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So I've started on my new shop and I'm looking at my electrical service options. I believe I want to go with the 400a (actually 320a) service to a meter panel by the pole (they call it a farm panel) and feed 200a to the house and 200a to the shop. But here is my question. I have a diagram...

So I'm building a new shop. Just broke ground today. Start forming up footing tomorrow. Anyway I'm torn on whether or not to slope the floor when the time comes. I get that the sloped floor allows for better drainage and I understand in a normal garage why that's useful. Pull in a snowy...

So I've got s few projects to wire. My rock crawler has exactly 0 wiring in it ( i have a universal 12 circuit harness in a box). My car trailer project also has 0 wiring, and I've got a few other wiring projects coming up so I got this idea to build a wiring/electrical service cart. I picked...

So I'm going to be building a 32x48 building (30'x46' inside) and I'm trying to figure out my bay width. One bay will have a lift so it needs to be at least 14' wide. The floor plan I have scribbled out right now has a 16' wide lift bay and 2 15' wide flat bays. With a 12' wide door for The...

So here's the deal. I have 1545ish sqft to build my shop. But I'm having a tough time figuring out the dimensions it should be. I could go with 40x38 or 43x36. Either way i know i want the longer wall to be the side with the bay doors. Lately I've been thinking the wider shorter bay is...

Ok so I have a chance to buy this old mechanical Walker jack. For cheap. Like $50 cheap. My question is are they safe? Is it worth the trouble? I know it would be an awesome restoration but I would kind of like to use it if I'm gonna store it. Anyone know anything about them?

Ok so I have an old delta drill press (I believe its a 17-600). Looks like this What I need is a motor capacitor mine is a 110v/230v multi volt motor. I also need a couple handles and possibly the hub the handles screw into. I'm not sure if I can save the hub. I'm certain I could make...

I'm looking for decent American made long torx sockets. And bondhus is an american company with very fair prices I was going to give them a shot HOWEVER.... none of thier kits include a T35. It looks as if they make every single size but a T35. Anyone know why? Sorry for the typo in the...

For the last few months I've seen a gear wrench truck running around locally. Anyone have one cruising near them? I have yet to be on the truck and I don't currently own any gear wrench stuff

Ok so here's the deal. I'm getting my ducks in a row to start construction on a new shop (sharing the current shop with family *****!) So this building will be 12" block walls. With 13-16' ceilings. Peope ask me why 12" block and I have 2 answers for them 1. Better insulation both in air...

So I picked up this band saw off of Craigslist today. It works great and looks very similar to a Wilton horizontal band saw. This one is a craftmaster. The tag says Huntington, IN. And all I could find about them is they applied for a trademark in 1986. Looks like the mfg. Date on this...

So I picked up this band saw off of Craigslist today. It works great and looks very similar to a Wilton horizontal band saw. This one is a craftmaster. The tag says Huntington, IN. And all I could find about them is they applied for a trademark in 1986. Looks like the mfg. Date on this...