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As a child of the cold war era I have a bit of a fascination with the USSR. I occasionally see tools made in the USSR / Russia / Ukraine offered on ebay and just wondering what the general quality was. Not looking to start a large collection, but curious if I bought anything if it would be a...

Ok, going outside the garage here... I need to paint my house. Older wood surface (100 years+), I think ship lap siding is the proper term for the style, well aged redwood. I went around and knocked off the loose paint and touched up all the exposed wood about 5 years ago, but it is time to...

This might seem a silly question, but it seems nobody these days actually physically stocks a shop stool so you can plant your **** on it and get a feel for the quality. My work bench is currently a stout table so I've been using an office chair. I really prefer a taller bench and a stool. I...

I'd like to get a welder. I don't have a huge need but it is one of those things I think I'd find uses for if I had one. I have little experience welding beyond high school shop class a million years ago. I've done a little welding since then with a small wire feed unit. One immediate...

We live in a house built around 1910, late Victorian / early Craftsman style. When we started to do some remodeling, we discovered rather than the lathe and plaster we expected, the interior walls are mostly thin plywood, probably 1/4". The only rooms with sheet rock were much later additions...

Inspired by the earlier going metric thread, and the current Robertson screw thread there seems to be some disgruntlement over the fasteners that most US hardware suppliers carry. I'm curious how many people do or at least will buy some fasteners online? Interested in hearing from those who...

We live on a residential street corner, 25mph speed limit, moderate traffic, one way street with a stop sign, crossing a two way street without. We seem to have an idiot driver problem, for the second time in 4 years we have had a car run the stop sign, strike another vehicle and then one or...

Ok, so not a garage, but a basement / cellar question. I don't have a garage, and the space under the house doesn't cleanly fit into either definition for a basement or cellar. I apologize up front for these deficiencies in my character. :dunno: Anyway, on to my question. The major portion of...