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    What do I need to know during my shop build? Things you wish you had done?

    A lot of good advice here, but I'll take a dissenting view regarding windows. My old garage was much smaller than my current set up, but had about double the window square footage -- I really miss the natural light. If that's something that's also important to you, then I'd stick with your...
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    Who has a 30 x 60 shop - Thirty by sixty?

    My setup has similar square footage at 2010 sq. ft. but is a little funky: 25w x 30d & 45w x 28d sharing an adjoining wall and with a ~6" difference between the floor grades. The smaller section is 2' deeper and used like a traditional garage: daily drivers, lawn tractor, and storage. It's...
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    Sizing a radiant tube heater

    Thanks for the input. The vendor recommended the 50k 30' unit, but I didn't ask about temperature differences at either end of the tube. If that's fairly significant, then installing the furnace end on the side opposite of my work bench could be the right compromise. Thanks, John
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    Sizing a radiant tube heater

    I need some advice on sizing a radiant tube heater. After going through a lot of very useful threads here, I’m leaning towards the Reverberray LD-series, dual stage heater, but I’m conflicted over which size to get for my 28x45 shop with a 9'4" ceiling. The longest tube option for the 40k/28k...
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    Workbench... mobile or stationary?

    For the new shop I've been thinking about using something like this: Reviews on Amazon are all excellent. Anyone here tried them? Thanks, John
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