What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[kbeefy]

I'm supposed to be working, but it's Friday...

Shoot, I thought it was thursday until just now.

Put 'Sulastic Shackles' on my van...



Got to use this thing.



Wouldn't break the lower bolt free, but removed the upper nut no problem. After breaking the lower bolt free with a breaker it finished the job.









Since it was in the air anyways, might as well put a receiver on it.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Dropped my free bucket of expensive **** on the bench.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Since it was in the air anyways, might as well put a receiver on it.

is a receiver a towing hitch ?

 

[kbeefy]

is a receiver a towing hitch ?

Yup. This one is a 2" Class IV 10,000# rated hitch with a 1000# tongue weight rating.

Mainly I wanted it to carry our EBikes or tow my VW golf, but I also have a couple 14k trailers that could get hooked up occasionally so I wanted a beefy one.

 

[welder4956]

After mowing the yard and cleaning the mower, I mounted the battery chargers in a new location then decided to make a bracket to hold an old 4-way lug wrench on the wall. I cut some scraps of 1" square tube and 2" flat bar, then welded, ground, bead blasted, primed and painted it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

He even has a paper towel rigged to wipe the wire. I bet he welds in white gloves.lol

Well, they are Tillman gloves.... technically white and tan.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Well, they are Tillman gloves.... technically white and tan.

See! Lol

 

[oldman_pottering]

Yup. This one is a 2" Class IV 10,000# rated hitch with a 1000# tongue weight rating.

Mainly I wanted it to carry our EBikes or tow my VW golf, but I also have a couple 14k trailers that could get hooked up occasionally so I wanted a beefy one.

I hadn't heard the term before, we call 'em towbars

 

[PWC Repair]

I pulled the intake and throttle bodies off this Honda to flip it upside down to remove the 2 bolts holding the injector rail on so I could pull, test, and backflush the injectors..........damn engineers! Also pulled the intercooler to clean out this mucky sludge cause people don't know how to check their oil and overfill it 'til it pukes all through the intake. Then I finished up detailing my old '96 Seadoo.

 

[DGersic]

More brakes…

Removed the cracked front line. Bent up a replacement and flared it. Two more flares where I didn’t forget to put the nut on first. Something’s just not right here.

Cut the mounting stud off the evap can bracket that sheared off when I removed it. Drilled it for a bolt.

Spent a bunch of time fishing the long rear line in to place, around the gas tank, over the transmission crossbar, under the fuel line, over the parking brake cable, and past everything else.

Didn't like how the rear line was just swinging in the breeze without that junction block. Turned the junction block in to a mount:



Drilled and tapped a M10 tube nut for a 1/4-20 bolt. Bit of sheet metal for a bracket. Adel clamp and another 1/4-20 bolt with Nylock nut to hold it in place.

After a couple of days of hitting the front bleeders with PB Blaster and tapping with a hammer, was shocked when they actually opened without rounding or shearing off. The rears are only a few months old, so they opened fine.

Filled and started bleeding the system. Had a leak, so had to clean that up. Ran low on DOT3 fluid, so need to pick up another bottle to finish the job tomorrow.

 

[kbeefy]

I hadn't heard the term before, we call 'em towbars

On this side of the globe...

Towbar



Receiver, or hitch receiver

 

[oldman_pottering]

fiddled around with a bandsaw box and waiting for glue to dry decided to make some push paddles for using at the jointer, I have a template for the handles so it was a job for the flush trim bit at the router, went ok until I ran the wood the wrong way and nearly blew the thing out of my hand, damn thing scares me coz I'm not real good at grain direction reading, got 'em done and added some adhesive backed sandpaper to them

 

[kaymccampbell]

fiddled around with a bandsaw box and waiting for glue to dry decided to make some push paddles for using at the jointer, I have a template for the handles so it was a job for the flush trim bit at the router, went ok until I ran the wood the wrong way and nearly blew the thing out of my hand, damn thing scares me coz I'm not real good at grain direction reading, got 'em done and added some adhesive backed sandpaper to them

Imagine if wood was more like a phonebook. And the grain was the pages. The idea is not to ruffle the pages, or at least slow way down in areas where they ruffle easily.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I hadn't heard the term before, we call 'em towbars

On this side of the globe...

