.Alan, first of all, thank you and second, the Garage Journal Hive Mind is priceless. I have quite a few leftover Schaller bins and a second layer in a sliding tray would be an excellent solution. I have a couple of scrap Personal Computer case panels I could cut up and make one that way but that would involved a whole lot of stuff like:Hey Bob, nice work on those slimline drawers. You might also be interested in scrounging up some old Smith-Victor slide storage boxes. Here's a link to a post I did on here during ancient times.
The repurposing thread
I moved my battery location to the trunk several years ago but never got around to making a cover for it I liked OR more importantly could manage with my skills and materials on hand that would suit me. I wanted the whole thing pretty neutral. I was replacing old red carpet with new burtex trunk...www.garagejournal.com
Dan, the drawer with the squares and measuring devices is deeper, at 3-1/16" outside and 2-3/8" inside depth. The Schaller bin drawer is 2-3/16" outside and 1-3/4" inside depth. There's a nominal quarter-inch dado about a quarter inch from the bottom edge for the plywood panel in the bottom of the drawer.
@Prospecter, I don't think I owned many clamps when I had two hands but I've since corrected that oversight. Two hands is nice, one is acceptable but I really feel for those with none.
Thank you very much @gman007!Bob
Great job on the drawer. Very nice
Kirk, thanks to Garage Journal I'm trying to make it even better -- for free. OK, at some point I paid for the stuff but no new money was spent.
Thank you @gman007. Spent the afternoon at our son's house. In the morning Liane walked the manse as usual and had the urge to pull weeds from one of the gardens. The garden she picked has a low and sturdy steel rod fence around it. Not my choice but Liane got it for free. She tripped and fell, banging up her knee, putting a lump on her forehead and hurting her wrist. She bandaged herself up before we left for the party but by 4:00 in the afternoon her wrist was swollen and sore. Instead of going home, Liane wanted to go to an urgent care center (Doc in a Box or similar). Instead I took her to the hospital emergency room a mile from our house. None of the fireworks injuries had shown up so we were in a treatment room in five minutes. Three hours later she had her leg wound cleaned and re-dressed, an x-ray of her hand and wrist taken and sent home with a wrist brace and sling. It's a bruised and strained wrist but no breaks. Had a lot of laughs with the staff. Made it home, called our son to let him know we had a great time and got home safely with a side trip to the ER.Bob
Happy 4th of July to you, your family, and all other friends here
Thank you Lou, I hope yours was fun and safe.
John, thanks for stopping by.
@Squankum, isn't there already a WTF thread?
Feel Better!@gman007, I was worried she broke something. Making to 80 without breaking something is a challenge.
@Prospecter, me too. I told her this morning that she needed to be patient. A sprain can take longer to heal than a break.
Alan, it would have been finer if I hadn't agreed to the garden edge fencing.
Thank you Marc!
Alan, it does result in some smirks. On the other hand, our nicknames in Australia were Uncle Bob and The Duchess of Boca.
Lou, thank you and she says she's feeling better but I know some of the things she bruised will show up in the coming days,Sorry to hear about Liane.
Lou Manglass
Dennis, not only am I catering, I ran the washer and dryer today (supervised of course).
Scott, I appreciate the condolences. Good idea to add that to the curriculum -- it did involve some blood.
Geoff, I suspect it has to do with a new drug she started taking. It works for its intended purpose but the side effect is dizziness. She's going to stop using it (not a life-threatening condition).
I am not sure if I was the only one confused regarding the “Kink-Ease”
Comment or not !!@gman007, I have four label makers scattered around the place and I label a lot of stuff. Somehow I am able to ignore some of the ones that would help me remember.
Thank you Roger.
Jon, I live to serve her (she has forbidden me to die first).
Shorty, she's happy with my ability to change wound dressings. Pretty sure the HF visit only lifted mine. I can't work in the shop because I can't hear her "I've fallen and I can't...[fill in blank] if I'm that far away.Good thing Liane has you looking at for her. Speed recovery. I’m sure the trip to HF lifted her spirits.
Cody, you're right. My boo-boos don't hurt me near as much as seeing others in pain and having no way to make them feel better.
