are...

If you're paying a pro, you're generally buying Lista or other non-consumer-grade stuff If you're just storing stuff, you can probably get by with MDF. It's when you're working that you need steel. Some of each. Seems like drawers drive up the price dramatically, but they are generally more...

How about a grade 8 bolt and a bench vise? :D Or do you want a little fancier than that? ...dave

Sears has a red Craftsman ball bearing roller on sale this weekend, 40" wide, 12 drawers, for $550... if i were in the market for a chest right now, that's where my money would go. Don't forget, once you pay more for the Waterloo, unless that retailer is local, you then have to pay to ship that...

i alternate, depending on how much money i have at the time! When i've got money in the bank, i try to buy some "know-i'm-gonna-need-it-sooner-or-later" stuff every month or so, or whenever i see something good on sale at Sears... but mostly it's on the "shoot, i'm gonna need that if i don't...

Have you seen anything aside from computer components get cheaper in the past couple years? If you can afford it now, get it now. Wish i could... the building i want is 6 months salary now... i wouldn't be surprised to see it cost out at a year's salary or more within the next five years. :sad...

CRAFTSMAN CLUB WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME???? :eyecrazy: i really could use a new workbench, too :sad: ...dave

i was kicking around a similar idea when i had an attic... Tho i'm not a big fan of their stuff (i certainly wouldn't stand underneath anything it was lifting!), this item from Harbor Freight looks like it has a lot of potential for the price...

OOO, was reminded of another one today... the "Sidewinder" ratchet... basically a socket wrench with a worm-gear driven handle at one end. The shaft that the handle turns necked down to about 1/4" thick near the head, and snapped the first time i used it. i suppose it's good if you need to...