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Hi everyone, I'm in the early stages of planning a garage build. I haven't decided on final dimensions yet, but something in the 30' range is most likely what I'm going to do. I'd like to do 36x36 but I may end up doing something like 30' x 32'. Basically depends on how much room I end up...

I’m going to be moving into southeastern pa in the coming months (Montgomery county area), and I’m interested in finding some good used tool shops, industrial surplus, machinery resellers, things like that. Architectural and builder salvage would be cool, too. Scrap dealers that sell to the...

I’m not sure if this is the right forum, but I’m not sure where else to ask this question. Anyway... I need an indoor cover for my old Porsche. I currently have a cheap “budge” single layer cover, but it’s in rough shape and doesn’t provide much protection from dust and dings. The car...

I picked up a pretty nice Wilton C2 about two years ago. Found it locally for $175, so I bought it immediately. Here's how it looked when I brought it home: It was in really good shape, and I seriously considered just cleaning and lubing it and putting it to work, but I really just couldn't...

Hi everyone, I'm looking at replacing my current air compressor with the Dewalt 80 gallon compressor available at Rural King for $999.99 Model number DXCMV5048055.1 Does anyone know anything about this compressor? It seems like a reduced spec version of this model at Home Depot. same model...

Hi everyone, I just posted a separate thread looking for some info on replacing the power vent blower on my Modine hanging garage heater. This has lead me to think about just replacing the heater with a more modern version. I'm not sure how old my heater is (I acquired it second-hand, for...

Hi everyone, I just recently installed a Modine natural gas hanging heater in my detached 20'x28' garage. The heater was acquired second-hand (it was free). It is an older propellor style heater, model MV-50. It is power-vented via a small squirrel cage blower. Unfortunately, the power vent...

Hi everyone, I think I'm finally going to bite the bullet and buy a midrise lift. I've read good reviews of the Bendpak midrise, MD-6xp. However, I've also read a lot of positive reviews of the blue Harbor Freight lift - the one that lifts approximately 56". With a 20% coupon, I can get...

I've had a Craftsman "all metric" socket set for about 20 years, and it has always worked well. I've never had to warranty a socket. That set, plus various other metric sets I've picked up over the years, means I'm pretty well covered for metric sockets. However, my sae/inch sockets are a...

Hi everyone, My old Campbell hausfeld compressor died on me the other day. It was around 30 years old, and was a 30 gallon horizontal tank, 4 hp setup. Originally put out 9.4 cfm at 90 psi. It's been running really hot and has a lot of oil blowby. I'm considering either replacing the pump or...

Hi everyone, I was having some trouble getting my new HF 94803 impact wrench to work properly, so I stripped it down and cleaned off the vanes. While doing this I noticed that it was essentially identical to my very old and worn IR 231 (the one I've been going to rebuild for about 5 years...