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I'm in tech and AI is on the verge so to speak. Who's using AI to do day to day things in the shop? My life - i'm building a filtration system for my plasma table which will clean the water in it, removing contaminates, as well as chemicals, oils, etc. so I can prolong the life of...it...

I usually make my own organization stuff but I’ve become intrigued by Toolgrid. I like the idea of using a grid that you can attach to for the drawer bottoms instead of mat (or screwing organizers directly into the bottom of a wood drawer). The grid itself is a neat idea. Then, as I pondered...

Been out of the CNC plasma cutting game for more than 15 years and it seems the supplier game has changed a bit in the Denver market. Ideally i find a place that delivers to residential. Recommendations?

Just had an inspection (selling my old house) and the inspector said I have a “double tap” in my panel. My initial reaction was “…I Fn do?!?”. Maybe I don’t know what a double tap is. I thought it was one of two things - Two hot wires under a single breaker screw Two neutral wires sharing...

I’ve been lucky enough to start working on my dream shop build a few months ago, starting with infrastructure…air, water, electrical, etc. I’m running 3 or so 20 amp circuits into the shop side of my garage (45’ x 23’). I set out to add 20-amp circuits to each wall to ensure I have enough...

My Garage Journal History, to date In 2010 my wife and I purchased our house in Parker, Colorado. It had an attached 3 car garage that's really a 2 car with a tandem on the right hand side. Many of you followed along starting in November 2012 as I built custom cabinets to organize my tools in...

I need to run a new #3 home run from my panel to my garage. I can exit my panel on the side and I’d like to make it not look janky…I mean, id like it to look like an electrician did it. 😂 I’m going to run a 1 1/2” conduit in this configuration. About the only thing I can find that will...

Built this triple oven for powder coating out of a double and a single in wall GE oven. Used the main control so I can run two burners at once. Works great but there’s a 50+ degree difference between top and bottom. Need to mix the air. Using the factory convection fans internally. Bought...

Been trying to get a box and pan ordered but can’t get one for weeks at best. I waited too long. Anyone up for letting me bend a few parts for a air return on my powder coating oven? I’ll trade a 12 pack for maybe 30 minutes. Parts are laid out, just need to execute the bends. These are...

so I’m in the market…looking for a 24” long one for making smaller brackets and parts. Used to have a 48” unit, it was too big and I never needed more than half for what I do typically…so 24” is good. Would like capacity of 16ga x 24. Found this one, pricy but has a lot of features...

Have a bunch of 8’ led lights in the garage which I purchased at the local big box. They’ve lasted about 3 years and now a couple are funky flickering. I tested the power converters/drivers and yep, they’re bad. What difference does the output wattage make? These are 72wats. I’m having...

I've only ever had the 12 point USA craftsman ratcheting wrenches. Need a set now and it seems those which have the best reviews are 6 point. Seems like there's an opportunity to not get on the fastener from time to time. I get that a 6 point wrench will fit the fastener better and is...

Ordered a 20 piece set of Made in the USA Williams shallow sockets. First set came with doubles of half the set. No biggie, just ordered a replacement. Accidents happen right? Replacement comes and...think it's maybe 6mm. Accidents happen except this was in the 6mm - 22MM set...I mean not...

A few years ago I amp'd up on my chrome socket set in my primary box. Williams made in the USA stuff Metric and SAE. Nice stuff, really nice. I need to build another box and I've started hunting around. Seems many of the made in the usa sets aren't easily available at the moment which *****...

Been surfing around chasing the idea of buying a tapping arm. A USA made version is called "Flex Arm". They come in a broad array of variants - pneumatic, electric, and hydraulic. Pricing tends to go in that order as well making pneumatic the cheapest, then electric, then pneumatic. Some...

Have another thread started but it's specific to stainless exhaust welding. I need a belt sander to tune pieces of tubing to get them squared up as a part of the welding process. Probably always have. Will also used it for general fab stuff. Today I do everything with smaller grinders and...

planning to up my game on stainless exhaust fabrication. I can buy bend segments online pre-cut and just assemble them. I'd rather have the flexibility of cutting them myself. Today I use a Fein Slugger dry cutting chop saw. Works awesome but cutting isn't easy. Need a fixture and the head...

Trying to come up with something clever but the spring loaded ones aren’t easy to store. Any ideas out there?

I just completed the machining of some aluminum control arms for my Jeep and I realized that I’m beyond OCD with how I care and maintain my end mills, taps, and drill bits. To start - when I’m done with a project I always clean my tooling. It’s fairly quick and this subtle details can really...

I've struggled to get parts for various builds over the last year or so now. Everyone's backordered on parts and materials. When realized I needed a heavy wall bender for my current project, it didn't even occur to me that they too could be seriously backordered. Called JD Benders today...