TheClaw
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Nerded out... yearly LAN party with friends
Ok.... what's a LAN party?
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Ok.... what's a LAN party?
JEFFREYWisconsin
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I use Dewalt tools, Milwaukee tools, Snap-on, Craftsman or anything that looks like it will hold up to my abuse level, which is a 5 on a ten scale.
Having said that, I LOVE this sander. I run a 5 amp battery with it and it really rocks. There are much more expensive and crazy better sanders out there, but for the money this is my choice. I run it connected to a vac with a drywall bag and there is really not a lot of dust for this kind of onsite work.
I like the quick connect to the vac and also I can use the solid tailpiece to reach high. I am 6'5" with long arms and I can easily do 8 foot high walls without a ladder but this tailpiece really helps my back!
So, that's my review. I am not paid to say this, but great sander by Dewalt.
Having said that, I LOVE this sander. I run a 5 amp battery with it and it really rocks. There are much more expensive and crazy better sanders out there, but for the money this is my choice. I run it connected to a vac with a drywall bag and there is really not a lot of dust for this kind of onsite work.
I like the quick connect to the vac and also I can use the solid tailpiece to reach high. I am 6'5" with long arms and I can easily do 8 foot high walls without a ladder but this tailpiece really helps my back!
So, that's my review. I am not paid to say this, but great sander by Dewalt.
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ToolsRCool
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Rebuilt dirt bike forks. New bushings, seals, bellows, springs, and oil. Made a bushing and seal driving tool from PVC pipe.
The oil removed from the fork was the worst smelling vehicle fluid I have ever experienced. WAY stronger than used diff lube. This was gray in color and smelled like very rotten shrimp. Must have had water or other contaminants in it. Anybody else ever had smelly fork oil? Is that normal? Just not changed often enough? I'm fork illiterate. Honda CRF150F, conventional forks, non-inverted. Low cost simple farm bike, not an MX'er. Daughters are not ready to try the 87' CR500R I've owned for 30 years so far, yet. It's getting to be way too much bike for me, always has been really.
The oil removed from the fork was the worst smelling vehicle fluid I have ever experienced. WAY stronger than used diff lube. This was gray in color and smelled like very rotten shrimp. Must have had water or other contaminants in it. Anybody else ever had smelly fork oil? Is that normal? Just not changed often enough? I'm fork illiterate. Honda CRF150F, conventional forks, non-inverted. Low cost simple farm bike, not an MX'er. Daughters are not ready to try the 87' CR500R I've owned for 30 years so far, yet. It's getting to be way too much bike for me, always has been really.
Yes sir!
In the bike shop where I worked in the 70’s we referred to the Japanese OEM fork oil used as “fish oil”.
rd65
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You can play with weights and viscosity easy enough on that style of fork to stiffen things up. Yes, old stock fork oil stinks. It is a big step in maintenance knowledge when you go to cartridge style forks. Improper procedure can break costly parts.
zmotorsports
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Very common, unfortunately. When I did a lot of powersports work, this was all too common as being inside the fork, out of sight and out of mind, this maintenance procedure was often overlooked, and more importantly, a hard sale to people because they simply didn't know of the importance.
I stocked a couple different weights of fork oil as well as had a nitrogen tank on hand we rebuilt so many. Some clients took it to heart and had me service theirs routinely, and others I had to beg and plead with them to show some mercy to their assets.
Old Man Roger
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Ever been to a party or dinner where everyone’s looking at their phone? In this case, everyone‘s at least looking at the same thing.lol
Mr. Roboto
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Probably an outdated term at this point, but LAN stands for local area network. Basically a party where everyone brings their PCs into one spot and we play video games together like a bunch of children hahaha.
BobsYourUncle69
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Changed the oil on my wife's Jetta.
I swear that thing's oil drain plug gives me PTSD every time. Something is strange with the threads. You break it free, and you can spin it a few threads easily, then it's tight all the way backing it out, like you can't spin it by hand at all. And when putting it back in, you of course need to use a ratchet the whole way. But you get it almost tight and you hit that spot on the threads where it's suddenly super-easy to spin, and it feels exactly like you stripped it. But about 3 more revolutions and it's perfectly tight. Every time I'm cranking it back in and the ratchet suddenly goes "whoosh!" and it's super loose, I'm like Ralphie on Christmas Story, "oh fuuuuu...." and then it tightens up OK, and all is well again. And then I lay there and remember it does this to me every time... I'm about to write "don't panic" on the oil pan to remind myself.
