What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[PhantomEB]

Fixed my 18’ 12/3 cord.

Cleaned out and vacuumed out the cars. Topped up fluids Swapped her summer tires back on.

power washed the area rug for my diaper escapee frenchie‘s accidents over the last little while.

need to clean up the garage now lol.

 

[CudaChick1968]

I have a piece of American history on my work bench!

"I just thought it was cool," Tom tells me. Like the other old signs and plaques he's sent over the years as my very first GJ customer, indeed it is.

I had to research it ... and wasn't even remotely ready for what I learned.

This is an original cast iron name plate for the Morton Hotel in Mortonville, Pennsylvania (the town's first hotel) per the information I found online.

It was built, owned and operated by John Jay ... one of the learned gentlemen in our country's history who wrote a good many of The Federalist Papers!

It was going to be a modern color scheme when we first talked. Now that it's stripped for bodywork and seeing all the unique details documenting its obvious age -- check out those scribe marks! -- we talked again before I proceeded further. He agrees with my suggestion not to do any metal work on it at all and to restore it back to as close to original as possible.

The best I can tell, the number 2 was the building's street address.

It's an honor and a privilege to even have it here to see for myself let alone getting to fondle it!! Just ... WOW. I'll add it to my Custom Powder Coating thread on here when it's done.

 

[Mike65]

Found my ball joint press tool. I have to replace the front struts & lower ball joints on my 05 F150 soon.

 

[Outlawmws]

when I stood up and moved left, my left foot dragged on the ground and flopped under just as I came down on it with my weight. Aieee!

Been there done that, but without (knocks on wood) braking anything (Amazingly I've never broken a bone. a tooth, yes, no bones - I HAVE ahd a horrible "bone bruise" on mt shin from martial arts))

Something that catastrophic injuries and old age teach you, it's to watch what your body parts are doing before just moving willy-nilly. Especially if things are numb, which also comes with age and injuries.

This^^^

 

[Chance]

Not being mean here. I hope it's just a tweak, and you get over it by lunch. However. Something that catastrophic injuries and old age teach you, it's to watch what your body parts are doing before just moving willy-nilly. Especially if things are numb, which also comes with age and injuries.

It turned all purple. I'm guessing is a partial fracture of the same bone which I broke completely when I was 20-something, because it's not quite as tender as that was. I'll probably get an orthopedic doc referral from my GPA's office first thing tomorrow morning.

Thanks Kay that advice is quite apropos. Years ago, my circulation would not have let that leg go so numb that I didn't understand what it was doing. Pins and needles maybe, but not devoid of feedback. So I will remind myself that I have to check twice when moving around now.

 

[Houdini5150]

Pulled a lot of stuff out of the garage, removed some empty boxes I had laying around. Re organized. Still have a lot of extra stuff for now but its better. Have a pile of boxes for bulk trash pickup.

 

[niget2002]

Pretty much done with the 3d printer build. As usual, this project will probably die at the 90ish percent complete state.

I will put handles on the drawers. Maybe put real drawer fronts on them, and paint everything.

 

[Magnum440d100]

Nothin much.

I had to run into the “big” town where there’s a Menards and a Harbor freight on the same street lol.

Did grocery shopping.

Then decided to fill the gas cans. I wasn’t going to pump gasoline there ($0.20 more expensive than another place), but diesel was $3.79 there VS $4.29 elsewhere. So I topped off the Cummins truck (25 gallons) and pumped 15 gallons of gasoline. I decided to fill 2 “2 gallon” cans, as it’s easier to pour into the whipper snipper from a 2 gallon vs a 5 or 6 gallon jug.



Decided to stop at the Harbor Freight for some goodies. One being this power tool/air tool magnetic hanger.


Not sure I like it just yet. I put a couple things in it for now just to see. Still have some organizing to do, to be sure.

Also picked up this reacher/grabber.

Mostly for yard use, picking up twigs and such, to save my mower blades. Also, hopefully if I can get more of the twigs, it’ll be “softer” to walk on barefoot


There’s more. Much much more. But some of it is a 2 part, awaiting Amazon delivery.

 

[WisJim]

Moved my cabinet where I want it to end up, but I need to figure out the best way to remove the casters without killing myself trying to tip it over. Probably jack it up and take them off. I thought I would show my shop room and all the mess in it that I am slowly getting organized. Both ends of the room, taken from about the same spot in the middle. Room is about 11 feet by 23 feet.

