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Ok, this has a very tenuous connection to the garage but nothing is happening out there until I finish this! I hope it's an acceptable topic here. I've gotten more good advice here with less fighting than I get in most forums. I decided to refinish some oak floors. The sanding turned into...

I would love to have a better compressor but this is what I have. After 20 years with a Craftsman oil free unit it's a joy to use. The manual says, "Always transport and store unit in an upright position." But now the valve on the bottom won't close. I want to replace it with something I can...

I once met an electrical inspector at a party and he explained to me some of the differences between "old work" and "new work" and told me that he never wanted to discourage someone from improving their property. I hope this is still a common attitude today. I have inherited a house that my...

I had an Ash tree disaster here. They are cut down but it cost so much and was so much work splitting the wood that I've never had the stumps ground. I am thinking about trying this technique of drilling holes in the stumps and filling them with fertilizer, though I'm willing to listen to...

This has bothered me for some time. I like watching Stacey David. I think he's a very good teacher. On one of his shows he said that there are two types of threading tools, one for cutting new threads and another for fixing boogered up threads. I'm pretty sure that all mine are for cutting...

How old does it have to be to play? This was my father's, probably mid 60s. I don't think I've used it since the eighties. Today I had to connect 2 pieces of shelving that landed between the supports. Today you would use a biscuit cutter but they aren't givin' 'em away and I had this.