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    Craftsman Boxes at Lowes

    Was at Lowes for the first time in a long while, I am more an HD guy. I walk in and right in the front they have these 52" top and bottom craftsman boxes, red, easy close drawers, etc. The set was priced at like $798 if I am not mistaken. That seems like a really great deal, or am I wrong? I...
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    Addition over partially submerged shed?

    I have been brainstorming ideas for my backyard. My wife (and I) would like to add an addition to the back of the house off the back living room, maybe 19' x 16' or so. I also really need a shed to get my lawn equipment and some other stuff out of the 2-car garage. We have an empty spot now...
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    Re-light basement, transplant to garage

    Currently I have a basement that was finished in the 90's, the original owner was pretty handy and did a decent job for the time I guess. I will be refinishing everything, floor, paint, and building some stuff as you can see in the screenshot. Currently he has these tube fixtures in the ceiling...
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    Old air tools worth it to fix/rebuild or buy new?

    So I am going through stuff inherited by my grandfather a few years back and keep coming back to what to do with these air tools. Ideally I have a solid hard hitting 1/2" impact, 3/8" impact, and 3/8" ratchet. The question is, are any of these tools worth fixing/rebuilding or should I not...
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    Repairing Alloy Wheels, please advise!

    With the wealth of knowledge here I figure if I am lucky someone here knows about repairing alloy wheels. This is my latest project that mainly comes to me because I am cheap :lol_hitti I bought these 18" OEM E46 BMW M3 wheels, with brand new tires on them for $300 all in. They are staggered...
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    Dodge Demon Snap-On toolbox

    this looks kinda neat, a little gimmicky but neat none-the-less Thenew Dodge Demon will come with all the tools you need to change out the fat front street tires to the skinnys for the strip, all snap-on made. http://jalopnik.com/there-will-be-more-than-just-one-tool-bag-in-every-dodg-1793270370
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    Nomination for "BEST Automotive Maintenance Feature Ever"

    Opposite of the other thread about unnecessarily difficult maintenance, praise the engineers that make it easy! :rocker: 1 good example, my 1999 C230K Benz, if you have a tailight bulb go out.... 1. the dash tells you that there is a bulb out 2. open trunk, pull back fabric, turn one knob...
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    Japanese Master Woodworkers

    I searched to see if there was something similar here and didn't find anything. A site I frequent posted this video today which dropped me down a rabbit hole at youtube watching some of these guys work.....wow. I am not really into woodworking personally but love to see people who excel at their...
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    Hour At a Time Garage

    Hey all I want to start a topic here for my lowly garage. Hour At a Time garage simply because that is about how much time I have to work on it. Between work, wife's in work and college, kids are in 1 to 2 sports each, I leave home around 7am and get home around 8PM each day. I usually work on...
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    Grandpa's Tools

    Hey all, I started packing up and moving my grandpa's tools from my dad's house to mine. Started with the small box today and took some pics to share. My grandpa was a big rig mechanic in the 40's-60's I believe. small chest big chest and top chest random drawers in big chest
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    Chase from Delaware

    Hey all, new here just signed up. I will be taking possession of my grandfathers snap-on chests here soon and wanted to read up and get advice about restoring them. Been in my new home about a year now and just getting to clearing out all the junk from the garage currently. I am almost there...
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