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Genuinely surprised desiccant packs did that much, they're as good as if coated with oil.

I've only lurked for years but I'm still so happy about finding this 1/2 hp from the 70s at an estate sale yesterday that it would be wrong to not post it here. The owner took great care of it, and afaik he's still around, just purging most of his stuff. It runs great, now to get a wire wheel...

The double negatives make it start off sounding like a complaint but I think all he's saying is "why don't we start a thread featuring cool videos like this so they're easy to find" JP

Sure you don't want to mount it to a work bench? When you have to bend something in the vise or hold a piece to be wrenched or worked on, that grinder stand will probably move too much even bolted down. Maybe not though. Though I do wish I had a stand like that (or an original Craftsman one)...

"Measure thrice, cut once" "Beer then whiskey, mighty risky"

I'm always on the lookout for a sweet Marantz like that but the classic stereo guys move fast on them here. What kind of speakers do you use with it? JP

YouTube is really hanging up on me with this one, going to try again in the morning!

Re: The Little Vintage Garage. I can't believe how good that foil print looks, now I feel encouraged to refinish my block grinder.

I know at least half the members on here daydream about making a tunnel on their property, someone must have done it by now. If we can just get somebody to admit to it! JP

Made me snort-laugh! JP

Can't think of a downside, and those rounded corners are cool. JP

I love Dr. Bronner's, though my eyes can no longer read the manifesto that mentions Mark Spitz and the word 'dilute!' over and over! Trader Joe's sells it in bar form now which helps from using it up too fast. JP

I'm kind of liking that lime-green rule someone mentioned early in the thread. Best thing I've gotten from HF is the sanding station (green!) - the only downside is you have to remove a dozen screws to change the paper, so you end up leaving that metal off.

Looks like the best option at first is a long bench between that door and water heater, could divide off the water heater w pegboard walls & make one swing out or removable. Are there any windows?

I like this casters idea a lot, nothing in the way when its time to swap out something. When I walled off a shop area in my basement, I put light framing and hinges on a section of paneling to make a 'fake' wall that's easy to swing open and have all the room I used to have around the water...

I've come to think almost everything is practice- you may not be able to improvise a lot yet, but you can learn it. Getting comfortable with one thing leads to being able to tackle the next harder thing. Since I got a house I routinely build and fix projects that years ago I would have hired...

Hey man, you came back from that 666 break! That is a cool holder, maybe I'll get one of those this week, redoing my peg wall now.

Those doors look fantastic!

More and more I believe that momentum is everything, so whatever it takes to make it happen. Leaving some 'solved problems' to start the next day like that is actually a pretty popular approach for writers- Hemingway did it!