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So a bit of background: I've been working on cars as a hobby for 19 years. There isn't anything on an automobile I won't rebuild, modify, or repair...though, after spraying one car I'm smart enough to do the prep work and have someone else lay down the paint now! Cutting, welding, tearing apart...

So a friend of mine bought me a Garage-Warming gift, and dropped this off the other day. It's a "Muffler Inspection Light", and has an AP Parts of Canada sticker on it. Amazing part is the fact that it actually works! The fluorescent bulb is quite unique, so I suspect when it finally dies I...

I'm working on wiring up my shop, and have encountered a problem I'm not sure how to solve. The shop is built with 6x6 posts supporting the main beams, and you can find 6x6 posts at each corner of the shop, and two spaced out in each wall. There are 2x4 studs, spaced out on 24" centres. 2x4...

One of the things I want for my new garage, is a convenient small parts storage system. I've seen the HF parts boxes and racks people build, but I'm looking for something more along the 'boxes on rack' style. Specifically, I'm thinking either the cardboard box on shelf style, or plastic box on...

The last garage floor I coated was ten years ago, and the product have certainly changed. I've searched and I've surfed, but finding solutions for the Canadian garage are challenging. I thought a new thread on GJ with the subject line that will help searching would be a good idea. Using...

On and off over the years I've lurked here on the garage journal. I suspect it was Jack Olsen's garage that originally brought me here, but I've stuck around for some of the threads and certainly the 'how tos'. Despite owning a few classic cars, and enough tools to be a professional mechanic...