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I have a mini-split in my shop, shop was built with 2x6 walls (R19 or R21 forget which) so I could put in more insulation and attic has R49 so I am super well insulated in So. Calif. Shop stays cool on 90-100 degree days until late morning or noon without A/C on, by cool I mean high 70~80ish by...

So, I need to make 4 (2 left, 2 right) interior door locks for a old 1934 British car, no keys or anything its just something to open the door. I only have 2 springs, but I don't see why I can't use modern coil springs near the base of the arm to a new post in the lower right. Or is there a...

I lost access to my friends spray booth, he had a shop and if the booth was not in use over the weekend, I could use it as long as I was out by Monday morning, he sold the shop and now I paint my cars in the garage. I had no idea how bad overspray could get, my S2000 got covered with overspray...

I had to weld up a plate, 1/8" thick to make is shorter, I did this with my MIG and it looked good but when I ground down the weld it was full of holes, its the first time its happened to me. I ground it all out and this time TIG'd it so its good now and not worried about it falling apart, but...

I am building out my airline setup in the garage and because my garage is really 2 garages (2 440sq. ft. garages separated by a half wall), I ended up wanting to be able to remove a section and put some unions in so I could easily remove or modify sections in the future. I used a total of 4...

I have had Racedeck for near 15 years now and worked on many cars. I see people here asking if you can work on Racedeck, yes you can. For years, I posted this first picture showing my old garage, then I moved and took my Racedeck with me and now I am working on yet another project. The last...

I am trying to avoid a argument with the company I purchased a jacuzzi from, they installed it today and I think they wired it wrong. The manual clearly states 6g wire and 50amp breaker, I got home and they ran 8g and 40amp breaker. Says that is all they ever do and its fine, I have to admit...

After a LOT of years, I am going to remove the all white Racedeck under my lift, I had done all white under the lift for light reflection in my old poorly lit garage and it worked very well. But all white Racedeck under the lift was too much work to keep clean, I pulled too many gearboxes, rear...

I have a old SafetyKleen solvent tank and its pretty dirty but still cleaned nicely, this weekend it started sucking air because of evaporation and/or use, its low on solvent. SafetyKleen won't help me since I don't have a business and I don't have a hazardous waste number from the state, all I...

I bought speaker wires and forgot to run in the ceiling/walls before the drywaller. I just had too many things going on at the last minute. So I have 2 options, since I chose to have my air lines outside of the drywall instead of inside the wall, I could run speaker wires along the top of the...

Stupid me, I did not take picture but I will this weekend. about a year ago I bought a 8ft. T8 light fixture at HD, it takes 4 4ft. bulbs. I have been using it with no problems at all. Never smelled smoke, never saw anything burning, the light just worked fine. Today I decided I was going...

late in 2008, I hijacked this thread http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27202&highlight=neutral about a neutral issue. I did not want to continue the old thread since I had inadvertently hijacked it but the issue just bit me in the ***. short quick story (more details in...

This weekend I am building a compressor shed and was wondering the quietest way to finish the inside (within cost reasons). I am building a 4x5x8tall shed for my Champion 5HP, its a big space but I figure that will help keep it from getting too hot as it will have lots of ventilation room. I...

Our old TV went out and we got a new one along with home theater, since the new TV hangs on the wall and I wanted no visible wires hanging down, I had a electrician put a plug about 4ft. off the floor. All is cool until last night when I went to plug in a UPS I bought special for all this new...

well over 10 years ago, I got a 4-post lift to primarily use for storage, I can keep 2 cars in the space of one. I used to really worry about earthquakes and crushing the car underneath the lift and the top car but as time went on, I kind of forgot about it. I moved in Feb. as of this weekend...

I am about to start finishing my new garage. A 100AMP panel was put in the garage and I have 1 220V plub and a few lights, a few plugs in random locations wired in and passed inspection. I need to run wires to the other end of the 40ft. garage and one of thing I have to run is whatever size...

Let me start by saying, I know it is NOT safe to use PVC lines for air. No need to have that discussion, I know it is not safe and I have said so many times right here. I need to get air 270feet from my garage where my air compressor is, just enough air to inflate tires, occasionally run a...

I am putting together my fence and have friends coming over this weekend to finish it. 380ft. of boards to nail up, all the posts are in :). The gate is a metal gate with wood boards on it and I used 2 3/8" pipe for the posts BUT I screwed up on one gate and did not use what the fence company...

I need to expand my garage a little :) I am going to build a 12x12 (or 12x14) extension out the back end of my garage, this will only have my powder coating oven, blasting cabinet and my welder along with grinder and some other small metal working tools, the idea is to make this my "dirty"...

I had a extension built onto my detached garage and the city required a Ufer ground (something attached to the rebar in the concrete) even though the existing garage already had a 100amp sub-panel and was grounded through the main panel in the house. In the confusion of trying to finish...