Search results

  1. N

    Anyone tried these sliding shelves?

    Has anyone bought one of these and tried them out? Looking to possibly ordering this from ULine for my shop to use where I have 3 shelves against the wall for 5 of these shelves that slide. Price would be 1770 for 60" wide shelves 18" deep with 138" of track. [/url]
  2. N

    Backhoe attachment on a skid steer?

    Has anyone used a backhoe attachment on a skidsteer? I have a new holland lx665 I use around here on the farm. It's a 50hp skidded, works good moving dirt, rocks and hay. I could really put a backhoe attachment to work around here. Are they any good? I'd love to have a mini excavator or a...
  3. N

    Anyone have experience with Remarkable 2 or Boox Note Air 2 plus

    Has anyone used either of these? Looking for a note taking device that I can also do diagrams and other work for projects around the house, shop and farm as well as my day job where I'm a data architect. The two that I'm looking at are the Remarkable 2 and the Onyx Boox Note Air 2 Plus. I...
  4. N

    Cooling and Heating my foamed shop

    My shop: Smart *** Garage is a 40x80x14 pole barn with 4 to 5 inches of open cell spray foam on walls and roof. I've closed off the ceiling with steel in the shop. I have a room inside the shop 24' x 11' with walls and ceiling insulated between it and the shop with storage over that room and...
  5. N

    Questions on Epoxy floors

    I'm the commander of our local American Legion post and we have been revitalizing our building. We have recovered most of the floors with new tiles, and we need to remove the dirty old nasty carpet out of our lounge and we are thinking about doing a metallic epoxy coating in it. I've worked...
  6. N

    Packaged unit sizing for Smart *** Garage

    I'm starting to think about adding heating and cooling to the shop. I've been heating it in the winter for the last 4 years by running 2 radiating oil heaters and a little oscolating heater up on a bench and when it really dips down outside and I need the temp brought up, I fire up a propane...
  7. N

    20' workbench and tool storage

    I've finally gotten around to building a real workbench for the 20' section of wall where I have my whiteboards. The bench is 20' long by 29" wide and 40" tall, will have 3 harbor freight 44" tool boxes, clamp storage, drill storage, air tool storage, air outlets on top and a hose reel and...
  8. N

    Morons at parts stores

  9. N

    Snap on Industrial Toolbox decent?

    Are these tool boxes decent? What would their value be? Dimensions are: 30 INCHES WIDE, 21.375 DEEP, 37 INCHES HIGH Needing to add some tool storage to my shop and found some of these, but don't know their value or how good they are.
  10. N

    Winter is coming, what's on your todo list...

    People at work think I'm nuts, I'm always working on some project or another around the house, shop or a vehicle. With winter getting ready to rear it's ugly head, what are the projects you are trying to get done before it hits and your projects when it does hit? Before: Paint Propane...
  11. N

    Fortress of Solitude needs some conditioning

    I've been reading and reading on heat/air solutions for my shop and just can't seem to lock down on which way to go. The shop is a 40x80 pole bard with 4" of spray foam on the walls and roof. I've carved out a room in a corner that's 8x14 for a commercial kitchen and another small room for a...
  12. N

    New Bench grinder went ****

    My wife bought me an 8" 3/4hp Dewalt bench grinder for my shop for xmas this weekend, so I spent the evening cleaning up the benches from my last projects and the accumulation that seems to grow over the days of shop use. My son and I unpackaged it, setup the rests and the shields and powered...
  13. N

    Anyone see any issues with wiring?

    Started my wiring today, does anyone see any issues with it? Breaker Box Disconnect for Compressor Compressor Outlets
  14. N

    emt mounting question

    I'm starting to mount the emt pathways around my shop and my brother the electrician isn't available for me to ask this question(s). My interior shop walls are lined with low rib panels, and for my first runs, I'm wiring up my compressor, an outlet for my auto drain and air dryer and to...
  15. N

    shop lighting plan

    Been building the shop as I have time since last Feb. I'm getting to the point where I need to make some decisions on the main shop lights. I've layed them out in my drawing below. It would have 18 8' T5ho lights in the main shop and the kitchen would have 2 8' T8's, storage room would have 1...
  16. N

    stairway to heaven or not?

    As some of you have read my build thread, I've built a 40x80 pole barn with 14' ceilings. Inside of that building, I'm putting a bathroom, commercial kitchen and a storage room for my compressor/dryer unit and storage shelves. I have finally gotten the stud walls completed for the internal...
  17. N

    Above 1200 Sq/FT Smart *** Garage, aka: It's finally going to happen

    I've been a long time lurker on here, reading threads and checking out different designs. This is the start of my build thread for the shop that has been in the planning and wishing stage for 4 1/2 years since I bought my farm in 2008. When I bought the 120 acres, there was no electric, no...
Top Bottom