 

[CoogarXR]

Finally decided to order parts for my benchtop power tools.

I ordered a capacitor for my drill press that stopped turning on, and ordered some blades for my bandsaw (I broke the blade last time I used it). Both machines crapped out on me during covid, and I never got around to fixing them. Now, after a few times of needing them only to remember they were down, I finally remembered to order their parts. It'll be nice to have them back up and running soon!

I have them both in the corner on a small bench that has no outlet, and I have to run an extension cord over there when I need to use them. Since I have been doing to much electrical work lately, I may just install an outlet over there too.

 

[cb750plumblife]

Took a squirrel cage fan/blower motor that I pulled out of a fan coil unit and made me a shop/garage/gym fan , now to see where I want to hang it.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Took a squirrel cage fan/blower motor that I pulled out of a fan coil unit and made me a shop/garage/gym fan , now to see where I want to hang it.

Run it out through the wall, and you'll have a nice exhaust system.

 

[nadogail]

Cleaned Out my van so I can fit a 50 gallon gas water heater in it, the heater in a rental failed and the owner asked if a leaking water heater can be repaired. I had to explain to him that it will not happen.

 

[rzims]

Spent Mother's Day doing the wife's favorite things. Went for a bike ride, then spent the day planting and puttering in the yard so technically not in the garage, but in front of the garage...

 

[C_F]

Woke up around 7~ said "honey I'll be back"...left on the Aquamax. I came back (around 10:30) with flowers in my tail pack (they survived!) and said Happy Mother's Day. She was happy, she is such an angel!
In my garage, well I zipped up a trash bag & added it to the rolling curbside receptacle.

 

[Kevkx125]

Yesterday I painted the belt/ pulley guard for the mower.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Woke up around 7~ said "honey I'll be back"...left on the Aquamax. I came back (around 10:30) with flowers in my tail pack (they survived!) and said Happy Mother's Day. She was happy, she is such an angel!
In my garage, well I zipped up a trash bag & added it to the rolling curbside receptacle.

Aqua max ? I see a V Max.

 

[CoogarXR]

A couple years ago I bought a big bucket of lightly-rusted sockets at a yard sale. I gave them a vinegar soak, cleaned them up and put them aside, but I never had time to sort through them. Well, I finally had time, and wadda ya know, I was able to make up a full run of 1/2" Drive SAE, 3/8" Drive Metric and SAE, 1/4" Drive SAE, and a partial 1/4" drive metric, all in USA brands. Mostly Craftsman, Fleet and SK. I used them to swap out my chinese junkers in my road box.

 

[Kevkx125]

Today after work when I got home I put the newly painted belt/pulley guard on the mower. Chose the wrong shade of yellow, going to have to look around for the right shade.

 

[safetymachine]

Mack DONE. Full detail. Now for the K-Whopper. Climbing like a monkey around these trucks LOL!

 

[catongw]

Today in an effort to get rid of some of the barn wood one of the kids has been storing in my shop for years, I used some of it lol

 

[catongw]

I have a piece of American history on my work bench!

"I just thought it was cool," Tom tells me. Like the other old signs and plaques he's sent over the years as my very first GJ customer, indeed it is.

I had to research it ... and wasn't even remotely ready for what I learned.

This is an original cast iron name plate for the Morton Hotel in Mortonville, Pennsylvania (the town's first hotel) per the information I found online.

It was built, owned and operated by John Jay ... one of the learned gentlemen in our country's history who wrote a good many of The Federalist Papers!

It was going to be a modern color scheme when we first talked. Now that it's stripped for bodywork and seeing all the unique details documenting its obvious age -- check out those scribe marks! -- we talked again before I proceeded further. He agrees with my suggestion not to do any metal work on it at all and to restore it back to as close to original as possible.

The best I can tell, the number 2 was the building's street address.

It's an honor and a privilege to even have it here to see for myself let alone getting to fondle it!! Just ... WOW. I'll add it to my Custom Powder Coating thread on here when it's done.

That is very cool!

 

[Old Man Roger]

A couple years ago I bought a big bucket of lightly-rusted sockets at a yard sale. I gave them a vinegar soak, cleaned them up and put them aside, but I never had time to sort through them. Well, I finally had time, and wadda ya know, I was able to make up a full run of 1/2" Drive SAE, 3/8" Drive Metric and SAE, 1/4" Drive SAE, and a partial 1/4" drive metric, all in USA brands. Mostly Craftsman, Fleet and SK. I used them to swap out my chinese junkers in my road box.

