What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[PhantomEB]

This week I trimmed out the compressor enclosure and put a door on it. then Hooks to organize and hide all my extra extension cords and air hoses. Picked up a latch and door pull to finish it off some more. She still needs some smootheni out and paint but that’s another day.

putting the ATV outside today so my buddy can do some creative bodywork on his new VW.

ATV is up for sale so hope it’s a quick sale To triple my camper fund from 2k to 6! Only 3500 to go after that In less than 2-3 months.

 

[rsparks64]

This week I trimmed out the compressor enclosure and put a door on it. then Hooks to organize and hide all my extra extension cords and air hoses. Picked up a latch and door pull to finish it off some more. She still needs some smootheni out and paint but that’s another day.

putting the ATV outside today so my buddy can do some creative bodywork on his new VW.

ATV is up for sale so hope it’s a quick sale To triple my camper fund from 2k to 6! Only 3500 to go after that In less than 2-3 months.

I‘ll bet those tools in the Craftsman box are nice and toasty in the winter.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I‘ll bet those tools in the Craftsman box are nice and toasty in the winter.

I bet that's a fridge.

 

[jonshonda]

Swapped the muffler on my Stihl MS250 for a muffler from on older Stihl 025. Found a really cool guy who's been working on chainsaws for the last 40 years to ensure it was all dialed in.

He removed the limiters on the carb adjustment screws to ensure adjustments could be made. He was giving me a bit of a hard time about the MS250 being a limbing saw after I told him I was bucking up to 24" red oak with it. Haha

He took it outside to get the tune dial in cutting up large red oak and was pretty impressed with how it cut! After 1.5 hours of chatting and $20 later, I made a new friend and now have an angry little Stihl ready for battle!

 

[niget2002]

Strips on the kayak.

Started milling parts for the 3d printer.

 

[Crowbarman55]

Mopped the floor and played 3 games of darts with the wife.
Todd

 

[rayra]

ok window bench guts are done. The drawers did indeed turn out to be 1/8" too narrow and the 'good' glides didn't have enough slop in them to make up the difference. So I had to add some shims to the outer glides to get things to align. My original mistake was trying to add 1/16" to the span of the drawer fronts and backs and mistakenly subtracting
Got the triangular floors cut, got the ledgers for supporting the diagonal ends of the bench done.
Pretty much where I can stain all the interior stuff, but have to do some tests on scrap, first, to find an acceptable color.

Dug out the remnant house interior paint and fortunately the 5gal bucket is still good, just needs some mixing. It and the 2gal primer bucket are sitting in the house to come up to indoor ambient instead of 45F, painting the bay window wall tomorrow.

But first I'm disassembling everything again and moving it back to the garage. I need to sand and round over all the top edges of the drawers, possible put a micro bevel on the openings of the face framing. And I need to mask the surrounding areas and spray the splatter on the exposed new drywall areas.

And then see if I cant squeeze in the router shaping of the 5pc doors. But that will probably have to wait until tomorrow midday. Getting a little tired, and that's no condition for high-powered routing of rails and stiles. I've lost enough appendages lately. I might get all the tool setup done tonight, though. Getting my shiny new Bosch 1617EVS router rigged up in my improvised router table.

Anyway, once the 5pc panels are fabricated I can blow all the sawdust out and make ready painting. And just remembered I haven't got the backsplash wood yet. But it can wait until the rest is done and installed.


eta splatter texturing done, back to the cold garage. I knew I held onto that packing paper fire hazard for some reason.

/Dear Diary: Today I was an auto mechanic, a plumber, a cabinetmaker and a drywall guy.

 

[niget2002]

Pushing hard to get half the front deck done this weekend.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Mangled C++. Swore a lot. Talked to the dogs.

 

[smackey05]

Sled has gas, spark, but not enough compression on one cylinder. 130psi Cyl1 90psi Cylinder 2. Definitely can feel the difference when turning it over. Guess I'm pulling the engine in the garage and doing a top-end.

 

[vwpieces]

Fixed One and Broke another

Got the 1971 Kawasaki running again after it sat for 12yrs with Seized engine. First Start vid.

And since it was crazy warm yesterday I took the 1963 Honda CB77 for a ride. Clutch was slipping and I took it apart. I did find the issue and as I was putting it together I broke the inner clutch.

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Swapped the muffler on my Stihl MS250 for a muffler from on older Stihl 025. Found a really cool guy who's been working on chainsaws for the last 40 years to ensure it was all dialed in.

