What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Old Man Roger]

it was usually better second or even third time. One company had me back 9 times.. the last one I coudl have doen without but the $$ was good.

Sorry, not letting you off the hook!

We're boomers puppy. Of course we take **** literally.

I dont think @Old Man Roger is as old as he is making himself out to be. I think this Roger might have a few years on him.

I acquiesce, you old farkers are stubborn.lol And rd65, you are correct that I’m not that old. OMR is just a nick name I got from some riding buddies who were in their 20’s. Everyone’s and old man to them.

 

[Fixr]

Walked in for something then thought about starting next coat of mud after working a 12 hr shift....nope i'll wait till my days off >.> should have just paid to get the drywall done I hate muding and taping, screwed up the tape in a few spots and went back and fixed them since pics were taken. my fault for being in a rush near end of first coat

Got that right. Let the drywall guys do that stuff. They can probably do it faster, cheaper and better than you can do it. Ya know, because they do it all day every day.

 

[Wrencher 160]

Sometimes you need an honest to dogness decent modified wrench. Then you gotta buck up and mangle a spensive one. Gives me the twitch to do it, but I've got a whole drawer full of specially mangled tools that bear witness to 60 years of working on weird ****.

They do make a lot of weird ****. I’ve modified a bunch of it to make things better/easier, some time up front led to big savings later.

 

[DGersic]

Made a bunch of phone calls looking for anybody with National seal #470409 in stock. Struck out. Best I could find was overnight delivery to Elgin, I can pick them up in the morning.

Cleaned up and put away tools and stuff.

Upgraded my work stool with some new wheels.



These have short 3/8”-16 shafts, not long enough to through bolt the frame. Welded some T nuts to the bottom of the frame instead. Going to take some getting used to, these roll really easy compared to the crappy stock wheels.

 

[Beerhippie]

They do make a lot of weird ****. I’ve modified a bunch of it to make things better/easier, some time up front led to big savings later.

They do and did--and they made the tools to make and or fix them. We no longer have/can afford those tools. So we make do.

 

[Fixr]

They do and did--and they made the tools to make and or fix them. We no longer have/can afford those tools. So we make do.

Once upon a time, every mechanic had both Ford starter wrenches. But within the last year, a GJ member apparently had neither.

 

[Fixr]

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[kaymccampbell]

Why is it that when I think of you and a foreman on landfill wanting to spread and cover, I get a little uncomfortable?

Prolly cause you're wondering who is in the dead packer that we're trying to unload. I'll never tell.

 

[kaymccampbell]

JH?

40 years ago.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Tested quartz heaters. Drilled holes in crutch tips.

 

[rharman]

Headed into the shed early this morning before work and grabbed some glue to try and refit this trim on a pantry shelf but that was unsuccessful
I'll need to buy a roll of the trim / edging although I was wondering if a shelf made from MDF with some sort of epoxy / sealing paint might be better than this chipboard garbage ?

I sure could fabricobble something, I didn't realise reheating the old strip would work, thanks

A laminate roller might be a good tool if you decide to reheat. I've had mostly good luck reheating.

I made a couple of lazy susans from melamine to match my garage cabinets - to keep my aerosols, etc on the workbench. Since I figured they'd see a lot of traffic and was worried about just what you've experienced, I decided to paint the edges with a very close matching grey aerosol.

 

[bugnut]

Started the day with the dog going crazy. POCO guy backs truck into driveway 200 ft to the garage door, no notice nothing just showed up! While he was working, I offloaded powder coated parts from truck, fired up the 3d printers, spent time removing powder coating from door handles and trying to install the guts. Got both together, but one side is too tight, rework on order. Drew a few doodad for feeders and car parts, printers running overtime. Emptied jungle container with 4 rolls of pla. Quit at 4 and readied the smokey joe, steaks, which were Tuesdays dinner hitting the grill tonite. Chilling on the patio now.

 

[Prospecter]

should have just paid to get the drywall done

I've had that thought. Yet I keep doing it myself. I am a dim bulb!

 

[Prospecter]

Made a bunch of phone calls looking for anybody with National seal #470409 in stock. Struck out. Best I could find was overnight delivery to Elgin, I can pick them up in the morning.

Cleaned up and put away tools and stuff.

Upgraded my work stool with some new wheels.



These have short 3/8”-16 shafts, not long enough to through bolt the frame. Welded some T nuts to the bottom of the frame instead. Going to take some getting used to, these roll really easy compared to the crappy stock wheels.

I use that style wheels on my modified creeper seat that used to look like yours. I love how the wheels roll. I think you will be pleased with the upgrade.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I've had that thought. Yet I keep doing it myself. I am a dim bulb!

As am I. It only took me several decades to hire it out. I no longer feel steady working on a 14 foot overhead.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

As am I. It only took me several decades to hire it out. I no longer feel steady working on a 14 foot overhead.

