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I was recently at the town wide junk swap, where twice a year there's a 5 mile long garage sale along a 2 lane highway. It's known as "Antique Alley". It was there that I saw something I hadn't seen since I was a kid in the 1980's. It was a water cooler from the 1980's, with the big bottle still...

If you had a giant budget, what would your perfect garage look like? How would yours be laid out, and what all would you include? Here's a rough estimate of what I want to build one day. Any changes you would make?

Is there an inexpensive corded one? Not pneumatic, just 120v. I'm sure they go up to thousands of dollars for autobody shops, but it's not really something I want to spend a ton on. It just doesn't seem like it should cost that much. An electric motor attached to some clamps for the can. And the...

Hi all, I have the multimeter in the link below. Not sure if it matters, maybe this applies to all multi meters. I don't use it all that often, so sometimes the 9v battery is dead by the time I use it again. I leave it out in the garage all year, so maybe the winter is accelerating the power...

Hi all. Just wanted to stop by and ask if anyone here has ever rigged up a better filtration system for your ice maker. And only the ice maker. The one in your kitchen fridge. So it would be using that tiny line, I forget what size it is. 1/4 diameter maybe? Anyway I pay for the good Ozarka...

Hi all. The wife wants this fancy doorknob installed on her craft room door. Not really a problem, except that the return spring is too weak. It won't really snap the doorknob back into position after you let go of it. Below I have linked a pic. As you can see, this doorknob will work fine with...

I went looking for an older thread we had that ranked power tools and brands, but I couldn't find it. So I'll just ask if Makita is still the top brand. Or at least close to the top, as they used to be. I remember back in the mid-late 2000's most people considered Makita to be the best. They...

First I need to say that I'm not asking about dust collectors for a wood shop. This is only an automotive garage. So I don't think I need the same kind of thing. It occurs to me that it might be the exact same type you put in a house. But the ones I've had in my house typically made too much...

Hi all. Roughly 8 months from now I'm going to start building a nice big garage/workshop. For everything I want in it, I believe it will need to be about 3500 sq ft but I could be wrong about that. Part of the reason for that is some of the space will be dedicated to storing 12 cars and trucks...

I'm looking for the smallest electric DA sander. There's plenty of air powered ones to choose from but I'd really like it to be electric if possible. I know you can sand with a dremel, but I'm partial to the foam pad and the dual action. Somehow this keeps me from accidentally applying too much...

Who makes the best home air filters? The box type filters like these: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=20x25x5&ref=nb_sb_noss Filtrete has been around forever, but I just wanted to ask if there's a brand that's known to be the best. Sometimes you'll get a brand that's just far ahead of the rest...

What's the best way to tell if your rechargeable AA and AAA batteries should be replaced? They tend to discharge on their own if I leave them sitting for a month. I know that's typical of rechargeable batteries in general. But I've had some of them for a few years now, and it seems to get even...

This guy seems to cover it pretty well, but he didn't mention plastics specifically. From this guide it seems to me like it would be walnut shell, but I'm not sure if walnut shell comes in different grits like corn. To clarify I'm talking about using it in a blast cabinet. I've got a lot of...

I'm something of a lighting enthusiast. So naturally I'm a fan of skylights. Never had any on a house I lived in, although I want some someday. But are they a good idea for your garage? I have a roofer friend that says they always leak. But it seems like with modern technology, there must be a...

Not sure what this 90 degree extrusion is called, and I'm hoping someone here can tell me. You can see him tightening a machine screw into it at 05:27 in the video. It's basically just aluminum angle with each side recessed a bit so that whatever you screw to it, sits flush with the bracket.

My garage is only something like 600 sq feet so I was just using two of these: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stanley-1500w-Portable-Electric-Ceramic-Space-Heater-Garage-Utility-Heating-Fan-/293425521328 But the knobs don't seem to like the summer heat. The rubber has somehow... turned into goo and...

I've got a little 14x14' concrete slab in my backyard that came with the house. I think there used to be a dog pen there or something. Kind of convenient, since I'm in need of a storage shed. So here's a few questions about sheds: 1. How cheap can I get out? I need something that's not open to...

How would you build a modern day, old style water well? These days when you think of a well, you think of a 10 inch hole in the ground that goes down... however far. With only a water pump in the bottom. But what if you wanted to build a well in the old style? Where the well was 3-5 feet wide...

I'm hoping someone here can school me on the easy way to do tough paint. I don't really have the room to use a spray rig properly. At least not right now. The first thing that comes to mind when you think of durable paint would be something mixed with a hardener. But can you get "durable" in a...

Hi all. I have a few questions regarding door frames. I need a new back door on my house. This is the door that I use to walk to my detached Garage, so it's an important door. The old back door has seen better days, and imo it's just time for a new one. So I found a nice fiberglass door on...