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Although I've put "Safe n Sound" insulation/soundproofing in the walls of my double-garage shop, I don't know what to do with the single-car garage door. It is the standard aluminum/metal…

I've got a 12x16 shop in low humidity Central California where the summer temps routinely are 95-105.  I was thinking an evaporative cooler would be ideal for my size shop…

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the new Oneida Portable Dust Collector?    I know their 'standard' cyclones get pretty good responses/reviews but  if possible, I would like…

I'm doing some re-wring of my garage shop.  I'd like to run a dedicated 240V line to the table saw. I have a Square D Q012-24L125 subpanel in the garage. …

I teach physics at a technical college.  I often guest lecture students in the architecture program on acoustics.  As mentioned earlier, sound attenuates differently based on several parameters.  One important…

I am upgrading the dust collection for our shop and want input on the 1 micron bags and cannister filters. A micron is a micron and the bags are about…

Dog Holes:  How Many is Too Many? I'm laying out my first "real" workbench and am taking a lot of cues from Lon Schleining's "The Essential Workbench".   I am considering a few modifications, one of…

Hello all, *Background, Question below, feel free to skip* Early this morning I came across and followed references to Bill Pentz's site, and have been on there an this forum…

Today David Marks on Woodworks visited these two "Masters & Mentors". A few things inspired me about this show. Mr. Krenov has a very "cozy" shop. I am setting up…

I'm moving to a new house and need to figure out how to heat the two car garage size shop. I heard about the Edenpure portable heaters. I can wheel…