I am in drywall hell often, and I recently subbed out a ceiling I didn't have time for. After watching the guy work, and seeing his results, I am convinced it is a Jedi mind trick.

They just mud it thin, sand it light and add some sort of voodoo ********, because their results are great and the guy never seemed worried, never seemed perplexed, never seemed pissed, no expletives... I didn't know drywall was possible without those aspects of it.

However I still do it.

 

[Wiz02]

I've got too much stuff in the garage to move in order to give the pros clean working space to install the ceiling. I'm going to insulate and drywall incrementally as budget and time and strength permits.

Is my plan efficient? No, but as the Brits say, needs must.

 

[Hooked]

Made a bunch of phone calls looking for anybody with National seal #470409 in stock. Struck out. Best I could find was overnight delivery to Elgin, I can pick them up in the morning.

Cleaned up and put away tools and stuff.

Upgraded my work stool with some new wheels.



These have short 3/8”-16 shafts, not long enough to through bolt the frame. Welded some T nuts to the bottom of the frame instead. Going to take some getting used to, these roll really easy compared to the crappy stock wheels.

I have one like that but without the cushy seat, one of our dogs thought it tasted good I guess.
One of these days I'll replace it but the wheels are going to move to the top of my list.

 

[Fixr]

I have one like that but without the cushy seat, one of our dogs thought it tasted good I guess.
One of these days I'll replace it but the wheels are going to move to the top of my list.

My wife complained that her kitchen stool didn't roll well, so I put those skateboard style wheels on it. It scooted out from under her when she went to sit on it and she fell on her ***. Can't win for losing...

(She did get used to them).

 

[RonnieC]

My wife complained that her kitchen stool didn't roll well, so I put those skateboard style wheels on it. It scooted out from under her when she went to sit on it and she fell on her ***. Can't win for losing...

(She did get used to them).

I did the same with the cheap harbor freight rolling stool. Leaned just a little bit too far forward while working on the mower, hung like wile e coyote for a second and then rolled on my back. Then I did the same damn thing two days later! Slow learner.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Put blades on two chainsaws.

More importantly I hung up my ebay pencil sharpener.

Sharp lead for a sharp guy I told my wife.

She said, "do I have to go out to your shop to sharpen a pencil?"

I replied, "I will sharpen them for 5 cents each.

So, we have a deal.

 

[larry4406]

Watched trim carpenters unpack boxes and install cabinets in dining room.

Room repaint next on the agenda along with countertop selection.

 

[DGersic]

I have one like that but without the cushy seat, one of our dogs thought it tasted good I guess.
One of these days I'll replace it but the wheels are going to move to the top of my list.

I did the seat just to see if I could. Tuck n Roll is a bit fancy for the garage.

 

[CoogarXR]

Emptied my catch-all shelf that I put in the garage when I bought the house. It became a mound of tools, consumables and hardware. Now that my "real" shelves are moving in a little at a time, I sorted that mess into the places the stuff really belongs.

Then I dressed up my lan wiring for the CCTV cameras. It was just in a wad on top of that same shelf. Now the switch is mounted under the subpanel and the cables are all zip-tied and neat.

 

[Beerhippie]

Watched trim carpenters unpack boxes and install cabinets in dining room.

....

Good work if you can get it!

 

[Pompey]

Where did you get that tool rack - the one with all the Milwaukee stuff ?

 

[RonnieC]

Put blades on two chainsaws.

More importantly I hung up my ebay pencil sharpener.

Sharp lead for a sharp guy I told my wife.

She said, "do I have to go out to your shop to sharpen a pencil?"

I replied, "I will sharpen them for 5 cents each.

So, we have a deal.

Bonus points for the Staedtler Mars Lumograph.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Unwrapped a happy jungle box. Opened a Wi-Fi water valve to verify the processor. Started researching how to turn them to the dark side. Burned some QR maker coins/discs.

 

[Beerhippie]

Installed and programmed one more Accentra Attaboy keypad lock for the brewery:



Getting the old lockset off in one piece was fun. It was one of those sets inspired by ancient Chinese puzzle designers. I finally figured it out.

The owners love these things. They don't have to install them. This door has had so many different locksets installed over the last thirty years, it's almost impossible to not have overlapping holes, which, of course, are not practical to drill by hand. Even using my portable drill press thing, it wasn't possible, so out comes the Dremel with the largest burr that fits it to elongate the existing holes to fit. That's a handful.

Hint: Size any holes at least 25% over what the instructions say.

Then the programming. Not being a touch-screen the only feedback is a tiny, tinny, feminine computer voice with the tiny, tinny speaker mounted on the other side of the door. Add in my abused old ears and we have a problem. The brewers like to listen to music at about 135 dB, with the speakers about fifteen feet from where I'm working. I asked them to turn it off 'til I was done and they did. Then they turned on the 1,200 Watt ultrasonic cleaner. Arghhh!

But it's done and I'm hoping it's the last one.

