What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[bulletpruf]

Got my MDT Field Stock in the mail for my Remington 700 in .308. Unfortunately, it was black; I had wanted OD but they were backordered.




It was easy enough to fix; Brownells paint lays down really nice and it seems to be fairly durable, too.



Stock swap was fairly straightforward, too.

 

[Jay__Dub]

I agree, having a skill doesn't mean that you should sneer at those who don't have that particular skill.

That being said, executing a smooth heel and toe down shift gives me a real feeling of accomplishment that paddle shifts don't.

I do miss my 3 in the trees. Also my manual gremlin, but not much after that. My favorite was my 64 Plymouth push button auto.

 

[GrayFlattop]

A decade and a half of driving old pickup trucks and vans with manual in a 45 minute stop and go commute cured me of any “purist” desires to adhere to three pedals. Changing out the clutch on the street, in the winter (before I had a garage or any money) served to move me to the dark side of auto boxes. Never looked back and my knee thanked me.

Maybe one day I’ll pick up a Miata or something, but at this point in my life, probably not - no place to put it.

 

[rd65]

That was my dad. He's been dead since about 1993. Things have changed since then. There are folks right here today that insist that the only true way is something like a four speed rock crusher and a leaky Holley. Gets old after a few decades.

There are a shitload of other options besides top-loaders and power glides. But a whole bunch of people can't move beyond those because they are terrified of man-buns. And think they are still up-to date.

Whatever. I'm tired of the hate for anything new. Pull your heads out, fellow Boomers.

auto, 4 or 5 or 6 speed, all fine. manbuns, never ever. ever

 

[rd65]

2 door, 5 sp manual. 4 door, 6 sp auto (with paddles, eh). Both are small and fun to drive, both have turbos w/ decent power. Fun is fun.

 

[Fixr]

I'm a boomer. My 8 speed automatic Escape is a far cry from my Powerglide Chevies. It's quicker, smoother, more economical, more comfortable, and tows as much. No complaints.

I wasn't talking about you. You could skeer me if you wanted to. I was just being grumpy.

 

[Fixr]

auto, 4 or 5 or 6 speed, all fine. manbuns, never ever. ever

Different hairstyles than you grew up with skeer you? Oh, dear. My grandmother wouldn't let my dad have a crewcut, because only criminals wore them. High school principals in my day forcibly with the help of cops gave crewcuts to kids who wanted long hair. What is the only politically correct haircut for you?

It's just hair. It grows, and people try different styles. Eventually, most of us guys lose the ability to keep the hair we wanted when we were teenagers. Get over it.

 

[02Xterra]

The weather was nice today so I washed and vacuumed my truck



Finally used my spline jig on a frame


My wife picked purpleheart as this is a frame for a picture she bought

 

[Fixr]

I do miss my 3 in the trees. Also my manual gremlin, but not much after that. My favorite was my 64 Plymouth push button auto.

The first manual transmission vehicle I had as a daily driver was an early 60s Nissan/Datsun 1200 pickup. I don't actually remember which it was called. But it had a 4 on the tree, and changing from heat to defrost involved opening or closing the little door under the dash. Sadly, as a young kid, I forgot to shift back up after passing someone going 45 in a 55 and winding it back up to around 70. My bad. Oops.

 

[Josh Dekubber]

Made some different Weber logo sticker magnets for propane tanks on my Old school Weber grills.

 

[rd65]

Different hairstyles than you grew up with skeer you? Oh, dear. My grandmother wouldn't let my dad have a crewcut, because only criminals wore them. High school principals in my day forcibly with the help of cops gave crewcuts to kids who wanted long hair. What is the only politically correct haircut for you?

It's just hair. It grows, and people try different styles. Eventually, most of us guys lose the ability to keep the hair we wanted when we were teenagers. Get over it.

I've had long hair, short hair, no hair (by choice, not nature). People can do whatever they please, but I will not do a man bun/he-hive if I ever decide to grow it out again.

