What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[KwikFab]

I’ve admired your handy work, but also wondered what it was you were making. I see now that they are bed reinforcements, but I’m still not clear on what that means? lol

So, 2nd and 3rd Gen Tacoma's have composite beds.

Anyway, vehicles as we all know, allow for a bit of flexing. It's the norm.

However, adding any type of weight on the bed such as a rack, camper shell, and other various items can add dynamic weight which can attribute to one's bedsides to bow outward and even crack.

A more traditional item offered by lots of manufacturers are these L shaped brackets; here's the first set I ever made for someone when I first learned how to weld and worked at my first fab shop.



And here's a before and after installation on the person's truck I made them for.

Before.



After.



That's a metal bed by the way, which was quite a bit more rigid than those on newer trucks.

The set I make is different in that it is less intrusive so you don't lose any bed space, while still giving you a mount to act as a tie down or the sort.

The design isn't my own though, it's a remake of one that went out of production yet has a lot of demand so now I make them to sell.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Finished cleaning the lift. Finished cleaning the floor. Stuffed a couple garbage cans. Dried and put away the vacuum hose. Parked the boat in the bay. Put away the Dingo n Burg.

 

[Old Man Roger]

So, 2nd and 3rd Gen Tacoma's have composite beds.

Anyway, vehicles as we all know, allow for a bit of flexing. It's the norm.

However, adding any type of weight on the bed such as a rack, camper shell, and other various items can add dynamic weight which can attribute to one's bedsides to bow outward and even crack.

A more traditional item offered by lots of manufacturers are these L shaped brackets; here's the first set I ever made for someone when I first learned how to weld and worked at my first fab shop.



And here's a before and after installation on the person's truck I made them for.

Before.



After.



That's a metal bed by the way, which was quite a bit more rigid than those on newer trucks.

The set I make is different in that it is less intrusive so you don't lose any bed space, while still giving you a mount to act as a tie down or the sort.

The design isn't my own though, it's a remake of one that went out of production yet has a lot of demand so now I make them to sell.

Nice! I had no idea they had a composite bed. Thanks for the explanation.

 

[Beelzeboss]

I brought my hot rod project car out into the sun to try and load it onto my truck.



Which also meant I could give the garage a bit of a clean.



So much grinding dust under where the car was parked

 

[larry4406]

Absolutely!

Most times I'm cheaper than Send Cut Send, not always though.

I don't have laser CNC, or industrial press brakes as you can see from the pics.

My gig is simply, I'm just a regular dude working out of his garage that enjoys metal work. Not everyone has the ability to work CAD to make their own design for cutting out for SCS. And sometimes people want to deal with one person to describe what it is they need which is where I come in.

I do a lot of one-off stuff for people.

The above items are just one of my most popular items I sell mean for a ton of Toyota truck owners.

Neat projects!

If you haven't already, start a fab thread to keep all your posts together.

I like that press and fab table.

 

[Magnum440d100]

In and out. In and out.

Got some rockwool in the wall

Got some OSB up in the living room (main focus)

And even a panel on the inside of the bedroom. Haven’t hung OSB yet on the dividing wall, as it’s break time. But maybe later or tomorrow. I’m debating on if I should run power into this wall for the bedroom. In a perfect world, the bedroom TV (if there will be one) would go on this wall too. So any noise between the 2 cancel each other out lol (I know it doesn’t work like that. I’m kidding I’m kidding)


Might clean up the garage and put tools away. I’m tapped for materials until maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. I should have time then. I’d go today but the Amish place is closed on Sundays. Oh well.

 

[KwikFab]

Neat projects!

If you haven't already, start a fab thread to keep all your posts together.

I like that press and fab table.

Thanks!

I ain't cool enough for that, not yet at least!

Just got done welding up a 7' tall firepit at my buddy's shop, I'll post pics once he sends them over.

 

[niget2002]

Fixed the seat on the wife's grand Cherokee. We had a bunch of chairs in the back seat and I think it kept the "auto seat" thing from working when it hung up while trying to go back. Watched a YouTube video and saw that I just needed to cycle the seat front and back a few times.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Cleaned, flung, put away. Ran the ultrasonic cleaner. Got the metal bench sanitized. Find a friend's leaking sight glass assembly. Ground, welded, tested, ground, welded, ground, weekend, ground, tested. Done. Cut 10 sheets of 3mm ply into 12" squares. 300 cuts on the tablesaw. Dusted.

