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Finally had my first significant breakdown on the Charger, thowout bearing seized, spun the guts and out came the fluid. Since I put this transmission in by sliding under the car with it on my chest I thought I've got a lift now.. no problem WRONG! Damn is it heavier than I remember, I'm sure...

This one is for the wife but hey.. more stuff that can be unloaded from mine:thumbsup:. It will be 24'×28' with a bedroom above, 2' of stone wall then sided in poplar. Thought some of you would enjoy seeing this rather unusual technique for using natural stones gathered from our woods. Last...

Pretty excited to have a really nice compressor for once! Years ago my dad came across a deal at Lowes and snatched up 2 compressors for the price of one and we've been running them every since. They were 80 gallon units that put out 17 cfm, not horrible machines, lasted a bit but man were...

My compressor recently self destructed so I'm looking for a new compressor. Reading up on the Emax.. they're American made and specialize in quite operation utilizing big bore low rpm pumps that put out nice cfm #'s. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/emx-esp10v080v1

The wife over the last few years has done her share of complaining about the kids shoes piled at the door, the dogs tracking in the house, scraping snow and ice off of her van and then we adopt another child.. be nice to have another bedroom? I ignorantly say, sounds like an attached garage with...

Just curious as to what everyone's thoughts are on the subject? Around here this bubble wrap stuff is all the craze for putting under metal roofs. I don't get it, is it just another way to get money out of people or is it legit? I guess it's supposed to add R value which can't possibly amount to...

This thread really doesn't fit anywhere seeings how it's more for homes but I had some interest in it on a different thread so I'll post it here. We built out home roughly 20 years ago, first we built the main 30'×40' with a full basement then later added a 24'×24' living room. The living room...

I've lived here for 20 years and dealt with the never ending driveway headache's, POTHOLES!! It's that time of year to put down more gravel (typically 30 tons) but now it's skyrocketed in price, I used to pay $350 for a tandem axle, now it's $600 so it's time to try something different...

I'm pulling the trigger on the radiant floor for the addition so with many here being familiar with the installation why not gather some thoughts. I did some research using their formulas and I'm coming up with 576' of 1/2" pex spaced on 12" centers so I'm thinking 3 192' runs. Looks like the...

I hate to even start another thread on heating but do have good reasoning at least I think. I just finished my first full winter of heating the garage with the boiler and am pleasantly surprised, kept the garage toasty warm without a single hiccup and even held the slab at 62-65 degrees all...

Anybody have recommendations? I was at Lowe's last year and picked up a stainless Shop Vac dirt cheap (after Christmas sale), it lasted a year:BangHead:.. It's running but it's lost a lot of oomph and smells like it's going to catch fire at any moment lol. I was at Lowe's again this weekend and...

As most of you know I recently moved out of our shared garage (dad and I) so one thing at a time I need to fill it up.. I needed a torch cart! Dad was over visiting as usual and I mentioned that I needed to get a cart made up and that I liked the one he made because of it's massive wheels but...

Finally pulled the trigger and ordered the Maxline kit from Rapidair ordered from Summit Racing. I went back and forth between Copper, Black pipe and this kit, each have their own benefits but what won it over for me is the fact that I can bend this stuff around corners reducing a lot of...

So when I built my garage I needed to tool up since a lot of the tools in the old shop were my dad's..... I've got a handful of cheap die grinders from Harbor Freight that one by one quit working... literally brand new! The 90 die grinders constantly back off the nut that hold the gears in mesh...

Now that I'm getting back on dad's truck and doing the bodywork it's high priority to get the compressor out of the work area! Pretty sure it's going upstairs but when I do I have no choice but to start plumbing the lines. I know I absolutely do not want any black pipes but what to...

I've seen people make sinks out of transmissions and think it would look really cool in my shop bathroom but need some input. So I've got a junk 727, my plan is to either make a new center to replace the pump or machine it to except a drain but my hold up is what to coat the bellhousing with for...

Looking for ideas after being very disappointed in the typical offerings. Now that I'll be heating my home and garage on 100% wood I'm looking to streamline the process and the norm isn't going to cut it. I've been renting one every year and splitting everything over a weekend but can't help but...

So I've already purchased an outdoor boiler that should get delivered next week but now how to heat the garage with it. Simple answer is just buy a hydronic unit heater but after thinking about it why not a furnace? I've got my eye on a used 100,000 BTU Bryant propane furnace for $250. I'm...

I tore down an old barn to make room for my new garage, after looking into selling the Chestnut and getting low balled I decided it would be a cool project to use it. Here's a few pictures of what I started with, the truck load is new white oak for the top.

So I've decided to go with an outdoor boiler to heat both my garage and home but am having some trouble with deciding on which one? I really was settled on a Central Boiler, from what I've seen they are the most advanced and most well built but reviews are all over the place. I've searched...