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What a fun thread! I'm going to be reading on here for hours. I wanted a way to store my Harbor Freight parts bins. I took an old steel frame, two file cabinets, and the dissected carcasses of two sets of garage shelves to make a large parts storage unit. Bolted and pop riveted the whole...

Thanks, it's been working wonderfully. Yes, the miter saw generally does align with the long axis of the table and operate as a work support. I was planning to mount the miter saw to the table, but once I used it I found it much easier to leave it unmounted. That way I can easily remove it or...

I didn't quit; I was let go. It was sudden and unexpected. I'm sure I'll find something soon, but in the meantime I can get the house and garage a bit more organized.

OK, I edited the posts to attach the pictures. I prefer embedded images to attachments, but I'll just have to adapt. Photobucket appears to have locked down all of my photos, back to the beginning of the thread. Not. Cool. I may still have the pictures, but editing all of the posts is a...

Next up: clear coat, think up a bracket of some sort to mount the kayak to an exterior wall, surprise the wife with a parking spot! In other news, Photobucket appears to be rebelling - some nonsense about upgrading to a better account to allow use in forums. Let me know if it's not letting you...

After some heavy reorganization, I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Pretty soon I'll be able to find every tool I own, and have the workspace to use them. I need to finish labeling everything so I can quickly find tools - but I can't find the labelmaker. :eek2: The two...

Cleaned her up, removed most of the roots that had grown in, sanded down the rough spots, cut/drilled out the old broken rivets, put in a LOT of new 3/16 aluminum rivets, and rattlecanned the interior. White seemed like a solid choice in the Florida sun. Still need to find/fabricate some end...

While this work was happening, I found a little single-person canoe for next to nothing on CL. I've missed having a kayak for years, and since I had some time for a project I decided it would make a nice complement to the garage cleanup. She's a bit... rough.

That pesky job was keeping me away from the garage, so we parted ways. During my sabbatical, I've gotten time to tackle a number of projects. The garage was a train wreck - once again, I couldn't bring myself to take before pictures. Suffice it to say that it was difficult to find a path to...

Sorry for not answering sooner; I never remembered to go out and look. It's made by a company called Thinking Outside. From a Google search, it looks like they may have gone out of business.

AVS = Auto vent shade. They allow you to crack the windows even when it's raining.

Go for it, FGI! It's been perfect for me - one of the few things I seem to have gotten right the first time. :bounce:

I completely agree, and I don't think we're alone in the sentiment on this forum. :D There's something beautiful about "a place for everything, and everything in its place," especially in the garage. I feel like that's a big reason a lot of people are on here. I'm nowhere near that level of...

Thanks, JSherid1 - from the looks of your place, space can't be at too much of a premium! :lol_hitti Seriously though, the house looks beautiful. Congratulations!

Here’s what I've been working on in what little free time I have. I'm an outdoorsman, and I have damaged or destroyed a substantial number of my vehicles due to the fact that they weren't able to go where I needed to be. The sole exception was my lifted 2000 Silverado Z71, which was a mighty...

Amen. My garage is in a shocking state of neglect. However, I have been making some small moves here and there. The new workbench is probably at ~80%. I think if I can get a few more random items out, I can get the garage back in fighting trim in a weekend. That, of course, assumes I can...

Wow, big changes happening here! The place is looking great, but I never thought I'd see the WOC go!

Hi Shorty, I fell off the face of the planet after I took a new job, which required much longer hours. The garage is in complete disarray, as I just haven't had time. Sometimes sacrifices must be made. I'm going to make an effort to get back on here, though. Maybe reading up on the projects...

Good call; I had no idea these existed. No TSC around here, but I'll have to stop in next time I'm near one.

Thanks! Actually, as far I can tell the compressor works perfectly. It's quite loud, but it seems to run fine. I even pulled the plug to drain it, and nothing came out. I was kind of expecting a deluge. On the topic, I saw someone (Youtube maybe?) who replaced the drain plug with a 90...