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    menards plier organizer

    2 pack, $4.99/ea, 15" long per the description, free ship to store. https://www.menards.com/main/tools/tool-storage/socket-organizers-small-parts-bins/metal-plier-organizer-2-pack/b0d6k25gfk/p-4484928407864672-c-9189.htm I use these. They work for me Pete
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    Mobil 1 ****** fluid $6 closeout at Auto Zone

    112980 $6 / quart around me in the Cleveland OH area YMMV Pete
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    Design advice for 10x20 mezzanine build using joists, in metal building - rack strength?

    Howdy folks. Need some help. I want to build the above in a corner of my 30x40 tube frame metal building, with a wood shop underneath. The building has 14' sidewalls. It's going into the back corner, with the 20' dimension following the 30' back wall of the building. So 2 sides of the...
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    Overhead door in a metal building?

    I see folks have advised against it. I have 2 ea 10'x10' openings and one 7' x 7' opening in my new 30x40x14 Carolina Carport building that need overhead doors. I do not want rollups. I have a couple q's: *Do you think I can install the 7x7 directly to the building without additional framing...
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    Green Acres new metal barn build 30x40

    I can't believe I'm finally posting this! I've been trying to put this together for actual years now and it's time. 30' x 40' x 14' metal building. I chose the metal building because even with the additional concrete costs it's cheaper all in than a pole barn here (on the outskirts of the...
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    24" drum fan $50 at Menards

    From an email Seems like a good deal Model Number: CZMC24 Menards ® SKU: 6211806 Pete
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    What can I get for $40k nowadays?

    Howdy folks, been a while. On to a new chapter of my life, maybe. I've been in a small bungalow on a 60x180 lot in town with a 2 car garage with a 8x16 addition on the back - hopefully time to move to a house further out with hopefully a new decent sized outbuilding in the budget. I'm in the...
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    Old sockets, Snapon Cornwell Bon-e-con Wright needed

    I need these to complete some nice old sets I have. Maybe I'll get lucky? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Snap on SWM*** 10, 11, 13-17 mm 1/2 drive 12 point reg length non impact sockets...
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    Whoa.

    Need a honking big universal? Wright 2-1/2" drive: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wright-2-1-2-Universal-Joint-Swivel-/251609405580?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9516d88c No aff etc. Pete
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    Misc tools.

    Package deal added 10-16! You get: *Both SK speed wrenches *Thorsen 3/8 10 + case piece racket/socket set. *Blue Point PWC80 cable cutters *Blackhawk BW-1165H wrench *Bonney 1116 wrench *Allen 20211 wrench *Dasco 3" brick set. *Yankee 130A screwdriver *SK metric socket holder And how much for...
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    18th birthday suggestions.

    My nephew's turning 18 soon and I'm debating a present. Thinking around $100 or so give or take depending on what I find. All he's got tool wise is a 150 pc +/- cheapie mech tool set I gave him, a smattering of other cheap tools, a Thorsen 1/2 ratchet but no metric sockets my dad gave him...
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    Gearwrench at Advance?

    My apologies if this has been posted, or isn't a good deal! :o I need better wrenches. Should I snag these? Gearwrench 7 piece flex head ratchet wrench set: Metric 9900 SAE 9700 $34.99/ea no discounts apply...
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    New garage build?

    Hello everyone, I can't wait for greetings in the introduction thread, I'm so fired up! I've already picked up some details here to make it better, like digging your openings for the overhead doors down to your footer and adding angle steel, I look forward to those! But it's the big picture I'm...
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    Hello from Cleveland!

    Howdy everyone, I'm Pete, and I'm beginning plans to build a garage :) I currently live in a 1000 sf slab ranch with a gravel drive and no garage, just a 8 x 10 metal shed I can't stand up in... As you can imagine it's not ideal. As I'm an 'advanced' hack of a wannabe shade tree mechanic it...
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