What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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kaymccampbell
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IIRC, Puma was a Brazilian body on various other manufacturers' chassis.
rd65
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LWB
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Hanging lights. Break time is over...
Outlawmws
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Motorman55
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Excuse the bad photo, but earlier today I removed and replace the old garage door side/top seals and caulked all around. Was a bit of a pain because a previous owner nailed a new seal on top of the old seal boards plus I have one of those garage framed openings with those 45 degree corner angle pieces. So instead of 3 simple straight cuts, I had to make 8 angle cuts while making sure I didn't cut the rubber seals wrong or short where they overlap.
Next I'll replace the bottom seal and then it's just a matter of painting a second coat of white paint on the door and frame and its good for a couple seasons or at least until I square off the corners of the door frame to match the door windows. But hey, that's another project for another day.
Next I'll replace the bottom seal and then it's just a matter of painting a second coat of white paint on the door and frame and its good for a couple seasons or at least until I square off the corners of the door frame to match the door windows. But hey, that's another project for another day.
LeonardY
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Just in front of the garage.
Washed the car and the truck.
Washed the car and the truck.
LWB
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Shop or Christmas?
Shop! I don't do Xmas lights. I might put a red bulb in the porch light if I feel extra festive
Got the shop lights hung and finished up the bench. Also took the 1/4" ply off of the old bench and found solid oak below. 2 pieces, 1 is 8" wide and the other is 12" wide. Between 1 5/8" and 2" thick. Score!
kaymccampbell
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Excuse the bad photo, but earlier today I removed and replace the old garage door side/top seals and caulked all around. Was a bit of a pain because a previous owner nailed a new seal on top of the old seal boards plus I have one of those garage framed openings with those 45 degree corner angle pieces. So instead of 3 simple straight cuts, I had to make 8 angle cuts while making sure I didn't cut the rubber seals wrong or short where they overlap.
Next I'll replace the bottom seal and then it's just a matter of painting a second coat of white paint on the door and frame and its good for a couple seasons or at least until I square off the corners of the door frame to match the door windows. But hey, that's another project for another day.
I applied chunks of PVC wood to the square cornered windows on my garage doors to fill in and make them look pretty like the openings. I used Big Stretch caulk to apply them to the glass. It's held at least a decade and it's showing no sign of popping off.
harley jim
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Built a couple trike frames!
kaymccampbell
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Cleaned, flung, put away. Dragged out the Dingo's waterhog. Cut the bottom inch off the garage door rails. Started shoveling out and scrubbing down the lift. Lugged out a couple file cabinets and the remains of a screw lathe. Brought in 10 sheets of 3mm ply and a big mahogany board.
Magnum440d100
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In-out. In-out.
I’m wishing more and more to have a door between the house and garage. Instead of having to go outside and then into the garage.
Anyway, I digress.
Got 2 more sheets glued and screwed. Now I have enough room on this side of this wall (will be a bedroom), to stage the construction stuff to finish the rest of this side of the house. I have enough OSB to sheet the walls and keep the dust contained to this area.
Now I’m wondering if I should sheet the walls with OSB, THEN drywall. Hmm.
I’m wishing more and more to have a door between the house and garage. Instead of having to go outside and then into the garage.
Anyway, I digress.
Got 2 more sheets glued and screwed. Now I have enough room on this side of this wall (will be a bedroom), to stage the construction stuff to finish the rest of this side of the house. I have enough OSB to sheet the walls and keep the dust contained to this area.
Now I’m wondering if I should sheet the walls with OSB, THEN drywall. Hmm.
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Motorman55
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Cool I might try that. Probably make for a better seal at that spot too. In any case I want to square off the door at some point. You have the nice real wood casings like my old house. Unfortunately this house has aluminum siding, which is in great shape except for the aluminum casing around the garage door opening which has some dents, so not as nice and smooth as they could be. All the houses in this HOA have aluminum siding except of course those that had their homes redone in vinyl which I'm not a big fan of either.I applied chunks of PVC wood to the square cornered windows on my garage doors to fill in and make them look pretty like the openings. I used Big Stretch caulk to apply them to the glass. It's held at least a decade and it's showing no sign of popping off.
DGersic
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Painted. The garage is now painted, done. Need to finish the shed (trim) tomorrow.
kaymccampbell
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I have the maintenance free-ish PVC wood casings. They do look nice, with graining and everything.
If you pulled the tin on your garage door casing and did it over with PVC wood it would look tons better.
coldh2o
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I recently did the same. When we built the house 15 years ago the door installer put the tracks right down to the concrete slab. Over the years the salty snowmelt from the cars crept up the rails and severely corroded the ends. So I took the death wheel to them this summer.
