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I've been contemplating when I would start a garage build for about a year now. I think it's time, even though I'm not ready to do everything I want to, if I don't start now, who knows when I will. Background I just turned 29. I live in a tiny little town North of Ames, Iowa that has about 1200...

I'm going to start my personal build thread here soon, however, my dad finally got to build his dream shop and I thought I'd share. A little background. My dad and I, I'm pretty sure, were born with gasoline in our veins. We're always finding projects, whether it be on a car, our houses, or...

I haven't welded since I was in high school shop probably 12-13 years ago, however, I'm wanting to build a few things. One of which is a Steevo inspired work bench. I'm on a budget - a tight one - as I have a bunch of stuff going on, but I wanted to get something that could get me back into...

I've got a Craftsman table saw that's probably around 10 years old (maybe older). It works great so i don't really have any interest in selling it, but the motor sticks out quite a ways out the back. This makes it more challenging to store. Have any of you moved the motor to below the table or...

I'm (hopefully) going to start a garage build thread here shortly as I just moved to a new house with a very nice garage that I'm going to start "fixing up" ... In the meantime, however, I went down to Sears yesterday to replace a broken ratchet and decided to hop on over to Harbor Freight. I...

After a LOT of back and forth and having no idea what we were going to do or where we were going to live, my wife and I have finally found a beautiful house just a little bit outside of our original "goal" location. This house has a 24 x 48 detached garage that is separated into a parking...

So, I've been all over the place trying to figure out where we're going to live once our house is sold and now I've got this crazy idea. I'm waiting to hear back from some contractors but they are all busy so I'm getting impatient. Anyone know what the /square foot price would be to build a...

I've been brainstorming ideas along with my in-law apartment post I posted about a week ago and got to thinking. I'm pretty sure that I would qualify for a USDA loan and was wondering if anyone knows if, when you use a USDA guaranteed loan if I could use that loan to pay for the house, land...

I'm new to the forum but I've been searching a few days now and I'm trying to get a better answer than what I've been able to find. I'm looking at buying a property where I'd build a shop/in-law apartment while we save up to build our house. So, I'm trying to get a good idea of what the shop...