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So the new house needed a storm door/screen door, and thus a new wood (mahogany) storm door was ordered. Cost a pretty penny, but looks great and should last quite a while. It came bare, so we primed and painted it, mortised out for the hinges, and went to hang it. Drilled three holes for the...

Our new house is on town water, and we've got low water pressure. About 25-30 psi, per the plumber. The town isn't going to do anything more. We're at the top of a hill, with the town's tank just up the road. No pumping station, just gravity. I can only run one sprinkler at a time, otherwise...

Tabula Rasa Latin for "blank slate," it is the idea of individuals being born empty of any built-in mental content, so that all knowledge comes from later perceptions or sensory experiences. This will be a chronicle of my new shop/garage/house build and the projects I get up to in and around...

I'm in the process of planning and designing a new house / garage build on "raw" land - hasn't been touched in 40+ years, former agricultural field that was left to go wild, etc. Anyways, the civil engineers we hired to do the initial lot survey for permitting are showing the buried electrical...

Does anyone know if there are any material differences between the 1T and 2T engine hoists that HF sells, other than the hydraulic ram? 1 ton folding shop crane 2 ton folding shop crane I realize for buying new, a $70 difference (before the current coupon, $50 difference with the coupon) makes...

Hi mods, Can someone please move my thread "The Postage Stamp" from the general area to the Garage Gallery? I don't think I realized what I was getting myself into when I started it a few years ago... :lol_hitti

9/7/2020 Update: Mystery solved! Jack, aka Packard V8, answers the question (that you didn't think to ask) on Page 2. Thanks to all for your help! So I'm working on rebuilding a small block chevy, 400ci. Crank in, cam in, pistons in, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get any of...

This, friends, is why I'm kind to others. I work at a small museum, and a stranger came in the other day saying he had a garage-full of things to donate. :thumbup: Never ones to turn down free stuff, we spent the next two hours rummaging through a "pile of junk" (his words) and an over-stocked...

So here's my Postage Stamp of a garage. Built in 1942, just over 8' wide and right around 20' deep, give or take a foot. It's tight! :mad: As you can see in this photo, it's currently full of ... stuff. Construction materials for other projects, yardwork tools, firewood... (Sorry for the...

I recently picked up a Craftsman 150 floor mount drill press, and am going through the process of cleaning, rewiring, etc. (Thanks to Evintho for his great write-up!) :thumbup: Here's my question - One of the motor support rods (Sears p.n. 38692) has a hole along part of the shaft. :shocking...

Greetings all! I’ve been perusing this site for quite some time now, even registered a while back. But at the time I registered, I didn’t have a garage, and thus didn’t have a reason to post, let alone introduce myself. But now I have a garage! So here I am - a car- (and truck!) crazy guy with...