What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Old Man Roger]

Whoa.

 

[Wrench97]

That tire is shot anyway...............

 

[CoogarXR]

Cleaned some more, filled the truck with ****/scrap and made a landfill/recycling run.

 

[ZRX61]

That tire is shot anyway...............

I have three more just like it

 

[Wrench97]

I have three more just like it

Ooh a matched set........................

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Ooh a matched set........................

Not a true sh*tbox then

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Double post

 

[driftpin]

Probably 40 years ago, I bought a Delta tablesaw (made in Milwaukee) from a Miami factory which had been sold and was being demo'ed. I used it until I got a Powermatic 66, and then it went into storage. It's been there for decades. I pulled it out and am going to clean it up and put it for sale. The belt-drive motor works fine.

I sanded the outside today, using a mule-skinner twisted-steel wire cup and then a wire wheel. The inside is too-much of a chore to do that way. I'm going to try to get my small sandblaster pot working.



The trunions. I used PB Blaster on all the pivots & gears. The saw blade axle was badly in-need of lubrication. It spins freely now. I don't think I'll tear it down completely for sanding/painting. Make it work smoothly & looking good from the outside, and put it up for sale.



An ad for the Delta-Rockwell AD-455:
Catalog listing 34-265, made in 1949 according to http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=1967

 

[kaymccampbell]

Fixed a broken nail. Clearcoated a few that were looking sad.

 

[Outlawmws]

Just flipped the switch for the inflatable lawn snowman - everything else is Xmas prep... (We are hosting)

 

[AffableCurmudgeon]

Replaced oil, ATF and the the front bumper on my daughter’s car. Earlier this week, I replaced oil, ATF, coolant and brake fluid in my other daughter’s car.

It is nice to have kids visit for Christmas but they bring a lot of work for me to do.

 

[jonesg]

opened my early present .
no more expensive confusing scanners.

 

[Old Man Roger]

opened my early present .
no more expensive confusing scanners.

There is a bundle sale on that and a parts cannon.

 

[Indexmill]

There is a bundle sale on that and a parts cannon.

Where??

 

[kbeefy]

Back to work on this 2007 F250.



Hard miss on #1. Everything works electrically, low compression.
Previously I did a sketchy leakdown test. Inconclusive.

Rocker arm failure and bent pushrods are pretty common on these, so I decided to take a look.



Ripped some stuff off



It's a big mess. Rocker arms and pushrods are good. Problem is elsewhere....

I will do a 'naked' leakdown test next. (No rocker arms)

 

[ZRX61]

Rounded up all the tools I used today & put them away.

Impressed myself by torquing all the nuts & bolts on the SBH project earlier today.

well ok, not the lug nuts because I had my 10-75 ft/lb TW out & they called for 80ft/lb so I used my calibrated elbow.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Back to work on this 2007 F250.



Hard miss on #1. Everything works electrically, low compression.
Previously I did a sketchy leakdown test. Inconclusive.

Rocker arm failure and bent pushrods are pretty common on these, so I decided to take a look.



Ripped some stuff off



It's a big mess. Rocker arms and pushrods are good. Problem is elsewhere....

I will do a 'naked' leakdown test next. (No rocker arms)

Probably a dumb question, but I assume you checked the injector for that cylinder?

 

[Bryan Burns]

I put my "grinders" on dollies I won in an auction (4 dollies for $32).
FWIW, I've had the Belsaw for 10 years or so ($35) and the Wissota is a newer $75 acquisition.

 

[rktinc]

Finally mounted my recently found Waterloo side caddy box. Not an exact match but pretty close. It must weigh 150 lbs but I got it hanging on there myself without scratching anything up. It doesn't seem to bug my OCD as much as I thought it would but would love to find one for the other side. Now to find something useful to store on the surface.

 

[jonshonda]

I'm a bit of an organization freak, but I prefer to diy and save $$ where I can. I've been waiting for the newUS General Power and Air Tool Organizer to be in stock at my local HF.

Had to cut a few inches off the height to get it to fit in my KRL.

Power and Air Tool Drawer Organizer

Amazing deals on this Power & Air Tool Drawer Organizer at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.

www.harborfreight.com

 

[welder4956]

I put my "grinders" on dollies I won in an auction (4 dollies for $32).
FWIW, I've had the Belsaw for 10 years or so ($35) and the Wissota is a newer $75 acquisition.

How do you keep them from running away when using them? I have been thinking of anchoring mine to the floor.

 

[nkachur]

2 upgrade projects.
1) added a second screw to my woodworking vice to replace the wedge adjustment for the bottom.
2) rebuilt my stand to turn my belt sander into a belt grinder.

 

[PhantomEB]

Well since I don’t tend to do my web browsing during the week…..hell I ain’t even been on Amazon this week!

been tightening up little things on the Bronco, now she runs damn smooth! Just need to wire the sniper into an on/off switch on the Center console for now then when the dash chrome pieces come I will wire it into the ignition switch and some relays.





finally cleaned up my battery compartment of the cabinet and mounted the chargers to be permanently off my bench.

finally replaced the studded winter tire and rim. I destroyed last year. Decided since we hitting the big city tomorrow which has snow ( so hoping we get some damn soon!) I wanted to be prepared.

