What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[nadogail]

Worked on still another Elevated Raised Bed Planter Box. I will be needing some more Cedar Fence Pickets.
Took a break while Grocery Shopping.
I am getting better at building my boxes. I am getting some OJT (On The Job Training),
I dug out some Clamps that have not been used for a while. I am of the opinion that it is impossible to own too many clamps, it is very probable that you could not have enough storage space for the clamps you have.

 

[LeonardY]

Nothing. I tried and failed.

 

[CoogarXR]

Sold some stuff, made some room, sorted some stuff to fill the room I just made.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Moved some **** around. Fiddled in Lightburn. Burned some Valentine's thingies.

 

[Old Man Roger]

After we got back home from food shopping this morning I went out to the garage & tried to start the Explorer & it fired right up. I let it run a couple minutes, turned it around so I can check the fluids. Topped off the washer fluid & the coolant, the rest are good. I will be sad to see it go; it served us well for 8 1/2 years. With both my wife & I semi-retired only working PT we do not need the extra vehicles.

I’m a GM guy, but the 2 door looks good.

 

[jshillin]

Drilled a drainage hole in the bottle of a porcelain flower pot for my daughter. You know, real tough garage work!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Drilled a drainage hole in the bottle of a porcelain flower pot for my daughter. You know, real tough garage work!

Just be glad you could do it. Imagine if you couldn't.

 

[TurnipTruck]

My skull has healed up and the beadboard-fitting lobe of my brain must not have sustained any damage, cuz I made three walls of finicky fits in just a couple hours, with no errors!
The painted panels are drying now, tying up the entire shop. Tomorrow will require a run to town for some glue that isn’t eight years expired.
….and maybe some receptacles that match the rest?

 

[thomfr]

Started assembling the modified brakes to my '65 Volvo Duett



Thom

 

[FLHCHAZ]

Cleaned and put away all the tools, cleaned the bench, and cut up about 75% of the cardboard boxes that all the parts came in. Drank a beer

 

[Mike65]

I’m a GM guy, but the 2 door looks good.

We liked them better than the 4 door Explorer's. This one was my wife's 3rd 2 door Sport. We never had a need for a 4 door SUV, so we naturally liked the 2 door & we thought it looked nicer.

 

[Wiz02]

We liked them better than the 4 door Explorer's. This one was my wife's 3 2 door Sport. We never had a need for a 4 door SUV, so we naturally liked the 2 door & we thought it looked nicer.

Totally agree with you. I can't figure out why people buy ugly 4 door vehicles before and after they finish the parent as taxi years.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Totally agree with you. I can't figure out why people buy ugly 4 door vehicles before and after they finish the parent as taxi years.

Cause 4-door cars are often cheaper than 2-doors? Cause minivans n SUVs n whatnot are great **** haulers? Cause it's cheaper to insure a 4-door?

 

[madison069]

Cause 4-door cars are often cheaper than 2-doors? Cause minivans n SUVs n whatnot are great **** haulers? Cause it's cheaper to insure a 4-door?

Add in grandkid stages after the kids move out.

 

[GreenIron]

So, is that being billed as a nutcracker?

Archosargus probatocephalus (Sheepshead aka, Louisiana Convict Fish).

More than a nutcracker.

cuz I made three walls of finicky fits in just a couple hours, with no errors!

Nice work.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Add in grandkid stages after the kids move out.

Thank dog that'll never happen here. The one has no interest in any kind of relationship. The other, his wife just had a total hysterectomy. We consider ourselves blessed.

 

[kaymccampbell]

That'd leave a mark.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Totally agree with you. I can't figure out why people buy ugly 4 door vehicles before and after they finish the parent as taxi years.

I buy my everyday vehicles based on reliability, what I need it for, and price. Many many people aren't financially able to make those decisions on looks, they just need a car that will get them to work on time.

 

[Prospecter]

A reliable, useful vehicle that does not break the bank was a huge luxury starting out.

 

[Skyman]

Totally agree with you. I can't figure out why people buy ugly 4 door vehicles before and after they finish the parent as taxi years.

While I own no 4-door vehicles, having watched numerous aging adults try to get in and out of the back seat of this one quickly clarifies one of many reasons why most folks seem to prefer two additional doors. It's a test of agility and flexibility that most older adults fail quite well.

 

[Jgaz]

Made this organizer over the last few days.

