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So after 7 years my compressor aftercooler sprung a leak. It worked very well. It was just a thick stacked plate cooler that was only maybe 5x10 with a couple screamer computer fans on it. I don't know what it was even from, so I'm going with a new design this time around and mounting it to...

Looking at retrofitting my T8's in the garage. I already have a bunch of retrofit bulbs where you leave the ballast in but never installed them yet. (I have a hard time pulling perfectly good tubes). How much power does the ballast pull when driving a LED tube vs direct wire bulbs? Is...

I went thru this way back when I had the garage built 8 years ago. 12 ft ceilings, 16x8 garage door. I'm finally pulling the trigger on buying a lift. And while the door won't be in the way too bad, I'd prefer better clearance. I only got one company to come take a look, but they're really...

I've been mulling over 4 post lifts for awhile. I nearly had my mind made up on a Chinese off brand one before looking at the Advantage Lifts. Some of the bendpack clones (with locking ladder inside the c channel) seem pretty wobbly. I looked at the direct 8, and a atlas 8 at a friends...

I've been wanting to cool my garage for a few years. I have NG for heat. Saw some window AC units pop up on sale at Sams. Picked up the 12k BTU unit and went to put it in, but I cheaped out on my windows and it won't fit. I need about another inch of height. :( I know 12k is even a little...

Looking to add a universal remote type setup to an older commercial opener. Something like the liftmaster 850LM. I want to do this in single channel mode so I can use one remote for 3 doors. It's a Overhead Door SEL-171 (don't bother googling, not much out there) Currently it's wired up...

I have a pretty run of the mill single stage 60 gal compressor. Years ago I made a intercooler from a old car oil cooler and some muffin computer fans. Plumbed it in with soft copper tubing and mounted it to the compressor. The vibration of the compressor finally took it's toll on the...

Every time I need a torch in the garage to heat up a bolt or exhaust I go down this road. I'd like to get a basic torch setup for the garage, but I'm having a hard time justifying nearly $1k for something I'm going to use once or twice a year. Everyone I talk to locally says don't waste me...

I've been tinkering around with a aftercooler on my cheapo 60 gallon Porter Cable TSC special compressor. Just running for 6 minutes to fill the tank from empty results in the top of the tank nearing 150 degrees! I build a simple setup with computer fans, old ****** cooler, 3/8 copper tube...

I'm going to run a wire for the site of my future air compressor. Am I safe in assuming most 220v compressors do not need a neutral wire? Ie, should I be running 10/2 or 10/3? I don't have a big compressor yet, just want to run the wire before I put the wall up.

I posed this question in a different forum and got some varying answers. I want to see what you all think. My garage panel is a sub-panel off the house fed with 2-2-4-6 MHF. The neutral and ground bars are not bonded at the garage. I have 2 8' rods driven at opposite corners of the garage...

So I've finally got my heater all hooked up but now I'm thinking ahead to summer. :) I thought about doing a shutter type exhaust fan on the back wall to serve two purposes. Help cool down in the summer, or to **** and fumes from welding, grinding, painting, etc out. But are any of those...

I've been noticing as my garage door goes up the bottom right (looking from inside) begins to bind with the track when it's up almost the whole way. The only thing I can figure is the spring on the RH side has slightly more tension on it, causing the door to **** a bit as it goes up. If that's...

I've been toying with the idea of buying a rimclamp tire and balancer for years now. Just for personal use, I probably won't use it enough to justify the cost but isn't that how it usually goes with big tools/toys? So I've been looking at some of the entry level Atlas stuff from Greg Smith...

So I'm finally ready to hang my Mr Heater in the garage. All along I planned on venting it horizontally, straight out thru the wall. (No bends). That was until I saw the price of the "required" class 3 pipe required. The horizontal kit costs nearly as much as the heater itself. FWIW...

My original plans were to direct bury some mobile home feeder to power the garage as it's rated for direct bury. (FWIW, I'm using 2-2-4-6 for about 140ft run) When I bought the wire though, the guy at the supply shop advised burrying it in a bed of sand or putting it in a pipe. So I ask...

So I've got a pretty big issue with ground hogs here. They chew on my shed, and destroy my yard. We've trapped at least two dozen and released them miles from the house. I've even shot a couple. All within a year or two time. But now they're digging under my new garage. This burrow goes at...

Before I start putting cars in my new garage I'd like to put something down to seal the concrete. Mostly to protect it from oil/grease stains and salt in the winter. I do not have a vapor barrier under, so from my understanding epoxy or non breathable coatings are pretty much a bad idea. I...

I've got a 2 year old Generac pressure washer with an AR pump. Just want to get some advice before I start pulling things apart and not able to get them back together or adjusted right. :) Was washing the car yesterday and it died on me.. When it died, I didn't even get low pressure...

I'm in the process of putting up the OSB on my ceiling, but I'm having some small gaps here and there because things are not perfectly square. What product or type of caulk would work best here? I like the silicone stuff, but it's a little runny so I'm not sure how well it'd work on a ceiling.