What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[PhantomEB]

Bleeding rear brakes. All new lines and all so this will take some time.

maybe make the wife laugh by moving some more stuff around In the shop. She already thinks I am nuts for wanting a TV and DVD player out there for offroading videos.

 

[rcktpwrd]

Put the wheel back on the truck and took it off the jack stand


Also helped my wife wash her station wagon and put some stuff away

 

[ATL86]

All lettering came out great. What did you use to get that sharp edge detailin

All lettering came out great. What did you use to get that sharp edge detail?

I just did it all free hand with enamel paint.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Getting closer. Need to move it into position across the garage then do some touch up!

Damn!

 

[Motorman55]

I just did it all free hand with enamel paint.

Great job!

 

[welder4956]

Cleaned, flung, put away. Took the safety latch off the trigger on the Dewalt string trimmer. Welded a couple of ratchet strap attachment points on the sides of my transmission attachment for the floor jack, then hung it up on the wall so it would not be laying in the floor any more. Dropped some more bolts from the Mustang in Evaporust.

 

[oldman_pottering]

First light (in a long time) for the 86-year-old Coleman 243A:



Now to find room to display it....

Easy.........just send it to me !
Awesome job, it looks ****** terrific

 

[Skyman]

Not in the garage today. Master bathroom. Installed these:







To replace these wretched pieces of ****:








Glad that miserable job is now done. Now it's time for Betty Crocker and me to bake a birthday cake for my better half.

 

[jshillin]

Put together a rack for some of my M18 & M12 tools, tried out a new trim tire dressing and a Brug's tire applicator brush. The Universal dressing and the Brug's brush worked really well! I didn't have time to find a place to mount the tool rack yet.

 

[Beerhippie]

Easy.........just send it to me !
Awesome job, it looks ****** terrific

While it's sure a kindly, heartfelt and much appreciated offer, I found room for it beside its 242 brethren in the shop display.



I need to move it four places to the left to keep the chronological order correct.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Wrangled Lightburn.

 

[Outlawmws]

Setup the BBQ, gave the paint on the new stove hood some car wax, inside and out - hopefully grease will not stick so bad...

Had a nap - it's fathers day so I'm mostly done for the day!

 

[Outlawmws]

I need to move it four places to the right to keep the chronological order correct.

Plenty of time for that when you have those victims! - doing it now means OCD will set in!

Timm, have you made a pole hook for taking the lanterns down when needed?

 

[Beerhippie]

Wrangled Lightburn.

You used a 20+ year-old program to burn CDs and DVDs?

Plenty of time for that when you have those victims! - doing it now means OCD will set in!

Timm, have you made a pole hook for taking the lanterns down when needed?

Pole hook? You trying to make my life easy or something?

It's more fun and challenging to climb a shelving unit full of tools while wondering if it'll tip over....

 

[Wrench97]

You used a 20+ year-old program to burn CDs and DVDs?

Pole hook? You trying to make my life easy or something?

It's more fun and challenging to climb a shelving unit full of tool while wondering if it'll tip over....

I believe that's what Kay uses for her laser cutting table.

 

[kaymccampbell]

You used a 20+ year-old program to burn CDs and DVDs?

Nah. It's a more modern software that that lets you manipulate graphics and turn them into GRBL for laser burners. I run it on Linux. I've got the last ever Linux version. Sadly they're only supporting Windblows now, cause it's most of their userbase, even though their staff and contributors mostly use Linux. It's gonna force me to use WINE.

I think you might be thinking of lightscribe. I remember running a bulk burner about 20-30 years ago that used lightscribe disks.

 

[Beerhippie]

Nah. It's a more modern software that that lets you manipulate graphics and turn them into GRBL for laser burners. I run it on Linux. I've got the last ever Linux version. Sadly they're only supporting Windblows now, cause it's most of their userbase, even though their staff and contributors mostly use Linux. It's gonna force me to use WINE.

I think you might be thinking of lightscribe. I remember running a bulk burner about 20-30 years ago that used lightscribe disks.

Yep--Lightscribe. I used to use it a lot, too--but not for profit. I spent two winters transcribing my old vinyl to CD and digital format. I still have the original vinyl, but it's much easier to use now.

 

[Metallitubby]

Cleared, polished, and started reassembling my hot-pink helmet.

 

[niget2002]

Glued the bulkheads into the kayak. Then I designed and 3d printed some knobs for bolting the pegs in. I'm using brass inserts that get melted into the print.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Yep--Lightscribe. I used to use it a lot, too--but not for profit. I spent two winters transcribing my old vinyl to CD and digital format. I still have the original vinyl, but it's much easier to use now.

