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I am thinking about building a small enclosure outside of my shop to house my air compressor to get me a bit more floor space and to cut down the noise in the shop (maybe 3x4 or 3x6 in size). One question I have is, would I need to do something to condition the air in the enclosure (living in...

I have been wanting a lathe for a long time and I just brought an old Atlas for what seems to be a fair price around here. It is a Model Number H54 (10" swing with 36" between centers). I am guessing that it was made just before or just after WWII. It needs a good clean up and a bit of TLC...

I have a line on a old 9000 lb Worth 4 post lift for a pretty good price. The lift dates to 1984. It looks fairly nice in the photos (a bit dirty with worn paint but straight and not too beat up the best that I can tell). I have also seen a short video of it working. It is a couple of hours...

I have a line on a used Rotary SPOA9-200 lift. I have only seen it in photos so far but it looks in fairly good shape. It is still installed so I should be able to see it in action if I decide to go look at it (it is about an hour away). At 9000 lbs it should lift anything I would want to but...

I have a thread started in the General Garage Discussion area (Retirement Shop Upgrade) on the details of the shop upgrade that I am planning. As I am new to Garage Journal, I am not sure what the guidelines are but I figured that it made sense to have the HVAC discussion on the shop in the...

I am new here but as I did a post with my details in the Introduce Yourself Here area (Hi from Central Iowa), I am going not to bore everyone with repeating everything. My wife and I live on 6 acres in central Iowa. We are about 5 miles from the closest town and are on a paved road (which is a...

Hi Everyone, New member from Central Iowa (Marshalltown area). My wife and I live on an acreage (6 acres) about 5 miles from the nearest town (corn fields on all four sides). The acreage is a building site of a farm that was spit off from the farm ground back in the 1980's (we have owned the...