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I've had my Bendpak HD-9XW four post lift for awhile now, but hadn't installed any bridge jack or jacking tray setup to allow me to get the wheels off my car/truck while on the lift. I was swapping winter wheels/tires recently on my wife's car - one at a time - using my trusty floor jack and...

www.discountsteel.com Just got this in my inbox. No affiliation with them, though I've used them several times through the Garage Condo project and my Factory Five Cobra kit build. They sell all sorts of metals, cut to size and ship quickly. One of the only 'online' metal shops that I...

I'm getting down to the small stuff in the new shop and need to find a well built, relatively small, swivel mounted retractable hose reel. 50' would be the minimum I need, but I found this ABS plastic one from Reelcraft that has 66' of 3/8" ID hose. The other model is a SpeedAire - 3/8" x 100'...

Hi all, We need to protect (water resistance/light abrasion) the lower 3' of our garage condo walls. 2 x 40' long each, so roughly 240 square feet plus trim. Option 1 I was going to use 1/8" 5051 brushed aluminum diamond plate, but the recent increase in aluminum has pushed pricing for that...

Hi All, Putting a new compressor in our new garage build-out and I'd appreciate some advice. I'm a basic car hobbyist and will run most available air tools/impact wrench/etc. Will not be doing any blasting, but I may at some point buy a Ranger tire changer (110-175psi required). I've been...

This a single post copy from my thread in the garage gallery. I thought it might be interesting to those specifically looking at 'floors'. My wife and I are building out a garage condo. We wanted to keep our garage floor 'concrete looking' and to see some of the aggregate. We contracted with...

Hi all, My wife and I are building out a garage condo and I could use a little help deciding between recessed cans (6") and 48" T-8 fluorescent. The location is under the mezzanine (colored red in the plans below) - approx 16'W x 32'L. This will be my primary workspace in the condo - I'll...

I'm moving this thread from General to the Garage Gallery. I'll update here. --------- Thought some of you might find this interesting. My wife and I had been considering moving to a 3-5 acre piece of property that would be big enough for a house as well as an out-building (workshop/mancave)...

Thought some of you might find this interesting. My wife and I had been considering moving to a 3-5 acre piece of property that would be big enough for a house as well as an out-building (workshop/mancave). We’ve decided to stay in our current home, but with my minor addiction to cars/toys...

I mostly lurk on here, but got a lot of valuable insight from the GJ members regarding lifts - thanks. I've had a Bend Pak scissor lift for a couple of years and have been very pleased with its versatility. Since winter is coming, and my garage is filling up with snowmobiles, I thought it...