He removed the limiters on the carb adjustment screws to ensure adjustments could be made. He was giving me a bit of a hard time about the MS250 being a limbing saw after I told him I was bucking up to 24" red oak with it. Haha

He took it outside to get the tune dial in cutting up large red oak and was pretty impressed with how it cut! After 1.5 hours of chatting and $20 later, I made a new friend and now have an angry little Stihl ready for battle!

If I remember right you can also just pull the baffles and punch a bigger hole in the ms250 can. But if you've got the older one kicking around anyway it's simple enough to swap I guess. They're good little saws.

 

[Boilerhouse]

Finally finished this cedar chest made from recycled 1x4" T&G wall panelling. Laminated some boards to create the 2x3 rails and stiles. The raised panels were formed on the table saw. A couple removable trays, then finished with 3 coats of linseed oil.

 

[rayra]

Finally finished this cedar chest made from recycled 1x4" T&G wall panelling. Laminated some boards to create the 2x3 rails and stiles. The raised panels were formed on the table saw. A couple removable trays, then finished with 3 coats of linseed oil.

That looks fantastic, nice work!
"The raised panels were formed on the table saw." - You're running the panels across the blade? Temp fence across the front of the saw? What sort of blade do you use for that? Rip? Or even a dado stack?

 

[Krfjkm]

Finally finished this cedar chest made from recycled 1x4" T&G wall panelling. Laminated some boards to create the 2x3 rails and stiles. The raised panels were formed on the table saw. A couple removable trays, then finished with 3 coats of linseed oil.

Beautiful work!!

 

[Boilerhouse]

That looks fantastic, nice work!
"The raised panels were formed on the table saw." - You're running the panels across the blade? Temp fence across the front of the saw? What sort of blade do you use for that? Rip? Or even a dado stack?

Thank you for the compliment. Yes, I saw it on a youtube video, running the panels diagonal across the blade, with a temporary fence and slowly move the blade up each pass. The six panels x 4 sides took about 15 minutes. This created a raised cove effect. The blade was just the standard combination blade that i usually run with.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Sled has gas, spark, but not enough compression on one cylinder. 130psi Cyl1 90psi Cylinder 2. Definitely can feel the difference when turning it over. Guess I'm pulling the engine in the garage and doing a top-end.

That *****, guess it didn’t pop off all at once then. Be curious to see if the piston is damaged on the exhaust side.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I pushed the dirty Dr 350 out of the garage, then pushed it back in clean. Then I immediately made a mess of the swing arm while lubing the chain.

Went in and out grabbing various soaps and cleaner to wash the Jeep and the Silverado. Didn’t even think to pull them into the garage to wash the windows out of the sun. Sometimes I are not smart. lol

 

[rharman]

Used my track saw for the first time.

Ripped some 4'x8' melamine into 20" strips to rebuild part of our master closet that was damaged by a water leak.
Got one 8' strip edge banded and used my 5mm dowel centers to transfer some shelf pin locations for reference points to it from the adjacent side. Tomorrow will be drilling all the shelf pin holes - probably about 120'ish - and cutting and banding 3 shelves and a vertical divider. After that comes mounting drawer slides and 3 doors but I probably won't get that far tomorrow.

I will say that the track saw is great. My wife was impressed with it too.

 

[rayra]

Thank you for the compliment. Yes, I saw it on a youtube video, running the panels diagonal across the blade, with a temporary fence and slowly move the blade up each pass. The six panels x 4 sides took about 15 minutes. This created a raised cove effect. The blade was just the standard combination blade that i usually run with.

Diagonal? Very interesting.

I made the mistake of buying a vertically-oriented raised panel bit many years ago and the first attempt to use it withOUT a robust fence and finger board setup - and with Oak - was a disaster. I went with flat panels on that kitchen remodel instead
I'm about to knock out four more 5pc panels tomorrow, flat again. But maybe I need to get a proper horizontal panel bit now that I have my new stronger router and have things set up. I've got some china hutch and buffet cabinets to build next month.
But using a table saw like you've done is intriguing.

 

[Crawl Awah]

Today was the first day working in the new shop. I detailed my Duramax and changed the fuel filter, changed out some blown out sway bar links on my wife’s Suburban, and chased a wobble in my Jeep’s steering, which was hopefully the loose tie rod clamp and the 7/16” toe in.

 

[LeonardY]

Ran the CNC mill more. But not without a lot consternation.
Parts are done.

The full story here.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Yesterday, while working in the garage, I discovered the line to the septic had a blockage as the toilet wouldn't drain. Some work with the plunger failed.

A dumped a 5 gallon bucket of hot water down the sink and watched the toilet gurgle. Uh-oh. But the toilet level didn't go up.

