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Interested in knowing more about this. Since my current shop has a dedicated metal working area, I've been accumulating random metal from wherever. I've also been building a stock of round bar (i.e. mild steel, brass, bronze, stainless, etc) for making stuff on my lathe... nice to have those...

Man, your level of inventory and organization really is what I aspire to. I doubt my on-hand items will ever be quite to this level but it's a pretty awesome regardless. Well done!

If you don't have the ability, space, or desire to organize then I can understand your thinking this is pretty stupid. This definitely isn't the thread for you.

That's actually a great point. Leads me to not simply consider what I might need, rather what I might need in an emergency.

I do have a pretty large lumber cart that I built a while back. When it's full the thing is a monster to roll around. Sadly most of my "stock" consists of off-cuts/scrap, and not much new lumber since I've found a lot of the dimensional timbers just end up warping as they dry out. When I go to...

Agreed. I found this really helped build my stock over the years. I still do it when I am forced to buy some weird or new item, especially if I found it particularly good for the project. I can't tell you how many times I've discovered a really good product, only to have it NLA when I go to...

Yeah, thanks... why didn't I think of that. :sneaky: Since you didn't give any details, based on your pics I like how some of your fasteners are organized by actual size. I'm not quite to that level, but would agree if you have that quantity, that's the way to go. Of all your inventory, what...

This is so true. I also forgot to mention the (obvious?) glues, tapes of all types, pop rivets... hell, I even have some generic electronic components but I'm not super strong with electronics. I think I'm curious about a given type/category (which isle of a hardware store) that might trigger...

The other day I had a spindle go out on my riding lawnmower and was able to rebuild it (bearings, zerks, etc) without leaving home. When I'm building a project or repairing something, there's nothing more satisfying as to walk into my very own shop and pick from what I already have on hand...

Don shows up in this thread and says "here, hold my beer"... EDIT: Yes, I AM very jealous! ;)

I posted this in another GJ thread, but I'll add it here, too. I had a similar problem (deep space under some of my benches) and I wanted to use the vertical space. Instead of cabinets or drawers, I flipped my thinking and made pull out "walls" instead of drawers and just mounted my tools with...

This transition reminds me of the two buildings that I have with wainscot, so my thought would be to use Z-flashing (or whatever it's called).

I have a J355 so I assume our boards are roughly the same. Let me know if you need me to measure some specific values on the board. Sounds like this is an existing install and it had been working so it might not be applicable, but when I installed mine I recall there was a jumper that you had...

Man, I feel ya. I have this exact same problem, with a very similar situation. I've tried jetting a bunch of caulk under the threshold but mine still gets some water inside. My door is west facing and fairly exposed. And as steel35 mentioned, do you have gutters? I think this is going to be...

Also just noticed your mill and lathe; would love to know more. I recently picked up a PM1130v lathe and have been having fun learning the in's & out's of machining, but I'm still very much a noob.

Niiiiice! As a fellow Central Oregonian I approve... and subscribed. I also have very close to the same Kubota - one of the best tools I've ever invested in. And I'm digging that 'hardware isle' of your shop. I'd like to do very much the same but I don't have quite that much stock on hand (yet).

Assuming the customer is building it themselves, I have a few thoughts. In the last 5 years I've built both a 50x72 pole barn and a 30x30 CF steel building on my property. I fully kitted both structures - plumbed/insulated/wired (power, internet, cable TV). I didn't do the initial raising of...

Sorry man, sounds like you took this as me calling you out; you're points are all technically correct and I'm not disagreeing with you. The "****" part is that it's even on the table that a consumer might need to hire a private inspector to follow behind either/both a contractor and the county...

When our house was built 5 yrs ago the county inspector would come out here at the various times and supposedly check that codes were followed. I was always surprised that (1) things never really "failed" inspection, and that (2) the inspections never took that long. For the final inspection...

The carpet and screen ideas are probably best, but as last resort I'd also suggest picking up a cheap metal detector. I live in a dusty environment and my tractor can turn my native soil into "moon dust", several inches deep; it's godawful. I picked up a metal detector from amazon and...