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I am by no means a carpenter so this is probably a stupid question...but I'm going to ask it anyway. What sort of height do you guys go by between the top of your workbench and the bottom of any storage cabinets above your bench? What kind of distance between them do you find provides good...

I picked up a compressor without a motor recently. I have a 1.5 hp Marathon motor that is rated at 3450rpm but when I attached it to the tank and compressor head I think it is rotating far too fast. Is there a way to decrease the rpm's to 1725? I could try to find another pulley but wondering if...

Stupid question, but I am hooking up a motor to my compressor and I want to ensure I have it rotating in the right direction. Does your compressor rotate clockwise or counterclockwise? Thanks.

So I had a slab poured for my 20 x 24 garage, supposed to be sloped 2" to the overhead door. Turns out it is far from that and now when wet vehicles are parked inside the water runs to the side walls and pools up against them. A bit of an issue since there is snow here 6 months a year and my...

Hi, I am about to start wiring my garage and have a question about lighting. It is 20x24 with a 9' ceiling. There are numerous great deals on T12 lights and fixtures around town but I hear T12 aren't that great. Can anyone shed some light (no pun intended) on the subject? Will I be greatly...

Hi, new guy here to the site and am building my first garage this spring. Looks like it will be approx 20' in depth and 26' in width. I am looking to hear some ideas of things that you wish you did when you built yours, or ideas of things that you think I should take into consideration when I...

New guy here from Calgary. Found this site through a sister site The Jalopy Journal. I'm into older cars, currently have a 1950 Chev and a 1964 Fairlane. I need a place to work on them so I'm going to be building my first garage this spring. Looks like it will be about 20' in depth and 26' in...