Mine wasn't for profit. It was backups. Copy for the data center, the in-house vault, the facility the data belonged to, their vault, the hot site, and the off-site vault, times 28. There were daily incrementals, weeklies, and then monthly full backups. And then we did custom burns for state n federal reporting and institute releases.

 

[Copymutt]

Set up the swamp cooler in the garage today. It hit 93*w/ 6% humidity!
Last fall I replaced several windows in the Garage. Made sure to put a slider in just for the ease of cooler instal. Only issue I had was neighbors ram busted through the fence & was chewing on my shorts.
Very fortunate to live at a higher altitude and can take advantage of the low humidity as well as the huge solar factor for winter heat.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

Got this guy for free last year. Sat in the corner of the garage all winter because I was too busy with snow every weekend. Been working on it the last few weeks and finally got it running today. Had to replace the crankcase breather and all the fuel line. New fuel shut off, air filter, spark plug, and a $20 Amazon carburetor. Took everything apart and cleaned, greased, and freed up the stuck drive-engage cable. Ordered a new throttle control but it won't be here for another week. The old old works but the plastic handle was gone so I jammed a screwdriver in there to run it today because I was too excited. Even once that comes in I'll only be into this less than $50, though I still need to get a roll of big string for it.

Cuts really nice. The ditch in front of our house gets overgrown because it's too deep to mow, and I would only weedwack it 2-3 times a year. This guy went through 180ft of it in 10 minutes with ease.

 

[545_days]

I finally completed the most difficult part of the belt replacement on the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio aux belt change; re-installing the hoses between the turbos and intercoolers. I'm pretty sure that these hoses are the reason the shop procedure includes evacuating the AC and removing the condenser and radiator for access.

I had access from two sides: This is bad.


I had trouble with the photo of the other side, see the next post...

 

[545_days]

and the other side is worse. It looks better but I have big hands and couldn't fit into this space. I maneuvered the hoses with my finger tips from both sides and sacrificed a couple of screwdrivers to make tools to get the hoses stretched over the connections at each end.


The Ferrari derived engine is fantastic, but they sure as hell didn't make any compromises for maintenance.

 

[oldman_pottering]

While it's sure a kindly, heartfelt and much appreciated offer, I found room for it beside its 242 brethren in the shop display.



I need to move it four places to the right to keep the chronological order correct.

They look awesome ! I love the look of your drill press

 

[oldman_pottering]

and the other side is worse. It looks better but I have big hands and couldn't fit into this space. I maneuvered the hoses with my finger tips from both sides and sacrificed a couple of screwdrivers to make tools to get the hoses stretched over the connections at each end.


The Ferrari derived engine is fantastic, but they sure as hell didn't make any compromises for maintenance.

That's just nasty

 

[bugnut]

Played with 3 recalcitrant trail cameras, created a couple 3d prints, then researched why the X1C was running so slow. The newest software dump or the ******* owner operator set the printing speed to the finest most detailed print speed. Selected the next best print head speed and it cut printing time in half. Quality of print was very good, to boot.

Listened intently for the squirrel that spent a couple days in the shop and heard nothing, I was relieved as it had set off the trap a couple times but got away. I think it moved out-I'd rather it lived outside!

 

[Beerhippie]

I made a couple of stainless steel windscreens for the Coleman 500/500A stoves for a friend. Trying to see if I could reasonably make them to sell: Nope.



Using nothing but a drill press and power hand-tools, these take far too long to make. I'd have to charge $60 each to make my usual pay grade.

Someone with a CNC cutting process could probably whip out a dozen a day.

It doesn't help that I'm using scrap stainless sheet salvaged from old kitchen appliances that's been knocking around the boneyard. I spent a considerable amount of time just finishing them.

However, they make an incredible amount of difference in cooking time on the little stove. In carefully controlled scientific experiments, they cut the time it took to run ten (coffee) cups of cold water through the coffee maker by one third.





That was in a windless shop--imagine how much difference they make outside in a breeze.

 

[rd65]

Saturday I swapped out the carb on the Brushwacker, it even came with the proper tool for the fuel screws. Then mixed up some more premix. 40:1 with YamalubeR and premium fuel. Not ethanol free, not willing to make that drive to pick up. I do treat with Stabil though.
Yesterday I started on the old mower. Pulled the carb and intake manifold/pipe, bolts werent much more than finger tight and half the gasket was missing. Carb was a mess, primer bulb has 2 holes in it, air filter is full of oil. Air filter and bulb were around $15-$16 total on Amazon, gskt was over $12. Found a carb w/ gaskets, air filter, new fuel line, and a spark plug for $15. It should be at the house when I get home tonight. Blade was in decent condition, sharpened that and reinstalled. There was an oil leak at filler pipe, removed and resealed with some Motoseal. The previous owner rigged some kind of funky house switch for an On/Off switch. Will have to look into that. Hopefully it will run decent.

