What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[rzims]

One of my favorite rifle models! what caliber?

I have 2 that will both print inside an inch at 100 yds. The 250-300 has taken many, many ground squirls out to 250 yards and more.

It's a 300 savage. Ammo is tough to find but I can do about an inch at 100yds with the open sights.
Fun rifle to shoot

 

[nadogail]

Cut and attached the Side Boards for another planter box. Added the ledgers for the Bottom Boards.

 

[RMERR]

Been wanting a whiteboard for the shop forever, but really have no visible and accessable wall space left. So looking at the big door...the panels are 24" tall. Found two non-magnetic 24 X 36" white boards on sale at Staples, about $30 each. Keeping screws to a minimum as I rent, just 2 screws into the long panel bracing near the top and a wooden standoff with magnets for the lower support. They make the turn at the top with plenty of clearance. So I got whiteboard now, all proud of myself...(well, as proud as I can be given they sat on the floor for over a month)

 

[LeonardY]

Disassembled, drilled holes in walls, fished wires, soldered, and reassembled the dust collector fill alarm. Cleaned, flung, put away. Need to do more.

For some reason, I think it should look like this.

 

[LeonardY]

Last years tomato trellis came in handy. I straightened out the conduit that bent under the weight of the tomatoes.
Found that they were the perfect length for a 6 foot shade cover.
Bent a couple of uprights and used some P-clamps.
Made a shade for the solar batteries.



I'll add a few more grommets Then figure out a mounting tie down for it.

 

[kaymccampbell]

For some reason, I think it should look like this.

Maybe in the next incarnation. But for now it's factory. It was enough effort to get it up there and working.

 

[mikegt4]

Finally got to spend some time rebuilding my Emglo 2 stage compressor that suffered from a broken crankshaft months ago. I sure do miss being able to start the Honda engine (1 pull) and get all the air I need in less than a minute. In the mean time I am using my electric backup compressor usually kept in the basement shop. It requires 240V which I don't have in my detached garage, I have to run 120' of extension cord and wait 5 minutes for the compressor to build up enough pressure to top off a tire.

 

[Outlawmws]

It's a 300 savage. Ammo is tough to find but I can do about an inch at 100yds with the open sights.
Fun rifle to shoot

The 300 was one of the most popular deer cartridges in its day, and it's still effective. A little tricky to reload with the short neck, but doable.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Cleaned up a bit, put some tools away where they belong. Spent WAAAYY more time than intended installing new tires on my MIL’s wheelchair. The old ones just started breaking out in chunks. Not exactly sure what the material is - maybe a urethane? It was kinda like putting new tires on a bandsaw - the only difference is they are five times thicker.

Decompressed by inspecting the tomato plants, pinching off suckers, and re-routing the branches through their cages. Dodged airborne cicadas.

 

[69charged]

Finally changing the brake caliper on the rocket!! It decided to almost lock up and I could barely pull third gear!
Had to wait awhile for it to cool down! She was smokin!!

Edited to say now I sit here and wait as I found out I don’t have any brake fluid left in the garage.

 

[hotrodmetal]

I fixed honda xr80r plastic fuel tank. It can be done. I saved the cost of a NOS Tank.

 

[mrb1]

Noticed the fridge has been running nearly continuously lately. 15 year old Whirlpool side by side. Never really had issues. Replaced a couple relays and the metal wire temp. sensor up top over the years is about all. Yep, been a while since the coils down below had been cleaned. With the dog hair, we always keep the outside plastic cover clean, but not often enough inside. Got what I could with the shop vac and dustbuster. This unit has three layers of coils with only an inch or so in between. Used a piece of flat trim with a sponge taped on the end to get in there. Too far from air compressor to run a line to blow out. Scrap piece of tubing fit perfectly into the usb air mattress pump to finish up. Stopped cycling almost immediately.

 

[rharman]

My shop was very busy today in all areas of service. Started out with a couple sets of tires. I’ve gotten a lot better at tires the last few weeks which is good because I don’t have to ask for help anymore.