Towbar



Receiver, or hitch receiver

+1 on the tow bar, but to me, the hitch has always been the larger part that bolts to the frame of the car. The smaller part that slides in the receiver part of the hitch is the ball mount.

The part that holds them both together is the hitch pin.

 

[Outlander]

What am I doing this weekend in the garage: cleanup from last weekend's sawdust festival. Continued on seasonal woodworking items to gift family members. Spent as much time with shop vac as the sander(s).

Took pictures of all my electrical tools as I often forget which models I have in the Can-Am garage, eespecially when I am home. Vice-versa when I am at the cottage and thinking about tools in basement workshop at home. Now building a repository with photos and digital manuals when I can find them!

Next steps will include some finishing of my projects - let'ssee if I muster up energy to run to the store today.

 

[Levaughn]

I helped my brother trouble shoot why his 94 Camry wouldn't start. After messing around under the hood, we decided to have a look at the fuel pump. It turned out the wire going to the fuel pump wire had a break in it.

 

[DeeDubz]

My 60 gallon air compressor blew a gasket....

 

[Outlawmws]

Last night after dinner I was doing some "Heavy lifting" for hunting camping prep - Leaving next Tuesday O'dark thirty, for a week long trip - just the van again this year - No Eagle trailer. I needed some things that are stored in the trailer so opened up and got those. I'll sort and organize this weekend.

Earlier I had completed the "Rifle rack" that will keep the 20 Ga and .22 Anshutz in arms reach when we are actually hunting, but not flopping around in back, and made a carpet "holster" for the Thompson single shot and mounted it on front of the center console.

Today I'm taking the rear seat out completely and making a 15" high stand for the 3 1X12's that make the bed platform so I get more storage space. I picked up the 2X4 needed last night and made the first cut for the support spanner, that gets notched for the support posts.

 

[PWC Repair]

My 60 gallon air compressor blew a gasket....

Always right there where the heat is.

 

[fishwatcher]

I made a simple hammer rack with scrap wood and basic tools.

 

[CoogarXR]

Pulled the work van in, washed the windows, checked the fluids, checked the tires, touched up some rust spots with color-matched spray paint.

 

[GirchyGirchy]

Changed the oil and rotated the tires on the Outback...2000 miles before I needed to. I'm not as disappointed in the wasted oil as much as the fact I didn't realize it until after I was done, and it was just a waste of time when I could have been doing any number of other things.

At least I got an opportunity to use the new frame extensions for my QuickJack and verify they worked ok, I guess. FML.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Unwrapped some goodies. Upgraded lightburn. Worked in lightburn on a new project.

 

[DAVE94LIGHTNING]

Started on my garage winch install. This is to pull project vehicles in and out since my driveway has a steep slope.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Imagine if wood was more like a phonebook. And the grain was the pages. The idea is not to ruffle the pages, or at least slow way down in areas where they ruffle easily.

thats a good analogy, a lot of time I'm routing curved pieces and before I know it I'm heading the wrong way after having started correctly. I watched a YT vid yesterday and the guy explained that we should never be routing on the 'back' of the bit, something I end up doing a lot. I think I'll set up my small router again and use that until I get the correct process sorted

 

[oldman_pottering]

The smaller part that slides in the receiver part of the hitch is the ball mount.

We call that part the tongue

 

[Old Man Roger]

We call that part the tongue

I’ve always considered the tongue part of the trailer.

 

[Metallitubby]

I completely removed all VW'ness from the Korrado in preparation to pressure wash the entire thing inside and out, and then onto the roll cage builder's shop.

 

[snorvet]

Another coat of varnish on the kayak.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Man, you and Niget are making me want to build a boat.lol

 

[Prospecter]

Changed the oil and rotated the tires on the Outback...2000 miles before I needed to. I'm not as disappointed in the wasted oil as much as the fact I didn't realize it until after I was done, and it was just a waste of time when I could have been doing any number of other things.

At least I got an opportunity to use the new frame extensions for my QuickJack and verify they worked ok, I guess. FML.

Better 2k too early than 2k too late. Consider this a crank case flush!

 

[PWC Repair]

I’ve always considered the tongue part of the trailer.

