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Buy the cabinets that fit your stuff and don't ever think about it again. I have read more than a few times on here people saying "I bought the expensive tool chest and never regretted it". I guess my thought would be that I have never been in the middle of a project and thought "man, this...

Looks like quite a project, and a bit of a unique design compared to a lot of the plans we see here, but sounds like you are getting a lot of it figured out. Keep us posted and ask questions as needed.

This looks like a prime Garage Journal merch. opportunity.

Not sure what is meant by "actual fire door". My inspector said we needed a fire rated door between garage and house. Got a solid wood door for about $150 (6 years ago). Looks nice (feels nice, heavy and substantial) and is fire rated.

I have the Bosch 7 gallon, think I have had it for about 2.5 years now. You have to drain it to change the anode, but other than that no complaints. Don't feel any worth on the outside either.

I would be jumping up and down celebrating my good luck if I bought a 15 year old car that looked that clean. As others have said, the car will die long before so.etbing like what is shown becomes any kind of issue. If it makes you feel better spray some WD 40 or PB Blaster on it and wipe it...

Done--i cleaned it up, re-soldered some iffy looking connections, kept it all original hardware except there were these tight wire clips like hog rings holding the power cord in place as it went through the fan. I decided to replace those with zip ties, as the retaining wires had nearly gone...

I looked at the sage green, liked the color, but the "hides minor imperfections" on the hammered spray paint cans sort of resonated, as there are numerous rust spots and scratches on the surface of the fan. Don't want to turn the project into life's work, so will clean and sand and paint with...

I like the idea of it blowing in all directions too, don't have to worry about where the fan is pointing.

Looks just like this, I added the stool part, it is called a Hassock Fan, the sturdy ones can be used as a shop stool.

I just got a cool old Hassock stool fan. In true Garage Journal fashion I immediately took it apart and cleaned and lubed the motor before I took any pictures of it. The motor is a very vintage looking hammered green tone. The rest of the fan is more of a hammered silver or pewter, and as I...

I have fairly low ceilings and a lift I got a few years ago after many years of working under jack stands. Would I love an extra foot of headroom? Sure, but having a lift is so much better than not. Doing a brake job sitting on a stool, pulling a long exhaust pipe with room to angle it every...

Our city limits garage or what they call auxiliary building space, I think it is something like a maximum of 40% of the living space. Also if building a house/garage, fire codes generally require the garage space doesn't share HVAC venting and has a fire break between garage space and house. I...

I am getting a kick out of reading this. I had mine leaning against a side wall of my garage for a few years. They came with the lift, I don't think I will ever use them, my garage is too small to really move the lift anywhere else. Wall hanging space is also at a premium, I thought about...

I kind of like the smell of PB Blaster, if you want to forget about the smell of PB Blaster just shoot some Fluid Film on the underside of your car.

I have a similar and it works great, but I am a medium to large sized guy and reasonably strong. I don't know about an rechargable impact, people can't generally seem to keep their spare aired up, keeping a battery charged in a forgotten tool in the trunk seems a tall order for most. Probably...

I have three openers on the MyQ system, took a minute to get them to connect to my Wi-Fi, but once that was done they have worked great. The remotes always work, never have opened or shut randomly on their own. Occasionally from my phone it takes a minute to find the network, but it always...

I plan in my head mostly, make lists of things needed on a trip to the hardware store if the numbers of things needed is likely beyond my recollection abilities and attention span, and keep stray information, like the oil filter for the spin on adapter on my TR250, in with my tools. Never...

Not a lot to add but interested in the discussion, I have an insulated garage with eave and gable vents. I cover them in the winter, but I am looking to get more airflow/circulation in the summer, as the insulation seems to do a good job of keeping the heat in the garage both in the summer and...

What size cars? I primarily work in little old sports cars, I would go with 50' wide and 40' deep to have room on the sides of the vehicles and still plenty of room on the ends. If I you are working on bigger vehicles, or even smaller you might consider a non-uniform arrangement where the...