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I just mounted a grinder on a pedestal base and I'd like to mount a lamp to illuminate the work area. I have an idea of modifying a commercially available goose-neck desk lamp with a magnetic base and sticking it on the metal case of the grinder motor. It's an induction motor. Will the magnets...

I inherited three oxy-acetylene regulator sets. One is a complete set with hoses and a torch that was used until recently, so I know it works. But I also got two other regulator/gauge sets with no hoses, and one old torch, that had been gathering dust in an old farm shop. They look old and...

Hello GarageJournalers, I haven't been on the site much lately, but I have a new twist on an old problem. A couple of years ago I told you about the problem I was having with my garage door opening by itself in the middle of the night, and about the solution I came up with to stop that...

A few months ago some new owners moved into the tumbledown house across the street from me, and I watched with approval as they immediately got to work fixing it up - big tree removal, new roof, new siding. During August and September I watched the guy build a nice double garage. This morning I...

Last fall I started a thread about the idea of building a heated storage cabinet for my garage. See http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=246860 Over the winter I used my newly insulated and heatable garage to go ahead and build a heated cabinet. Pictures attached. As you can...

So, I finally completed doing interior finishing on my garage (drywall, paint, shelves). Part B of the garage workshop plan was to build a 8x10 shed to get the 'yard and garden' stuff out of the garage. I am nearing completion on the shed and have been pushing to get it done before snow flies...

I removed my garage door opener and tracks to install drywall on the ceiling, and now it's time to re-install the tracks. My question: if I simple lag bolt the hangers back up just as they were, the back ends of the tracks will be 1/2" lower than they were before because of the thickness of the...

As you may know from my other recent posts, I'm about to insulate and sheet my garage. The previous owner insulated and poly'd about 2/3 of one wall with some Roxul 'stone fiber' insulation that he had leftover from something. I recently acquired some free, used pink fiberglass insulation from a...

I'm planning on sheeting the inside of my 24x24 double garage with 1/2 inch or 5/8 G1S plywood, running across the studs. This is a detached garage in cold Canada that will see outdoor temperatures of -40 degrees F, to +100 degrees F. I am making the garage heat-able but will not be keeping it...

I live up in the Great White North and I'm in the process of finishing the interior of my garage and making a shop. My garage is 24x24 detached and although it will be insulated and heat-able, I don't plan on keeping it heated all the time. One bad aspect of not keeping it heated is dealing with...

I'm getting ready to hang drywall on the ceiling of my garage. It's a 24x24 building, 8 foot ceiling, 2x4 trusses with 24" spacing. I've searched this forum and found the answer to some other concerns about potential sagging - I've decided to use 5/8 board. Question: The post I read also said...

I started a thread yesterday about the problem I'm having with my garage door opening mysteriously on it's own in the middle of the night. See: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=216820 This leads to the idea of having some kind of monitor on your garage door so you can be...

I bought my house one year ago - it came complete with a 24x24 detached garage with a double door and garage door opener. Twice in the first couple of months when I came out to the garage in morning, I found the garage door wide open. How long it had been open is anybody's guess - perhaps as...

I don't know about you gents, but I remain ambivalent about Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). I've known for some time that while CFLs are more energy efficient, and last longer (supposedly), they have a sinister side in that if you break one, you have a toxic waste situation on your hands. I...

Next question about my garage: My garage is 24x24 with 8' walls, and detached, sided with vinyl (yuk) which was installed a couple of years ago by the previous owner. He wasn't thinking when he installed it and on one of the two sides that I can see from my kitchen window, the siding is...

I'm getting ready to insulate my garage and was wondering how much insulation I should put in the ceiling. The garage is 24x24 wood frame, truss rafters, 8 foot ceiling, located in Saskatchewan (cold!). While the garage will be heatable with an electric construction heater for now, and possibly...

Hello everyone, I stumbled across this forum while Googling something a few months ago and can see there is a wealth of great information available here. I just moved to a new town last year and for the first time (at age 53) I have a garage. It's a new-ish, detached, 24x24 garage that's...