 

[ZRX61]

Fixed the damage to the security man-door I did a while back when I had to break into the house because the power was out.
Replaced the screw/nut on the F350 bug deflector that had gone AWOL. Then decided the spiffy replacement looked way better than the seven remaining (mismatched) screws/nuts so replaced all 8 of them.

 

[Outlawmws]

Minimal and light stuff as I'm fighting a flareup of a gingival abscess that was declared by the dentist gone on Monday, and flared back with a vengeance yesterday...

Organized interim storage for my portable nickle plating setup. Prepping for removing the kitchen window AC for the winter. Waiting for help to do the actual removal.

 

[KwikFab]

I'll knock out production Tuesday since tomorrow I've got my MRI.

Welded this bad boy up today at my friend's shop instead.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Dude that’s awesome, but I think your beards on fire!

 

[KwikFab]

Dude that’s awesome, but I think your beards on fire!

It's why I keep it short! It only sticks out a good 2" below my hood.

 

[Outlawmws]

It's why I keep it short! It only sticks out a good 2" below my hood.

You need a Nomex chin mask...

 

[KwikFab]

You need a Nomex chin mask...

If you're not on fire, are you even a welder?

 

[Old Man Roger]

If you're not on fire, are you even a welder?

You ain’t a welder till your frayed jeans being on fire doesn’t stop you from finishing a nice bead..lol

Pro tip, when welding above your head, keep your mouth closed..lol Slag don’t taste good at all.

 

[GrayFlattop]

New rear rotors, pads AND brake shoes for the sienna. No real surprises other than the caliper carrier being massively over-tightened by the last wrench that touched it. Eh, the lighter duty Bosch impact didn’t touch it, so, yeah, WAY too tight. The larger M18 wasn’t even breathing hard.

Then I bored out the hubs fora couple of new rototiller wheels. 1” axle shaft, but the fabricators in china were apparently unfamiliar with the concept. The largest twist drill I have was 1”, but that didn’t allow enough clearance. Bezos dropped off the 26mm drill bit this morning. Done.

 

[Jgaz]

Thanks!

I ain't cool enough for that, not yet at least!

Yes you are

 

[Old Man Roger]

If you're not on fire, are you even a welder?

You ain’t a welder till your frayed jeans being on fire doesn’t stop you from finishing a nice bead..lol

Pro tip, when welding above your head, keep your mouth closed..lol Slag don’t taste good at all.

Ok I think you might need to be the next Jeff Foxworthy. Instead of “you might be a redneck” your tag line will be “are you even a welder if? “ Lol

Are you even a welder if …you can’t take a Corning ware casserole dish out of the oven with your bare hands.

Are you even a welder if …you don't have a permanent dent in your forehead from your welding helmet?

Are you even a welder if …you don’t have burn holes in all your work shirts?

Are you even a welder if …you haven’t done the owe owe owe dance cause a hot piece of splatter went down your shirt?

Man I think I’m on to something here, make sure to thank me when you‘re doing your world tour..lol

 

[Snip's]

Earlier this year I put in a music system in the garage...
I jerry-rigged the wiring for the speakers... Lots of zip ties across the ceiling... With wires drooping everywhere in the garage...
It was way too hot for me to climb up in the space over the garage to hide the wiring above the ceiling...
Well... Today was the day... Got the speaker wired correctly...
Done...

 

[LWB]

Cleaned the furnace. Put in a new thermostat in and ran a 4 conductor wire. It works!

 

[GarageHobbyist]

Worked on my hot cut made from a leaf spring.
Not bad for no power tools so far, but I will probably use the grinder to put an edge on it instead of hand filing.

 

[56vette461]

In and out. In and out.

Got some rockwool in the wall

Got some OSB up in the living room (main focus)

And even a panel on the inside of the bedroom. Haven’t hung OSB yet on the dividing wall, as it’s break time. But maybe later or tomorrow. I’m debating on if I should run power into this wall for the bedroom. In a perfect world, the bedroom TV (if there will be one) would go on this wall too. So any noise between the 2 cancel each other out lol (I know it doesn’t work like that. I’m kidding I’m kidding)


Might clean up the garage and put tools away. I’m tapped for materials until maybe Tuesday or Wednesday. I should have time then. I’d go today but the Amish place is closed on Sundays. Oh well.

Never miss the chance to run an electrical plug on wall. You will wish you did in about 2 weeks after its all buttoned up.

 

[Magnum440d100]

Never miss the chance to run an electrical plug on wall. You will wish you did in about 2 weeks after its all buttoned up.

