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A short parallel story- My mom was kind of pissed when my dad bought himself a forklift for his shop at home after he retired. I was maybe 30 or so, still single, live about 30min away, and hadn't built my shop yet so I would be over there to use his shop for things or help him out. I pointed...

Seattle Area - put myself in the <$500 range but that is very dependent on what I am working on and at best an estimate since it is all metered with the house. Lately my projects have been more at the boat than in the shop so fewer days to run the heat. 36x42x14 - no insulation, no sheetrock.

At the root cause of this I am going to say something unpopular.... I think it is because it isn't bolted down, which led to a post getting bumped out of vertical, which caused it to bind. Crib it and if you aren't comfortable wait for a pro. If you want to dive in, crib each corner with a...

I think I forgot to mention I really don't like heights

5/12 is about all you can walk comfortably, it also is a point where it starts to look "right" to me. I would love to have 8/12 to give a better look but I am a practical man that lives in among the trees and walking to clean the roof periodically is important.

Your .pdf is almost a mirror image of my brothers garage that we built. After he built it - a loft was added over the car bay. Not quite full headroom but it is a great space to store stuff and still has the RV (boat in his case) bay that is full height. The building is a simple box but to make...

Heat Pump Water heater is another option that might work. Unless you need to keep it above freezing inside all the time having the heat on all the time is expensive compared to just firing up a unit heater when you are out there. It is 39F at my house right now. I got home from work, turned on...

I had a house that was below road level and had a 1.75/12 pitch torchdown roof - looked like A$$ for curb appeal. Had a couple of spots where house had been remodeled and had flat sections that pooled, and wasn't in great shape. I knew I wasn't there for long. I cleaned it just with water and a...

I bought a Bad Boy a few years ago - love it. Haven't had to do a thing to it other than oil changes. Saved me about 35% on time mowing over the tractor style. Does take a touch to not tear up things in the corners and it is a PITA to drink a beer but I have gotten so I can do it while I do...

Have 3 sections of real scaffolding and wheels. Used to use it all the time but since I got the forklift more often than not I just work sitting on a pallet and have the kid run me up and down. If I was to put a lid in or redo the lights - I would set it up again in a heartbeat. Having a full...

All I know is I have a typical 200A service to the house, 125A breaker to the shop subpanel (which is actually another 200A panel without a main) My Powermax 45 would trip a 20A breaker (don't ask) if I ran it up high and for quite a while. No problem starting a cut. Miller 210 would trip same...

My dad put a 40,000# boat on his shop floor about a week after the pour. Three blocks along the keel and stands on the sides so it wont tip but not much load is carried by those. Standard 4" slab. Still in good shape almost 30yrs later except from the war wounds of 30yrs of being used as a...

Simple example But shows the general idea

The mistake you are making is trying to go tube to tube. Use your gussets to make "nodes" that the tube disappears into. The thick/3-dimensional gusseting will look better than the single flat sheet that you have and once you have the tubes tacked together they are easy to make templates out...

I am pretty sure that his customer base isn't writing real specs for performance of the coatings that he is doing. Material applied is probably the simplest part of the whole process. Even temp distribution, temp control, cleanliness, and a whole lot more goes into getting a good adhesion...

Horizontal. Seam at top. That close to the top and under the eves basically gives you a seam free barrier all the way around the building. Working solo is easy - take the hammer tacker to get started. Pull against it and throw a few staples as high as you can which should be ~7-8' up will get...

4" slab here - 5000# forklift. No cracks have shown up since I got the forklift. WWM that is probably all at the bottom of the slab.

320 or 400A service is overkill unless you are going to have a team of fabricators all working at the same time and the footprint you have you won't have that. About the worst case you get would be resistive electric heater, air compressor and one piece of equipment all at the same time. The...

8' wide doors **** for anything but a normal car. My truck mirrors won't make that without folding. Someday you may have a small boat or tent trailer that you want inside. Don't screw your future self with a dumb decision today.

I got that once on mine when I over tightened after replacing consumables. Felt like a chump for taking it in for service when they told me what I did. I must have taken apart and reassembled a dozen times.