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This is fantastic. My cold formed building (30x50x14) just showed up last week. So seeing how it all goes together is just great.

This. I have a few Iregas and have been really happy with them.

I've found I don't use my ratcheting wrenches very often. They are thicker than a regular wrench. I generally find I don't have enough room for them, or I have enough room to get a socket in there. Maybe just unlucky but have not found a ton of cases in between.

Old True Temper Flint Edge I got from my grandfather.

One random note on the whole shop before house thing, since I just ran into this in California (every location will be different of course). They said you can't build a "garage" before a house because a garage is an accessory building and you can't build an accessory without a primary. You can...

For reference, on my 30x50 I went with a 6" slab and it added $1500 over 4" so not super crazy cost addition.

I've found that broom/vacuum gets the floor kinda clean. But every once in a while when I really want to clear it out, the leaf blower makes a huge difference getting rid of dusty ****.

As with most things in California, this will probably be poorly thought out and poorly executed. Our state government is beyond incompetent. That said....electric tools are getting really good. It won't be long before the desire for gas powered ones simply disappears due to people wanting the...

Thanks for the replies, let me clarify my request, I just looked back and realized my original question wasn't worded well (gotta stop typing in the middle of the night). Yes, it's a gas manifold from a NG wall heater (old one). Specifically I'm wondering why the black part is necessary as...

It was connected between the old gas valve and the radiator and has the gas nozzle threaded into it. Looks like some kind of expansion chamber or something.

That's slick. Great lines on it.

Very cool project. I love seeing these old machines brought back to life.