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I’m wanting to upgrade the lighting in my old timber frame barn. This will be under one of the two hay lofts which will be used for parking the mower and some smaller equipment, as well as an alternate workshop. Due to the low ceiling height and how close tractor exhausts are to the joists, the...

I'm wanting to run ENT through out my house for CAT6. The shop will be connected, so kind of garage related.:) I would prefer not to bust a bunch of drywall to get to a stud and mount a nail on low voltage box with a knockout to hookup the tube. Does anyone know of any old work boxes/rings with...

I'm about ready to buy a VFD for my Bridgeport that I am refurbishing. For those of you with VFD's in your shop what kind of wire are you running between the VFD and motor / DC control switches? The manuals suggest using shielded VFD cable and shielded control cable. I was planning on just...

My shop is about finished at this point. I am just trying to tidy up some loose ends. During rough-in I ran 1.25" PVC through the concrete up into my office for ethernet from the house. Inside the wall I put a LB running into the office with male adapter to screw into the back of a work box like...

I am getting ready to build a steev-o like workbench this weekend. I have one of the series 1 cabinets already that I plan to use. Eventually I plan to buy a series 2 cabinet to go under the workbench as well. Does anyone have a series 2, 44" cabinet they can measure for me? The link to the...

Well, now that things are starting to move along I figured I would start a build thread. I've been lurking for ideas to steal for the past couple of months and this forum has provided a wealth of information. For years we were working out of a small dingy shop at the bottom of hill, complete...

Hi all, This is my first post but I have been lurking now for a couple weeks. This spring I am building a new 36x40x14 pole barn shop and am looking for some lighting advice. Any suggestions on general layout and heater/fan location would also be graciously accepted. I am planning on using 8'...