What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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DGersic
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Sanding.
jimkinney
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Outlawmws
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That looks effective! How does it attach to the pressure washer?
jimkinney
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just plug it in, in place of the nozzle.
Only requirement is dry sand, any moisture and it won't siphon through the hose.
It also makes a big mess, wear a face shield and expect to be rinsing sand out of every crack!
Magnum440d100
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Pullin the 360 out 
Gonna go on a stand and do some upgrades. Replace the piston from when the valve broke during break in.
And either can swap to a smaller cam, or head upgrade. I’ll know soon lol.
Gonna go on a stand and do some upgrades. Replace the piston from when the valve broke during break in.
And either can swap to a smaller cam, or head upgrade. I’ll know soon lol.
KwikFab
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Welded up a bit more of my stool up, it's almost done.
Just need to cut, paint, and weld one last thing and by Monday it should be done (when my backrest pad arrives).
Just need to cut, paint, and weld one last thing and by Monday it should be done (when my backrest pad arrives).
ummm…you might want to anchor it, no?Not my garage, my son's garage. He bought a 4 post lift and we assembled it today.
Indexmill
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^ It ain't going anywhere...
bugnut
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Grumbled as I stoned the bumps and bruises off the bearing surfaces of the Moneypit Baja differential. I sent it out for bearing removal and was not thrilled with the way it returned. I'll stone it to get it cleaned up. I will be buying new Timken bearings and races, then pressed on to put it back together.
Beelzeboss
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I made these 3 rear panels for the hot rod (floor and the 2 interior side pieces)
Then I made the windscreen panel
Then I made the windscreen panel
madison069
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That's the exact lift I'm looking to purchase. How was the assembly process? What's the height of the posts?Not my garage, my son's garage. He bought a 4 post lift and we assembled it today.
kaymccampbell
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Cleaned, flung, put away. Emptied the offcuts from the CNC laser. Vacuumed the dross, the floor, too. Burned a herd of specific Chinese characters for a customer, while they waited. Collected my gelt. Loaded the GD squares into their brand new, dedicated Apache case.
It took us about 6 hours, including a bite to eat. My Son in Law also helped. The ramps are extremely heavy. We had a compact tractor with fork attachments. Read through the directions several times before starting. Also the tube of you has lots of installation videos, some good some dumb....wade through them. The posts are about 8 and a half feet tall. It wasn't a real tough install, if you are somewhat mechanical, that helps. You definitely need help for this job.
TurnipTruck
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Did some dust collector-adjacent stuff today.
The dust collector proper was originally on this cheesy cart. Now that the DC is mounted up high on the wall, I thought it was time to toss this cart until I realized that I could wheel the offcuts around and stash them under the tablesaw if the cart was a little shorter.
Then a little research on whether this big pile of filters (30 or so) would work for the DC outlet instead of the dust sieve bag it comes with.
It turns out that they are only 1micron Fiberglas 600*F nat gas coalescer filters, so too coarse and too many to equal one big Wen filter.
I did get some industrial silenced air compressor inlet filters with the pile, if I can adapt their 3”pipe down to the 7/8” or so flange on my Ingersol Rand. Hmmm, I could stick the filter outside, and I have this chunk of inch hose with AN ends…, that oughta quiet it down. Hmmmm.
The dust collector proper was originally on this cheesy cart. Now that the DC is mounted up high on the wall, I thought it was time to toss this cart until I realized that I could wheel the offcuts around and stash them under the tablesaw if the cart was a little shorter.
Then a little research on whether this big pile of filters (30 or so) would work for the DC outlet instead of the dust sieve bag it comes with.
It turns out that they are only 1micron Fiberglas 600*F nat gas coalescer filters, so too coarse and too many to equal one big Wen filter.
I did get some industrial silenced air compressor inlet filters with the pile, if I can adapt their 3”pipe down to the 7/8” or so flange on my Ingersol Rand. Hmmm, I could stick the filter outside, and I have this chunk of inch hose with AN ends…, that oughta quiet it down. Hmmmm.
niget2002
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Let the AC guy into the garage to do spring maintenance on the house AC system. Then walked him out to the shop so he could do maintenance on the shop AC.
He got a call from another tech while here asking if he was at the house with the "guy building the kayak", so when he finished his work, I had to show him the kayak.
