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So, I moved in July and lost my dedicated shop in the process. The new place has this area between the house and our street which is just off the driveway and seemed like a natural place to put the new shop. The rest of the lot is generally inaccessible. The whole 3+ acre lot i cut in half by a...

Hello from Central Arkansas. I'm about to close on a new place where I'll be building a new 30x50 pole barn shop. At some point thereafter, I'd like to divide the shop into a subsection to serve as a machine/metal shop. In doing so, I would really like to be able to weld and cut steel inside...

I decided a few years ago that I was tired of futzing around with all of my little jars and boxes of screws and small parts containers. Though I inherit a hoarding tendency when it comes to these things from my late grandfather, an archetypal Depression-era saver and a repurposing genius. A...

Gentlemen, I'm ready to get into some metal fabrication, so I'm looking for a decent starter MIG welder. (I've had some basic instruction in arc welding back in high school.) I've been offered this welder for $450, however I can't find much on the Miller 90 out there in order to get reviews or...

I've posted a couple of times, but consider this my official introduction. I'm a 38 year old single father of one teenaged daughter. I'm a former art school student, but a web developer by profession. I fly a desk most days, but I'm a lifelong garage "piddler". I discovered woodworking in my...

Hey, guys (and gals?) First post here. Here's my problem. I have a great basement shop where I do my piddling, woodworking and old woodworking machine restoration. The size is probably just fine, but it has one flaw that drives me nuts: four cinder block pillars that hold up the floor joists...