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I'm looking to upgrade my Harbor Freight special 1/2" clicker-style torque wrench. Mostly used for automotive work, I'd like to not be too much over $100, prefer clicker-style, prefer US-made, don't really care about digital, willing to buy used. What should I be looking for?

tl;dr: I'm looking for suggestions on a smart lock (would really prefer keypad, but Bluetooth or other technologies may work) that will work with the latch guard I already have on the shop door. At my last home, I had a Schlage keypad deadbolt on the shop door. Very convenient to open, and I...

Getting ready to put an ArmorPoxy coating on my shop floor, and there are some hairline cracks, and a few dings/chips. What product that would be readily available at Lowe's/Home Depot would be good to patch those?

I'm finishing up a 30 x 40 metal building, and planning to cool (and heat, as occasionally needed) it with two Pioneer mini-split units: a 24k, 17 SEER unit for the main space, and a 9k, 22 SEER unit for an enclosed area at the back. I'm not sure this is going to have any new information for...

Bought a new home in SE GA a few years ago, but in the process, gave up the shop building at our last home. I wanted this one to last me for a while--time will tell, but I think it's looking good so far. It's a 30' x 40' x 14', 4:12 roof pitch, engineered metal building from Metal-Con...

I'm building a 30' x 40' x 14' steel building as a workshop, and I'm planning on a mini-split system to cool (and occasionally heat, but mostly cool) the shop. But I'm having trouble getting consistent information about the BTU requirements--I'm seeing numbers ranging from 16k BTU to 95k. The...

Finally getting ready to move on getting my shop built, and I'm looking for suggestions for a floor coating. I'm building a 30' x 40' metal building with a concrete slab which will be used for a variety of purposes, but mostly woodworking (though there will be some machine work as well as...

I'm looking at buying a fairly large, heavy safe. It's large enough that it won't fit through my home's interior doors, so it's going to be in the garage. The manufacturer suggests some sort of moisture barrier between the bottom of the safe and bare concrete, and some folks have used...

I've been having some trouble lately with my 4-month-old LiftMaster 8500. Intermittently, it will fail to close the door all the way, reversing at some point. That point is typically early in its travel, but can be as much as 2/3 of the way closed. When the failure occurs, the overhead light...

I apologize if this forum isn't appropriate for home-related stuff, but I see enough that I figured it was OK. If not, please advice. My wife and I are buying a house that's under construction. In our last home, we had a Trane Z-Wave programmable thermostat that (when the gateway was working...