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A workshop or "shop" is where a man goes to focus on work, construction, fabrication and fixing. A "man cave" is where someone sensitive goes to hide from his family because he needs to "decompress". It used to be the living room but evidently some guys need a special room where they can sit...

As others have stated, the Festool is going to be the quietest since that is what it is designed for. This is a full time contractor/woodworkers tool vs a utility shop-vac, so I'm not really sure that applies to the original question. I don't buy tools that are too pricey to abuse. If it was...

Thanks! They're not quite as robust as the stuff you make. I don't think my little tractor would be able to pick up the bulk of the material you use for your projects. I have an M101-A2 surplus trailer I was going to convert to a dump bed for landscaping stuff eventually. Went through your...

Thanks. Receiver hitches are on my "bucket list" too. I hijacked the one I had set aside to help someone out with their front mounted wench on a hitch mod. I wish I snapped some pics of that. It turned out pretty good. I'm not one for tons of truck accessories but that is pretty cool and he...

Thank you. I'm very interested in this. I was thinking this would be really handy for helping the Wife out. Since I've already made the tines, I might as well use them for as much as I can. It would be a lot more selective for smaller jobs that the swath the piranha tooth will make. I keep...

Well thought and excellently executed. "I love it when a plan comes together" Good job on the workmanship too. You clearly take pride in your work. I think I used the same exact casters for a mobile wood rack/cart that I use for sheet goods and timbers. I got mine from Amazon for a decent...

Good job. That's pretty similar to how some barrel rifling is done. I wouldn't have thought to to that. I ended up notching the OD to allow for the seam of some square tube last year to make a general purpose telescoping pedestal with 1.75 and 2" tubing. I plan to keep running with square...

You got a pick of this? I could see the advantage over using my backhoe if I'm able to plow through several saplings. As you can see in the bottom two picks, I have a lot of saplings that need to be ripped out. I was thinking of making my own Piranha Tooth Bar for the front of the bucket to...

Hi folks, I could use some help identifying this guy that I bought on eBay for not much more than shipping: The only data I could read on it when I got it was the original label plate: I bought it thinking it could be a decent little double arbor press if restored. I t appears someone...

WOW! That brings back memories! Had a few on submarine duty. Never knew what they were called until now. I forgot about these things! I seem to recall they were made out of canvas. Ours were just like that with the OD green. We kept basic hand tools and multimeters in them. We were not...

Good idea for salvage! Wish I had kept our old failed treadmill now. I plan to build another adapter top for this one for an infeed roller for my portable table saw when I come across a suitable roller I can repurpose. Right now I'm using one of the roller booms from my miter saw stand as...

DIY Welding pedestal. Less is more. I can tack virtially anything to the top of it and use it as a 3rd hand, leave it and use it for an outfeed/infeed, lower fully due to the hidden 1/4" plate on bottom and use it as a portable anvil stand, clamp stand, tube notching jig holder, etc, etc...

Or just plane ol' wood glue as pore fill. Cheap, slick when done. Good job to the OP. Glad you didnt' forsake the guard on a planer. I'd hate to see what someones hand or arm looks like after meeting the blades.

Once again, thanks folks. I learned quite a bit here. With that in mind, now I can kind of see how to guestimate the load potential of different truss spacings. I wish mine were 12"OC but 24" OC is what I have to work with and it's better than what I could have had, which is no shop at all...

Yeah, the plan was just to follow suit on what the previous owner started. But he only got 1 row in before quitting, I can always pull that row and run metal instead. I didn't even think about metal. I was thinking either OSB or drywall. I hate drywall. I got sick of patching drywall and...

I'm not known for fast at home so buying is probably a good idea. I'll take a look locally and see what I can pick up. I can probably do some horse trading and end up with something usable. I'll look into the metal thing. I'm not adverse to that; especially with as much metal grinding I do...

Thank you Sir. I did not know that drywall was heavier. Now that I think of what it's made of, it makes a lot of sense. Now I just have to figure out how I'm going to hang it. I figured I would have a local contractor do it but they are all ******* working on commercial properties making...

Hi folks, I could use some help determining how to move forward with my shop ceiling. The structure is about 40ft by about 60 ft. Span is about 40 ft. Based on what I found above the insulation hung on the trusses, it appears that the joists are 2x4 construction scissor trusses, 24" OC...

When I was moonlighting at a dealership during college; a semi-retired salesman once told another college kid who he honestly knew couldn't afford to trade in his old car. He turned down a sale by telling him to hang on to his car because it was mechanically sound: "Third class driving is...

What a great idea. I need to figure out how to boom out and make something like that work on my shop crane with 16ft ceilings. That would be a real wear, tear and money saver. The previous owner started with 1 row of 7/16 OSB and left the rest exposed.