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Would like some opinions. Though I never finished my thread, my shop is still coming together in fits and starts. It is roughly 20x30 and was originally intended to do double duty as a wood/auto shop. We moved an old building to our place that is roughly 12x26, though it has a non-loadbearing...

Covid 19 - Donate your face masks I hope this post is ok. I am going to copy/paste a Facebook post I just wrote to help get the word out. Hopefully we can save some lives. N95 rated respirators are desperately needed by our medical professionals in locations being swamped with Covid-19 cases...

So I needed a tap the other day, and upon comparing the threads to several known sizes I had on hand, I knew it would be a weird size. Around here my best chance of getting something weird is a national chain I'll not name, but we'll call it "Fasteneverything." ;) So I walk in, hand them the...

Just catching up on some blogs that I read and ran across this quotation from woodworker/author/editor Christopher Schwarz: "Tools are like kittens or puppies. Having one or two around the house can be a rewarding, meaningful experience. Having a houseful of them is a sure path to misery and...

My garage build has stalled over the past few months as I work frantically to get my house winter tight after gutting it to the studs. As such, the shop currently has no electricity. I was given an early "shop warming" present of a 60 gallon, 3.7hp air compressor from my father and brother...

I'm re-wiring my house, and am adding a subpanel to house my 'emergency use' circuits: well pump, furnace, sump pump, deep freeze, fridge. I will only use one circuit at a time, obviously, and cycle through them as needed. My subpanel has a built-in manual transfer switch to handle the...

Just a quick question after drooling over some of the awesome bench builds on this site: What are the main advantages of a 'Steevo'-style bench? Is it that the mass of the toolboxes increases stability of the bench, the framework of the bench makes the boxes feel sturdier, or just that it looks...

3 years after buying our turn of the (last) century farmhouse in SE Iowa, I have finally started building a shop. Crawling around in the snow on gravel under a broken down car at 0ºF was the last straw, and my wife finally understands that if we can remove the tool storage boxes from the...

I was given several rolls of 15lb tarred roofing paper. I am toying with the idea of using it instead of tyvek under my siding on my shop, but am concerned with the lack of vapor permeability. The shop will be mostly ambiant temperature unless I have a project, at which point I'll turn on the...

Since real work is actually getting done on my 20x28 shop, I figured I would start some threads and pick some brains. The shop will be combination wood and auto shop. The two long walls have no doors nor windows, the end walls will have lots of both. I plan on many lights in the ceiling. A...

First of all, I'm not a pro, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Decided I wanted to purchase a fuel pressure tester kit as I've had to borrow one three times in the last year (different vehicles). Wanted made in USA, Canada or Europe as I like to support economies that pay a living wage...

Hello all! Just looking for some advice. Looking for an air compressor, and found this on craigslist. http://ottumwa.craigslist.org/tls/3753648274.html I'm outfitting my general purpose shop with as many old/antique tools as possible, for the lower buy-in price (I'm young and poor)...

Hello to all from SE Iowa! Long-time lurker, finally had reason to join as I'm planning to build my garage this summer. About me: Two years ago my wife and I bought our first home, a VERY run-down foursquare farmhouse on 2.3 acres. We are slowly rebuilding the house from the ground up (mostly...