 

[zanyad]

Eventually, most of us guys lose the ability to keep the hair we wanted when we were teenagers.

 

[GarageHommie]

Hello everyone, Today I replaced the rear track hangers with grade 8 bolts and larger lag bolts. I was shocked when I removed the little 1 1/2” lag bolts holding them up. All four were replaced with larger diameter 3 1/2” lag bolts.

Also, I installed Green Hinges with large washer shims and toggle bolts.

 

[Fixr]

I've had long hair, short hair, no hair (by choice, not nature). People can do whatever they please, but I will not do a man bun/he-hive if I ever decide to grow it out again.

OK. One hairstyle scares you. That's OK, we don't judge.

 

[Fixr]

I've had long hair, short hair, no hair (by choice, not nature). People can do whatever they please, but I will not do a man bun/he-hive if I ever decide to grow it out again.

Absolutely. Unless it's part of a contract or enlistment, nobody has any business telling us how to grow our hair.

PS, I never claimed to be totally consistent.

 

[partsguy5768]

I should have been working on the new shop, but decided to pull the motorhome in the unfinished shop for a change of pace. Did some maintenance and a few upgrades.

 

[Matt018888]

Finally setup the shelving and work bench I scored from a company going out of business. I had to get my drill bits and tap organized, it was driving me nuts.

 

[Mike65]

My hip, knee, n ankle moved me from stick to auto. I bought the Burg to relieve carpal tunnel. For me, clutches are no longer a joy. I'll miss em, but the joy of still being able to drive beats out that little tweak of being in full control.

I am right there with you Kay, I will reserve my stick driving to my weekend driver 69 Mustang & keep the auto for my DD 05 F150.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

 

[PhantomEB]

-24 outside, won’t find me outside unless I have to Be.
+20 in the garage. Probably be out there cleaning up once I have heat back in the house.

 

[M.Brane]

Worked on the bending jig for the press, and I'm not going bald I'm just getting more head.

 

[Skyman]

There are times when I get tired of the 3-pedal purists whining about automatics even daring to exist and would like to challenge them to drive a 4 inch deck screw sideways through their left knee and leave it there for a few years while still driving manuals and beating their chests while dragging out more "millennial" memes from decades ago.

Stating a personal preference somehow translates to being a 3-pedal purist who whines about automatics even daring to exist? So it then logically follows that, because each of my vehicles have only two passenger doors, I'm a 2-door purist who whines about 4-doors even daring to exist?

Do you race to snap judgements about all people, based on similarly insufficient information? Or is there something "special" about me that I can't see?

There are reasons, entirely valid, why the vast majority of drivers prefer automatics these days. I don't happen to be a member of that majority. Or many others. I'm fine with that. Maybe you could be, too.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Not in the garage but it has taken 4000 trips to the garage and back!

For anyone who has seen some of the project and wants to see a little more detail. I should probably make my own thread of this, some of it is kinda fun to post, maybe I will. Anyway, beyond the eat in area of the kitchen which is under the skylight is a hallway. I reimagined this hallway.

It will continue with wainscot, and there is a door to the left which is now a pocket door leading to a 5x6 butlers pantry with a 2x4 foot bumpout...to the right is a coat room/mini mud room, straight ahead behind a door is now a laundry room, which is 5x9ish. To the immediate right is the fire rated door to the main garage.

Anyway, it is almost ready for paint!

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Finally setup the shelving and work bench I scored from a company going out of business. I had to get my drill bits and tap organized, it was driving me nuts.

great space, I spent a while zooming in and imaging what cool stuff must go on in there!

 

[Matt018888]

great space, I spent a while zooming in and imaging what cool stuff must go on in there!

