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You could weld a 1/4" (or whatever thickness) x 1 1/4" tall plate to the side of each tube. That would stiffen up the horizontal bars. The taller the plate, the better.

If you're basing the cost on JUST the equipment, I think you're short changing the value. I bought a mill and lathe 2 years ago and I've spent at least the same amount in tooling, tool holding and measuring. While scrolling the pictures, that's all I was looking for on the shelves and there is...

I picked up the 60v trimmer (Dewalt) a month ago and it's been awesome. I just got the 60v blower last week and it's even better. It's so easy and convenient to pick up the tool and just hit the button; no cords, no engine starting or engine maintenance, filling up the gas, etc! The blower...

Thanks buddy, have a drink on me! :beer:

Nice! Let us know how it goes! I was looking at something similar. And yes, I'm a baby. At the beach or outside playing, I can handle a little warmer but I'm unhappy at 80+ in the garage. I got the gable fan installed yesterday and kept looking up today wondering why it wasn't on. The...

Funny, I was JUST looking at these yesterday. I resisted and ordered a gable fan. I don't think the fan will hold me off for too long though. :confused: What did you get? What's the size of the area/shop? Ceiling height?

THAT'S AWESOME! I have grandiose plans for storage, drawn up and everything. I just have too many other priorities so right now, all of my tubing is on the floor. I have a beam, I'm going to whip up something this weekend! Thanks for posting that.

So, I'm stumped. Is this a class 1A screw? My customer brought the screw which I couldn't figure out at the time but my best guess was 9/16-18 but the diameter was too small. The threads on the screw look normal, not worn. I just tapped a 9/16-18 hole and it's LOOOOOOSE. Even class 1A has a...

Mine is similar and I'm not sure on the history of events at my place before I bought it. The well is about 5' away from the original exterior wall. An addition was later added over the well area. I'm not sure if the well cap was ever above ground but it's about 5' down in a pit under one of...

This would be cool. In the meantime... There's a manufacturing resource section on Practicalmachinist where you can post RFQs. There's also an entire forum, rfqwork.com, though when I used to check on there, it was pretty quiet. If you're looking for 1-person shops working from their garage...

Moose, that looks fantastic! :thumbup:

Subscribed so it's easier to find when I have time to kill. Thanks for putting this together!

Honestly, I didn't understand the intent with those platform drawers either but I was waiting to see what happened. I assumed you were going to do something more with them and I'd think, "aaahhhh, that's awesome".

Subscribed and just realized you are in Denver. I'm in Lakewood. :beer: Did you get the pocket hole plugs yet? We're all eagerly waiting to see those put in!

You're simply in a different market, custom. I run into this all the time with making or machining stuff. Some people expect making onesie twosie parts to compete with mass production, it just isn't going to happen. I tell people, if you can buy it then I'm not interested in making it. :beer:

Sheeesh, I feel like this came up semi-recently but I can't find anything on the google or GJ. I remember seeing some pre-assembled kits. I'd consider spending a reasonable amount for a pre-made kit to get everything organized and then just add or replenish as necessary.

At a towering 5'6", I have 2 base cabinets that I use as bench tops. No sense in getting a top chest that I can't see into :sad:

Wow dude. I think your fish stove was the coolest thing that I've seen on this forum and you've just about topped it. Good work, can't wait to see it finished!

Those look fantastic! I've had a radius tool on my to-do list for too long.

I know what you mean about dizzying, took me forever to pick something. Take my words for what they're worth, very little. I'm no expert. I'm guessing in your budget, most systems are comparable. Like cordless tools, whether you prefer yellow, red, blue, etc, you can't really go wrong with...