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OK small upgrade is in progress. As some of you know the hyperlight LED high bay lights are fairly common but the glare can be pretty bad. Unfortunately, hyperlite wants almost as much as the light itself costs for their diffusers. I decided it was time to make my own. They are a very simple...

Fun little project today. A friend came over to get some help mounting tires. It was a bigger truck wheel/tire. I had to cone it from the front. But the hub was pretty thin so the cone bottomed out before it was snug. I was able to quick design a custom spacer to put on the balancer and it...

- Default spacing on metal tube shops is 5' on center. When i ordered my building I designed it with 4' on center. - I planned the center of the post 16ft from the door. Some crude calculations put it there. My original desire was to be able to put a quad cab long bed pick up on there and open...

Hey guys, bringing this back up from the dead. I have a CZ260ER (10,000 Watt version). I am simply trying to allow setting the heater to keep the shop above freezing, lets say 35 deg. Without having to go through everything mentioned above, I'm considering the idea of simply adding a resistor...

Western Ohio. Deal on hardware drawers. Has a pallet of yhen good opportunity for someone to get organized. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/680848200102217/?mibextid=dXMIcH

So ive been doing some low profile tire swaps with the tire machine since every tire shop in toen is downright shameful. Wanted to get the Atlas branded pneumatic assist arm, but price increased from $900 to $1300 😯. So i found a universal one on amazon for $350. Worth the gamble. The seller...

Max jaxx 2 post. $1500. Las Vegas, NV https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/611238597354747/

Been looking for the right deal on a trans jack and finally found one. I almost got a jegs 2 stage jack or equivalent, but wanted something sturdy and aomething i could get a rebuild kit for. Also, the foot lift/drop is nice to free up my hands. These seem to be hard to come by since they are...

Landed a brand new electric heater from FB marketplace. Its a 10,000 watt. It will only be used on the COLDEST days when the mini split can't keep up. I wasnt sure of a good place to mount it. I knew I wanted it further from the wall/ceiling than the included mount extra safety/buffer...

Well I've run into a small-ish issue that I wanted to document in here in case anyone is thinking about these buildings. The man door that comes with these, are not great quality. I went to the hardware store looking for a door I could just slide in. The rough opening would be 35.5" x 82"...

Man, not to pour salt on a wound but that installation is in a tough spot. The near post in the picture is near 1 control joint and on-top of another. If you want to be safe cut it out and re-pour a small pad.

Ok. Just finished putting the 'cherry on the sundae' on. A mini split with heat and A/C. I ended up going with a MrCool 36k BTU gen3. They recently released a gen4, so the gen3s were slightly discounted. Some rough calculations showed the payback on the improved efficiency was like 5 yrs down...

Nothing major. Just maintenance and whatever comes my way. Just finished upgrading an exhaust yesterday. Having the lift was an game changer. My wife eventually wants to restore a pickup truck from the 50s. So we will see how that develops. I may try my hand at flipping 'mechanic specials'...

Monumental day today. It's done. Its a real shop now. The electrician finished and I am no longer running an extension cord to my house. Needing to turn off the lights to run the air compressor or the mitre saw. Its great. After over 2 years since the building was erected. But I don't regret...

I want to put in a quick update for anyone else that might have a similar issue with these balancers. I took a bit of gamble and ordered some balancer cones for 28mm shafts. I ordered the cones linked below and they fit perfectly. In case the link goes dead: Manufacturer: ‎MT-RSR, Inc. Part...

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Quick add on today. Can't have enough pegboard. Used the same stuff that i used for the work bench (but a smaller size, 16x16). Then I ran some boots threw it to the existing threaded holes for the top section handles. I did have to drill one new hole since the spacing didn't work out.

Another option to consider. Cost may be a factor. Get a 4 post lift for storage, can be relatively cheap model. and get a Maxjack lift. You could set whatever width you want, AND when not in use you can cart it out of the way and use your garage a bit more comfortably.

Reasonably priced 24" deep pallet racks are very hard to come by since its not a standard size. Most stores only carry 8ft tall and 8ft wide ones. But to maximize the space I needed a 12ftx12ft. Finnaly found one after 2 yrs of scouring FB marketplace. These were destined to be scrapped. But...

Long time no update. I've always had a terrible work bench. I went back and forth with the idea of building a big custom work bench or something relatively small but mobile. I went with the mobile idea since I've opted to keep pretty much everything on wheels so I can move things around for...