Slowly the water in the bowl drained down. So after 4 more buckets of hot water, I believe the blockage cleared and the toilet flushed normally.

 

[Motorman55]

Yesterday, I replaced the headlight bulbs on the 2006 Chevy Cobalt. The passenger lamp burned out last week, but I figured I might as well replace both sides while I had a decent weather day to do it. Also put the motorcycle batteries and P.U. truck batteries on charge.

After that I moved some things out from my cluttered garage and brought them to the MIL's garage where I store my trailer.

 

[PhantomEB]

I‘ll bet those tools in the Craftsman box are nice and toasty in the winter.

I bet that's a fridge.

Kay is correct. I never could be a snap on guy but I was raised on my dads love for craftsman so when it came to wrap the fridge I asked for some renditions….

 

[PhantomEB]

Time to pull ground cables to measure and then order.

thinking of some pan heaters for when I need to do some hauling in the winter plus wrap the batteries with heated blankets.

 

[DeeDubz]

No football on Saturday! My knee is feeling a little better and I could be a little productive. Cleaned out some stuff in my loft. Brew making kit thats sat in my shop for way too long. Exhaust vent sys for my rv that doesn't exist. Decided to move my kids old pay house. Its suppose to be a fire station. My dad built it many yrs ago. The kids dont use it anymore. They've out grown it. I moved it behind my shop. Im going to store my fuels, propane...ect in it. Im sure my neighbor is going to just love looking at it HAHAHA!

 

[jonshonda]

If I remember right you can also just pull the baffles and punch a bigger hole in the ms250 can. But if you've got the older one kicking around anyway it's simple enough to swap I guess. They're good little saws.

Yeah there are a few other physical designs differences that swayed me to go with the older muffler. But yeah if I didn't have access to one a drill and Dremel could have produced similar results.

 

[glider]

Changed struts on a 17 Silverado to achieve a 2 inch lift. A parts store spring compressor broke on us under pressure. Was a bad situation, and nobody got hurt. Upper ball joints and tie rods ends had to come apart. Went and got a new compressor and finished up.

 

[Outlawmws]

Decided to move my kids old pay house. My dad built it many yrs ago. The kids dont use it anymore. They've out grown it. I moved it behind my shop. Im going to store my fuels, propane...ect in it.

It will need a taller door! Good re-purpose!

 

[DeeDubz]

It will need a taller door! Good re-purpose!

I was thinking about that. Its kind of hard getting out.

 

[Outlawmws]

If you do, I'll further suggest a "drip edge" over the top of the door. It will help keep the rain off the top edge of the door. Also a couple of bottom hose vents with screens since you are storing fuels.


you could go al out, like I did, but your shed is a bit small:

 

[930dreamer]

Wife's Charger oil change and vacuum/trash clean out.
I did an interior inspection of the old farm house......

 

[mopar66]

I put up some temporary 4ft lights in the garage until I get my sub panel in the spring. Then organized my metric wrench drawer using Tekton wrench organizers.

 

[rayra]

Caulking, priming and painting done on the bay / dinette walls. More exciting beige. I bought a 5gal jug a week after we moved in, just over 3yrs ago. Pretty close to what was on the walls already. Still a few areas I have not applied it to. Have a little less than 2gals left.

After lunch it is time to run all the Door / Drawer Panel stile and rail pieces thru the router and get those glued up.

 

[driftpin]

Fixed One and Broke another

Got the 1971 Kawasaki running again after it sat for 12yrs with Seized engine. First Start vid.

I had a '71, same color scheme. It was my second road-only bike (see below). I bought it 2 years old, from a supermarket manager, who bought it new. A lot of fun, and I never dropped it, unlike many new to motorcycling owners who didn't even get into double-digits on the odometer before wadding it up. It was my third bike.

And since it was crazy warm yesterday I took the 1963 Honda CB77 for a ride. Clutch was slipping and I took it apart. I did find the issue and as I was putting it together I broke the inner clutch.

Repairable, are you gonna try to TIG it? I expect you should be able to find a decent used one easily. I have two Superhawks awaiting their turns, sitting in the queue.

While I was waiting for the Ravens/Chiefs game to begin, I hung several signs I bought at a AMCA meet yesterday in Dania Beach FL. Two are cast-iron, so they will make good fossils in 50,000 years. The third is I assume lithographed steel (I know it's steel). Guess which ones are cast-iron. They're at least 40 years old, and bear casting marks for the city of Coventry, the home of 'Jag-you-are.'

