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OP here. Lots of good advice. I will first take Thomas's idea about measuring and based on the result choose the follow up actions. Thank you all!

An old house that I recently bought for my family has two sets built in drawers (2 x 4 drawers) that are just basic plywood boxes that are supposed to slide on wood bars. The drawers are hard to...

Thanks for all the great ideas.
Even though this table will be sort of a work bench, it will be located in my house, so within limitations I still want to make it somewhat furniture like. That's...

I need to build a large and sturdy work table for medium duty tasks (computer assembly, small appliance repair, etc). I have a large amount of rough sawn knotty oak around (I'm guessing #2 common),...

Now that's cheap! I get the DISH family package and all locals with two receivers (one dual, one solo, feeding 3 TV's), and my last bill was $34.19. Our 5M DSL, however, is almost $50 per month,...

Just like a couple of other guys here mentioned earlier I use dust filters for circulating the air in my shop. Having had allergic symptoms to dust as a kid I simply like the idea of removing dust...

Yup, same here Paul. White dusting on the ground. Looks like got lowest 21.7 °F around 8AM this morning. Now we are back to tropical 30 and wind chill 23. Our master gardener (aka SWMBO) wisely...

Wow, what a great advice you guys have. Not that I can say I am surprised, after all this is the creek!

I think my stove is definitely designed to run very hot, as I understood it burns the...

So, with the help of the stimulus bill I now have a high-efficiency wood stove in my shop. A city boy that I used to be, this is the first time in my life I am dealing with a wood heater, and I have...

You also asked about tools rusting. I am using my current shop here in MN for the third summer now. No AC needed, as the thick concrete floor keeps the temperature steady 70 - 75 °F even during...

Didn't think about the weight. It has been a while since I last had to lift one. Really sounds like a plastic drum is the way to go. Thanks for all the input guys!

I was not aware that there are glass tanks in water heater. Anyway, it that is the case with this one I don't think it will work for the composter, so let's continue with an assumption that it is...

Somebody gave me an interesting idea for using my expired 60 gal electric water heater as a compost tumbler. The idea would be to cut a square opening on the side and put a lid on it with hinges. ...

Just wanted to second John's advice of staying away from the 30 ga stuff if you choose to go metal. Even if it worked OK with your initial setup, you would have to replace all your straight pipes if...

Not a bad idea. Actually I have plans to expand my shop next summer to have a permanent isolated room for finishing, which will be smaller and well insulated to hold 70 degrees easily. But your...

No advice for the material, just thought would add to the code requirements:

The NEC2005 110.26 makes the following two statements:
"The width of the working space in front of the electric...

What kind of hand-applied finish, if any, can be applied in a cold temperature? During this coldest winter time I can still keep my shop temperature at 55 F but trying to get it to over 60 F for...

Jeremy, I believe the laws of physics determine that one kWh always produces the same amount of heat, and most of the electric heaters of any type are 99%+ efficient. The point of these infrared+fan...

OK this sounds like a way to go. Wonder how I managed to miss it in HD before. Just wish I had done it before it got to -15 F. Now its going to be a bit chilly exercise :).

I have a large overhead garage door in my shop. In a day like today when the outside temps go sub zero my heaters have hard time keeping the shop at 55 F for glue-ups. While I need to eventually...

If you want to use this tool much for drilling, you need to consider if it has sufficient RPMs for the task. Also impact drivers, while typically have high max RPMs are really not good for your...

This may add to it but I don't think it takes anything but simply touching the spinning blade with something conductive (metal staple, nail, your finger, ...) to trigger the brake. This also applies...

Got mine last Friday!

Soon after I bought my SawStop year and half ago I was wondering about the same. Then in a woodworking show I had a chance to ask about it from a Freud sales rep and he told me that the Freud saw...

Good lead Jim but not quite enough for my heater. According to the Honeywell sales sheet I found elsewhere this unit is rated for max 3500W. I need 5600W. Otherwise I would love this kind of an...