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I've got an older MityVac vacuum pump w/ a small vacuum gauge threaded into the top. It's a super handy tool for testing/measuring vacuum advance distributors and (older) cars w/ lots of vacuum actuated devices and such. On those occasions I have the MityVac hooked up to a running car - the...

My many years old Arcan XL35 has always had a leakdown (with the handle correspondingly 'lifting' as it slowly goes down) issue since it was practically new. It's annoying. It works great otherwise. It's never had any leaks. I've tried the factory 'bleed' procedure a number of times over the...

Recently moved into new house w/ new shop. Central TX with low 100s, some humidity. Plan to select and install spit mini. New shop is: 670SF, well insulated with BIBS in walls, foam in roof for insulated attic w/ drywalled ceiling, 10 ft high ceiling, GA door foam insulated panels and 2 energy...

Blank canvas... I grabbed this shot just before I moved my 'junk' in and cluttered things up!

Have a new shop and had them install a wall mount unit to keep the center of the garage open/clear. Contractor installed a Genie 6170H wall mount with high lift door tracks (10 ft ceiling). On warmer days if the door has been left to sit - say overnight - it will not open. It raises about 1/2...

The Genie 4124 has a motion sensing light that is supposed to trigger if you walk into the garage and stay on for 4 minutes after you leavenad it stops seeing motion. This is a fairly new house and 1 of the 2 Genie 4124s either rarely turns on (like standing below it, around it, waving arms...)...

Had this cabinet for a # of years - it's worked OK for the odd jobs and size has been good enough for me. For Cons - It tended to 'leak' a bit particularly around the side doors (poor seals, poor fitment and locations of clamps). Always thought it would benefit from a light inside. And I'd...

Have a new house finishing construction and looking at garage floor coating at least for new detached workshop (2 bay where I plan to do my tinkering on old cars). I plan to either DIY a coating or have a local epoxy type company do it - just starting the process to get a couple estimates... I...

Finishing new house and detached workshop... They are starting on the flat work including driveways... The lowest car I have is about 5.3" at the mid-point with a 105.6" wheel base (mid point 52.8"). (base stock 2010 C6) I'm dealing with strings and gravel and forms at this point... The...

In the detached workshop they put up what is called BIBs (blown in batting) insulation - after wiring, they stapled a sheet-like material across the studs on exterior walls (including shop), then blew in insulation at the top filing up each cavity between studs. When adding an old construction...

Having new house and detached garage built. I asked them to give me a wired CAT6 drop at the garage. So far they have a CAT6 cable exiting the sheathing... They have yet to put up the stone siding there or bring Cat6 over to the garage. I was thinking of using a small Type LB conduit body on...

In construction phase of new house and garage... I am pre-wiring a 30A input plug on the side of the garage. This will be wired to the sub-panel inside the garage where there will be an inter-lock switch. I'll then be able to wheel a portable generator out the driveway, around the corner and...

Having new place built. For my detached workshop - they are putting in a 10 foot ceiling and 8 food tall door (16 feet wide). I specified a high lift door track and wall mount (Genie 6170) opener. This was to keep the space overhead as open as possible. Will a Genie 6170 wall mount unit work...

The same contractor building our house is also building my detached shop (and carport). It will be 24' deep by 27' wide with a 2 car garage door (and 22x24 carport in front of ga door for additional parking in shade). For spaces like this they've budgeted us for basic LED surface mount lights...

We've changed our location for building retirement home. As a result I'm no longer constrained to just building a shop with matching stucco/masonry siding and no carport and can now go with a metal shop and probably attached carport. Yay. Only while I'd always 'thought' I'd prefer going metal...

Planning build for new house w/ attached garage and detached shop. Wanted to give the builder some specifics on three(3) 220V outlets for the builder: (1) For the attached garage for a future EV charger , I believe the common plug used is a NEMA 14-50 (by Tesla and others?). If so I plan to...

Planning a new home build with a side facing attached garage and a detached garage/shop. Since it will be difficult to build a shed we asked the builder's architect to include a small space in the attached garage for garden 'stuff' (I currently have a shed for exactly this) - which he did. The...

New home & shop construction... We live in an area w/ VERY hard water. We'll be on well water. I'm planning on an outdoor hose bib on the GA wall for washing cars and such. (I'm not planning on water to my detached shop at this time) We'll have a traditional salt type water softener for the...

In this thread - got some great feedback on dimensions... moving on from there - here's where I'm at on designing and specs for the new detached shop... Here's some updates... I'm planning to go w/ 24x27 interior dimensions with 10' plate height. It will have a hip roof to match the house...

Background: New neighborhood is pretty picky about things like metal shops - all has to look like house (stucco, rock, hip roof...), etc... Not a lot of space on the lot anyway - rather snug fit. And in the interest of cost I'm trying to be reasonable but minimal in the design and size of the...