Now we can stop those unauthorized intrusions that have never happened in the history of the brewery.

 

[niget2002]

My wife complained that her kitchen stool didn't roll well, so I put those skateboard style wheels on it. It scooted out from under her when she went to sit on it and she fell on her ***. Can't win for losing...

(She did get used to them).

Put nicer wheels on the wife's sewing chair. She had me put the old ones back on because pushing down on the foot controller caused her to roll backwards.

 

[niget2002]

Unwrapped a happy jungle box. Opened a Wi-Fi water valve to verify the processor. Started researching how to turn them to the dark side. Burned some QR maker coins/discs.

Which water valve? I plan on doing the same and having home assistant control it based on a soil moisture monitor.

 

[dwasifar]

Clayed, waxed, and detailed the Crosstrek:





Some of it took place in the garage, and the rest was garage-adjacent.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Then they turned on the 1,200 Watt ultrasonic cleaner. Arghhh!

My hearing aids friggin hate the ultrasonic cleaner.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Which water valve? I plan on doing the same and having home assistant control it based on a soil moisture monitor.

It's a Sonoff. I think it's set up for zigbee but underneath is a MG22 processor. I don't think it will be an extreme effort to turn it to my ecology, as I've turned Sonoff stuff before.

 

[GrayFlattop]

The day started out simply with a wood-fired breakfast pizza from the framer's market (pizza + over-easy egg + bacon - don't tell my doctor) and a pot of fresh coffee. Then off to the garage to sharpen a couple of shovels that were in need of TLC.

On the driveway in front of the garage, I paired two new remote key fobs for the Sienna that arrived in a happy jungle box. I think that whomever came up with the pairing protocol at Toyota must have had a sense of humor. Fun fact, the remote fobs will not withstand a trip through the washing machine - even though I disassembled it immediately after and showered it with compressed air. My wallet didn't fare too well either, but now my cash was at least cleaner than it was before it too went through the wash. In my defense I was under the influence of sedation after my latest colonoscopy earlier that day. Yay for getting older!

Then back in the garage, I retrieved the tools needed to remove the fan from the main A/C condenser so I could properly clean the coil in advance of the coming hot spell. 5/16 nut driver, can of deet and the special hose-end nozzle - a familiar routine. I cannot believe how grungy it got in the past year - I swear that fan must have pulled-in every stray cottonwood seed that was remotely near our property. I knew I would get soaked to the skin in the process, so I saved that for the end of the day - after I harvested several pounds of sugar snap peas from the raised bed NEXT to the garage.

I was hoping to get in some weeding since it rained over 2" yesterday, but I just gave up. FWIW, the A/C in the house is blowing beautifully cold right now.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Then back in the garage, I retrieved the tools needed to remove the fan from the main A/C condenser so I could properly clean the coil in advance of the coming hot spell. 5/16 nut driver, can of deet and the special hose-end nozzle - a familiar routine. I cannot believe how grungy it got in the past year - I swear that fan must have pulled-in every stray cottonwood seed that was remotely near our property. I knew I would get soaked to the skin in the process,

I've got one of these for the PW, it does a nice job on the condenser coils without damaging the fins, and it shoots detergent if necessary.

https://www.homedepot.com/pep/RYOBI-Pressure-Washer-Foam-Blaster-RY31F04/300701619?source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&pla&mtc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D25P-028_037_OUTDR_PW_ACC-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PMAX_SHP_PLA_TEST&cm_mmc=SHOPPING-BF-CDP-GGL-D25P-028_037_OUTDR_PW_ACC-NA-NA-NA-PMAX-NA-NA-NA-NA-NBR-NA-NA-NA-PMAX_SHP_PLA_TEST-20950135862--&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20953551016&gclsrc=ds

A friend hammered all his fins flat by using the turbo tip from watching a YouTube video. I lent him my fin comb to unfuck 3 minisplits worth of ruined fins. I absolutely refused to help. I had warned him to use the hose or the special head.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Bonus points for the Staedtler Mars Lumograph.

As you can see, they taste better. I carry it in my mouth when running back and forth to the saw all day when I do a project!

 

[Beerhippie]

My hearing aids friggin hate the ultrasonic cleaner.

My tinnitus resonates with the buzz, leaving me nearly deaf. It's not even that loud, it's just the wrong frequency.

I love the damned thing, but can't hear with it running in the same room. Fortunately, it's in the brewhouse and I'm usually not.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

My tinnitus resonates with the buzz, leaving me nearly deaf. It's not even that loud, it's just the wrong frequency.

I love the damned thing, but can't hear with it running in the same room. Fortunately, it's in the brewhouse and I'm usually not.

I use a specific white noise machine at night due to the frequency which essentially cancels out my right ear tinnitus for the most part.

 

[niget2002]

I buffed, polished, and waxed the cockpit on the kayak where I sprayed it yesterday. Then I cleaned the outside of it with some detailing spray. Lastly I put the footpegs back in it.