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    OKC 30x50 Shop layout

    Well I have my 30x50 up and electric roughed in... Now to hang the 15 ft LED light fixtures and frame out the interior walls for the rec-room/office/bar and bathroom. Making progress and excited to get my Jeep shop and Bar open!
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    Oklahoma 30x50x12 Pole barn

    Hey guys, Well I about a new house about 4 months ago and just finished building my new 30x50x12 shop building. Though the building itself is erected it has a long way to go. I plan on roughing in my electric this weekend and begin construction of the interior walls. The shop is plumbed...
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    Break ground in 1 week!

    The wife and I just purchased a new construction home that we are just thrilled with. The house sits on a 1.6 acre lot that backs up to Dairy cow pasture, beautiful scenery. With the new house I will be building a new 30x50x12 insulated Post and Beam shop that will have 30x40 work space, 10x20...
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    Double Bubble

    I'm getting ready to have a 30x50 post and beam shop building erected including concrete, double bubble insulation and two 10x8 overhead doors for the completed cost of $14,350. I plan to heat the building in the winter with an older Empire gas shop heater (50k btu). My concern is the double...
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    Need advice for quality tools (industrial)

    I am an Manufacturing Engineer at Terex in OKC, OK. We are pretty much a large fab shop manufacturing Genie Telehandlers (boom lift) and overhead cranes. We currently have purchased several manufactures of pneumatic tools (grinders mostly) and I have yet to find one that will hold together for...
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    Picked up a 51 Ferguson To30!

    I'm new to tractors and don't know much about them but I figured $300 was a pretty good buy for a running/functional tractor. To boot,it came with a brush hog, 5ft box blade and a finish mower. Anybody here know anything about these old things?
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    garage stereo - ideas or post your setup

    Lets see your Shop Audio! As much as I love my tools, and toys in my shop... I need some serious audio while I'm working on stuff. Show off your audio rig...:rocker::rocker::rocker: Here's my rig, still a work in progress but nearly complete: Onkyo TX-SR 703 Being used as a pre-amp Adcom...
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    Any Okies here?

    Just wondering how many Okies we have on this board....I like to meet new people jst thought I'd offer a beer and talk shop sometime. Pete:beer:
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    Garage sale find! Need info on drill press

    Ok guys, just by chance I came across this old PowrKraft drill press at a garage sale for $30. I've been looking for a floor standing DP and for the money it was hard to say no. I cant find any information about it, it is rather unique as it has a head that rotates 360 degrees and has a rigid...
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    Northern Tool Welders

    Hey guys, I just smoked my 15 year old Thermal Arc Fabricator 130, it was a sad day as that little machine was good to me. Needing a welder and being a budget, I took a gamble and ordered the Northern Tool 235 mig welder. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200520163_200520163 I...
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    need help with my mig welder

    Hey guys... I was working on my project Jeep today and my welder quit on me. I dont have the cash for a new one and I feel these cant be too hard to fix but I am having trouble finding the source of my issue. Its a 2000 model Thermal Arc Fabricator 130 I was working just fine, I stopped to...
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    Empire Shop Heater question

    I was given an Empire Shop Heater, it's pretty large and would hang from the ceiling. At first glance it would look like a Modine but it is in face an Empire Heater. The heater is set up to run on Natural gas but I use propane, would it be worth my while trying to convert it to propane? If so...
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    T&E Tools

    Hi all! I'm new here and thought I'd say hi! I am looking in the market to replace a set of pry bars that I bought from Napa about 20 years ago and came across a nice looking set made by T&E Tools at the local tool store. I did not yet purchase but I wanted your opinion on the brand...
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