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A year or two ago, I bought a duplex with a 1.5 car block garage with a concrete roof that is held up by steel trusses that rest in the blocks. The trusses and tin(?) ceiling are very rusty and constantly drop debris everywhere and it is impossible to keep clean. I replaced the roof so no new...

I picked up an older 100,000btu Reddy Turbo heater at auction for about $80. It has seen better days, but it works. The only problem is the gas tank on it has rusted through on the bottom and leaks everywhere. My solution is to replace it. This is what it looks like: The first step was to...

Hi Everyone. I'm a total newbie with lathes. I came across a machine shop auction and there were two lathes for sale. I ended up bidding on the one below. I believe it is the 9A model (Catalog # 382-A). I got it for $300. Everything seems to spin and turn fairly well. The motor works and spins...

A little background. I have some apartments and need to make strong labels for keys. In the past, I used plastic labels and they would break frequently making the key hard to identify. Currently, I use metal circular stamping blanks and letter/number stamps to label them. This has a number of...

Thank you to everyone who has posted so many awesome ideas on GJ. I want to give back some for everything I’ve gotten so far. This is my first post with some build stuff. I’ve got a real estate investment company and we use the basement in one of the buildings for our shop. I have a mentor who...