First let me say, I “reverse engineered“ my organizer from this post https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...op-projects-2-0.366802/page-303#post-11026471
Thanks Mike for the inspiration

Since my retirement, I no longer have easy access to a metal lathe, so I made mine from organic materials (wood).
My goal was to make the project completely out of ”stuff” I had on hand. Almost made my goal.
I only needed to buy (1) two foot length of ABS 1 1/2” pipe. Everything else I had in stock

Started making the rounds for the bases using the plugs from various sizes of hole saws.
Glued the blanks together on a DIY arbor of a 1/4” bolt screwed into a coupling nut.


Turned the rounds to the desired OD’s by setting up my Shopsmith lathe and chucking the coupling nut in a drill chuck.


Used a piece of Maple for the base, routed the edges, rounded the corners and cleaned up the burn marks using the table I recently built to hold a RO sander.

Counterbored three holes for magnets. Could have gotten away with two.


You may notice the knob on the base in my first picture. I added it because the strength of my magnets, combined with my somewhat weaker construction (compared to Mike’s version) made me concerned I would overstress the tube to base joint levering the base off a metal surface.


Turing the knob raises the base enough on one edge to easily remove the organizer.

 

[Wiz02]

Cause 4-door cars are often cheaper than 2-doors? Cause minivans n SUVs n whatnot are great **** haulers? Cause it's cheaper to insure a 4-door?

Not good enough reasons for me to have to look at an ugly POS vehicle in my driveway.

Minivans may have saved Chrysler, but it will be a cold day in the hot spot before I'd own one.

SUV's have no sport, and no utility for me.

Average number of occupants per trip is 1.5 ( https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicle...-2022-average-number-occupants-trip-household)

So why are 4 doors so important? Someone can't climb over a seat back on the rare occasion that more than 2 people are in the car? I guess that is too much of an imposition.

I think that the love affair with cars is mostly gone here in the US. There used to be stylish cheap cars in 2 and 4 door models, now ostensibly due to regulations, one and two box vehicles dominate the market.

I'll admit that power, performance and style drive my automotive purchase decisions, but what used to be a fairly large market segment that catered to those requirements is now a tiny fraction of what it was years ago. Heck, even sedans are becoming a thing of the past.

I find it sad that style no longer sells in mainstream markets, but that's the law of supply and demand.

I will continue to buy vehicles that make me smile when I drive them and look at them. For me that means no minivans or 4 door vehicles.

Although I'm not a Ford guy, I would make an exception for a 4-door '62 Lincoln Continental. convertible with suicide doors.

 

[Wiz02]

While I own no 4-door vehicles, having watched numerous aging adults try to get in and out of the back seat of this one quickly clarifies one of many reasons why most folks seem to prefer two additional doors. It's a test of agility and flexibility that most older adults fail quite well.

So what did older adults do when 2 door cars were popular? Younger folk did the climb.

How about older folks who don't have the upper body strength to pull themselves up into a vehicle with a tall curb height? These vehicles are very popular today.

I got up on the wrong side of the bed today, just ignore my bitching. I will keep fingers away from keyboards until my mood improves.

 

[rzims]

My skull has healed up and the beadboard-fitting lobe of my brain must not have sustained any damage, cuz I made three walls of finicky fits in just a couple hours, with no errors!
The painted panels are drying now, tying up the entire shop. Tomorrow will require a run to town for some glue that isn’t eight years expired.
….and maybe some receptacles that match the rest?

looks great....and love those countertops!

 

[bornbadbob]

Cut and fit 1 1/2” rigid foam insulation into sectional steel garage door. Been on my list for a long time but don’t want to do it when it’s cold and you don’t need insulation when it’s warm. Guess today it was just right

I did that a couple years ago, made a huge difference in the garage temp. you will love it

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

While I own no 4-door vehicles, having watched numerous aging adults try to get in and out of the back seat of this one quickly clarifies one of many reasons why most folks seem to prefer two additional doors. It's a test of agility and flexibility that most older adults fail quite well.

Bought this 2 door recently, you'd have to be a small gymnast to somehow get in the backseat much less use them for any length of time, but I think it does look better than the 4 door.

 

[rcktpwrd]

I have been kicking this around the garage for a couple years, move it here move it there. This past week was assigned to get the little things out of the way for the big picture so, I finished cleaning the light assembly up, repaired wiring and made a mount. Might add a flasher or sequencer later.

I have one of these https://galakelectronics.com/VG-306.htm to control my cross/don't cross signals

 

[rcktpwrd]

https://imgur.com/CNlh1tj

https://imgur.com/uM6NF3l

 

[zmotorsports]

Made this organizer over the last few days.