Old Man Roger
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It would definitely stiffen the place up, and help with sound.
Probably raise the r factor too, but I think you said you didn’t insulate the floor?
kaymccampbell
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I lined my 3000 sq ft 1700's Latham house with 5/8 plywood, internal and perimeter walls, to keep it from swaying in the wind. Then drywalled over the ply. It made a world of difference in temperature stability and noise penetration. OSB should do just as nicely.
Motorman55
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Thanks for the tip. I will look into PVC wood since I'll have to remove the aluminum facing when I square off the casing anyway.
kaymccampbell
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The two brands I'm most familiar with are Kleer and Azek. There may be others. Some have more realistic graining than others.
john.k
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Today I shifted all the junk from the front of the house into the shed .......a new fridge has come ,and you cant have the delivery men seeing this stuff!.........What a job,and its about 1% of all my junk .........maybe .001%.
bugnut
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Got a call Wednesday evening from my guy that does bodywork. He's ready for the baja, as others aren't ready for him to do theirs. I rolled the baja out of the shop and loaded onto the trailer. It is going in for new pans, and hole coverings. After removing carpet and **** found that a previous owner had welded in steel plate. It is oversize on the width and undersize on the length. So can't remove pan to body bolts, and still have rust/holes in the foot well. Shop is a mess so I need to attack that. Also need to get a winch mount on the new flatbed as I had to jury rig a winch to load the car. It is loaded and strapped ready to go to the body man! Woo Hoo, progress!
In prep to reinstall the bed on the Silverado, I removed the rear bumber (again) fixed the fuel filler, and put one running board on. I was goingt o put them both on then realized I was one bolt retainer short. Hopefully I can get one on my way home from work.
Mike65
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I had to move my makeshift table in the garage made from 2 sawhorses & a piece of plywood that I had in front of my Mustang to next to the Mustang. My wife wanted to take her motorcycle out for a ride with her girlfriends & it would have been in her way of turning the motorcycle around when she got back. I have the chainsaw, chainsaw case, premixed gas & bar & chain oil on it until I am done cutting up the tree that fell in our yard afew weeks ago.
budo55
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It's always something. Small wins theory, right? One "tuck" at a time!
kaymccampbell
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Maybe that's my problem, I'm using the wrong word.
Magnum440d100
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No I did not insulate the floor.
The plan eventually is to get a crawlspace company down here to do their thing. But that’s far future.
As is now, any soft material gets made into nesting material.
Though now that I’m home more (not driving as far for work), I can start mitigating pests and critters better. I never did set traps (hav-a-heart traps) for fear of catching a critter early in the AM and then it being caged for up to 12-13 hours until I can deal with it. I thought that would be cruel.
Magnum440d100
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That’s the plan then.
I bought this OSB for under the house, but am not using it there.
I’ll just throw it up on the walls then. I AM trying to keep noise from filtering from the living room to the guest bedroom, and then the master.
Ran out of “good” usable non twisted 2x4’s for studs. So I guess I’ll have to pick some up eventually.
Got the day off work accidentally. Left some material outside. Then it started to POUR rain. So I hauled *** home to put it away. Then the boss called “we really are kinda slow today, if you want the day off”. So that kinda works. So OFF to the lumber yard when it stops raining!
budo55
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My 2018 Ford F150 security system alarm has been going off of course, at 3 or 4 in the morning now and again. My phone app says it's my hood being opened. It's a known issue and Ford has issued a TSB on this. My consultant (YT) says it's $400 for the dealership to replace the latch and the part is only $54. There is a micro-switch that goes bad in the hood latch. I removed the latch, cables and wiring plug, cleaned it and the embedded switch, and re-installed it. I drove to my Ford dealership and no joy there, not one dealer around has the part. It's now paid for/ordered but it won't be at the dealership until Tuesday. I'm hoping the cleaning will keep it from alarming at least until then to keep the neighbors from coming at me with torches and pitchforks.
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Old Man Roger
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I've seen a few people in south Florida do a stucco skirting with vents, and an access hatch. It keeps the critters out.
Instead of skirting, they used like firing strips, paper back lathe, and then a coat of stucco.
Magnum440d100
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I have a cinder block “foundation” under the perimeter of the house. The house touches it in most places.
Mice still manage to squeeze through. Though one part of the cinder block wall is in disrepair. It’ll need fixed. But that’s another issue for another time. When I have the floor up again, I’ll take pics.
freudianfloyd
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Trying to save money on the cost of an insulated dog house in preparation of the coming winter, I decided to build one large enough to fit 3 of my dogs. Well I didn't work from plans, only an idea in my head, and when it was all said and done, it wound up costing much more than the cost of a new dog house. It did turn out way heavier than the ones you could buy in the store however and should last for many dogs lifetimes. I will have to get some pictures.