The signs are above my garage OH door on the gable end of the 2-car garage. The entire gable end wall is poured concrete. I've been looking for an open-wheeled, traditional front-engined car sign I could hang, and I found this. I don't expect it's old, but it has decent detail. I suspect it's a midget racer and not a vintage sprint car. In any event l I like it. My MI friend's father was a team owner, he campaigned, midgets, sprint cars and Indy Cars. Some years he had two cars entered in the Indy 500. He never won the Indy 500, but he did win at other Indy Car tracks.

Here is one of his cars now owned by another enthusiast.



Here is an old newspaper article photo of the owner, Lee Elkins.




Another Lee Elkins-owned sprint car. They were often named "McNamara Special," and 73 and 73 jr were his numbers.

 

[vwpieces]

I had a '71, same color scheme. It was my second road-only bike (see below). I bought it 2 years old, from a supermarket manager, who bought it new. A lot of fun, and I never dropped it, unlike many new to motorcycling owners who didn't even get into double-digits on the odometer before wadding it up. It was my third bike.

The H1 I bought as a project when I was 20yrs old for $125. Sat in the garage for 20yrs before I had the urge to ride it. I did the restore about 13years ago and ended up seizing the center cyl at 90mph. That was the same summer it was on the road, but at least it was in the Fall and I got to enjoy it for a little while. Damn FUN bike. Power wheelies in mid corner and all.

Repairable, are you gonna try to TIG it? I expect you should be able to find a decent used one easily. I have two Superhawks awaiting their turns, sitting in the queue.

Gosh no... Some later model used parts ordered off ebay for $17 shipped. Also have a thicker NOS inner "A" steel plate ordered for $23. Older ones were 1/2 the thickness and flexed. Another threaded part is also cracked on that inner. I made a mistake assembling clutch, found after it slipped and taken apart again the other day. While I should upgrade the discs and such, it will go together again on the cheep. It ain't worn out yet and should work fine once the parts arrive.


Been the year of Motorcycles for me. Acquired the 65 Yamaha YA6 and 63 CB77 at same time, July last year. Both were in flooded basement, Honda seized hard... Bought the lift table for those and since moved it into the Warm basement garage. Kawi H1 came next as it's been Long overdue. I still have a Kawasaki ZL900 Eliminator that has not run in 20 years. Bough that one when I was 19years old and everyone said I was gonna Die. Hasn't happened Yet, so I figure I'll give it another try. Smoking the rear tire 1st and second gear while carrying the front tire a 10in off the ground was always fun. Not sure rear tires can be had these days for it but it has eaten many back in it's day. Another FUN bike but it really don't like to turn, going straight... HOLD ON Tight!

 

[niget2002]

Only had 15 minutes to myself today between events... Rushed to the shop and got a strip on the kayak. Will run out when we get home from dinner and get the last strip done for the right half of the fore deck.

 

[Mr.zippy]

Watched the Chiefs beat the Ravens, while cleaning up the workbench......it hit 50°F today.

 

[rayra]

Got the door / drawer front parts milled and dry fitted, and had 4 stiles that were standing way too proud of the rails.
At first I though the router bit or the router itself had slipped, but the pieces all matched the blade position. Looked at the wood some more and realized the four stiles were thicker pieces of wood. Not from the same board as the rest. Problem of mixing and matching and not having a face mill. A not-easy thing to sand away. So instead I used my table saw as a face mill. Set the fence to the thickness of the rails I wanted to match then carefully ran the thick stiles thru, top face to the blade. Got a lot of thin fuzz and took two passes to sneak up on things, before getting a close enough match. I'll still be face sanding the completed panels later.

The bad match in the cuts is also a byproduct of the combo / 'reversible' router bit stack I used. With a good pair of bits, each one doing a different cut, you typically mill the wood good face down. So the faces are going to align ever time, as long as you use them correctly.
This combo bit's design / upcut blade setup produces the problem I had with the mismatched lumber.
I COULD have corrected that out by careful inspection and matching of the wood blanks and segregating the thicker pieces and adjusting the cutter head height to compensate. If I had thought to do so beforehand. But the last time I used this bit was 12yrs ago.

Anyway, have to find / make some thin shims so I can wedge the luan center panels forward in the rabbet, flush to the milled detail in the frames, after I glue and clamp everything.

Then after those are set out I need to dig thru my stain collection and find something that works and swab all the necessary parts, then I can call it a day.

Peacock came around the corner to see what was up, while I had the garage door up and tablesaw and shopvac running. Once again he doesn't seem to care about the noise. When I got done I went looking around and he was on the bench on your front stoop and it looked like the missus had put out some seeds and bread for him. His tail is really re-growing fast ahead of mating season. It will get about another 2' +longer.