 

[ZRX61]

After yesterdays exertions, absolutely nothing.... which is usual these days, takes a day or two to get over a day in the garage.

Have I mentioned that getting old *****?

 

[LeonardY]

Worked in my dad's garage. He's 93 and needs some handrails in the house. My brother took him to see mom at the care home to keep him from helping me.
I didn't have any of my tools so I had to use his. Don't know where anything is. Couldn't find a tape measure. Had to use a sewing yard stick. I found my old toolbox and it had all the scraps of sandpaper I put in it 40 years ago.
All done. Dad will paint them.

 

[Ben Buck]

Hung my new 2024 Navy calendar.

Bought it from Hull Number. All types of Navy ships and activities pictured.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

I spent some time last night tracing the speaker wiring in my MCM stereo cabinet as it's a complicated setup with 6 speakers in each side of the cabinet. Someone has been in there messing with things so I am trying to figure out what they did and then trying to infer why they "tweaked" things? I will install the replacement crossover capacitors while I'm in there.

My confusion pertains to 2 external "satellite" speaker connections. When you make connections there it seems to "disable" some of the internal cabinet speakers but someone has done something to the jacks. Oh joy . . .

Jim

 

[ZRX61]

Ended up swapping the cut front left tire on the SBH with the rear. At least I'll have a fighting chance if it all goes to **** before I can get to the tire store on Tuesday or Wednesday next week...


or Thursday or Friday..

 

[Zeke]

Worked in my dad's garage. He's 93 and needs some handrails in the house. My brother took him to see mom at the care home to keep him from helping me.
I didn't have any of my tools so I had to use his. Don't know where anything is. Couldn't find a tape measure. Had to use a sewing yard stick. I found my old toolbox and it had all the scraps of sandpaper I put in it 40 years ago.
All done. Dad will paint them.

That is outstanding!

 

[Snip's]

Finished with painting my yard sale HUOT drill bit organizer... Rust-Oleum Hammered Silver...
At the beginning... with bent, rusty knobs and scratched paint...


At the ending... Fixed...

 

[jshillin]

Poured a gallon of washer fluid in the wife's car. I use maybe 20% of what she uses in a year. I clean and treat her windshield pretty often, but she uses a ton.

 

[ColoradoMech]

Made the wire harness for the new electric fan controllers on the 69 Firebird.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Burned a "coupon" for Judy to redeem.

 

[bigmaq]

Worked in my dad's garage. He's 93 and needs some handrails in the house. My brother took him to see mom at the care home to keep him from helping me.
I didn't have any of my tools so I had to use his. Don't know where anything is. Couldn't find a tape measure. Had to use a sewing yard stick. I found my old toolbox and it had all the scraps of sandpaper I put in it 40 years ago.
All done. Dad will paint them.

glad ur doing this for ur dad. Not sure how mobile ur dad is, but rugs on floors can be trip points.

 

[nadogail]

Finished all the welding and mounted the top on the Hydraulic Lift Table to service my mobility scooter and wheeled generators. The loading ramp has yet to be installed, that step is scheduled for next Saturday.

Two vanity chairs had their caster sockets replaced.

Got the floor swept and trash taken out.

 

[Mike65]

Poured a gallon of washer fluid in the wife's car. I use maybe 20% of what she uses in a year. I clean and treat her windshield pretty often, but she uses a ton.

Wouldn't you pour it in the washer jug?

 

[PhantomEB]

Worked in my dad's garage. He's 93 and needs some handrails in the house. My brother took him to see mom at the care home to keep him from helping me.
I didn't have any of my tools so I had to use his. Don't know where anything is. Couldn't find a tape measure. Had to use a sewing yard stick. I found my old toolbox and it had all the scraps of sandpaper I put in it 40 years ago.
All done. Dad will paint them.

That’s awesome.

Wish my sister was as supportive as your Brother. It seems whatever decision I make for the best care my mom (she’s 83) can get in the home, she circumvents for her own selfishness…..now ‘they‘ have decided no matter what the doctors, nurses and me(who is power of attorney, personal director and executor) say……moms gonna stay at my sisters place for 4 nights now. She thinks she knows it all….I am fully prepared for that phone call that something has happened at the house. Always happens when one of the two know I am not within an hour response time.

 

[Prospecter]

Similar experience here. I did what was necessary so as to have no regrets. After Mom and Dad passed, it did not take long for the last straw, at which point I blocked my sister on every device. Did my duty. When it was done, so was I.

 

[Cougar]

Put the winter tires on the F150.
Winterized the Gravely zero turn.
Built a platform for the heated pet bed, for the two feral cats (Flash and Tater).
They like to hang out in the garage.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Found out I'm dancing with Miss Rona 19, so I will stay inside and ride it out.