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School me on concrete. I am currently having a 30x50x12 w/ 10x25 lean to, metal tube garage quoted. They have quoted a ' 4" pad' under the entire thing, for what I think is a reasonable price. I am still trying to get more details of what reinforcement is planned for the pad etc. It will be...

Background: I'm wanting to add a few outlets around my workbench. I have a 15A circuit that has 4 outlets across the front of the garage, and 4 down the sides, including 1 above my workbench and one that is inside of the cabinet beside my bench. I would like to branch off the outlet that is...

Stumbled upon a clearance box at my local Lowes store, they were clearing out batteries and chargers for their display tools. All $5 each. Dug through the box, the only thing that caught my eye was a 12v Skil Lithium battery. I don't own a Skil 12v tool, but it looked very similar to the Bosch...

I have no need for it, and I don't really care for the diamond plate look, but seems like a lot of storage for the money, has a full length top drawer and $150 cheaper than the HF 56". http://www.sears.com/gladiator-52inch-10-drawer-roll-away-tool-chest/p-00914930000P?redirectType=SRDT

The wife decided she needed a massive garden this year. So far rain has been good and I've only needed to water it 3 times, but we are no strangers to drought conditions here so I'd like to get water to the garden, and this is a great time to add a hydrant at the garage parking pad for washing...

I'm looking to add a ceiling fan in my garage to get some air moving. There is an unfinished bonus room/attic above the garage, so I'll just have to pull up some OSB flooring to mount the box, no biggie there. I just want to check and be sure my plan for the wiring is sound. Right now I have...

So I have a 44" HF box, with a 7 drawer side cabinet and a half height side locker. Total length is 73" and it is 18" deep. I have a Sears 24"x96" butcher block workbench top I'd like to put on it. I was thinking have a 1" lip all around, so cut it down to 20"x75". I will also be installing a...

I have an outlet, that just happened to land in the wrong spot on my work bench. It is mounted vertically in the wall, I want to turn it 90 degrees and bring it out of the wall and into the backsplash of the countertop on my workbench. I would like to have your suggestions on this before I...

I have an old SK 1/2" breaker bar, that had the 1/2" drive shear off. It was not being "abused" at the time, there was no cheater pipe or anything being used when it let go, though it does show signs of abuse in the past (it was passed down from my grandfather, to my father, to me). I would...

So I'm finally finishing up my storage cabinet/workbench build in my garage, and I need to figure out what to do to finish the bare MDF sides of my cabinets. I'd like your suggestions please! :beer: So here is what I am working with, a mixture of Lowes and Home Depot unfinished oak faced, MDF...

Hey guys! New guy from Salisbury, NC. My name is Garrett. A little about me, I am a mechanical engineer, I know, gasp, a mechanics worst nightmare, :lol_hitti . My wife and I just finished building our first house which she designed for the most part, we have our first baby due in a month. I...

EDIT: It appears there was an issue with my photohosting site, so most of my pictures are down now. If I get time I will try to fix each individual picture, but until that time, here is the link to the gallery with the pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/100855299@N02/sets/72157635271258667/...