Reminds of of a yard sale I had after buying buckets and buckets of tools for 50 bucks, took me days to put sets together, but I made about 2 grand.

The guy who sold me the tools was in the industrial kitchen equipment industry. Most of his work was on the road, if he needed a socket he had lost or forgot to bring, he would just buy a whole set and charge the customer. Same thing if he needed any other tool. Over decades this resulted in multiple tool boxes and multiple buckets over flowing with duplicate tools.

When he retired and sold his house, he took one good set of tools and pretty much gave me the rest. Filled the bed of my Silverado.

I think he was just sick of loading tools and wanted someone else to empty his shop.lol

 

[Outlawmws]

Chose the wrong shade of yellow, going to have to look around for the right shade.

The original paint looks like Caterpillar yellow to me, but that's just a guess...

in an effort to get rid of some of the barn wood one of the kids has been storing in my shop for years, I used some of it

Aw, C'mon, you ain't going to get a "twister" scene out of that!

 

[threewood]

Finished mounting the 2x4s to the shop walls in prep for my 4x8 osb walls. Lowes will deliver 20 sheets this week so I'll be busy.

 

[C_F]

Aqua max ? I see a V Max.

Yes, it is a V-max...however one weekend in 1997, it spent 24 hours underwater in a lake. Hence the "Aquamax".

 

[Beelzeboss]

Added a shifter, handbrake, and throttle pedal to my hot rod build

 

[Snip's]

Uggg... I'm tired today....
Yesterday I did a ATF flush on my wife's 2017 Ford Explorer Sport...
Then I changed the "lifetime" PTU lubricant... What a PITA...

 

[Metallitubby]

Chose the wrong shade of yellow, going to have to look around for the right shade.

Nah. In the spirit of your theme, it just needs more stickers.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Yes, it is a V-max...however one weekend in 1997, it spent 24 hours underwater in a lake. Hence the "Aquamax".

How the hell did that happen?

 

[kaymccampbell]

How the hell did that happen?

The way anything like that happens. Hey man, hold my beer.....

 

[Old Man Roger]

The way anything like that happens. Hey man, hold my beer.....

They could have been ice racing..lol

 

[kaymccampbell]

They could have been ice racing..lol

Like I said....

 

[LeeG]

3D printed the holder for my 12 point 1/2" SAE sockets with red PLA and let the glue dry overnight. It is a pretty tight fit, but I think that finishes off that drawer. Many more drawers to go, but it feels good to have that one done.



Lee

 

[nadogail]

Spent the day

Today after work when I got home I put the newly painted belt/pulley guard on the mower. Chose the wrong shade of yellow, going to have to look around for the right shade.

The color of "Cat Yellow" was changed, probably in the 1950's; to the best of my recollection it became a brighter and lighter shade of Yellow and it was known as the "new Cat Yellow".

 

[rd65]

How the hell did that happen?

Vboost is real

 

[rd65]

or something like this

 

[CudaChick1968]

Today after work when I got home I put the newly painted belt/pulley guard on the mower. Chose the wrong shade of yellow, going to have to look around for the right shade.

I have the suggested Caterpillar Yellow in powder but it looks a bit dark for your Cub Cadet.

 

[housewolf]

Oil change.

I wouldn’t normally post what some will consider a simple task but this is a little different and I thought someone might find it interesting, or offer a suggestion to me on how to do it better/easier.

First off, this is a dry sump system with a remote filter. Not the “dret” system on a stock LS7.

First step remove the filter, then remove the drain plug in the (2-1/2 gal) tank. This drains a lot of the oil but not what’s in the bottom of the “pan”. The belt driven pump mounts to the pan and pumps the oil from the pan to the tank AND from the bottom of the tank, through the filter then into the engine. So after the oil that was in the tank has drained, I remove the belt & spin the pump by hand to pump oil from the pan into the tank and out the drain in the bottom of the tank. Replace plug & belt, install new filter then refill with 9 qts of oil. I took some pics to help explain it

This is the pan & pump when I installed it several years ago

From today

 

[NUTTSGT]

Unloaded a couple pieces of steel, grabbed tools to replace a bathroom faucet in the house and a trash bag for carpet and padding that was replaced in the house today.