Then currently in the process of replacing an engine in a 4Runner that a lube tech blew up a few days ago. My first unsupervised engine replacement so kinda excited but I am going to ask for someone to check over it when I’m done and if I get stuck. I don’t know what the book pay is for it as I’m hourly but I’m sure it’s nice. They made him pay our company who had to pay the state of Tennessee to clean up the mess on the highway which is smart they made him pay. He also got two write ups for it because this is the third car he has blown up in a month the first being a Highlander on Interstate 64 in Virginia then the second being a RAV4 on US460 in Virginia as well. His only saving grace on this one was that he done this one on April 2nd and the oil filter finally got loose enough that it leaked and came off because this is the first time the customer is driving the car since then. This morning our head boss got a call from the town of Dandridge Tennessee saying they wanted us to pay for them to clean up the interstate where it blew up. We also covered the rental that we towed to the customer as well as the company tow truck that went to Dandridge to get the car. He was heading to Memphis to visit Graceland with his family on vacation. When he called he was at the I-81- I-40 junction in Dandridge. When vehicle arrived late Monday I pulled off the skid plate and there was the oil filter housing and oil filter. The tech denied working on it and insisted someone has set him up like he tried to claim on the last two while also insisting he has never made a mistake while working on a car. I told him no use trying to lie dude because he needs to realize how lucky he is to still have a job. I have blown up one car in my 5 years of wrenching and I never done it again after that because it’s a you do it once and you learn to never let it happen again type of deal. And mine was because the drain plug came out of a Mitsubishi because obviously I must of left it loose. Just mine wasn’t as catastrophic because mine happened to blow somewhere other than the interstate I think it was in a parking lot.

So, it's legal in your state to make a mechanic pay for his mistake? Totally illegal here. It's a cost of doing business to the dealership.

I can see doing a write-up and/or termination but shocked that they'd make him pay. Of course, it may be illegal and he just doesn't know it.

 

[DGersic]

Finished my insert.



Did some cleaning and putting away of things. Not much tossing or flinging though. That’ll come eventually.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

So, it's legal in your state to make a mechanic pay for his mistake? Totally illegal here. It's a cost of doing business to the dealership.

I can see doing a write-up and/or termination but shocked that they'd make him pay. Of course, it may be illegal and he just doesn't know it.

Yeah I’m not sure to be honest. I am not sure if there is a loophole in there somewhere or what. Or if they aren’t really going to do it and just saying they were or something.

 

[Fixr]

Started fabbing up the motor mounts that we 3D modelled for the SHO Miata!

- Fernand @ Olsa Tools

SHO Miata? As In Taurus SHO Yamaha V-6? Got a link?

 

[ZRX61]

Just walked the outside perimeter with a flashlight on one hand & a mapp gas torch in the other. There are now a dozen fewer Black Widows on the planet. One of then had a leg-span larger than the top of a soda can.

 

[Fixr]

Yeah I’m not sure to be honest. I am not sure if there is a loophole in there somewhere or what. Or if they aren’t really going to do it and just saying they were or something.

Hey Blake: I'm localish, have Toyotas, and very occasionally pay someone else to do a bit of work. Is there somewhere I should avoid?

 

[Fixr]

Just walked the outside perimeter with a flashlight on one hand & a mapp gas torch in the other. There are now a dozen fewer Black Widows on the planet. One of then had a leg-span larger than the top of a soda can.

So, what neighborhood of Nopeville do you live in?

 

[ZRX61]

So, what neighborhood of Nopeville do you live in?

Mojave Desert. We got 3 or 4 kinds of Rattler & scorpions too

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Hey Blake: I'm localish, have Toyotas, and very occasionally pay someone else to do a bit of work. Is there somewhere I should avoid?

Avoid my dealership because of the labor rate lol but other than that besides chain shop quick lubes I can’t think of anywhere else.

 

[welder4956]

Opened the door and grabbed the riding mower key, mowed the front and rear yard again after all the rain we've had. Then started looking for pipe and fittings to repair a leak on the water line from the meter to the house that I found while mowing. The original is 3/4" black poly and about 40 years old. I will probably go back with the same material.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Opened the door and grabbed the riding mower key, mowed the front and rear yard again after all the rain we've had. Then started looking for pipe and fittings to repair a leak on the water line from the meter to the house that I found while mowing. The original is 3/4" black poly and about 40 years old. I will probably go back with the same material.

At least you don't have to dig the 5 or 6 feet we do to get at our water lines.

 

[welder4956]

At least you don't have to dig the 5 or 6 feet we do to get at our water lines.

True dat. Last one was about 1 foot down.

 

[oldman_pottering]

A bagger is a big thingamajig that goes on the back of the rider mower and bags up the lawn clippings. Then you dump it when it fills up. I run the mulch plate and blades most of the year, then switch to the bagger and high lift blades in the fall for the ground up leaves, which I use for mulch and erosion fill.

thanks mate, is it the same name for a push mower ? we would call that a 'catcher'

 

[kaymccampbell]

thanks mate, is it the same name for a push mower ? we would call that a 'catcher'

Same deal for the push mower. Bagger. I guess cause they're all sort of bags made from open weave cloth.

