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Anyone out there have a little time to talk about concrete engineering? Mostly need to calculate proper rebar amount for loading. If this is your area of expertise and you're willing to share it would be most appreciated... Thanks, Bryan

Like many others here, I have too much stuff and not enough room for it all. It's gonna be a few years before I can build my shop. So I figured I'd buy a shipping container for storage in the meantime. However, they aren't cheap, they are very heavy and hard to move. For my needs, I decided...

Hello everyone. This is a project my partner and I have been developing over the last few months. As I get older, I have less and less patience looking for the right tool when I need it, and even less patience for trying to read small, hard to read markings. This was the impetus for my initial...

Hi. I am looking to build a 30x40 shop on my property, I'm thinking 12 foot walls. Mostly for machining and fabrication work, some automotive. I'd really like to keep the cost down by providing most of the labor. I am a contractor, and have built ICF homes, large additions, etc. I also weld and...

I'm thinking about building a propane forge & heat treating oven. I purchased a book on building the Goodman / Holmes model. No fan, just propane, reaches 2500 degrees. If anyone has any experience with this build I'd love to hear about it. Thanks, Bryan

I've been working on this project a while and figured I'd share. I browsed all the article I could find on carriage doors before I started to look for ideas. I really wanted doors that wouldn't sag over time and hopefully wouldn't rot. The original wood doors were pretty beat. I decided to go...

I've had it with piston air compressors. I just can't take the noise and low outputs anymore. I just finished rebuilding my 2 car detached garage into my shop, time for a compressor. I looked at the Eastwood rotary compressors. $2k for a 9cfm scroll air compressor. Bit more than I want to pay...

Hi. Looking for some advice on color schemes for my garage/shop. 22x20, 8ft walls. I have wood covering the foundation at the bottom, about a foot high and 8 inches deep. There is also a 1x6 board at the top which supports the upper floor. The rest of the wall is drywall. The floor is a deep...