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Morning. I have a 40x60 metal building I'm starting to finish out. My main electrical panel and water heater are on the opposite side of a 12" I-beam. Can I punch out 1" holes for routing the elec/water through the I-Beam? Any worries about weakening the structure? The welder who put it...

Afternoon, I’m planning my slab prep, since my pour is coming up soon. Actual shop space is 40x40 and I do a fair amount of wood working. I’d like to have dust collection run to the center(ish?) area of one bay for my table saw and joiner. I have a 3hp dust collector from HF that I...

Well cold weather got me thinking about insulation for my new building. It’s a 40x60x18 and will be an hour outside of Austin TX. One bay (20x40) will be two story living quarters until my house can be built later. I’m holding off on spray foam insulation due to the costs. Metal pricing went...

Good afternoon to everyone. I've been pricing out a shop for some time. What started as a single car shed is now going to be 1500 sq ft. I've received quotes from virtually every major online outfit I could find. A local vendor quoted me $16.2k out the door for 30x50x12 PEMB with...

I need some insulated hand tools. Specifically screw drivers, nut drivers, pliers and cutters. Will be used professionally (utility controls work) occasionally, and other duties will be at the house. I saw Gearwrench pliers and Irwin ones going for roughly $10 bucks a tool. Anyone use these...

Clueless painter here, never handled a paint gun in my life. My compressor is a small 6 gal 1.5 horse unit. I'm looking to relocate out of state later this year so not upgrading to a large unit. I'm restoring an old PW50 dirt bike for my son. This is a little 50cc dirt bike. There is a good...

So two years ago work caused me to leave my 4 car garage complete with cabinets and a nice workbench to a rental house here in Fort Worth. All that made it was my lowly Craftsman bottom cabinet, but at least it was filled with some tools. Been trying to outfit my small two car garage to...