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(Apologies in advance if this is considered spam/too promotional/OT/etc) Since finishing my very upgraded shop last year I’ve found myself building a steady number of basic cabinets, and while I like the process of building them, the design and drawing are tedious, especially if I take the time...

I’m finally done (almost!) with construction and have moved towards actually working in the $&@!ing shop I’ve spent the last 21 months building. Something I’ve always wanted was to have a TIG capability and I finally have a space that can support it. I picked up a Primeweld 225 to start...

Over the past year I've (mostly) completed a new garage/shop building that includes a 16x26' basement under the 26x42' main floor. The basement is intended to serve mainly as a storage/overflow area, so originally I did not do anything in terms of finishing, it's just the floor slab and walls...

For people who've gotten an epoxy floor installed in the past 6-12 months, what kind of costs psf are you seeing? I had a local installer with good references quote me $8.10psf for a 1100sqft floor in Western Mass and just doing a sanity check. Online research suggests a range of $5-$9 which is...

We're finalizing HVAC choices for the 28x44 shop/garage I started almost a year ago and I'm trying to figure out the ventilation side of things. Would appreciate feedback from those who've gone before around what they would and wouldn't do again! The building itself is close to airtight and...

I'm in the process of emptying my wall--I mean, rebuilding my shop (by choice, only good things), and am wondering if any of y'all have tried to use a manual mill as your only "drill press" in a mixed woodworking/metalworking shop and how it worked out. My situation is that I've historically...

I'm shopping for a general-purpose metal lathe in the 12" class and curious to hear of any (semi) recent experiences by others. I've owned one of the ubiquitous Grizzly G0602 10x22 lathes for the past 10 years and it has mostly been adequate but would like something a little bit nicer. I don't...

Discussing this with my electrician and I’d like to have some additional opinions: We are pulling service from a second meter on my house (weird but how National Grid wanted it done) through my basement and out via 2” conduit to the new building. Probably about 150’, round up to 200 to be...

My new building is almost finished and one of the things I wanted to do in here is run fixed plumbing for compressed air. I'm planning on an Eastwood 3060 scroll compressor. I know these have some quirks but I want a quieter unit that has decent capacity. In terms of applications, the big one...

After many delays my new 28x42' shop/garage is progressing rapidly with siding starting to go on later this week. One thing I did not give enough thought to was floor finishing. I've always had rented spaces with raw concrete floors so did not really think much about alternatives. I also am not...

To cut to the chase I’m looking for door solutions for a new detached garage build. Right now the prints show I’ll have 10’ 11-1/2” floor to ceiling, and I’d like to preserve as much of that as possible. At minimum I’d like to have 10’3” of clearance, but more would be better. To get the...

I'm building a new garage, primarily intended to serve as personal shop space. I do some of everything but mostly machining and a bit of wood working. I don't really do auto stuff now but with a good space for it, maybe in the future. I am starting to work with an engineer on construction...

Finally starting to get pricing back from my builder and it’s eye-popping. Project is a ~1200sqft four-season garage in western Mass. The one that’s blowing my mind is he’s saying close to 250K to frame it, and that’s not including the roof trusses. All the other items—excavation, concrete...

Longtime occasional reader, decided to register as I get started planning a new garage build in earnest. I currently rent 1000sqft of industrial space in Boston for my prototype shop/mad science laboratory. I do about 50% machine shop work with a mix of a little bit of everything else. The...