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    Home / Institutional budget based water jet

    I have had this idea since I graduated college that I think it would be cool to build a home or institutional water jet machine. In college we had a small 4'x4' CNC plasma cutting table and it was built for the DIY guy and small institution in mind. I think it would be neat to make a waterjet...
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    Self serve garages

    Does anyone have a self serve garage where you can rent bays, lifts, tools, etc? Seems like a good idea. Insurance would be bad i think but I am always looking at an opportunity. I have thought about this kind of thing but I have never seen one. Here is a link to one in WA...
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    Garage TV's

    Well I have been wanting a tv in the garage for awhile now so I can watch racing, baseball, football, basketball, etc. As of right now the garage spends most of the time unheated. It is well insulated but it still gets cold. I'm guessing I shouldnt do a plasma I dont think they do well with...
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    Blue Point Socket Set with case COMPLETE

    I have a blue point socket set that I am looking to get rid of. I bought it with a lot of tools and dont need it. It also has hex bits too. All 3/8 drive. I can take more pictures tonight if you would like.
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    Latest haul from CL

    Well last saturday I went and met 2 guys about some tools. I asked your opinion on here about what you guys thought and well here is what I ended up with. The first kid was a mechanic for 8 months and got out of the business. He had some decent stuff. It all needed cleaned up but a good...
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    HF 2000lb winch

    I just bought a 20 ft enclosed trailer and I am looking at putting a winch in it to pull cars, quads, etc in. Does anyone have any experience with the winches from harbor freight? A buddy of mine has the 2000lb winch on his 16ft trailer and we have used that to pull cars but his is a Warn...
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    How much would you pay?

    Found an ad on CL for some snap on stuff. 4 ratchets 1 set of metric sockets, 1 extension, and 3 screwdrivers. I am always looking for a deal on tools and the guy is open to offers. Here are the pictures he sent me.
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    When it rains it pours Volkswagens

    This all started about a year ago I bought an 01 Vw jetta with a bad transmission (common). So I swapped a 5 speed into it and have been driving it the past year. I only have 1500 invested in that car and she runs great. I was surfing Craigslist not long ago and found a silver jetta vr6 that the...
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    Should I run a sub panel or another garage breaker

    Right now my house panel (100 A) has a 220 V 30A breaker running to the garage. In the garage there is a sub panel with 3 20A breakers in it. However, I am going to be adding a lot of things to my shop and I think I need more power. I have my 220 welders, 3 phase converter for my mill and...
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    New to me 26 x 30 declutter project

    Well my fiance and I just bought our first house a couple months back. It has a nice 30W x 26D garage. It was the catch all when we moved. Everything was unloaded off the truck and put in the garage from there we took it where it needed to go at our leasure. Well after everything went into...
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