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I have a Dewalt 30 gal 110v compressor with a Dewalt filter/dryer like this one. I added a drain hose. My problem is that the blue/pink desiccant pellets in the filter/dryer need to be removed and dried daily and go pink almost as soon as I turn on the compressor. Even worse is that the...

What are the specs required for a car hobbyist limited to 110-120v? I would need a compressor for sanding, grinding, cutting and maybe painting. I'm looking at a DeWalt on sale with: Air Delivery SCFM At 40 PSI 7.7 CFM Air Delivery SCFM At 90 PSI 6.2 CFM 2 HP 175 PSI max 30 gal 120v The...

What's better, wood or metal garage? I may be in the position to build a garage soon (a position I never thought I'd be in), so my first question is building material. I've only ever worked in wooden garages, but every builder online seems to offer metal pole barn types. It seems like metal...

Part I - My new shack About a year ago I moved from a house in Chicago with a 2 car garage AND a 2.5 car garage with a 2 car parking pad to a smallish town in the middle of PA to a small house with a garage so small my car wouldn't really fit (so we turned it into a play room for the kids). My...

I have a 30 gal. Craftsman single stage compressor. It's noisy. It's in the corner of the garage as far away from all my neighbors as possible, but I don't want to annoy anyone... too much. I was thinking that if I built an insulated doghouse around it, I could quiet things down quiet a bit...

Yes, plural. We just moved to a new (to us) house. We have 2 dogs and 2 babies, so it makes sense that our house would have 2 garages (and a 2 car parking pad!). :bounce: Apparently a previous owner ran a mechanic's business from home and had the second garage built. He insulated it and the...

I just wandered over here from the HAMB. I never thought much about garage work because i never had much of a garage to work with. My 50 was stashed in a garage that was about to fall down (just sold the car), my 48 is stashed in a friend's garage that would be a tight squeeze for a Model A...