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    Anyone have multiple garage workshops?

    I used to have the garage at home, a rented shop space, and the the shop at work. It was very hard trying to remember which one of those locations the particular tool I needed was.
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    Help with ramp to garage

    I would use road base, you want this stuff to pack down and give you a nice solid surface
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    Decent tool set of 4x4ing

    My question is: what spare parts do you carry? I don't know what the weak links are on Unimogs but think through the process of changing what ever parts you carry and make sure you have all those necessary tools.
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    Getting power to my shop

    I agree, it wont hurt. Thanks, this is something I didn't think about.
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    Getting power to my shop

    I was considering using metal rigid conduit where it comes out of the ground on both sides. But I don't know which is worse it getting brittle over time or it rusting out?
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    Getting power to my shop

    I believe NEC says to use schedule 80 coming out of the ground as it is subject to damage in that area.
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    Getting power to my shop

    I'm looking at XHHW-2 wire and 4/0 seems to be good for 205 amps and 230 for 250 kcmil. After figuring in the voltage drop probably better to step up a size. The place I'm thinking of buying it from actually has the 250 kcmil slightly cheaper than 4/0. What's your reasoning for no disconnect...
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    Getting power to my shop

    I haven't done a load calculation. Do you do one for the equipment you have or the equipment you want? I'd probably end up needing 2,500 amps of 3 phase power if I did the "I won the lottery and can buy every piece of equipment I've ever wanted scenario." I'm sure its overkill but I have 200...
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    Getting power to my shop

    I need the GJ experts to look over my plan to make sure I’m not missing anything. I have an electric pole 85 feet away from my newly built shop. The pole has a meter and a 200 amp panel. The panel has a main breaker and has feed trough lugs at the bottom us the bus bars. If I understand...
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    Trailer stake pocket jack

    can you use the jack from the tow vehicle?
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    Very simple home (or business) inventory program ?

    I have a pretty mediocre knowledge of google sheets and forms but I was able to throw together a simple google form with 2 questions and the ability to add a picture. Box number? Contents? Take a picture of the contents I have this info go into a google sheet, every form response is a new...
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    Garage door that travels straight up

    When I was ordering my doors through Home Depot there was several options for the tracks. Vertical track extension (I think that's what it was called) was one of them. I did a 4 foot extension on a 10 foot door that's opposite of a 14 foot door so I would have the same head room under the doors...
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    rattle_snake's random shop projects v0.1

    crazy idea: could you route the suction side of refrigerant through a heat exchanger to cool the fuel? I don't know if the refrigerant would absorb any more heat after coming out of the evaporator on +100° day, probably not worth the effort
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    Looking at subcompact/compact tractors.

    I have 10 acres and bought an old 1999ish Kubota L3000DT about a year ago. It's great, it's low hours and 1 owner, the guy's widow was selling it on consignment at a nearby Kubota dealership. It's done everything I need shredding, spreading gravel for a driveway, and it was strong enough to lift...
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    rattle_snake's random shop projects v0.1

    I'm guessing the tail of the spring was originally in the notch? I might gave that trick a try.
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    Glass Polish

    Here's a couple pictures of want I am going to try to fix. I can't catch my finger nail on anything. It was raining here this morning and I noticed that when wet I don't see the scratches. I'm not shooting for a perfect crystal clear window but I want to be able to better see out of it.
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    Glass Polish

    Does anyone have any experience polishing automotive glass? I recently bought a used truck and the drivers window is pretty scratched not bad enough to feel it but you can see it. I'm guessing it was rolled up and down dirty a lot previously. Any recommendations on which polish to get?
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    Hitch Pins on Chain hooks

    seems like a lot of hassle what about a piece of chain with no hooks or just 1 hook, that you feed trough whatever and hook on the other end with another chain? I assume you're using a boomer, I'd probably work it out so that the boomer covered that connection or make some sort of...
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    ZMotorsports Shop Projects 2.0

    "meticulously" maintained = washed every weekend
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    Adding Relays To Your Headlights, Low Beam & High Beam

    I'll echo every body else in saying this is a great write up. If you want a free easy way to make some pro looking schematics check out TinkerCAD it's meant to teach kids CAD and there is a circuits section. There all sort of components to use, I don't even know what most of them are. You can...
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