 

[oldman_pottering]

I'd have to charge $60 each to make my usual pay grade.

I don't think $60 is that bad. Buy once, cry once, it's not like they are going to wear out

 

[Beerhippie]

I don't think $60 is that bad. Buy once, cry once, it's not like they are going to wear out

But... I want a CNC laser/plasma cutter! I need one!

I may draw up a blue print and send it off the Sendcutsend and see what it'd cost to have them make 'em. Until someone else steals my design (which may have already happened). Oh, well--I kinda stole it from the Canadian Army.

And, no, being 20 ga. stainless, they sure won't wear out. They do turn a nice blue around the top from heat, and that would rust in the right environment.

 

[Beerhippie]

I figured out a new trick--a day late--for notching the edge of sheet metal, using the ever-versatile step bit:



1/4" dia.



1" dia.

I don't know why, but the idea just popped into my head while doing something totally unrelated today--running a line trimmer.

I wish I'da' thought of it yesterday, when I needed to put a bunch of round notches in sheet metal. Using an angle grinder for smaller notches ain't elegant--or purty.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Really rough day today in the garage at work. Just typical non sense I guess. I done a used car end of April and they sold it 5 days ago but it’s had 900 miles put on it from being used as a lot shuttle and customer test drives and all of that. Well comes in with bad ball joints and I got my tail chewed because they are saying the ball joints were bad when I done the car in April because they are like it’s impossible for a ball joint to just go bad and if it does go bad it’s not going to be instant it’s going to be a few hundred miles that it goes bad over sometimes thousands of miles. So I got written up and am being back flagged over it. I went up to my coworker who is a very seasoned tech and I’m like hey so a ball joint can it go bad like right away because I mean you hit a pothole or something too hard and it can go bad or just go bad from getting weak right? He’s like absolutely and then I told him about the whole debacle and he is like that’s some bs man. I also got blamed from the sway bar having a slit cut in it but I’m like there’s no way I did that either because I didn’t touch the sway bar and also the cut was fresh and not any surface rust or anything looks like it was just done today. But nope it’s my fault. That really made me angry especially because I’m being back flagged over it. They are going to take time for two ball joints and the sway bar. My bigger question was like well why didn’t you bring it back to me for if there was a concern about it and they couldn’t answer that question.

So a ball joint could go bad instantly right or especially over 900 something miles. Am I crazy for thinking that or what.

And then the Tacoma with the steering rack and power steering pump is back saying it’s leaking again I’m like great Toyota and their reman warranty **** we have to install is going to screw me again.

I’m just so over the drama and non sense like that. Hopefully it will pass but I guess it’s an all the time thing in this field. My one coworker who trained me I asked him and he’s like no a ball joint won’t go bad right away and that I should face the fact it was bad then I’m like that’s not the answer I expected from him but ok. I disagree with him on that for sure. But I can understand his frustration too as he is also getting back flagged because he makes money off of me. Not my fault though. I honestly think with all the problems everyone been having recently that we have someone tampering with cars on the lot but they refuse to listen to us when we ask them to look at the one or two cameras they actually have.

So I guess the main question I’d like to know from the wisdom of GJ is can ball joints go bad instantly? I’m pretty dang sure they can. I’ve had them bad out of the box before even.

 

[Wrench97]

Really rough day today in the garage at work. Just typical non sense I guess. I done a used car end of April and they sold it 5 days ago but it’s had 900 miles put on it from being used as a lot shuttle and customer test drives and all of that. Well comes in with bad ball joints and I got my tail chewed because they are saying the ball joints were bad when I done the car in April because they are like it’s impossible for a ball joint to just go bad and if it does go bad it’s not going to be instant it’s going to be a few hundred miles that it goes bad over sometimes thousands of miles. So I got written up and am being back flagged over it. I went up to my coworker who is a very seasoned tech and I’m like hey so a ball joint can it go bad like right away because I mean you hit a pothole or something too hard and it can go bad or just go bad from getting weak right? He’s like absolutely and then I told him about the whole debacle and he is like that’s some bs man. I also got blamed from the sway bar having a slit cut in it but I’m like there’s no way I did that either because I didn’t touch the sway bar and also the cut was fresh and not any surface rust or anything looks like it was just done today. But nope it’s my fault. That really made me angry especially because I’m being back flagged over it. They are going to take time for two ball joints and the sway bar. My bigger question was like well why didn’t you bring it back to me for if there was a concern about it and they couldn’t answer that question.

So a ball joint could go bad instantly right or especially over 900 something miles. Am I crazy for thinking that or what.

And then the Tacoma with the steering rack and power steering pump is back saying it’s leaking again I’m like great Toyota and their reman warranty **** we have to install is going to screw me again.