Thanks. Currently... We are pumping out a couple custom vanities starting Monday. Spent this morning sweeping as I don't quite feel up to finishing the head gasket on one of my fleet vans, that I reluctantly started rate before I got that nasty flu that was going around. Any ways I did a thread a while back on my shop is kinda unusual. Lol

 

[mikegt4]

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 remember back circa 1970 when driving sports cars I had a conversation with an "older guy" (maybe late 20's) that had just bought a 4 door sedan. I told him that I would never buy a 4 door and probably never anything that wasn't a convertible. He replied "wait until you get married and have kids". It turned out to be words of wisdom. Now in my mid 70's my daily drivers have always been 4 doors, way more convenient when hauling anything but yourself and with the added bonus of not having to negotiate with a 5 foot long door in a parking lot or garage. And after 5 grandkids and 7 great grandkids I still have sports cars and still have to haul a lot of kids.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

I remember back circa 1970 when driving sports cars I had a conversation with an "older guy" (maybe late 20's) that had just bought a 4 door sedan. I told him that I would never buy a 4 door and probably never anything that wasn't a convertible. He replied "wait until you get married and have kids". It turned out to be words of wisdom. Now in my mid 70's my daily drivers have always been 4 doors, way more convenient when hauling anything but yourself and with the added bonus of not having to negotiate with a 5 foot long door in a parking lot or garage. And after 5 grandkids and 7 great grandkids I still have sports cars and still have to haul a lot of kids.

I knew an older guy back in the late 90's that would buy 80's Caprice Classic 4 doors and make them look like grocery getters, but under the hood would be ridiculous stuff. His whole purpose in life was just making waste of younger people with their 2 doors! Was always fun to see his current projects, knowing it would start with enough doors for his grandkids.

 

[fillister]

Finished up the 2X72 addition to my Powermatic 1967 Md 30 sander.
Bought it used when I was in my early twenty's, upgraded the motor some time ago to 1 hp 3450 rpm to get the belt speed up to 4000 fpm, also removed the 12" disk as it was mostly useless for the fab work that I was doing.

Recent adds:
Machined a new extended belt drum shaft to accommodate the 4.4" dia 2 x 72 drive wheel.

Removed the factory 16.5 x 7 cast table and tilting quadrant which I could never get to remain square to the 6" platen. Fabricated a new bracket / slide assembly to mount a 12 x 14 cast iron table salvaged from a discarded jig saw. Added a removable 1.5 x 1.5 x .25 aluminum angle to the front of the cast Iron table as a replaceable zero clearance front edge. The table no longer tilts but is easily adjusted for and aft for the zero clearance and always remains square to the platen.

Added a control panel with a hand / off / auto switch for a pneumatic foot switch.
Panel pressure gauge to monitor the air spring for the 2 x 72 belt tension arm and a 4 way light switch to reverse the direction of the motor to switch between the 6" or 72" belts.

Designed and machined all of the 2 x 72 brackets, support plate, tension arm tracking system, tension arm air spring utilizing a Nitra double acting cylinder and a modified 5 lb fire extinguisher bottle as the receiver for the actuator cylinder "operates at 30 psi". all of the wheels from 6061 alum, tool arm socket from 1/4" and 3/8 " cold rolled plate, tool arm from 1 1/2" square x 1/8 tube, D plate from 1/2 6061 plate, platen 3/8 cold rolled plate. The cast iron table for the 2 x 72 came from a broken 1 x 12 sander found at a yard sale, tilts to 45 deg and moves fore and aft to set clearance.

 

[Wiz02]

I remember back circa 1970 when driving sports cars I had a conversation with an "older guy" (maybe late 20's) that had just bought a 4 door sedan. I told him that I would never buy a 4 door and probably never anything that wasn't a convertible. He replied "wait until you get married and have kids". It turned out to be words of wisdom. Now in my mid 70's my daily drivers have always been 4 doors, way more convenient when hauling anything but yourself and with the added bonus of not having to negotiate with a 5 foot long door in a parking lot or garage. And after 5 grandkids and 7 great grandkids I still have sports cars and still have to haul a lot of kids.

