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Warning: not strictly related to the garage. But it's keeping me out of the garage trying to figure this out, so hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I have a concrete porch poured over a cold room, it's a pain in the *** and we don't use it. So would like to bring it into...

Removed the surface burner heads on a gas stove for cleaning. Unfortunately broke off one of the bolts. It's the lower left one in the picture. I've never tried to remove a bolt this small before... What is the smallest bolt I can use a 5/64 left-handed drill bit on? I think that's the...

Just saw this on Lee Valley: http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=48337&cat=1,43513 I'm interested in improving my miter cuts, but I would want it to work pretty well for $30.

Hi guys, I have a small home-shop where I do a lot of different odd jobs. I've kept cans of Blue Planet's soy-based lubricant around the shop for a while, and using it for just about everything: wiping down parts that need to be temporarily be kept from rusting, as cutting fluid, scrubbing gunk...

Hi guys, I just picked this pile of tubing up from a neighbour. Nice dude, I bought eight ~8' lengths of it from him for $20. It's 2" x 3" x 0.25", so I feel like I got a few lbs of steel for a good price... they're certainly heavy! But what's driving me nuts is that I have no idea what it is...

I just picked up a used Canox "MIGMAGIC III". Didn't have much of a chance to research it before purchase, but what I did find out was that Canox welders are re-badged Millers. I'm hoping that's true, because otherwise I wouldn't have bought it - my experience with imported welders has been...

How do I know when the brushes in a tool's electric motor need to be changed, aside from the obvious signs such as not starting, excessive sparking, etc? I've heard that there's a rule of thumb for dimensions, but I noticed that it didn't hold up for my impact driver, and for some of the tools...