First let me say, I “reverse engineered“ my organizer from this post https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...op-projects-2-0.366802/page-303#post-11026471
Thanks Mike for the inspiration

Since my retirement, I no longer have easy access to a metal lathe, so I made mine from organic materials (wood).
My goal was to make the project completely out of ”stuff” I had on hand. Almost made my goal.
I only needed to buy (1) two foot length of ABS 1 1/2” pipe. Everything else I had in stock

Started making the rounds for the bases using the plugs from various sizes of hole saws.
Glued the blanks together on a DIY arbor of a 1/4” bolt screwed into a coupling nut.


Turned the rounds to the desired OD’s by setting up my Shopsmith lathe and chucking the coupling nut in a drill chuck.


Used a piece of Maple for the base, routed the edges, rounded the corners and cleaned up the burn marks using the table I recently built to hold a RO sander.

Counterbored three holes for magnets. Could have gotten away with two.


You may notice the knob on the base in my first picture. I added it because the strength of my magnets, combined with my somewhat weaker construction (compared to Mike’s version) made me concerned I would overstress the tube to base joint levering the base off a metal surface.


Turing the knob raises the base enough on one edge to easily remove the organizer.

Well that turned out freakin' AWESOME!

 

[Jgaz]

Well that turned out freakin' AWESOME!

Thank you and thanks for the idea

 

[kaymccampbell]

A reliable, useful vehicle that does not break the bank was a huge luxury starting out.

It still is.

 

[niget2002]

Took measurements of the server rack to start figuring out side panels and a front door.

Finished the vm migration to the proxmox server and shut down the esxi one. I'll let it sit dormant for a while before wiping it for a second proxmox box.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Failed to bring a squirt bottle down for repairs, so absolute jack.

 

[Prospecter]

It still is.

So true, Kay!

 

[Prospecter]

Some not furniture projects that were not on The List.
7 year old tractor battery so I guess it did not owe us anything. That silver cylinder is an emissions control device. It collects unburned emissions, and a heating element burns them to ash every 35 hours or so. It mostly works pretty well. I never see anything coming out of the exhaust. However, it has a sensor which becomes troublesome at sub 20* (F) temps. Thus a known issue for anyone blowing or plowing snow in northern climes. I was hoping a new battery would also resolve the code for the sensor, but no such luck. Hopefully some warmer temps next week might resolve the problem. Otherwise I will need to figure out how to change it. I like winter, but working outside in winter. . . not so much.

Have to wonder how a Mississippi rescue dog ends up loving Northern Maine winter so much?

New tool. This gadget is to press nails into picture / mirror frames without breaking the glass. I never bothered with the tool before, but the mirrors and pictures I am working on are worth the cost of the tool.

Some unexpected, not on the list plumbing. The kitchen sink drain plugged itself with disposal clippings. This is why I don't care for disposals. The drain also was crooked and had a drum trap, so time for an upgrade. There was a bailing wire support, which seemed curious, since the arrangement would seem to be self supporting. Well as I got into the project, I discovered the pieces were just pressed together without solvent! Although I use the purple prep stuff, not everyone bothers. I've found missed joints where someone forgot the solvent. Might have even done that myself. But I've never known anyone to skip the solvent altogether. Oh well. Another previous owner "fix" is corrected. The house that keeps giving.

 

[Prospecter]

Before and after pics. Probably a plumber would have done a better job, and left out the extra clean outs. Having messed with this drain before, I want to be able to easily snake every part of it.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Failed to bring a squirt bottle down for repairs, so absolute jack.

Mixing absolut vodka and jack daniels?

Did it in high school, gotta warn against that!

 

[welder4956]

A reliable, useful vehicle that does not break the bank was a huge luxury starting out.

Truth. When we first got married, we walked or rode with friends when we needed to go somewhere. We walked 3 miles from our apartment in San Diego to a used car lot in National City to buy our first car for $400 in 1978. It was a 4 door 1966 Dodge Coronet and that thing drove like a dream (especially compared to walking). You could steer it with one finger. We drove that thing all over Southern California until we finally gave it to my brother to get around in after we got a newer car.

 

[pcfithian]

Bent a pair of aluminum I-Beams for a boat trailer

Paul Fithian on Instagram: "Bending aluminum I-Beam for a boat trailer. #tolmanskiff #harborfreight"

10 likes, 3 comments - pcfithian on January 31, 2025: "Bending aluminum I-Beam for a boat trailer. #tolmanskiff #harborfreight".

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[XJSuperman]

Set up my new customized tube-notcher, I think I'm ready to get busy notching now. Had to stop for a quick dinner.