I swear that thing's oil drain plug gives me PTSD every time. Something is strange with the threads. You break it free, and you can spin it a few threads easily, then it's tight all the way backing it out, like you can't spin it by hand at all. And when putting it back in, you of course need to use a ratchet the whole way. But you get it almost tight and you hit that spot on the threads where it's suddenly super-easy to spin, and it feels exactly like you stripped it. But about 3 more revolutions and it's perfectly tight. Every time I'm cranking it back in and the ratchet suddenly goes "whoosh!" and it's super loose, I'm like Ralphie on Christmas Story, "oh fuuuuu...." and then it tightens up OK, and all is well again. And then I lay there and remember it does this to me every time... I'm about to write "don't panic" on the oil pan to remind myself.
kaymccampbell
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Put a snowblower up on the lift. Rebuilt the carb. Tested it. Kicked it out. Cleaned up. Got to use my new Zep pump and Cherry Bomb.
LeonardY
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Headed out to go shopping. Headed back in after shopping.
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Old Man Roger
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Getchya one o them there drain plug thingies.
Google Fumoto, or Easy drain. No more drain plug anxiety.
If you put a shop vac on your oil filler hole, you won’t even have to wait for the next oil change to install it.
rd65
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Went out to the shop for some sandpaper for some brooms I need to paint. Outside was 57, shop was 47. So, had to open one of the big doors and have a beer while thigs warmed up a bit. 
Went to the house garage and painted a couple of small brooms with gold glitter paint for my Mrs. They will be trophies at school for best kept classrooms, monthly deal. Called her out to the garage when I was done. Seems the glitter is heavy and settles out of the air very quickly, my shoe toe boxes were covered in gold glitter. I screwed up and didn't take a pic before I blew it off with compressed air. They were very pretty. hahaha
Went to the house garage and painted a couple of small brooms with gold glitter paint for my Mrs. They will be trophies at school for best kept classrooms, monthly deal. Called her out to the garage when I was done. Seems the glitter is heavy and settles out of the air very quickly, my shoe toe boxes were covered in gold glitter. I screwed up and didn't take a pic before I blew it off with compressed air. They were very pretty. hahaha
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Hooked
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I put those on my truck and wife's Sequoia after reading about them on here a few years. Makes the job so much cleaner and no more worry about stripped threads.
Hooked
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Replaced number 7 coil pack on wife's Sequoia yesterday. Got the thumbs up report after she drove it this morning. Smooth running again.
PhantomEB
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Clean up and coil up the garden hose and extension cords.
Wiz02
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While I was in the garage, my cousin calls me from FL for car advice. His Mercedes 2015 C300 4matic is idling roughly. No check engine light, but there is a oil pump code, as someone hooked up a code reader, but he didn't remember the actual code. My cousin is "mechanically" challenged.
I ask some questions and he tells me that the idle gets rougher when the ac runs. I said that it sounds like a broken motor mount.
I was down in FL a week later for a visit with no tools and ask him to pop the hood. I open the hood and ask him to rev the engine and the left side of the engine rises up.
I tell him to have the motor mounts replaced. I come back home. He calls me to say that he had the motor mounts replaced and the engine is running smoothly and it feels like a new car.
Considering that the first time I've ever touched a Mercedes is when I opened the hood of his car, I am surprised that I was able to diagnose the issue. Then again knowing the fundamentals does help. (Breaking my arm patting myself on the back)
Of course I tell him to get the oil pump fixed as well, and of course he is ignoring it.
I ask some questions and he tells me that the idle gets rougher when the ac runs. I said that it sounds like a broken motor mount.
I was down in FL a week later for a visit with no tools and ask him to pop the hood. I open the hood and ask him to rev the engine and the left side of the engine rises up.
I tell him to have the motor mounts replaced. I come back home. He calls me to say that he had the motor mounts replaced and the engine is running smoothly and it feels like a new car.
Considering that the first time I've ever touched a Mercedes is when I opened the hood of his car, I am surprised that I was able to diagnose the issue. Then again knowing the fundamentals does help. (Breaking my arm patting myself on the back)
Of course I tell him to get the oil pump fixed as well, and of course he is ignoring it.
RonnieC
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Got some shop time. Turned a little bowl.
nadogail
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Added the bottom boards to a 24X48 Planter Box and assembled 4 more legs, each Planter Box takes 4 Legs.
Worked out with my Fitness Trainer.
Breakfast this morning was French Toast with Challah Bread, Black Coffee and an Orange.
Could find my Oil Bottle to Lube my pneumatic nailer so took a new bottle from my stock, I am confident that the old oil bottle will be found when I get the shop cleaned up.
Worked out with my Fitness Trainer.
