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This is for the deck I'm building that's adjacent to the garage. (So feel free to ignore if it's too far off topic.) The idea is to have a few dozen candles out there, but never have to actually light a candle. So I'm drilling out some conventional wax pillar candles so I can seat a single...

I saw this on Autoblog. Nothing earth-shaking in it, but it seemed appropriate to post here.

Poor Man's Hazet Assistent (call it an Ikea-zet Assistånt?) First off, I understand that there's really no comparison between an Ikea cart and a Hazet Assistent tool cart. The Hazet folds down into a small, secure box. It's got more dividers. It's going to last a lifetime. And there's no...

A great place to get bad news... I'm lucky. A meeting I had scheduled this morning got moved, so I had a little time open up. I've got a track day next Wednesday, and I had four new tires mounted the other day. So today I went out to swap in the new wheels/tires and also swap out two...

I'm sure there are pictures out there on the web, but I haven't found them. Can anyone show me what the original badge that went here looked like? It's a Wilton C-1, I'm pretty sure.

I picked up this Dreiss & Klump straight shear a while back, and the handle bends slightly. I can straighten it pretty easily. But I've never seen one to know if this is part of the design or not. Any metal cutters out there know if it should be straight or bent?

Lista Cabinets come to the 12-Gauge Garage -- and I've got questions I'd like to say that Lista Corporate saw a great marketing opportunity and sent a truck with some nice green cabinets for me to choose from. But of course, that's not ever going to happen. Instead, I bid on a couple of old...

I've started thinking about better ideas for heating/cooling in my garage. One thought was to add a mini split unit. But I was wondering, since I don't really have any ground space to set the thing, if it's possible to put the 'outside' unit up on the roof? Along the same lines, are there...

I've got a tiny 20'x20' patch of back yard that I want to fill with a low hardwood deck. Above it, I've got an idea for a wrought-iron type pergola. I'm going to have a lot of questions about it, so I hope this thread gets noticed by anyone who's been down this road before. The first...

I'm starting a list for my 'Buy from Epstein on July 4' order, and they've got two kinds of bits, both comparably priced and both US-made. Other than that, I don't know anything about their relative strengths and weaknesses. Any opinions?

It's the wrong piece of steel for the job, but it's what I've got. I want to make a pillar for a Hossfeld #1 bender (the smaller model) out of a piece of 1/4"-thick I-beam that measures 10"x4". It would have a plate of 1/4" at the top and the bottom, welded all the way around. I was thinking...

I'm kind of stuck for a good, low-cost idea on this. I park my daily driver under a cover in my driveway. To get out, I open the gate and back down a short incline to the street. There's a small retaining wall on both my and my neighbor's property. Here's an old picture showing the covered...

This was an impulse buy, and might have been a stupid one. It's the Hossfeld Number 1 model, which has a smaller capacity than the Number 2. I haven't cleaned any of it up yet, or even cracked the manual -- which I'll do. But I thought I'd post a quick picture and see if there are any obvious...

I think HIT is Japan. I've never heard of the others. Is anyone familiar with them?

Ebay does encourage impulsive decisions. I'm assuming this is a Wilton 1765. The listing called it a 'Model 1760' with no manufacturer. I've never heard of anyone making Wilton look-alikes. But I've been known to throw away my hard-earned cash before. Does it look genuine?

I do a little carpentry, and would like to get a sander. It would be nice if it would also work for deburring aluminum and even occasionally clean an edge on mild steel. I don't do enough where I can justify spending a lot of money -- and I'm painfully frugal, so I'm looking at a few ~$200...

Electrical stuff is not my strength. In fact, I'm kind of an idiot about it. I've got a drill press with a simple on-off switch (the one on the left in the fuzzy picture). It has two contacts above and below. When you switch it on, each side's circuit is closed, top left to bottom left and...

Quick and Cheap Garage Door Insulation As the title says, this was less than four hours and about $38. Granted, I'm in a pretty mild climate, but the afternoon sun hits my door and makes it hotter in the summer, and heating the garage in the winter with an uninsulated door is wasting propane...

I have a pretty long concrete driveway. It's a mish-mash of old sections, some dating back a long time. It has some rust and oil stains on it, and I've always wondered if there was a good treatment for it -- something like what we do for our concrete garage floors, but able to hold up to...

I'm not a huge fan of the GJ 'You ****' threads. But I've had a few days of worry about a shipment from Florida, which worked itself out today. So here I go. I own a big, loud 9" grinder from Harbor Freight. For 69 bucks, it was a bargain. But I've been replacing some of my Chinese angle...