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I hate to resurrect an old thread. Purchased the above Knox sockets from tooltopia and the sockets seem to be good quality. Have been using them for a month or so now. Only issue is I have 2x 18mm sockets and I’m missing a 19mm which is a pain, and partly how I found this thread. Havnt been able...

Made a little more progress inside the garage today. While some things outside the garage have changed, Not much has been done inside the garage in some time. I plan on making a countertop atop the steel cabinets, with the left side being a small sink.

Already built a roll cage and rebuilt the top end in one of the Minis since my last post! Only updates to the garage are the workbench in the dead space between the oil tank and the garage door (which has helped a ton) and a new tool box :) . I have a bit more tidying up to do, my goal is to...

Completed most of the electrical: Added a 20 amp GFCI circuit outside:

Insulated, new sheetrock and permanently installed the lights. Much warmer and brighter.

I am still brainstorming the style of lighting I want to use, back and forth between flourescent and LED, how to best arrange them, and how many in total I will need. I have spent some time on the lighting thread trying to work it all out and I am close to making a decision. On the topic of my...

I wonder if people in Europe complain that they are using ratchets and the bases of their sockets have fractional 1/4" 3/8" and 1/2" square drives :) Triple square isn't bad, then again my tools deal with more VW/Mini stuff. My newer Mini has a lot of inverse/male torx headed bolts which I...

Took the rest of the ceiling down and found this cool old plate today! From what I am told it is from 1966-72. House was built in 63, but where this was located it looks like someone used it to make a repair.

https://www.costco.com/4’-Linkable-LED-Shop-Light-with-Pull-Chain%2c-2-pack.product.100284402.html These ones?

I will check those out, Sounds like a good solution but they will be wired into my panel as opposed to plugging into a socket.

Today while thinking about lighting, I am pondering on getting a few florescent tube fixtures, the 4' T8 style, and mounting them along my walls. The goal is to reduce shadowing as I would be doing most of my work on the ground, and really don't think my low ceiling height would be ideal for a...

Not at all. I tried hopping around, if anything it's more solid than before.

Today we finished the installation, swept up a bit and organized all my leftover wood. I will now have to transfer everything under the finished portion because that Sheetrock and insulation has to go. The Sheetrock is 3/8" and the insulation is not even 2" thick so that has to be corrected. Now...

I know you were planning on racedeck but its a good thing you havn't done anything to the floors beforehand! That separation would be such a headache with conventional tile or epoxy!

The joist hangars are up! The supporting walls will be coming down in tomorrow :D Photos of todays progress: How the joists overlapped above the supporting wall: Shimmed Two beams bolted together

M coop, where did you move from? There are lots of tracks around. Watkins Glen, New Jersey Motorsports park, Lime Rock, and a few newer ones, Palmer motorsports park (which I havn't been to yet) and Thompson speedway. I am in New Windsor close to the Cornwall train station. The beam is up, I...

No HVAC here, our house has an oil burner for heat/hot water, and one or two weeks a year we have a window a/c or a dehumidifier to take away the dampness. I am still considering a central unit for the house to get better coverage, but we will deal with that at a later time. I also ran a window...

So today I cleared out the sheetrock, paneling, and insulation from the supporting wall. Tomorrow will be the day those beams (like 2x plywood 2x12") take the weight of the house. The floor joists which currently overlap on top of the load bearing wall will be cut enough for the beam to bisect...

So now that we have lived here for a few months, and most of the "house" portion of the work is where we want it, the focus is back on the garage. My father in law and his brother (uncle in law?) are going to purchase and install a beam so I can have the center load bearing wall removed, making...

Some images of the inhabitants (aside from the Golf): My 04 Cooper S dual purpose street/HPDE car (soon to lean further away from street car): My trusty Clubman S (my father-in-law's wood shop behind it): My most recent addition, an 81 RHD Mini 1000 (inside my parents' garage): My...