I am happy that you are driving vehicles that you enjoy, I made other life choices, so I don't haul more than 2 people 99 and 44/100 per cent of the time, and my preference of vehicle styles hasn't changed from the 60's.

If Chevy comes out with a new El Camino in a 2 door version, I'm in, if it's just a 4-door, it's a hard no sale.

 

[rd65]

Stating a personal preference somehow translates to being a 3-pedal purist who whines about automatics even daring to exist? So it then logically follows that, because each of my vehicles have only two passenger doors, I'm a 2-door purist who whines about 4-doors even daring to exist?

Do you race to snap judgements about all people, based on similarly insufficient information? Or is there something "special" about me that I can't see?

There are reasons, entirely valid, why the vast majority of drivers prefer automatics these days. I don't happen to be a member of that majority. Or many others. I'm fine with that. Maybe you could be, too.

but how do you choose to wear your hair? hahaha

 

[jade97]

Removed the recently broken (Friday night) garage door torsion spring. Apparently, since these are so dangerous for the common person, none of the box stores carry them. Put in an electronic request for quote to supply and replace the spring from the company that installed the doors 10 years ago. If course I have business travel this week.

I'm sure when they call back with the quote, I'm either going to purchase the spring and winding bars, to install myself or just order from the jungle.

At least this happened when I was home, so the car didn't get stuck in the garage. Wife and daughter wouldn't have been able to get the door up by themselves.

 

[Skyman]

but how do you choose to wear your hair? hahaha

At this stage of life, I'm pleased just to have some hair remaining. It gets cut whenever it gets on my nerves.

 

[rcktpwrd]

yesterday and today organizing in the garage along with putting away some of the Christmas stuff.

Put together a Metro shelf I've had for a while, then stacked the Christmas light controllers on the bottom shelf, and spare Christmas light wiring on the very top shelf and other stuff in between.
before:

After, there's a lot more on the shelves now and my worktable is almost completely clean for the first time in many years!


Also fixed a broken star, had another broken one, so I took a good section from one to replace the broken section on the other, used my Pittsburgh micro driver set








I also drilled a hole through the post of a 'flying' deer to run a bolt through to replace the one that broke off. We started on removing old broken light from other deer so they can be restrung and put out in the Christmas display next year.

 

[pima67]

For jade 97: I watched a couple of different door techs adjust the springs. on my doors. They used only one bar and vice grip pliers. After a turn he would grab the shaft with the pliers such that the pliers would rest against the wall holding the shaft from turning while he moved the bar to the next hole.

 

[welder4956]

Beautiful weather here today, hit 70 deg F. So, I was able to continue priming and painting suspension parts.

 

[PassnThru]

For jade 97: I watched a couple of different door techs adjust the springs. on my doors. They used only one bar and vice grip pliers. After a turn he would grab the shaft with the pliers such that the pliers would rest against the wall holding the shaft from turning while he moved the bar to the next hole.

That doesn't make any sense unless he unbolted the cable spools before he adjusted the spring while leaving it connected to the shaft? Normally you set a pair of vice grips on the shaft so that your cables keep tension and the shaft doesn't move when you unbolt the spring from the shaft and start winding it.

 

[nadogail]

Brought home some Lumber from Home Depot and started cutting it into Planter Box parts. The new assembly fixture has certainly sped up my process.
Riding my Mobility Scooter while moving a 10' 2X4 made me the center of attention for about as long as it took to get to the Checkout Station.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Moved **** around. Sorted files. Painted Valentinos.

 

[jade97]

That doesn't make any sense unless he unbolted the cable spools before he adjusted the spring while leaving it connected to the shaft? Normally you set a pair of vice grips on the shaft so that your cables keep tension and the shaft doesn't move when you unbolt the spring from the shaft and start winding it.

If I install it myself, I will use 2 bars. As PassThru stated, the vice grips are used to hold tension on the cables.

 

[SMOKEYBEAR]

Bringing an old Dewalt RAS back to life. A few more parts in primer and the box frame, mounting brackets and clamps in the base coat color.