Now commercial mowers sometimes have a hard bin for clippings. No idea what it's called.

 

[rd65]

Moved the riding mower from the shed to the garage. Somebody decided to adjust blade side to side height since he installed new front tires. Then he remembered that he hadn't adjusted the tire pressures after mounting so now he gets to recheck his work. Will check them again before adjusting since it has been a week and I am not confident they are not leaking anywhere.

 

[four.cycle]

^ On the lawnmower parts websites the bag is a "bag" and the bag frame is a "bag frame". The "catcher" term is generally only used in reference to the older reel-type mowers that hung an open "catcher" from the back of the frame. Nomenclature is going to vary regionally.
An Australian invented the rotary walk-behind lawnmower. It was known as the "Peach Tin" because he used a peach can for the fuel tank on his first prototype.

Not my shop, and I did very little of the caulking except the center section because my arms are longer. Finally got buddy's "Minnie Winnie" back in some sort of order. Still have to repair or replace the seal between the top of the cab and the overhang section.

 

[niget2002]

Not in the shop, but in a parking lot. Now eating lunch while the trailer gets new tires at discount.

 

[dcg9381]

At least you don't have to dig the 5 or 6 feet we do to get at our water lines.

I'd rather dig 5-6 feet in soil than try to rock-hammer down the 24" here.... We've got limestone on the lot then a layer of flint that's several inches thick. No such thing as "digging".

 

[ZRX61]

At least you don't have to dig the 5 or 6 feet we do to get at our water lines.

At my old place the line in from the street was about 3-4in down. As this is the Mojave Desert it meant I got hot water out of the cold faucet..

 

[hobie18]

Not in the shop, but in a parking lot. Now eating lunch while the trailer gets new tires at discount.

Wtf!
That is a hugh break!
Take care.

 

[ZRX61]

Gave the ZX11 a wipe down, checked the oil, polished the (bare) edges of the wheels. Heat drove me back into the house before I could check the tire pressure.
I'll do more tomorrow before it warms up. Next planned ride is the 16th.

 

[phred]

Not in the garage but pulled this disc brake 9” out of an old Lincoln.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Not in the garage but pulled this disc brake 9” out of an old Lincoln.

If that’s out of a Lincoln Versailles then that was a much sought after unit. It was a pretty narrow rear end with disc brakes.

 

[Motorman55]

Added a shelf over the Dayton tool box using a pair of cheap dollar store brackets and 3/4" plywood. Trying not to block the Flying 'M' Cycles signage. Went with black as but not sure if I should have gone with the same red as the sign frame.

In any case, its going to hold some parts and trophies and I'm going to hang a vintage motorcycle racing poster on the wall behind it.

 

[nadogail]

Neighbors came to visit and discuss the recently finished boxes I was lining with Landscape Fabric. They said I was making "very nice boxes".

 

[kaymccampbell]

Dragged in groceries and sent them up in the dumbwaiter. Unwrapped and shod my shiny new $25 HF angle grinder with 36 grit paper and a flexible backer. It's ideal for a cleanup sander, but not horsey enough to take the cutoff disc or the thick grinding wheel that the yellow ones get abused with. Now I need a storage rack.

 

[nadogail]

Uh

Dragged in groceries and sent them up in the dumbwaiter. Unwrapped and shod my shiny new $25 HF angle grinder with 36 grit paper and a flexible backer. It's ideal for a cleanup sander, but not horsey enough to take the cutoff disc or the thick grinding wheel that the yellow ones get abused with. Now I need a storage rack.

My HF angle grinders are the ones that are $10, plus tax on sale.

If they are not on sale, I wait until they are.

 

[Magnum440d100]

Pulled the Lincoln out of the pole barn to set up shop to make screens this weekend for work. Decided to just make them tonight so I didn’t have to this weekend.

Had a friend come over and we made screens till we ran out of material.

Started organizing and putting stuff “away”. Found a critter had chewed into my 1972 D100’s glove box door. Dangit.


With all these Lincoln parts I’m buying, I gotta do something with the old parts.

Part of me wants to keep them “in case”, because of how damn expensive they are. But part of me wants to toss them because I’m replacing them because they’re broken/needing extensive repair.

If parts are this hard to find NOW, think about in 10/20/30 years. Dangit.