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I am looking at getting a garage/shop built connected to my house by a breezeway/carport with a loft I can use as a gym over the shop. I am thinking around 1000-1500sqft for the shop floor. I want room for a 4 post lift and a room I can soundproof for the compressor I have ready. I am in...

So I picked up this Case Tamper Rammer for $50. It would run and idle, but not rev up. The diaphragm in the carb was shot. The machine has a Sachs 2 stroke motor on it, I'm assuming 32:1. Looks like it hadnt been touched in 20+ years. From what I could find its from the mid to late 80's. I have...

I moved from the city to the country and bought a 10k Generac generator. I need to add a line on the LP system to run the generator since it uses propane. Problem I have is that I went to Home Depot and a plumbing supply place and neither had the stuff I need. In the pics are the fittings I am...

Hi everyone. I have a circulator pump that is going bad. It is probably at 10%-20% of the expected flow rate at best. I think it may be undersized since a medium sized zone was added making a 2 zone system a 3 zone system. The failing pump is a Taco 1/25HP Model 007-F5. So I am going to replace...

I have a propane hot water heater that isnt working. I have fixed and installed quite a few furnaces and hot water heaters, but this one stopped working, and the pilot wont stay lit. I set it to pilot and hold down the button, the pilot ignites, then when I try to switch it to the on position...

How long after painting can you go into the paint room without a respirator? Once you are done spraying, if the paint is tacky maybe an hour later and you evacuate the air, is it safe? Does automotive paint need to be cured all the way before it is safe to breath near? I know if you were to...

So I have a shop in Philadelphia. I have owned it about 9 years now. It used to be a full service automotive shop with a sign out front that did a good amount of business. I have primarily used the shop as a place to weld, work on vehicles, build stuff, etc. It has a Globe in ground automotive...

Hello. I currently have a 500sq ft shop in Philadelphia with an in ground lift, bathroom, its own electrical service, everything, as seen in this picture I took last night. Due to the fact I have kids, and the crime around here is getting insane, I am fleeing this city and moving to the woods. I...

I am in the market for a full mask. I want one with the full face coverage for when I am painting. I am not sure which one to get. I am not a pro painter. I just assume there are masks that have stick on covers or something to keep the paint off the viewing window so I can peel the mist off when...

I cam across this old Electro Darts game thats not working. Figured I would see if I could get it working before tossing it. I am a technician, but I do not do component repair on boards like this. I have the tools to troubleshoot, but not all of the knowledge on this board stuff. The power...

I got this in a toolbox I bought. Spins when I plug it in. I would like to speculate as to what it could be, but I have a lot of ideas and am at a loss. Some type of seam sealing tool? Some type of sheet metal edge tool? A thick wire tool for bending ends or something? A broken tool that...

So I got this Mac Toolbox yesterday. I got a pretty good deal on it, but it needs work. I need to replace some of the drawer retaining clips that stop them from sliding past the end of the drawer sliders when the drawer is pulled out all the way. I also need to replace some of the drawers...

So I have an awesome shop, but if I dont address some issues I have I will not have a shop anymore. On the back corner of my shop is a gigantic tree. The kind of tree I cannot remember, but it has those damn helicopter seeds and it forks a lot. A couple of years ago before I realized how bad it...

Couple of questions here about this torpedo heater I have been using for years. When I bought it it had a clogged nozzle and broken ignitor. I fixed those, and it has worked like new for 7 or 8 years now. I have never had to do anything to it, it fires up every year for me. This year I pulled...

So this wall in my shop is about 100 years old. Its roughly 2-1/2 to 3ft thick and made of local stone. In parts the old original mortar seems solid and is white. In other parts its like the lime is washed out of the mortar and its just firm sand left behind that breaks off kind of easy. This...

So I had a furnace that stopped working last year. This year I opened the cover, blew it out with air, and turned it on and it worked for a few days. Its a high efficiency Ruud forced air gas furnace. Now it stopped working again. It is going through the start sequence, and the ignitor is...

So I got a urinal, and I am going to mount it on this block wall. Under it is a vent pipe running horizontal along the wall, and a water pipe I will move. I need to plumb this into the 4" pipe in my floor that the toilet was on. This flange is sitting in poured concrete. What is the BEST way to...

Can someone explain to ne what type of axles they are using here in the pic? I have built with different type of axles, but have never even seen these spindle things and am thinking of welding together a new motorcycle trailer.

I need to build my wife an office in my basement. It gets occasional water with the washer overflow, typical basement ****. I want to either tile it, or raise it up a hair to use wood. Are there any ways to frame out a floor, but have it raised only about 3/4" off the concrete floor? I know...

So I pulled an oil tank from my basement and I have a multi fuel torpedo heater in my shop that says it can use Jet Fuel, Heating Oil Type 1 and 2, Kerosene, Diesel. So I put this fuel in, and it wont fire. There is a little bit of **** in the fuel. I have had this heater for almost ten years...