I’m just so over the drama and non sense like that. Hopefully it will pass but I guess it’s an all the time thing in this field. My one coworker who trained me I asked him and he’s like no a ball joint won’t go bad right away and that I should face the fact it was bad then I’m like that’s not the answer I expected from him but ok. I disagree with him on that for sure. But I can understand his frustration too as he is also getting back flagged because he makes money off of me. Not my fault though. I honestly think with all the problems everyone been having recently that we have someone tampering with cars on the lot but they refuse to listen to us when we ask them to look at the one or two cameras they actually have.

So I guess the main question I’d like to know from the wisdom of GJ is can ball joints go bad instantly? I’m pretty dang sure they can. I’ve had them bad out of the box before even.

Yep a good curb hit or large pot hole will take one out.

 

[CoogarXR]

Moved another van load of tools and inventory from the old shop to the new one.

While it's hard, heavy work, it's easier than moving the house, since I can drive right up to the shelves at both places lol.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep a good curb hit or large pot hole will take one out.

This ^^^

My moms car had a FWD drive axle go bad in about 30K miles I sent her to her favorite mechanic to have it replaced and he told her "its not bad, not enough miles"

So she called me nearly in tears and I had her hand him the phone.

Me: "Have you actually got under the car and put you hand on the shaft and checked it for sloppy play?"

Him: "No, that can't wear out in 30K."

Me: Well I have, and its shot, so go get under it and check it out.

Some time later:

Him: "I'll have that replaced right away sir!"

Dumb Effer...

 

[kaymccampbell]

This ^^^

My moms car had a FWD drive axle go bad in about 30K miles I sent her to her favorite mechanic to have it replaced and he told her "its not bad, not enough miles"

So she called me nearly in tears and I had her hand him the phone.

Me: "Have you actually got under the car and put you hand on the shaft and checked it for sloppy play?"

Him: "No, that can't wear out in 30K."

Me: Well I have, and its shot, so go get under it and check it out.

Some time later:

Him: "I'll have that replaced right away sir!"

Dumb Effer...

I frequently have that convo with dealership staff.

 

[nadogail]

Moved and stacked some legs for planters

 

[scooby074]

Really rough day today in the garage at work. Just typical non sense I guess. I done a used car end of April and they sold it 5 days ago but it’s had 900 miles put on it from being used as a lot shuttle and customer test drives and all of that. Well comes in with bad ball joints and I got my tail chewed because they are saying the ball joints were bad when I done the car in April because they are like it’s impossible for a ball joint to just go bad and if it does go bad it’s not going to be instant it’s going to be a few hundred miles that it goes bad over sometimes thousands of miles. So I got written up and am being back flagged over it. I went up to my coworker who is a very seasoned tech and I’m like hey so a ball joint can it go bad like right away because I mean you hit a pothole or something too hard and it can go bad or just go bad from getting weak right? He’s like absolutely and then I told him about the whole debacle and he is like that’s some bs man. I also got blamed from the sway bar having a slit cut in it but I’m like there’s no way I did that either because I didn’t touch the sway bar and also the cut was fresh and not any surface rust or anything looks like it was just done today. But nope it’s my fault. That really made me angry especially because I’m being back flagged over it. They are going to take time for two ball joints and the sway bar. My bigger question was like well why didn’t you bring it back to me for if there was a concern about it and they couldn’t answer that question.

So a ball joint could go bad instantly right or especially over 900 something miles. Am I crazy for thinking that or what.

And then the Tacoma with the steering rack and power steering pump is back saying it’s leaking again I’m like great Toyota and their reman warranty **** we have to install is going to screw me again.

I’m just so over the drama and non sense like that. Hopefully it will pass but I guess it’s an all the time thing in this field. My one coworker who trained me I asked him and he’s like no a ball joint won’t go bad right away and that I should face the fact it was bad then I’m like that’s not the answer I expected from him but ok. I disagree with him on that for sure. But I can understand his frustration too as he is also getting back flagged because he makes money off of me. Not my fault though. I honestly think with all the problems everyone been having recently that we have someone tampering with cars on the lot but they refuse to listen to us when we ask them to look at the one or two cameras they actually have.

So I guess the main question I’d like to know from the wisdom of GJ is can ball joints go bad instantly? I’m pretty dang sure they can. I’ve had them bad out of the box before even.

A lot can happen in 900mi. and several months. Being blamed for that is BS. That would piss me off enough to start the hunt for something else TBH, you dont need that **** in your day to day.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Yep a good curb hit or large pot hole will take one out.

A lot can happen in 900mi. and several months. Being blamed for that is BS. That would piss me off enough to start the hunt for something else TBH, you dont need that **** in your day to day.

Yup, I’d choose this hill to die on. It would be an absolute line in the sand for me.

Not telling you what to do, just what I would do.