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As some of you know, I recently replaced my Honda Pilot engine with a Ridgeline engine because the Pilot engine had a distinct, cyclical, knocking sound. As an update, its been a few weeks since the engine swap and the Pilot is running as good as ever with the Ridgeline engine. I got curious...

I think I need to go purchase lottery tickets today. I woke up this morning, walked out to the truck to drive and pick up Donuts for the wife and I, and my Facebook pinged. I looked at my Facebook and a fellow down the street from me listed items to be picked up for free. Instead of donuts, I...

After buying a TV for the shop, I've noticed that the sound quality is horrid. It's a relatively small steel building at 25x30, with no insulation, and the TV doesn't have enough oomph or clarity to hear things clearly enough to enjoy it when on standing any distance away from it. I have a...

As standard procedure, I will wipe my tools down after every use, and then again with a lightly oiled rag after every couple of uses. However, there are tools that I don't typically use as as often as others, and I will on occasion dip them into a cup of clean oil and work them a few times...

I have a separate set of tools that I generally will allow others to grab from, but there is only one other individual allowed to use my preferred tools, and they are more concerned and consistent about tool placement and organization than I am. Like me, if they break or lose a borrowed tool...

I'm looking to add to my Allen key sets, and I am strongly considering the purchase of a ball end set as opposed to a traditionally cut key set. For those of you who have extensive USE of Allen keys, have you noticed any typical failure modes, or common deficiencies with the design of ball end...

A post in another thread got me thinking about something that I hadn't really thought of, and that's having multiple versions or spares of the same tool. I have tools that I started with 25+ years ago when I first began turning wrenches on my own vehicles, combined with newer versions of the...

Certain hand tools of mine (ratchet wrenches) can get darn slippery when coated in oil/grease/etc., I guess because of the chrome coating on them. Slippery tools drive me nuts, and I'm ready to throw them through the wall when I bust a knuckle as a result. I came across what might be a...

I have been wanting a larger garage/shop for a while, as my current garage is a two car, attached garage that gets filled with everything imaginable between the kids and wife. I do a bit of mechanic work as a "side hustle", and its to the point where I need the extra room for tool storage...

I installed a 100 amp sub panel in my shop (steel building on a concrete slab) that is fed by copper 6 AWG UF from a 60 amp 2 pole breaker in my main panel that is attached to my house. I mounted the subpanel in the detached steel building to a 3/4" x 4' x 4' plywood board, and screwed the...

My building construction is complete minus the electrical build out, and I am about to start moving my vehicles, tools, and tables over from the garage to the building. However, between the dogs and workers, the floor is covered in red clay. I've brushed it, swept it, and blown it out, but the...

I found this forum while searching for shop additions that I might not have thought of (wall mounted shop vacuum anybody?) and found myself spending an extraordinary number of hours reading through posts and discovering quite a few great ideas. I'm in the process of finishing out my...