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    White Paint Recommendations for Steel ceiling (that don't yellow)

    The underside of a mezzanine inside a shop isn't exposed to sunlight. It's not a UV resistance issue. White paint that yellows in a case like that is from heat or chemicals in the air. The contents of the paint will make it more or less susceptible to yellowing. I think the OP made a good...
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    Is anyone here familiar with concrete basements with concrete ceilings and concrete floors above them?

    A pan slab has beams in only one direction like mine. That's a waffle or grid slab with beams in both directions.
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    Compressed air storage volume

    What are your compressed air needs?
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    Bolts ID

    If those bolts are 7/8" diameter, somebody stretched your tape measure.
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    Drilling a bolt for a safety wire or pin

    I'd be tempted to use some sort of hitch pin.
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    Sit / Standing desk mod- new Walnut top

    I believe the lift is powered and those are the uppy-downy buttons...mentioned in the original post.
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    Time for a new tool box?

    Just get a second one without the top box. I only needed a few more drawers so the harder to access drawers are stuff that I don't use often and I'd otherwise buy wall cabinets for.
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    DIY/Wood Car Stands(Cribbing)...Let's see them!

    Be careful Googling this topic, apparently also a verb.
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    Is anyone here familiar with concrete basements with concrete ceilings and concrete floors above them?

    Or a poured suspended slab. Old thread I know but now that it's been revived... I'm building a ranch on a sloped lot with a basement level walkout in the rear, so the main garage is 8 feet or so above grade at the rear. I have a 20 x 20 extension on my main attached garage (back left area...
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    Seems like a nightmare to pack up an entire garage. When is the last time you moved (your entire tools & garage) ?

    That plant closed around 2012, but I spent a lot of time down in that area at my employer's plant in the years since. It does get crazy hot and humid down there, but it's not that difficult to keep a full staff. I mean you'll have to stop drug screening, but it's not even close to being the...
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    Rate my 1/4" and 3/8" ratchet drawer along with my screwdriver drawer

    Well, since most of us don't use are tools for a living in the structural steel trade, why would we look at them the same way that you do. Saying you can't relate or even can't comprehend is one thing, but calling people nuts says more about you than them.
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    Framing before or after electrical on a metal building

    It's wainscoting. I'd go back to what was suggested earlier combined with the suggestion to surface mount and consider a chase all around the top of the walls and drop down inside surface mounted EMT so you have only vertical conduit. If you do a sane number of outlets and not the 67 that...
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    DIY/Wood Car Stands(Cribbing)...Let's see them!

    I snagged these modern lightweight interpretations by RaceRamps on Craigslist. Luckily the guy didn't know how expensive they are and I paid less than the cost of a dozen 2x4's.
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    How much (electric motor) horsepower in your garage?

    Maybe 10 if I stretch the definition.
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    Amazon Deals on New Retail Items - Post them!

    Right, the description is wrong. Same SKU Feedback from Amazon buyers:
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    Amazon Deals on New Retail Items - Post them!

    Not really...they are the same...2 tons per stand, 4 ton total.
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    Far from the power lines, what to do?

    I'm sure there's a good reason...but why did you build it so far away from the house?
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    Here's The Dumbest Question Placed on GJ

    If it's a lamp plugged into an outlet I'd recommend unplugging it. I assume we have a ceiling or wall sconce...I've had good luck with needle nose.
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