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I'm sure some of you are in this position so I'm curious what works best for you. I'm going to be moving my mechanics roll away tool box (larger top and bottom cabinets with flip up top lid) into my woodworking shop as I'm clearing out the garage so we can actually park a car in there). I'm...

Let me start off by saying I both understand this isn't a deck building forum, nor are most of you structural engineers. With that said, I'd solicited a lot of good advice here previously when building my garage/barn so I figured I'd come back and pick your brains on this. I have a log cabin...

Hello! I have the opportunity to buy a decent size lot of tools at a great price. Seller appears to deal with disposal of items regularly and got his hands on this lot (insurance claim buyout of however that works). Anyway- the lot consists of several new bandsaws and drill presses. I have...

So I came upon a free Dewalt 7500/10000w electric heater I'd like to use in my 700sft woodshop with vaulted ceilings (10' to 14'). I have the correct 50a circuit run with 6ga wire and plan to mount the heater at about 9' from the floor on a shelf above my door so the heater points towards the...

Picked up some 6” T&G red pine for my interior walls. I have horizontal girts/framing every 24” in the pole barn. Would you nail it in place with one nail in the groove or face nail it with two nails per horizontal girt? Any finish recommendations to bring out the spalted colors?

Figured I’d post a picture of my newest layout concept. Two 10” saws attached side to side sharing a fence. This is just for my one man hobby shop so it’s overkill but I got the second saw for a “can’t turn it down” price. Both nice barely used Deltas, one a Unisaw and one an “industrial”...

What is everybody's favorite exterior outlet box? I have my shop sided (1" pine board and batten) and want to add a few exterior outlets prior to sealing up the walls. Some of the options at the local HD/Lowes just seem cheesy and those clear plastic covers seem like they will break as soon as...

I'm planning out the inside of my new woodshop and would like to install multiple general use quad outlet boxes at 50" above the floor, probably every 6' or so on all walls. (Yes I have to have these outlets GFCI protected but that doesn't really come into the question at hand) Its a one man...

Hi all- I'm in the interior planning phase of building my woodshop. There is already shop thread on it, but the interior shop space is 20x36 with 10' sidewalls and a 15' vaulted ceiling. I'm nearly done with the siding so the next step is to work on electric, then insulation and interior...

Hi all- I've posted before about the woodshop I'm building but figured I'd ask opinions here on ceiling finishes. Its a 20x36 space, 10' sidewalls with scissor trusses making the ceiling just over 15' in the center. I'm figuring on wood for the interior walls (probably tongue and groove pine...

Hi all- I’m rebuilding a Powermatic planer which has been neglected for a while. I’m not getting power to the 220v single phase 3hp motor. I’ve bypassed the switches temporarily and have verified that the motor works when power is briefly directly applied. It appears as though I’m not getting...

Hi all- I recently picked up a Powermatic 15 (15” planer). Has a Powermatic branded 3hp single phase motor in it- the previous owner said it needed a replacement starting capacitor, but I’m not sure what to buy or if the one currently “installed” (he had it apart before) is correct. Owner said...

New build, 20x36x14 heated space. Slab is insulated, walls will be R-19 and ceiling R-30. Upstate NY. I only need to keep it heated to above freezing temps- 40 or 45 degrees is fine for most of the time. Am I crazy to consider just an electric heater due to ease of installation? Will costs...

OK I may be stretching it with this question but I just don't know the answer. Just doing some brainstorming at this point. I am building a detached single man (900sft) shop which I want to have a subpanel located within it- lets just say a 60amp subpanel although I'm still figuring out how...

Hello- I’m in the middle of building a 20x36 woodshop. Walls are 10’ high, and the scissor trusses yield a sloping ceiling from 10’ to about 15.5’ in the center. I picked up (for free) a bunch of light fixtures which we took out of a supermarket. There are 12x of them, all 8’ in length...

I've posted a few design related threads on this, but now that I'm officially starting the project I figured starting a build thread would be appropriate. I'm located in upstate NY in a busy town so zoning variences had to be granted (for building height and location) and I'll have to have...

Hey all, I was just reading another thread about water pump issues and figured I'd toss my own out there. I know this isn't a plumbing forum but there is a lot of general figure-it-out yourselve kind of knowledge here. We have a shared seasonal camp and I have come to take over some of the...

A while ago I posted a concept of my new "barn". Since then I have redesigned it and am being heard by the zoning board tomorrow for approval of two variances (current zoning won't allow an outbuilding to be taller than 15' and will not allow it to be located between the front of the house and...

Hey everybody, hoping to get some feedback for my barn/workshop that I'm in the midst of designing. I'm located in Upstate NY. Primary use would be a hobby woodshop and some storage. Possibly the occasional quick car project but it would mainly be set up for a woodshop as I already have a...

Hi all- I have a 20x26 two bay detached garage that needs to have the slab broken out and replaced (its beyond leveling or floating). My question is, has anybody done this before on a building where the stem walls were placed on top of the slab? Do you sawcut the slab a few inched away...