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I have a 4’ chain link fence around my front yard. The post are all set into a concrete strip footing and not easy to change out. I am wanting to remove the current chain link fabric, paint the existing galvanized posts black, and then install new, black chain link fabric with new, black...

So I am looking for a blade to use in my table saw to cut through some 2” rigid foam that is enclosed in fiberglass. I know that it sounds a bit strange but I got an unlimited supply of door sections that I want to use to insulation one of my outbuildings. (Basically, a door company has solid...

After I added my post about the cops not doing anything it made me think about another problem that we have that the police do nothing about... speeders. We live just outside Tacoma, WA in an area that is "grandfathered" in as farmland. Our parcel, and most of the parcels within 1/2 mile of...

I scored this over the weekend. I am just trying to find out if it is worth fixing up and keeping or not. It works pretty well but does need some love. Looks to me like it was knocked over/fell over and that accident damaged some of the metal around the pulleys and smashed the electrical box on...

I thought I would share my weekend project. The backstory... I bought this lift used for $150 (yes, $150!) from a truck shop. It was already down when I picked it up so I wasn't able to test it at all. I just figured that, for the price, I couldn't go wrong. I asked one of the techs what the...

OK, so not quite a garage issue but I figured because of the experiences many of you have had with building, someone may know. Has anybody ever dealt with a bank/mortgage company as far as tearing down your existing house and building a new one? A little backstory... We purchased our current...

So I took my scrap pile to the metal recycler this morning. After throwing everything onto the trailer I noticed that there are a ton of "rat holes" going down and under my slab. So... I have a great outdoor cat that kills multiple mice and rats per day but he just can't keep up with all of...

So I had some renters move out and leave behind a garage full of stuff (as well as a $300 electric bill). Amongst the things left behind were 3 pressure washers in various stages of repair. I was only able to salvage a single engine but it is a good one. So I am trying to think of something...

This may seem like an odd question but I have been having some issues lately and I am curious as to how others handle it. The backstory... I have two main buildings on my property. The "barn" and the "shop". The shop is an obvious one. It is my shop. My car shop, my fab shop, the main place...

This is not about a building but about the fencing around my yards and buildings. I am hoping that one of you guys will have a good idea for me. The backstory... Our entire property has chain link fence around it. Under this fence is concrete measuring 12" wide by 12" deep. It's kind of like a...

I am trying to find something that will hold up to my abuse. Specifically, brake clean. I use a ton of it and it inevitably gets onto the floor. Sometimes puddles of it. It eats up any of the products that I have used in the past. Once it even ate up some epoxy and caused a chemical reaction...

This chain hoist w/ integrated trolley was in the barn of the estate that we purchased. I have been trying to find out more about it but I am not having much luck. Google has turned up very little on this size of hoist by the Wright MFG Co. and nothing on something that has the trolley...

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Hello everybody. I have been a long time lurker on Garage Journal and figured that I should sign up and try to contribute. We recently purchased an old 5 acre dairy farm in the Tacoma area and I have been spending the majority of my time repairing/updating the house. It was built in the 40's...