Not worth repairing machine. Recommendations appreciated.

I have a (new construction) 24 x 24 2 car attached garage.
2 x 6 walls R19 and 1/2' sheetrock on outside walls.
Will have same on 9' 6' ceiling. Currently open to rafters.

Have bottled gas and forced hot air/ central a/c in house.

Located in north central MA.

What type of heating would you put in this garage?

Mini split?
Modine Hot dawg heater?
Electric?

What would/have you done and why?

Looking to keep it warm enough all winter to avoid rusty tools and able to heat it up reasonably quick for a day/evening of woodworking.

Hi all,
My shop-vac needs replacement.  It makes terrible squealing noises so I assume the bearings have worn out.  I thought it would last longer.  Are these repairable?

Assuming not, do any of you have a suggestion on a good replacement?  One that will last.

Thanks,
Mark

Anyone know what this sound is?

https://share.icloud.com/photos/04e4ZvDp...80wtW0JB_g

I've googled, and I've surfed Home Depot's website more than I'd like to admit and I can't figure this one out.

My water softener died.  I ordered a replacement which will be delivered soon.  I'm piecing together the connections I need, trying to limit the hardware store trips (yeah, right).  

The new unit uses a 1/2 inch flex line/hose as the drain.  Old one had a 3/4 inch pvc drain (it was really old).  Is there some proper connection that I can pick up to connect the 1/2 flex into the 3/4 PVC drain line that goes into the wall?  

I've thought about drilling a hole in a rubber cork, but that seems a little "iffy."  The softener lives under the stairs, adjacent to laundry room -- just about at the very center of the house, so I need to be confident that it won't spill out 50 gallons of salt water into the house at 2am.

Thanks,
Andy

Question for Laguna 12/16 owners out there.    I bought a used lathe and it runs fine.    The one thing that does not seem normal is that the digital display does not turn off even when I hit to off button.  It does go back to 0.    Is this normal?  Is there a way to make it turn off? Thanks.

The new shop is finally coming together.  I had plans to build a separate 8x8 room for the dust collector and compressor, just to keep the noise down.  Then I realized that if I seal up this room, it will hinder the air movement unless I put a louvered door or exit vent on the room, which would seem to defeat the purpose of making it quieter.

Has anyone else done something like this?  How can I put the DC in a closet to keep it quiet while not hindering air movement?  Maybe a muffler of some type on a vent?

brian

Making a bowl out of some large Black walnut, Red Cedar & Honey locust shavings and Alumilite clear slow Resin. Finished with General Finish's wood bowl finish and Acks paste. Because of the quick cure time, even with a pressure pot, there were a lot of bubbles trapped between the shavings unfortunately. All though a deep pour slower curing resin would have been more ideal, this was an attempt to use up the rest of the batch of resin I had before it got too old and went bad

Greetings all,

Perhaps someone here has had a similar issue and can provide some ideas.

We had a new house built in Williamsburg, VA last year. We took possession of the house in early October.

I've got a full suite of AV gear and have stood up an instantiation of Home Assistant to provide for some smart home functionality.

The AV gear has:

• Sony KD-65X85K HDTV
  
• Yamaha TSR-700
  
• 7 Polk speakers (2 x back, 2 x mid, 2 x front, 1 center)
  
• 1 BIC 12" sub-woofer
  

What is the best for nailing hardwood flooring? Staples, L cleat or T cleat?