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Not exactly a tool, but I thought the handy guys here might have opinions. As a favor, I'm likely to be painting a friend's house interior. It has been converted to open plan, so I have a large area where I need to paint the ceiling and don't want to be moving cloths as I go. My current...

One of those things that seems hard to find. The copper trade folks have a CAD drawing (but no template of the flat layout starting point) and most of what I can find presumes that you are working on a commercial flat roof, typically with a parapet where you are going through it, so the scuppers...

I see older threads on this issue, but I wanted to say that Home Depot does not educate their staff on the Husky warranty policy. They have a whole page on the website, and the first section is very clear--tools like wrenches have a "Lifetime Warranty". No mention of receipts, proof of purchase...

I remember when people used to build backyard greenhouses or deck "roofs" using those corrugated plastic (fiberglass?) panels that seemed to disintegrate pretty fast in the weather. Has anyone used a recent iteration of a translucent panel that they would recommend? I'm thinking of an attached...

Last time I was on here chatting about tools was a little over a year ago when I was thinking about a new compressor--and I decided to wait until I had my new saw in place. So--that's happened. (I sold my Unisaw, my Belsaw planer, donated my jobsite Makita to Habitat to clear some space) Now...

It's almost New Year's eve, and I'm thinking about my project list. One that has driven me crazy since we moved in is our unimproved crawl space(s). It was supposed to be 3' clear; what the builder did was excavate for the footings, leave mounded up debris in the center, and then placed his...

After the summer project of rebuilding both chimneys and the Jotul stove, I've moved on to energy sealing. A couple of years back we had a blower door test done (trying to qualify for a state retrofit program) and found we had 12 air changes per hour. So I've been beavering away, tackling known...

On my annual 'inspection'/fall clean up and noticed that the our clear finished beams look like they have more checking/splitting as they have aged. Think 1960s Eichler-style post and beam construction with all clear finish. Most wood workers caution against trying to use solid filler, but I...

I've got my older Delta Unisaw up for sale--and that meant digging into the box of project parts to figure out what goes with the saw. (I had it set up with a smaller fence and extension, so I could still walk in my garage.) It does look like it may be part of a blade guard??? Of course there...

Dust collector project continues... Another area for improvement is to reduce the distance from impeller to cone--which this guy managed by putting the whole shebang on a custom cart. (The Delta's geometry doesn't lend them to an easy wall mount solution.) Anyone have suggestions as to a way to...

I'm working on upgrading my old Delta dust collector, and have been reading about removing the constrictor plate on the intake. (Apparently Delta added these to the second gen versions to throttle the input, since people were running theirs without bags on them and burning out motors.) It is a...

I'm curious as to people's opinions/comparisons about a few of the "quiet" compressors on the market. I've freed up some funds from the sale of another tool, so seriously looking. Usage--small workshop, mostly brad nailers. (I'll keep my last pancake for outside work). Contenders: Fortress...

Not a direct garage question--but this crowd tends to be working on houses as well as garages. Has anyone run across a supplier in the NE (preferably) who still sells the 1.5" narrow 3/4"strip oak flooring? I have some doorways to move, and some other patching to do. I will likely screen and...

I'm cleaning up a garage for a friend whose husband passed away. This collection of bits kind of stumped me. (Background--he was interested in electronics/networking, woodwork and automation--he was also a jig builder--he may have liked building jigs as much or more than actually doing...

Sometimes it is the seemingly trivial projects that stump you--and then when you finally have the 'ah-hah' moment, you beat yourself up for not getting there sooner... A few years ago, I bought a set of three garage doors (with hardware) from a guy who decided not to build his dream house. My...

I'm finally back to my garage door problem, and I'm using the generic hardware that was included with my used door purchase. They came with sealed kits with generic parts, which all make sense except these little guys. Can anyone tell me what and where? Second question--there is the plastic...

I have an older Graco Magnum XR-9 that I used a lot for a time, and it then got back-burnered, since it seemed like all I was doing was small jobs, where it seemed so much easier to brush and roll. It was inside, and moved around, and outside in temporary storage in an HF tent. Well I had a job...

Tapping the hive mind--can anyone recommend a good supplier? I lost the window out of the back of my cap from a tree this winter, and already need to replace the slider window. I wouldn't fuss with it except it is for a fairly rare size--Gen 1 Tundra with an 8' box, so replacement caps are...

A new thing for me. This compressor has had infrequent use although it is more than ten years old--I have mostly lugged my Porter Cable pancake around (marginally lighter). I did a day's work with the Bostich--intermittent nailing--after not using it for months. Next day--it would not build...

Our house was joined with a new subdivision, so what was the front (in picture) became the back, and the POs cut the back out of the garage so you could walk through from the new "front" to get to the original front door. I added a new front door several years ago. But I was left with a...