I was able to talk the wife into letting me get a new battery powered framing nailer out of the deal. She thought it was only going to cost "about $50", she was a bit shocked at what they actually cost after the fact.
I was able to talk the wife into letting me get a new battery powered framing nailer out of the deal. She thought it was only going to cost "about $50", she was a bit shocked at what they actually cost after the fact.
Old Man Roger
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Isn't a smaller dog house warmer?Trying to save money on the cost of an insulated dog house in preparation of the coming winter, I decided to build one large enough to fit 3 of my dogs. Well I didn't work from plans, only an idea in my head, and when it was all said and done, it wound up costing much more than the cost of a new dog house. It did turn out way heavier than the ones you could buy in the store however and should last for many dogs lifetimes. I will have to get some pictures.
I was able to talk the wife into letting me get a new battery powered framing nailer out of the deal. She thought it was only going to cost "about $50", she was a bit shocked at what they actually cost after the fact.
PhantomEB
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Been trying to make the garage to the point I dont need to move much to get at anything else. Best part is I can get my car and her Honda in whenever I need to and still open both side doors. Ram3500 not so much but the garage is coming along. Waiting to get my last paycheck in two weeks then might see about one more Husky bottom as well intermediate box to put the red one on, which will free up the box and a half to go back to being my side work bench. It’s nice having my bike up on a bike lift, chainsaws hanging until I know exactly which one will live in this and that.
niget2002
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3d printed some parts for the small oscillating fan in the travel trailer. It's a bad design that hinges on a very small piece of plastic that has cracked. My parts are to add a stiffer, adjustable, bracket to help hold it at certain angles. Looks like it should work. I ordered some thumbscrews so the angle can be adjusted. Just need to glue the printed mounts onto the actual fan now.
coldh2o
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Been trying to make the garage to the point I dont need to move much to get at anything else. Best part is I can get my car and her Honda in whenever I need to and still open both side doors. Ram3500 not so much but the garage is coming along. Waiting to get my last paycheck in two weeks then might see about one more Husky bottom as well intermediate box to put the red one on, which will free up the box and a half to go back to being my side work bench. It’s nice having my bike up on a bike lift, chainsaws hanging until I know exactly which one will live in this and that.
I've never seen chainsaws hanging for storage. Are they drained of fluids? I'd be worried about leaks.
freudianfloyd
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Has to be big enough for 3 dogs, plus it will have a wall mounted heater.
Outlawmws
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Just a replacement battery costs that...
kaymccampbell
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If you're lucky.
Stood in the garage door and stared off into space for 10 minutes trying to figure out what I wanted or needed to do.
Finally my eyes fell on my chainsaw (M18) and I remembered I needed to figure out why it wasn't oiling the chain. So I pulled it out and put it on the table, yanked the bar off and started looking around. The last time I used it, I blew it all out with the air gun and scraped the heavy gunk off with a screwdriver. So upon taking it apart this time, I found a wood chip lodged in the case of the saw over the oil port. Dug it out with a pick, and verified it was oiling. It was. So it went back together.
I decided it was time to sharpen it too. It's been a while, and last weekend I did touch a rock with it. The chain is on its last leg anyways....it's the original one that came with it 5 years or so ago.
As I was putting it away, I saw the M12 Hatchet sitting there. Well, I don't think I've ever sharpened it in the ~2 years and lots and lots of cutting I've done with it...so out it came to get sharpened. It's tricky sharpening that little 6" thing.
Well, I had to test it out, so I found a couple dead trees out in the woods and chopped them down and cut them into rounds.
Finally my eyes fell on my chainsaw (M18) and I remembered I needed to figure out why it wasn't oiling the chain. So I pulled it out and put it on the table, yanked the bar off and started looking around. The last time I used it, I blew it all out with the air gun and scraped the heavy gunk off with a screwdriver. So upon taking it apart this time, I found a wood chip lodged in the case of the saw over the oil port. Dug it out with a pick, and verified it was oiling. It was. So it went back together.
I decided it was time to sharpen it too. It's been a while, and last weekend I did touch a rock with it. The chain is on its last leg anyways....it's the original one that came with it 5 years or so ago.
As I was putting it away, I saw the M12 Hatchet sitting there. Well, I don't think I've ever sharpened it in the ~2 years and lots and lots of cutting I've done with it...so out it came to get sharpened. It's tricky sharpening that little 6" thing.
Well, I had to test it out, so I found a couple dead trees out in the woods and chopped them down and cut them into rounds.