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Get rid of that twist bit and get an annular cutter. 4x4mesh is great solution. I did a railing/stairwell at a friends house with that. Made a tight track to catch all the ends and only took a few tacks to hold it in place. I think you can also get "pig panels" for fences that have tighter...

5 Gallon buckets are great for stuff ~18-48" Shorter than that ... I think the 4x4 tube on edge as "cubbies" might be good. I typically throw stuff that size into the scrap bin but now with adding a lathe - I can see a use for some round stock in short lengths like that.

Buying steel that size as a very small commercial account - I have been at about $1/lb lately. Galvanizing for stuff will range between $0.30 and 0.60/lb with usually a fairly healthy minimum (my local place is $400)

40' direction is just a bit short for big RV's and for that reason alone - I say #1. Not everyone is into having a fleet of cars so being useful (marketable) to both car guys and guys that have tall toys (RV's, boats) or even just a long race trailer that they want to keep inside. With #1 it...

Not 3 phase - just a small 120V belt driven table top model. I think the HP rating on the motor is .75 if I recall. Not that I want to test it but if a serious accident was to happen it probably slips the belt but would keep the pressure on and leave you scrambling. I don't want to go with a...

You might be able to run that on a VFD or phase converter cheaper than swapping out the motor.

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So I just got a benchtop lathe that is about 30yrs old. From the bit I do remember from my machining class ~30yrs ago on a machine that was probably from the 50's they had a mechanical stop (foot brake). The lathe is nothing special, price was right and being able to make a bushing or spacer...

Problem with that logic is that the size of the houses that might have been common in 1982 just aren't financially viable to build today. So yes you pay more and get more but when you don't have that entry level 3br 1.75ba 1500sf housing stock being added to existing houses it makes the barrier...

Exterior water spigots. Exterior 120v outlets Location of the Garage 240V close to the door so you can charge the car outside. Cat6 runs to all corners of the house. POE is great for cameras if you need a bunch of stuff at one corner you can always add a switch. I like hardwired for a lot of...

Just put a chain/strap anchored to the forward most slot in the E-track. Hook the winch in the middle and pull. If I saw wrong trailer and attributed to the OP - you can do the same with the forward most D-rings that are in most trailers I have seen.

Using that data and the $100K being the mark that you were doing pretty good in 1982 means that same multiplier for "doing pretty good" equates to a household income of $339K today. I stand my my premise that everyone needs to take a step back off that those making $100k are making baller money...

I brought it up and I am not saying $100K isn't doing pretty good compared to most Americans. The thing is that when upper middle class people started using that as a marker of "making it" was ~40yrs ago. The problem is $100K doesn't buy what it used to. For the county I live in median...

Burger flippers are getting $20/hr around here. I bet you aren't getting best and brightest, or even the mid tier grads to accept offers.

100K is $50/hr. I am starting recent grads at about $40/hr. If they are any good they will be at $100k in about 3-4yrs. Most households are dual income - it doesn't take much for a couple to have really ****** jobs and have a six figure household income. Americans as a whole need to stop...

Chain pots ****. They **** in a bodyshop where they have an actual day to day use, they **** more if you have a general purpose workspace with infrequent use. To the OP if you must keep the anchors (and I wouldn't - see below) Take a piece of cardboard - tap on stud locations. Transfer pattern...

That was my first thought as well when slats/fence boards were mentioned as well. One solution would be to staple screen or hardware cloth to the inside before installing shelves or anything like that inside.

HELOC is how I did our addition to the house. I acted as GC, hired out some, self-performed some. Timing was good after project was done as far as interest rates so I did a complete Refi and ditched the HELOC and variable rate. In hindsite I might have been better to keep paying HELOC and...

FSBO isn't hard. Sold my first house that way. ******* buyers insisted on using the agent that had been showing them houses. I made them pay full price. I still sold it too cheap. I had RE Attorney/Title Co all setup to take care of it and was going to be a flat fee. To the OP - that house is a...

I wouldn't want a 24' wide door. Structurally that is just a lot of span to get something that should be fairly thin. That translates to a lot of stress on the hardware. Deflection of the door is a cubic function of the span. Going from 16'-18' (typical span) to 24' is huge. Someone else...