Breakfast this morning was French Toast with Challah Bread, Black Coffee and an Orange.
Could find my Oil Bottle to Lube my pneumatic nailer so took a new bottle from my stock, I am confident that the old oil bottle will be found when I get the shop cleaned up.
GrayFlattop
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Spent an hour and a half cleaning up and throwing stuff away. Discovered a couple of bags from Menards that I’ve been looking for and put the contents away. Made plans for what to do tomorrow. More of the same, but who knows?
How safe it to run in on a motorcycle? I mean are these things prone to failure or developing a leak overtime?
Not much in the garage today...
Drilled 4 holes in the block wall and mounted a grease gun and suction / fill pump storage bracket...
The wall bracket has 4 SS drip cups... Why??? Well, to catch drips of course...
I need to order a flex hose for the grease gun (rigid pipe stores in the handle which I'm not thrilled with)...
My HACK, was to add a .100 thick aluminum panel and attach with pop rivets because I didn't like the window cut-outs...
Drilled 4 holes in the block wall and mounted a grease gun and suction / fill pump storage bracket...
The wall bracket has 4 SS drip cups... Why??? Well, to catch drips of course...
I need to order a flex hose for the grease gun (rigid pipe stores in the handle which I'm not thrilled with)...
My HACK, was to add a .100 thick aluminum panel and attach with pop rivets because I didn't like the window cut-outs...
ok,that fumoto thing doesnt fit. Seems like this should work great,what you think Roger? I have to time sert the drain plug on my 02 gsxr 1k,so this should good to use instead of the regular drain plug after i time sert it. Plus it has a cap so no way to leak in case of valve failure.
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Old Man Roger
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Location is key, if the plug aims straight down it might be pretty low. Most cars the plug is closer to horizontal, so less of a chance of it getting hit with anything.ok,that fumoto thing doesnt fit. Seems like this should work great,what you think Roger? I have to time sert the drain plug on my 02 gsxr 1k,so this should good to use instead of the regular drain plug after i time sert it. Plus it has a cap so no way to leak in case of valve failure.
Oil drain valve - Bleeding brakes - simply intelligent oil change, leakfree disconnect lines! Our solution: The stahlbus Bleeder Valve, the stahlbus Oil drain valve and the stahlbus Quick disconnect coupling.
Intelligent oil change with the stahlbus Oil drain valve. Innovative oil drain valve for easy and clean change of oil - with no greasy hands!www.stahlbus.com
its straight down,but midpipe would hit first...
JEFFREYWisconsin
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Caulking and detailing up next, get everything as smooth as possible, then paint.A thousand more trips into the garage and back into the kitchen...
I mentioned before when asked about the outlet in the skylight tunnel, it is switched and the idea is to recreate a nice lighted atmosphere for small dinner parties. The next photo is not final at all, but laying out a fully lighted mockup has helped me determine what and how I will build the final one.
The look and ambiance won't be much different, but the actual way it all goes together will be cleaner and less thrown together.
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Old Man Roger
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Without looking, it's difficult to say. If it's just next to the pipe, I'd be worried, but if the pipe blocks it, then ya.
niget2002
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Changed the oil in the wife's car. Spent most of the day pulling parts off the 3d printer... Also for the wife.
TurnipTruck
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This week I am freshening and incorporating this tablesaw, so the cast iron top had to come off. Before I find some help to reinstall the top, I dangled it from a weigh scale and was astounded that the damn thing weighed 175 pounds! 
No wonder I was having so much trouble moving it around.
No wonder I was having so much trouble moving it around.
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DGersic
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I don’t have a motorcycle, but the Fumoto on my Dakota is 20+ years old, and has lived through 100K+ miles of northern Illinois roads, construction, and winters. No problems. The only concern I might have on a motorcycle is that it sticks out from the pan more than a stock bolt would.
DGersic
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Cleaning. Flinging. It’s garbage collection day tomorrow.
Outlawmws
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Last week of working for a living - tomorrow is it - but got so busy I forgot to post last Sunday that I did an oil change, Cleaned some tools Monday, End of work paper work off an on all week... and yard work late this afternoon after another "fitting" at the dentist.
kaymccampbell
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Congrats. Going to endless Saturdays, or just part time?
Outlawmws
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The endless weekend!
kaymccampbell
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Yeehaw! Now you'll be working harder than ever.
strength_and_power
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Assembled a rack for 27gallon storage totes. Strapped it to a pallet so I can move it easily until I figure out where I want it. Wired up a light over a workbench. Made a list of things to do next week in the shop. Good times
Pictures! Please