It is......it's the part of the frame that's forward of the box or cargo hauling area. The 'tongue' leads right up to the "coupler", which is what hooks onto your "hitch", which might be slid into the "receiver" on the tow vehicle.

 

[Bessy]

This came very close to becoming a "Ever do something so stupid you wonder if you should be left unsupervised?" Post instead of a "What did you do "IN" your garage today?" post.

I've been exhausted all day, after a hellish week of work. I slept in this morning, and it really didn't do me any good, it seems, because I still spent most of the day feeling too tired/burnt out to do anything. I finally around 1:30-2:00pm decided that rather than waiting for my Dad to come into town to deliver me the trailer, I could just get the guys at HD to rip down the OSB to sizes that would fit into the car instead. So off I head to the big orange store, have them bring down a new skid off the pile, for me to pick out three sheets and have them cut down to 2 at 32", and one at 30", instead of 2 at 30" and 1 at 32" which is what it turns out I really needed... Mistake one, complete, sort of.

So I cut out my notches to fit around the header, and the baseboard trim, and start fitting the boards in place and screwing them up to the wall. I wanted to make sure that my door opening was trimmed out to the finished thickness of the wall, so this is why I opted to go this route. So because I had two at 32" and one at 30", I had to cut 2" out of the doorway to fit the door opening that I had framed. So I do that, install the door trim, and go to mount the 30" door opening in the 31-1/2" finished opening... Completely defeating, knowing that I just f*cking cut 2" out of the sheet, to fit the opening I had, that is now 1-1/2" too wide...

So I scab in a new 2x4, because it's now definitively getting trim, and I just want the darn wall finished. Go to close the door, nope, now I need to take ~1/16" out of my door trim because it's too tight...

There were a few other ugly hiccups (thankfully on the back side of the door, so they're not visible), but the door is in and it operates nicely. Now to figure out trim that I hadn't necessarily planned on...

 

[kbeefy]

New Alternator showed up, so I got that in.



270A, should keep the voltages up while the glow plugs are running.



Since thats taken care of I reinstalled the turbo.



Waiting on the turbo reinstall wasn't beneficial, but things are tight on vans so I didn't want to risk anything.

 

[ZRX61]

Spiffed up the F350 & took it to the local "4th Saturday" show. Got another participation plaque. Watched two separate wildfires break out & get sorted while I was there. Forgot to take a pic of my truck...

South:



East:

 

[Outlawmws]

So many little things hunting prep wise - but got the 2X4 bed deck support installed and i'm happy with the results, its very stable and I gained all the space and weight of that back seat. Improved the mounting of the rifle rack, got about half the planned gear loaded.

Son came over with the old power washer, and yes, the pressure hose fits he "new to me" power washer head. planned for where exactly we will go a bit. Got him some of the things he needed. The bad news is we are hitting a heat wave, so hunting will likely ****.

Broke out the 221 sewing machine and made a new "Ammo carrier" with 6 elastic loops and snap straps to putit on the left front suspender strap replacing the one I've had for most of 40 years now, its pretty dead - made some slip cover bags for 2 small CI fry pans and an aluminum skillet. Still trying to find some 2" webbing to make a scabbard for a knife I'm adding to the "deer processing tools" Skinning and gut hook knives, I've had - but this one also has a saw back - Could be handy in the field.:



Tomorrow I need to make a utensil roll. And if I can find some web material, a scabbard...

 

[nadogail]

Completed the installation and testing of the Level 2 charging station for the new car.
Test was satisfactory nosparks or smoke.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Spent a few hours digging through bits and pieces in the shed looking for the fine thread screws I had to mount my small router to its little portable table, never found them but I sorted a lot of stuff out in the meantime. Put my big boy pants on and used my large router for some flush trimming ( worked out great), spent a few hours hand sanding this bandsaw box ( and drinking beer). More sanding to be done tomorrow

 

[kaymccampbell]

Spent a few hours digging through bits and pieces in the shed looking for the fine thread screws I had to mount my small router to its little portable table, never found them but I sorted a lot of stuff out in the meantime. Put my big boy pants on and used my large router for some flush trimming ( worked out great), spent a few hours hand sanding this bandsaw box ( and drinking beer). More sanding to be done tomorrow

Nice shape, very Seussian.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Nice shape, very Seussian.

Stealing that.