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    Athol Vise Co.

    I am primarily a lurker on here, but over the years I have seen the name Athol Vise come up quite often, seems like they have quite the following. I am not from Athol Mass, but I have now lived here for 11 years. A few years back I took a little walk and snapped a few pictures of what I have...
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    Input on "restoring" an old cast table saw

    A little back story - My great grandfather passed away in the late 90's. At that time I was still in H.S. and did not have a place of my own. So a few of his larger items that were in his basement shop ended up at my Uncles house for the past number of years. My Uncle was looking to get rid...
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    Interior Trim...I dont know what to do! (Stairs and Cabinets)

    Little background info... I'm not a carpenter...just a guy that is trying to learn to do all the trim on the inside of his house. Last year I tackled all the windows and doors...the jamb extensions, sills, mitered returns...and all that jazz. It was time consuming, but I learned a lot along...
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    Looking for input on Sandblasters

    Looking to see if anyone has any contact info, company names, etc on somewhere I could look for sandblasting equipment. A little background. I work at a company that sandblasts rims and powder coats them. We have a line setup just for this and can move quite a few rims through in a days...
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    Trying to think ahead on stereo wiring....

    I'm sure there are some threads in here that contain pics and intricate details of awesome mega garage stereo setups...I unfortunately am not realistically going to be putting one of those in my garage. I have a few old surround sound speaker sets (center, left front, right front, left rear...
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    HVAC Ducting - Material and Path Questions

    Hello All - First post in the HVAC section. Please take a look at what I am working with in my little thread I have going in a different section: http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170103&page=4 I currently have done some work to an area of my house that I would like to finish...
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    Exterior Painting - High Areas

    Now that warm weather is here I'm trying to convince myself to tackle painting the house this warm season. I have been busy inside the house since last fall with my ongoing basement garage and trim work inside the house. I generally try to think things through before I attempt them myself, and...
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    Questions on Sheetrock and strapping

    Looking for some input on required sheetrock for code. Being that I knocked a hole in my basement wall and put in a garage door, I technically need to treat the area as a garage space and would like to sheet rock the space to code. I'll attach a pic...because people like pics and it seems to...
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    Trim - Mitered Reterns

    I have decided to take the plunge and attempt to do the molding on the inside of my entire house, as it currently has none. I have my first window just about complete and went with mitered returns on the bottom apron and some small crown molding around the header. These are very small...
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    Crawl Space to Garage...

    As the title mentions, I am in the middle of making what was originally a crawl space into a useable work space. Its been an ongoing project for nearly two years now and just last week I had a hole cut in the wall that will end up being a garage door. I have a lot of work left but the end is...
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    Looking for a pic of Bench Curtains

    I tried the search function after I searched my computer for this pic. I know I saw a pic on here somewhat recently of a garage that had a work bench with curtains hanging on the front of it "waist level down to the floor" to neaten up the look of all the clutter behind it. Anyone have this pic??
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    Heated Driveway Possibilities??

    My house is located in New England, I'm used to the snow and realize its a part of living here. A few years ago I purchased a house that I felt was a great deal even though I knew the driveway would be difficult to clear during inclimate weather. It is a concrete driveway, 6' thick with rebar...
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    Garage Computers....Is it too cold?

    I recently got my old computer back up and running after the power supply failed a while back. I had since picked up a laptop so I figured its new home can be out in the garage. I live in New England tho, where below freezing temps are common this time of year. Every person I mentioned this...
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    Round portable Kerosene Heaters

    I have taken some time trying to find any info I could on the site, and most of what I am finding is about the dayton G73 type heaters or reddy heaters. I currently have a normal size 2 car garage that is now insulated, I live in Mass. where temps are already in the single digits at night and...
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    Cabinet - Paint it, Stain it, Leave it?

    Finally finished getting the first of hopefully a few cabinets together last night. I was not sure how this was going to work out, but I am pretty happy with it. I have recently finished three walls of my garage and thrown some paint on them as well. I am looking for input as to how to...
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    Fastening Garage Cabinets to Ceiling?

    I am currently in the middle of making some designated store "cabinets" in various locations around my small 2 car garage to help tackle my ever moving pile of stuff. I have ceilings that are around 9 and a half feet tall, so I'd like to put on some simple store on one of the side walls up out...
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    Help identify some of my Grandfathers old tools

    Last year while visiting my family back home, my grandmother asked me to take a look at some tools my grandfather had in his home work shop to see if there was anything I wanted. He had passed away right before I was born so I never met him, but my grandmother has held onto a lot of his...
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    New to the site, Central Mass.

    Hello All, I am a member on a number of car sites and often times people post up links that send me over here and I end up spending hours...on top of hours...on top of hours...checking out all the neat stuff found here. The site gives me hope, that I am normal, and there are others out there...
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