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Hello GJers! I am excited to start a thread chronicling my first real garage build at my new in Portland, OR. I've been dreaming of having a shop space like this for years now and I feel very blessed to be able to get it going before my 30th birthday. I'm a motorcycle enthusiast (recreational...

I'm going to be beginning construction in the near future on a 20'Wx44'D garage in the Montavilla neighborhood of Portland and I need to find a contractor to pour my footings and slab. I'm not local to the area (but will be soon) and don't know who to go to, so any recommendations on...

I've had my eyes open for a reasonably priced vertical mill for a while, and this one caught my eye. I emailed to see if I could go check it out. Any experience with these? Things I should look out for? I'm not familiar with Westbury but I learned on a manual Bridgeport so familiarity would be...

I'm going to be drilling a bunch of holes in 1/2" steel with a finished diameter of 5/8", which I will be reaming to. The question is: is a 9/16" drill bit going to leave to much material? By my estimation, I should ideally be using a 39/64" but I don't have a bit that size and I'm not too...

I need to get a couple of aluminum discs that I will be cutting engraved with a graphic. I will provide the vector graphic and the aluminum discs. I'd rather do it locally to avoid adding shipping time, but if there is an online source that has real fast turnaround, I'd be interested in that...

Using the classic "search craigslist for misspellings" technique, I cam across this listing: http://modesto.craigslist.org/tls/4275806546.html I'm looking for a compressor to have in my garage/hobby fab shop. I'm looking to run hand air tools, initially, and add bead blaster in the not too...

Is there a type of hinge that allows this type of movement? Flush on the outside corner at 90 degrees and flush on the two outside surfaces extended at 180 degrees? Edit: Sorry that is upside down. Hopefully you can still imagine what I mean.

Preface: I'm renting a garage for the next couple years and I'm setting it up for a hobby metal fab/motorcycle workshop. The property is about 100 years old and has all sorts of relics of work past. In trying to sort the wiring out, I came across two panels in the garage. The house is powered...

As of the 1st of this year, I have officially moved into a tiny studio, with a detached carriage house that will serve as my garage and workshop for the next few years. This comes after a rather meandering path of moving shop time and time again in a constant state of compromise with my...

Is there any way to determine the thickness of a 100 year old slab before drilling through it?

I picked up an 18v dewalt impact driver today and holy ****! I never thought they could be thaaaat much better than a regular twist drill. Pulled out a bunch of 2.5" wood screws whose heads were so stripped I thought they were done for. Zapped screws into hard old wood like it was nothing too...

My garage setup is an old 20'x20' carriage house with an open framing ceiling, that is reeeeal low. I'm talking 7' at the bottom of the trusses. I am going to be installing some lights since I'll be using it as a workshop and I am wondering what recommendations people have for that low of a...

Hopefully this works, this was an email exclusive and is a great deal for an awesome value metal cutting saw. The link will load a shopping cart with the saw, it's the only way to get the $199 price. $90/off. http://bit.ly/1hiGtCB :beer:

I'm going to be moving into a new rental and renting a detached 2 car garage (I assume it was a carriage house initially, it's an old farm propery). The house and garage are over 100 years old, but the garage has a modern subpanel for power. The walls are uninsulated board siding, with studs...

I weld in a small 1 car garage with a lift up door on the front that has a man door in one side of it. I'd like to have the man door open with an exhaust fan blowing out of it while I'm welding, but I don't like having people peering into my workspace as they walk by. Can anyone recommend some...

I am looking for a metal cutting solution for my tiny garage fab shop. I have a one car garage that I work on motorcyles/guns/fabricate out of. I need a good solution for cutting lengths of tubing. The tubing I will be cutting will be rectangular or square .120 wall steel tube, maybe some .25...

I live in a building with 4 tri level condos, with single car subdivided garages below (the doors aren't in line with the units). The fuse panel in my condo unit appears to apply only to the outlets inside the living area. I want to get a 110v Mig for use in my garage, but I need to know where...