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Ignoring the convince of a battery powered grease gun (air compressor sits next to my bobcat in the shed), which will have better pressure/force for pushing grease into a zerk? Getting tired of hand squeezing my the manual gun. In looking at online reviews, air guns seem to have a better...

Local Sears has their Craftsman flex head ratchet wrenches on sale, plus I've got a gift card left from Xmas. Just don't know how much I'd ever use them. If you've got a set, how much use do they get? What applications do you use them on. I'm not a mechanic, just a DIY guy... Thanks in advance.

Had my 10 year old garage apron lifted where it meets the garage floor. No more bumping up over that ridge....

So I'm looking to purchase a scan tool for DIY use. I want the mfg's definition to read out as I find searching for that exact mfg. definintion on the web gets me better info than just searching for the code or a generic definition. I don't have a smart phone so no phone apps for me. I'm...

If we ignore the price difference between copper "L" and black pipe, is there an advantage of one material over the other as far as plumbing air lines for my compressor? My lines will be run at the top of the walls/ceiling, with drops down to a working height. If I go with copper, any special...

In one corner of my shop I built 2 walls to form an approximate 7' x 11' closet for my 2 stage compressor and radiant boiler. Ceiling is 10'. The two walls are 2x4 construction with 1/2 drywall facing the shop. I can still hear the compressor barking quite well when it runs. What material...

Just want to put this post out there for anyone who may be on the fence about doing something with there floor...do it! I went back and forth on what to do with my new shop (32x50). It's a working shop and I know I'm going to drop stuff, drag things and have gas hit the floor at times so I...

32 X 50 shop. Going to use 3/4 black pipe. Compressor sits in one corner and I need to get air to the opposite corner. Plus I'll have drops on the way to that opposite corner. Is there any advantage to continuing on from that opposite corner and running pipe back to the point where the...

So last week i buy my T8 fixtures and T8 bulbs for my new shop from HD. Lithonia brand on the box. Most of the fixtures are 8' with four 4' bulbs. I needed a couple of 4' fixtures also. Install and wire everything and all is good. Realized I'm one 4' fixture short. Today I go to HD to pic...

Okay, the more I dig into potential coverings for my fresh, virgin concrete floor, the more confused I get :headscrat . What is the difference between the "epoxies" sold by the vendors on this site and Polyurea? Christine, Scotty and the other vendors...do you sell a Polyurea? Can I simply...

So I'll be putting up drywall on my walls and ceiling in the new detached shop soon. I've never had to deal much with drywall before, so while researching the basics, I see there is now a "drywall glue" that can be used. Is this worth the time and money? Would this be beneficial to a...

Currently working electrical for my hobby shop. Will be running speaker wire to the four corners (30x48). How well do in-the-wall speakers hold up over time? Or should I build shelves in each corner with jacks so I can replace with Craigs List speakers as needed? Plan is to dust of my old...

Currently wiring the new shop. Would some day like to try a little powder coating. Assuming I pick up a used electric oven off craigslist in the next 10 years, will 10-3 wire with a 30 amp breaker cover most ovens built in the last say 10-15 years? What wire / breaker combo will cover me best...

Ok, the foam is down, the pex is laid, the mainfold is in and holding pressure...just waiting on my concrete guy to tell me what day he's coming. Looking ahead to floor coverings: Will a 2 part 100% solids epoxy impact the performance of my radiant heat? Will a densifier/hardner like the...

Put my question in the wrong forum. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113453

I've seen it done both ways. Pros/cons of either? My initial thought was to fasten my pex to my foam and put the rebar on chairs above the pex. This gets the rebar nearer the center of the 5" pour and keeps the Pex away from the control cuts. Thoughts?

32' x 50' slab for the new shop. Will sit on 2" of high density (polymur 250) foam sheets (joints taped together) loaded with Pex tubing and rebar. What MIL thickness vapor barrier is adequate for under the foam and on top of the packed base?

Ready to start putting in the drain pipe and stub for the two floor drains before concrete starts. This detached work shop has no running water to it...and likely never will. Only reason I'm putting in floor drains is if I have to park a snow packed vehicle and want it to melt off over night...

Talked to a local HVAC guy last evening about radiant heat in my new shop. He suggested going with 5/8" pex. Less loops on the manifold he said. Everything I read pretty much talks about 1/2" pex concrete slab. I see they make all different sizes of PEX. There will be two zones in the 1600...

Building a shop this summer and all along I'd planned on putting in pex tubes for infloor radiant heat with either a boiler or water heater for the heat source. While talking with a local HVAC company, they suggested overhead infrared tubes. They've had excellent results with...