I did decide to. It’s roughed in for now. But it’s going to be tied into the living room circuit (that’s how it was before). It’s not wired or anything, just the wires ran. Maybe tomorrow, if I have time after work, I’ll wire it up.


I know my gaps are off on the OSB. But this is getting covered by drywall.

My wall was plumb. But the existing walls weren’t lol. Whoops.

 

[TurnipTruck]

We’re about to get some snow tomorrow; some guessers say 3.4”, other guessers say 8+”.

So in the time it took to pull the TurnipTruck out of the big bay and back it into the lift bay…


…and excavate the Winter Project boat out of the lean to and back it into the big bay, we got a little color on the grass:


Rain is forecast for next week, so this particular dumping may not stick around.

 

[FLHCHAZ]

Put the bed back on the Silverado, added the tail light and have them wired up. Went to put the bumper on and realized that it wont fit with the receiver hitch installed. Thats tonight project....

 

[Prospecter]

I did decide to. It’s roughed in for now. But it’s going to be tied into the living room circuit (that’s how it was before). It’s not wired or anything, just the wires ran. Maybe tomorrow, if I have time after work, I’ll wire it up.


I know my gaps are off on the OSB. But this is getting covered by drywall.

My wall was plumb. But the existing walls weren’t lol. Whoops.

Joys of old home renovation!

 

[GarageDan]

Finished cleaning the lift. Finished cleaning the floor. Stuffed a couple garbage cans. Dried and put away the vacuum hose. Parked the boat in the bay. Put away the Dingo n Burg.

Well organized use of space. I like the way you store your jack stands - Doing that in my place!!!

 

[rd65]

Removed the bagger from the riding mower in the shed. In the shop, pulled the mower deck, checked the oil, aired down the tires for traction when moving leaves. Staged the mower, sweeper, and trailer under the awning next to the shop for quick after work access this week on the days it isn't raining.

 

[GarageDan]

I did decide to. It’s roughed in for now. But it’s going to be tied into the living room circuit (that’s how it was before). It’s not wired or anything, just the wires ran. Maybe tomorrow, if I have time after work, I’ll wire it up.


I know my gaps are off on the OSB. But this is getting covered by drywall.

My wall was plumb. But the existing walls weren’t lol. Whoops.

When I did my little shop at home, I ran a line of plugs at counter height (Around 4' off floor) and a row of plugs at floor height (about 18" off floor). There are plugs roughly every 4' along the wall. Several different circuits. It's so great to always have an outlet close.

 

[GarageDan]

Not "In" the garage, but garage related.... Ordered some service manuals for my project.

 

[DAVE94LIGHTNING]

Got the 88 coupe on wheel dolly’s using my new Harbor freight aluminum jack and got a set of weld draglites out of storage to clean and polish and teach my 2yr old the joys of hard work and cool cars.

 

[69charged]

Finally got around to starting the **** blaster sub box my son wanted for his megacab dodge. Not quite done yet. Need to router it all yet.
It’s always nice when you have a project that needs a new tool!! Decided to buy a dewalt 20V cordless router from Home Depot. If you buy just the tool you get a free battery it says. They showed they had 2 in stock but they couldn’t find them when I went. So, the new tool purchase and sub box will have to wait!!

 

[rockcrawler]

Changed out the bearings in all three deck spindles on my Bad Boy ZT Elite zero turn mower. Made a huge difference in noise. It had become really loud while mowing.

 

[bulletpruf]

Fight to the death with a grease gun. I prevailed, but it was close.

 

[smackey05]

Prepping to get a new engine in the sled.

 

[DGersic]

Cleanup. Putting away all of the stuff that got dragged out for painting the garage and shed.

Pulled the car out, went for a nice drive to a state park, then pulled the car in again later.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Prepping to get a new engine in the sled.

You’re making me miss home. 36 years in Florida, and the thing I miss most is my sleds. Yes, I miss my “aa da cat” and my Polaris more than I miss family..lol

For non massholes, the word “aa da cat” translated into English, is Arctic Cat, and sled means snow mobile. They’re wicked pissa kid.

 

[niget2002]

Mounted the fan brace in the travel trailer. The more I look at this fan and how it broke, the more I think I should buy a new one and remount it upside down. It would have less angle of adjustment downward, but we don't need much.

If you look close, you can see where the mount meets the back of the fan is what broke. The fan falls forward from the crack and pulls the fan so it keeps falling forward.

The brace is there to take stress off the crack. I also tried to use some thick ca to glue the crack. The same CA is used to glue the printed parts to the fan.

Then I checked on the son's lemon plant. I adjusted the amount of water it's getting.