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Kerosene should soften the tar to allow using a long handled scraper standing up. Xylene will work faster but will give you cancer and rot your lungs, liver, and brain. If you feel that you must us a "hot" solvent, use acetone. After all the tar is scraped up mop with simple green about three...

What you have there is construction 2 x 4's with plywood on top, so if you apply veneer or aluminum flashing the plywood/2x4 joint will eventually print through. Applying veneer, flashing or laminate will be a lot more work than building the shelves. Since we are talking rough carpentry here...

I have one those 752s. It is in good shape, similar to yours. I don't think anyone ever used those little vises.

I haven't seen anyone state that for ripping you should use a ripping blade. Yeah, I know that a combo blade will cut wood in the rip direction, but a real rip blade will work noticably better. The Diablo rip blades at HD are pretty decent and reasonably inexpensive. Make sure your rip fence is...

I have seen it done. Properly done it can look good. I haven't done any hood awnings, but I have made a few out of old boats. Hint: don't try to use old wooden boats, they are too heavy, had to support all four corners.

Feldspar. Very mild abrasive. Makes scratches so fine, they cannot be seen by an unaded eye.

What exactly is this structural engineer going to contribute to your project?

It's you.

I am a Chemical Engineer by training and I worked in Goodyear's tire compounding area for a while, so I can tell you what some of the chemicals are in tires that smell bad. It used to be common in this country to use heavy residual oil as an extender in tires. A semi sized tire might have a...

My suggestion would be to paint everything white to reflect as much light as possible. It makes a lot of difference. Also, I would add as much insulation as possible. I built a garage six miles south of Houston and did not insulate it when I built it. A couple of years later I had the walls and...

I supect some of the members here tend to give low value numbers in an attempt to keep vise prices down so they can buy more.

One of the automotive magazines (I think it was Gow Job) had a monthly section on reviews of parts and tools. They told the reader up front that they would see no negative reviews in their magazine, but that was not because everything passed their tests. Their experience had shown that sometimes...

Stabilized the little bone by screwing it to the big bone, yowee!! How long are they going to leave the hardware in? Looking forward to seeing the newly powdercoated frame.

This is what I would do.

I replaced all twelve of the single pin 8' flourescent tubes in my shop with conversion LED tubes from eledlights.com. They supply a wiring diagram for bypassing the ballasts. The drivers for the LED's are inside the tubes. You supply switched 120VAC to the tubes. I bought the 5500K color temp...

You guys do know that they still sell those clippers new?

Those look nice, but they are $100 APIECE!!!!

I went into my local SW to buy some paint to redo my kitchen and the manager signed me up for a commercial account (better discounts). Agree with other posters: I get a sale email about every two weeks. HF sends me at least ten emails a month. A big box outdoor store sends me four emails a day...

It's been my expierience that the Olympic stain family has been the benchmark for a long time. The Olympic stain family ranges from clear to solid color (think paint), including a maintenance clear. I used Olympic for my treated pine deck at the previous house. It held up well, had to recoat...

Another vote for LED's in the shop. I had six 8ft dual tube single pin flourescent fixtures when my ballasts started going out. I found that eledlights.com sells replacement led tubes to fit the fixtures. Same drill; remove ballast, rewire per included instructions, install the new led tubes in...