He got a call from another tech while here asking if he was at the house with the "guy building the kayak", so when he finished his work, I had to show him the kayak.
LWB
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Hauled all the scrap metal I've been accumulating to a scrap bin at the Legion. They will get the proceeds.
KwikFab
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Spray paint.
Love how the texture pops out after a few minutes with a heatgun
Love how the texture pops out after a few minutes with a heatgun
mrb1
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Spent an hour breaking the nuts loose on the mower deck. I bought the 2013 mower a couple months ago. Blades looked rough, so figured I'd put on some new mulching type. From underneath with the mower on stands, they didn't budge at all with the breaker bar or 1/2" impact. Slid the deck off and flipped over. Either they were the originals, or the dealer got carried away with the torque. Torch to heat 'em up and PB Blaster between beers and scraping old grass off helped. Took all my 6'4" red zone BMI number to crack them loose with the jack handle. Only destroyed one nut. Spindles fine. Might as well do a belt while the deck is off. New parts show up tomorrow.
Nice!! Vyper 2.0?!Spray paint.
Love how the texture pops out after a few minutes with a heatgun
KwikFab
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SMOKEYBEAR
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New windshields came in. Tricky things to get installed, just flexible enough to fit, and rigid enough to frustrate me. One of them arrived with a decent scratch, manufacturer is sending a replacement, I'll sit on it as a replacement. Exactly the look I was going for with the freshly powder coated PowerPoles.
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Wiz02
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Frustrating afternoon in the garage this afternoon. Winterized my old craigslist find wheeled leafblower which went fine.
I then pulled the sparkplug wire off the snow blower and after removing the plug and squirting a little Marvel Mystery oil in the cylinder, I checked the plug.
While the electrode was fine, the top of the plug that has the fitting that you snap the sparkplug wire onto, had a piece missing. OK now I need to find a plug for my old Ariens snow blower with a Tecumseh Snow king. Not a big deal.
My garage sink faucet was leaking where the hose connects to the handle. The o-ring wasn't a size that I had in stock, but a quick call to Kohler and they sent me a complete hose assembly under warranty for a 15 year old faucet. Thanks Kohler.
I replaced the hose and the good news is that leak was pretty much gone while running the water. The bad news is that the faucet now drips all the time (cold water, hot is fine)
I decide to take the faucet apart. What a mess, set screw that holds the single lever handle was frozen. YouTube said 3/32 Allen key. Couldn't see squat all, as the set screw hole is in the back of the handle.
My Bondhus ball end Allen key was slipping and the short side wasn't long enough to reach the set screw.
I finally tried my metric t-handle and bent the hex key (2.5 mm) but I finally loosened it. I still had to pry the handle off since it was frozen and I probably wrecked one of the plastic pieces in the process.
I also introduced a leak in the shut off valve sharkbite connector from pulling on the hoses while I angled the tub away from the wall so that I could see the set screw.
So I shut the water off and called it a day. Time to call Kohler tomorrow.
I then pulled the sparkplug wire off the snow blower and after removing the plug and squirting a little Marvel Mystery oil in the cylinder, I checked the plug.
While the electrode was fine, the top of the plug that has the fitting that you snap the sparkplug wire onto, had a piece missing. OK now I need to find a plug for my old Ariens snow blower with a Tecumseh Snow king. Not a big deal.
My garage sink faucet was leaking where the hose connects to the handle. The o-ring wasn't a size that I had in stock, but a quick call to Kohler and they sent me a complete hose assembly under warranty for a 15 year old faucet. Thanks Kohler.
I replaced the hose and the good news is that leak was pretty much gone while running the water. The bad news is that the faucet now drips all the time (cold water, hot is fine)
I decide to take the faucet apart. What a mess, set screw that holds the single lever handle was frozen. YouTube said 3/32 Allen key. Couldn't see squat all, as the set screw hole is in the back of the handle.
My Bondhus ball end Allen key was slipping and the short side wasn't long enough to reach the set screw.
I finally tried my metric t-handle and bent the hex key (2.5 mm) but I finally loosened it. I still had to pry the handle off since it was frozen and I probably wrecked one of the plastic pieces in the process.
I also introduced a leak in the shut off valve sharkbite connector from pulling on the hoses while I angled the tub away from the wall so that I could see the set screw.
