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I have a 2hp Bridgeport mill in addition to a metal lathe of slightly less power, both are 240v 3-phase machines. Buddy has a pile of brand new Mitsubishi VFD's and gave me one rated for 2hp. It is petty small, light, and supposedly has a ton of functionality. Programmable limits, alarms...

Beat it up good: Can I run 2nd story floor joists the "wrong" direction? Doing a new detached garage design, and this would save some coin. Say we are standing in front of a typical 2 car detached garage, facing the large roll-up door. Trusses or rafter ties would typically sweep left to...

Anybody else recently or currently using Ryan Moe to design a structure? Have seen him referenced here.

New detached garage build this year. Going to be 2x6 exterior walls. Considering to use larger rafter boards and spaced at 24" on-center, vs smaller boards at 16" on-center. Larger rafter boards will allow for more insulation per cavity, and may end up as lower total material cost, still have...

New build, anybody apply any type of insulating tape along the outside edge of their wall studs as a thermal break before installing sheathing or their next outer material layer? Thinking to put a strip of 1-1/2" wide butyl tape, or adhesive foam strip, or.........? Pretty much same as you...

Putting a conventional home furnace up in the attic of my garage rebuild, will be a horizontal natural gas high efficiency unit. Wanting to get the most out of it, so thinking to have the heat exit near the floor level to rise using some ducting, rather than having to fill the room from the top...

Second post on similar topic, apology. Open invite to check my thinking on an idea I'd like to incorporate. I'm building a new garage here in MI, it will have a 2nd story. Warm summers, cold winters. Walls and rafters will be fiberglass insulated with poly vapor barrier, roof peak will have...

Had to disable my decent 80% efficient ceiling hung warehouse unit because I went over the chimney area with solar panels. Thought I'd drop a pic of its new (to me) high efficiency replacement. Garden hose natural gas line, 2 bare wires jammed into the end of an extension cord, blower side...

New build coming soon, I'd like to invite the band to beat this one up due to my lack of knowledge on such: 1. Roof peak may end up being a ridge beam vs ridge board. Beam may be 5" or so wide LVL, glulam, etc......, 24' span. If so, and I want to use a ridge vent, can it (both) be done? I...

Complete garage rebuild in planning phase. What have some of you done for interior finishing? This will be a bottom-up build, so starting with a clean slate. Walls will be 10' tall 2x6 with faced fiberglass insulation and then a layer of poly sheet over as vapor barrier on the inside (I...

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Just a brief post about rooftop solar, for anybody considering it. I did it myself, and love the result. There are really only 3 parts and 2 wires. If you have an un-obstructed South facing roof surface, there is a lot to be gained. West works too. In my case, it is like having a 5.8kW...

Hi all. Avid reader, first time posting. I'm considering to do a tear-down and full rebuild of my detached garage, and would value feedback on the design. Existing is a 26' wide x 24' deep x 16' peak (stick built rafters) permit built unit my dad did back in 1982. Garage has 8' sidewall...