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Okay, I've read up some on here, particularly from @bdbecker on his shed build. The time it seems to take has me thinking that just sucking it up and buying one may be the best bet. Here's what I'm looking for: 10x16 with an 8' wide double door on the 10' side, just a walk in door on one of...

A few years ago, I had found a load calculator that was very detailed, but now all I'm finding are more generic calculators. Basically square footage, number of occupants, and climate zone. I have a 1000SF storage area above one of hte garages and the kitchen. Had is sprayed with foam...

Grr.....Had a huge writeup drafted and somehow lost it. Anyway, I just put this stuff down last week. Was looking for options for a home I'm going to be listing, and posted about that here. Cliff's Notes is I was looking for the Craftsman of floor coatings - not Snap-On, but not Harbor...

I know this goes against everything everyone here would ever want to do, but I am wondering if there's a way to make my garage floor look better for when we list the house. Was my shop for a while. I painted a car in there, installed a lift (now removed, with the holes filled), etc. There are...

Seem to be either cheap generic brand stuff on Amazon, or nicer units by Eaton or whomever that are 5-10 times the cost. Did see one by United Automation fo $100. Don't use the compressor nearly as much nowadays since M12 and M18 power tools have become so ubiquitous. But I'm going to convert...

Has anyone done this? Removed my lift from a house we are listing, just moved into a new house where I have a 42X21 workshop. IN old house, I had to narrow the lift due to both ceiling trusses (had to go through ceiling and box in) and a narrower space. I can't get a replacement floor plate...

Sigh. Portion of the driveway in front of the garage (note I have a separate workshop, this is just for the dailies and bikes) is exposed aggregate. New construction, from the time we moved in on December 19th, I've been bringing in small rough pebbles, probably average about 2mm. I had been...

Anyone have any idea what a pretty well loaded toolbox may weigh? I know the bare box is just under 800 pounds. But I'm not sure how much it weighs fully loaded. I'm about to move. Borrowing a friend's trailer, I have a winch, so that's not a problem. But I'd like to maybe move it and my...

New construction. This is the "daily driver" garage, not the workshop. I'm using the same AmorPoxy system in here, though, since I figured it was best to just keep it consistent between the two garages in the house. However, I'll likely work on the bikes here, so there will be times when I...

Have a concrete pad, outdoors, will be where I park the truck and trailer, plan to build a solar awning carport thing over it. About 750SF. Main area is 44x16 wiht some small sidewalk areas. Bought a 5 gallon thing of Formula 137 from Legacy. 200-500SF/gal, as mine is brushed, I assumed I'd...

Getting close to moving in. Will be moving some of my projects into the workshop garage before we move in. So I want to coat the floors. Workshop - 920 square feet. Most of what I do will be mechanical stuff. Will have various tools like mills, welders, etc. I dont' do a LOT of welding...

Have some older SK sockets (older as in 15 years or so.....the Ideal owned version). Have had to warranty a couple of things. First one they replaced with a USA made one. Second one they were out, so they gave me a store credit for the cost of the tool. It was a 10mm triple square. Bought...

Anyone have any experience with one of the M18 SDS drills, good, bad indifferent? Going to be building a dock on top of some piers that are concrete and filled block. Posts for roof will require 5/8" anchors, but I'll also be drilling probably hundreds of holes for joists so I can frame an...

Anyone experience a loss of torque on their impact? I'm 6 months out fo warranty, should have checked earlier, but I didn't. Used to break lug nuts loose in the middle setting, had to move up to the highest torque setting. Now it won't do that. Spec on the car is 129 lb-ft. Is there a way...

Have a HF one. Never worked well, but now it needs a new punch and die. Have air shears, great for flat straight line stuff, but I'm finding I need a nibbler. They range in price from $20 to $200. Restoring a 67 GTO. I'm replacing the trunk pans, one panel in the floor, and I'l be doing a...

Installed a 90 Amp sub panel several years ago. Powered a small mill, bandsaw, welder, lift, and air compressor. i've added circuits as I have needed them, using either AC or PVC conduit, depending on the size of the cable. It is pretty piecemeal, and starting to look bad, aesthetically...

I have a horrendously rocky yard, and very often break tools like shovels dealing with it. So I'm planting stuff today, and have this drill powered auger like thing. Works okay, but can jam when it hits rocks. So I pump it up and down a lot to alleviate that. So today, this happens. I would...

Accidentally left on the air compressor the other day. It blew the circuit breaker at some point. Go to turn it on, and I get sparks, but no life, and it kills the circuit breaker. Disconnected teh belt, it turns fine by hand, but same thign happens when I send power to it. Have about 6 Ohms...

I've always been a click wrench type of guy, but I have soured on them a little based on my USA made Gear Wrench 1/4" drive one (intermittently works, and I broke an M6 bolt in a turbo I've been having issues trying to solve an oil leak on). I'll be building up the engine in my GTO, which is...

I bought this horizontal bandsaw probably 12 years ago.......and the shaft on the worm gear broke after I sectioned about 2 cylinder heads. And the worm gear itself is almost gone, completely. And it has been sitting since. At any rate, I would like to get this thing going again. It was...