So I shut the water off and called it a day. Time to call Kohler tomorrow.
I do this the clean and paint routine every year. Glad to see I’m not the only one!
rd65
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Oldest daughter left a bunch of spray paint behind when she moved, grabbed the ugliest color of the bunch and went to town. Just trying to slow down the rust. Grass in this area is usually so wet.
niget2002
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Went and grabbed the shop vac.
I washed the large dog bed today and apparently there was enough stuff on it to clog the pump filter on our front load washing machine. I should probably clean this thing more than once every 8 years.
I washed the large dog bed today and apparently there was enough stuff on it to clog the pump filter on our front load washing machine. I should probably clean this thing more than once every 8 years.
kaymccampbell
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Wynn filters is your friend here. Buy the wider spaced pleats and double up.Did some dust collector-adjacent stuff today.
The dust collector proper was originally on this cheesy cart. Now that the DC is mounted up high on the wall, I thought it was time to toss this cart until I realized that I could wheel the offcuts around and stash them under the tablesaw if the cart was a little shorter.
Then a little research on whether this big pile of filters (30 or so) would work for the DC outlet instead of the dust sieve bag it comes with.
It turns out that they are only 1micron Fiberglas 600*F nat gas coalescer filters, so too coarse and too many to equal one big Wen filter.
I did get some industrial silenced air compressor inlet filters with the pile, if I can adapt their 3”pipe down to the 7/8” or so flange on my Ingersol Rand. Hmmm, I could stick the filter outside, and I have this chunk of inch hose with AN ends…, that oughta quiet it down. Hmmmm.
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kaymccampbell
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Mag deck Lawn Boy?
kaymccampbell
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Chatted with a friend. Handed off a case of squares terminals. Consoled my kids.
Indexmill
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^ Yep, 2-stroke Lawnboy. God I loved smelling it run a hundred years ago.
Aluminum deck. Kinda a rare Lawn Boy. 1965 model 6251. They only made that deck for 2 years
Changed the oil pressure sensor on my little commuter car, 2013 Dodge Dart. What a pain in the ***. Can't really see it and barely enough room to get your hand in to feel around. I attached a pic, you can see part of the little
red tab under the wire that needs pulled out to allow you to depress the connector to disconnect it. it of course was on the inside where you couldn't even touch. I had to use my o-ring pick to push it through the other side. It took forever because you can't see it, just have to feel around. Then it was a pain to get a 27mm socket on it even using a slim ratchet. I got it changed, cleared the code and took it for a ride. It took about twice as long as I had anticipated though.
red tab under the wire that needs pulled out to allow you to depress the connector to disconnect it. it of course was on the inside where you couldn't even touch. I had to use my o-ring pick to push it through the other side. It took forever because you can't see it, just have to feel around. Then it was a pain to get a 27mm socket on it even using a slim ratchet. I got it changed, cleared the code and took it for a ride. It took about twice as long as I had anticipated though.
kaymccampbell
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I thought they were mag-aluminum. We always called them mag deck mowers. Just be careful around it, in case. The alloy decks had a higher flash point, but not that much higher the regular magnesium.
I’ve welded on both mag and aluminum decks. But I appreciate the word of caution. I’ve got a fleet of these things, somewhere around 30 of them. The oldest is a 1955 and the newest a sidewalk edger from 1970
KwikFab
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Who am I kidding I couldn't wait
Old Man Roger
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Same little red clips on the coils and the VVT solenoids. Just as difficult to remove, even when you can see them..lolChanged the oil pressure sensor on my little commuter car, 2013 Dodge Dart. What a pain in the ***. Can't really see it and barely enough room to get your hand in to feel around. I attached a pic, you can see part of the little
red tab under the wire that needs pulled out to allow you to depress the connector to disconnect it. it of course was on the inside where you couldn't even touch. I had to use my o-ring pick to push it through the other side. It took forever because you can't see it, just have to feel around. Then it was a pain to get a 27mm socket on it even using a slim ratchet. I got it changed, cleared the code and took it for a ride. It took about twice as long as I had anticipated though.
TurnipTruck
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Kay:
I am absolutely planning on a real sub-micron filter in the very near future; these now-obsolete filters just took a little detour on their way to the trash.
But the air inlet silencing filters have just the right amount of super industrial overkill that it may be fun incorporating one.