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    Make plywood smooth -bondo best?

    Durobond Joint compound It's a powdered drywall compound you have to mix. It sets & dries fast. It is also harder than premix when cured. It comes in either 45 or 90 minute cure times.
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    Compressor failure

    I've got two 60 gal. units. I placed them in an added on structure outside my shop. Each one is wired separately with a lighted switch. At the end of each day both have the power shut off and I shut the air off coming in to the shop and drain the shop lines. No way I would leave them powered...
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    Cyclone Dust Seperator

    I'm going to install a larger intake vent. I'll make something that I can adjust. Thanks everyone
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    Cyclone Dust Seperator

    Yea, I kind of figured that. It is a small bench top cabinet with a 16 gal. Craftsman shop vac hooked up... It has a 2" dia. vent hole. I don't want to do to much to the cabinet. I just bought one of the 40 lb. Harbor Freight cabinets. I want to do the "retrofit" to it in hopes of improvement...
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    Cyclone Dust Seperator

    I purchased on of the "cyclone" type seperators for my blast cabinet. After getting it all plumbed in to my cabinet & shop vac, I turned the vac on and the gloves went straight out and one even pulled off the front of the cabinet. I have an opening for air to come in. I'm thinking I have way to...
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    Such thing as filler/sanding primers for wood?

    The Durham's water putty is really good stuff. One thing I've encountered with trying to "fill" those little dings and marks. If they are shallow the "filler" you opt to use may not "bond" real well to the old wood. I've had some areas where it would just pop out when you went to sand it. Maybe...
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    What do you wish you would have done differently when you built/fixed up your garage?

    I wish now I had gone to 12' ceiling height and much larger...
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    Lighting Question

    Converted my entire shop from the old T12s to LEDs backin the early spring. Love the LEDs..... Nice & bright and no danged humming or flickering..... Best thing I ever did for my shop...
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    Shop Fan Recommendations

    My nephew recently installed a few of these in his garage/shop area. Hampton Bay 60" Industrial ceiling fans. I was somewhat skeptical as I have a cheapo 56" in my shop. He turned just one on, WOW....those things move some air.... About $85.00 at Lowes.... I have then on my list to get ASAP...
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    MRCOOL DIY Mini Split, Seriously, I Think...

    A quick question here... Everyone is talking about how good they cool... Anyone have some feed back on how well the heat pump works in these things? A few times during the winter my shop can drop to an average of 30 - 35F Every once and awhile it will go lower, usually only a few days. Will...
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    ceiling fan vs floor fan?

    Both......
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Did some cleaning. ... Tore my DeWalt planer apart, cleaned & did some maintenance to it. Started working on a wooden screen door for the back door of our house.
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    Compressor automatic Drain

    I've been using the same thing BruceMc has shown on the post above. I have two air compressors, each with seperate drain valves, they are both plugged into the same timer. It is set to allow each valve to activate about 2 seconds each time at various times throughout a 24 hour period. They've...
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    What do you use for fluid clean up?

    Cat litter....if you apply it easily & close to the spill...Very little dust... If you just toss it on the spill, yup, it throws some dust around....
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    Beginning garage finish, things you regret NOT doing initially?

    Higher ceilings, radiant heat in the floor, floor drain, and much much much larger....
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    T8 led conversion kit for 8 foot fixture

    I got mine off the internet because they were about half the cost of the same thing at my local electric supply house...
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    Wood deck maintenance

    I really need to clean & treat my wood deck. It's been down for about 10 years. I usually just pressure wash it once or twice a summer. It's at the point where I need to replace a few boards & use a cleaner on the rest. Then I'd like to treat it with something, I'd prefer not to stain. Just...
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    Air Hose

    I recently purchased a 25' air hose from TSC. My question, Does anyone make an air hose in the 25' - 50' range that basically does not have a 'memory" ?? This last one I bought is almost like one of the self coiling hoses. I've uncoiled it to use it and its a damned battle uncurling it &...
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    Any ideas as to what this is for?

    Why don't you just contact the previous owner and ask....
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    How to properly size a mini split

    Thank you everyone for the advice. ..
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