Thank you Mark. I still have two unopened bottles on the shelf. It doesn't help with cuts but it really works great on the achy joints. I only need to use it every few days.
Mark, I'll be careful not to post that one myself. I must have some train or car memorabilia that would work.
@gman007, I was skeptical when Mark first mentioned it but I tried a bottle and the joints in my hand slowly but surely got less painful and creaky. They still look misshapen but they feel better than they look.I am not sure if I was the only one confused regarding the “Kink-Ease”
So I had to google it and lo and behold, it is a muscle pain relief product
https://www.stagesoflifevitamins.com/products/kink-ease-enh-msm-salve-16-fl-oz-pump-jar
A good man and musician with great sense of humor! RIP!Also, no liniment was enough to save him.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/...n-performer-in-music-and-politics-dies-at-79/
@Squankum, my whip problem is worse than ever. I put a triple quick connect whip years ago when I was working on exhaust systems. It let me connect two different grit die grinders and a band file at the same time. Swapping tools isn't difficult but it involves holding the quick connect in my left armpit and pressing the male coupler into it. A bruised and calloused armpit isn't one of my long term goals. The original triple version hangs on the 50-foot hose reel in the garage. I often forget to take it to the workshop when polishing aluminum parts with the two air DAs and a pneumatic Dremel.An older woman in my neighborhood said she tried a cream involving some kind of cannabinoids, and had good results. I told her my job involved potential drug testing, so there's no way I'm riisking it.
Alas, no liniment was enough to save *****.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/...n-performer-in-music-and-politics-dies-at-79/
@Squankum and @gman007, it looks like another vacancy in my musical collection will be filled. Just listened to one and I'm hooked -- maybe because I'm 44 days older than him. Arlo Guthrie's album "Alice's Restaurant," which also includes "City of New Orleans" and "The Motorcycle Song" are in all three cars' iPods. *****'s "Bipolar Tour:..." CD will be added to the iPods.A good man and musician with great sense of humor! RIP!
Gerry, I do have a PVC solution but it's far from elegant. Only the Corvettes have grease fittings so my herd is only three.Bob - do you have a PVC solution for a small herd of unrelated grease guns? I've always reserved one shelf in the "condiment" shelving unit for a drool tray for the guns, it contains the ooze from the them, but also dead flies, moths and other creatures plus dust. dead grass (don't mow next to the man door into the garage when it's open) and low flying objects off the workbench. Currently, while looking for inspiration, the tools are hanging in a 5 gallon bucket, which is gonna end up being a trip hazard for me.
Hope Liane is mending, I can relate to the dizziness issue. When I had a spell of vertigo a number of years ago, I told the doc I wasn't dizzy but just had that feeling of "almost" most of the time. He said "now you know what you'll feel like in twenty years", Twenty years is up and gone.
!It seems GeddyT has raised a very valid point
. So the bigger question is, can good organization lead to chaos and confusion?Tom, are you telling me grease guns can have different kinds of grease in them? I thought the 'other' kind of grease came in a can for wheel bearings.
@gman007, thanks for the very kind words but to your second point, it's another yin and yang thing. The more organized I get, the more disorganization happens. When one more detailing product arrives in the garage, it doesn't have a place in that cabinet and goes in a different place. The organizers fill up and suddenly there are jars and buckets filled with miscellaneous items. I believe the chaos and confusion in my mind is constantly pounding my organization into submission. Some of my clear plastic hardware drawers have labels, thanks to my daughter 40 years ago but the vast majority have to be pulled out to see what's in them. At this moment I remember I have things in those drawers but how much longer that will be true is an issue.Bob
Very impressive and organized setup but we would except no less from you. Great job
It seems GeddyT has raised a very valid point
Kirk, like you, my Milwaukee M12 and M18 tools are the go-to tools. A few months back I was tightening a bolt in an extremely tight spot. My smallest ratchet didn't work so I used a short combination wrench. I was extremely frustrated having to make a fractional turn, flip the wrench over and make another fractional turn for a long enough time to make me curse my lack of a tiny air ratchet. I didn't go shopping to find one but when I was in HF, it found me (CLEARANCE tag was loudly calling me).
