kaymccampbell
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It's the only way that others survive. I'm not angry when I can find my ****. There's a saying.
Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
rcktpwrd
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Replaced very worn door bushings/pins on the wife's 454SS, now the door isn't sagging near as bad.
Snapped-off
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Saw this tire plug kit in the Snap on flyer a few weeks ago. Decided to buy it online for half the price.
Today I got to use it to plug one of my tires... worked great.
Today I got to use it to plug one of my tires... worked great.
Beerhippie
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I put this together:
to confuse future Coleman collectors. It's mostly the fount from a ca. '34 220B and the upper half of a late-'60s 200A. It resembles a lantern made by Coleman for Sears amd sold under the Ted Williams sub-brand, known as the Red Ted to collectors, so I call it Red Frank, as it's a frankenlantern.
While it may look simple, the valves of the two halves are different thread sizes. The 220B (and the rest of the 220 line) use a tapered 1/2" dia thread that isn't used for anything these days, while the 200 A uses good ol' 1/8" NPT, so it requires making a bushing out of an old 220 valve body to mate the two. That kept me out of the bars and off the streets for twenty minutes or so.
The slow part is getting the tap depth just right for the valve to sit properly in the collar. Lots of test-fitting.
Meanwhile, I'm waging war on the f'in' flies in the shop. It's that time again. We also have a yellowjacket nest inside the insulation of an outbuilding for the pub, so I'm waiting for after closing to go out and try to nuke 'em. Hope I don't get stung too badly.
to confuse future Coleman collectors. It's mostly the fount from a ca. '34 220B and the upper half of a late-'60s 200A. It resembles a lantern made by Coleman for Sears amd sold under the Ted Williams sub-brand, known as the Red Ted to collectors, so I call it Red Frank, as it's a frankenlantern.
While it may look simple, the valves of the two halves are different thread sizes. The 220B (and the rest of the 220 line) use a tapered 1/2" dia thread that isn't used for anything these days, while the 200 A uses good ol' 1/8" NPT, so it requires making a bushing out of an old 220 valve body to mate the two. That kept me out of the bars and off the streets for twenty minutes or so.
The slow part is getting the tap depth just right for the valve to sit properly in the collar. Lots of test-fitting.
Meanwhile, I'm waging war on the f'in' flies in the shop. It's that time again. We also have a yellowjacket nest inside the insulation of an outbuilding for the pub, so I'm waiting for after closing to go out and try to nuke 'em. Hope I don't get stung too badly.
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Outlawmws
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Good looking Frank Timm!
Flies: didn't you get one of those salt guns?
yellow jackets: wait til after dark then they are easy to bomb out and not get stung. I use ant spray (giant flying stinging ants...) if its exposed visible, and one of those room bombs if inside an enclosed space (under a camp site with openings on both sides of camp. It was probably in an open lava flow tube...), although I did go in my attic one time for several nests of them, and used one of the "under the eaves" shooter cans...
Flies: didn't you get one of those salt guns?
yellow jackets: wait til after dark then they are easy to bomb out and not get stung. I use ant spray (giant flying stinging ants...) if its exposed visible, and one of those room bombs if inside an enclosed space (under a camp site with openings on both sides of camp. It was probably in an open lava flow tube...), although I did go in my attic one time for several nests of them, and used one of the "under the eaves" shooter cans...
Fordguy1964
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I got home from work and climbed up into those hot rafters and ran the air line kit for my compressor. Works great! I also wired the electric wire reel. Next!
vwracer
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Who's kit did you use and how do you like it so far?I got home from work and climbed up into those hot rafters and ran the air line kit for my compressor. Works great! I also wired the electric wire reel. Next!
nadogail
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Replaced the 240 Volt Receptacle that my son uses to charge his Leaf. The plug on his charger cord as bad and I cant open the Control in his cable to trace the wires to the plug on the charging cable, I am not equipped to work on a circuit board with surface mounted micro circuits. He can take the charger to a better equipped shop.
Beerhippie
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Re: Salt guns, Bug-A-Salt: I since realized I'm in a shop full of nice, often old, steel and iron tools. Steel, iron and salt are words that should not be used together. I gave them away. They were also a ton of fun, really fragile and didn't last well.
I'm pretty well braced for the hornet attack tonight. I do wish I had a Tyvek suit or something, but here's hoping.... I do have some very quick knock-down spray that's approved for food service areas--which this is--so might get away with it. Pub closes at 9 PM, so now after dark. I might wait another hour or so.
So much for an early night of it... but I did knock off early to make up for it.
I should be getting hazard pay....
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Fordguy1964
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I used the 3/4" 200' kit from the Jungle website. Kit was really good. No issues and came with everything I needed. I could have used some quick disconnect chucks included but in their defense they couldn't know which ones I had. I only added the quick disconnects, water separator with hoses, and the pressure gauge. So far I like it.
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Outlawmws
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Yes you should!
mrb1
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The upgraded Dorman shock bushings showed up that I've been waiting for^^^^. Not sure if they make for a better ride, but should last a lot longer. First image is the little ones that came with the Detroit Axle shocks. The second is the Dorman OEM replacements (tightened down more after picture).
niget2002
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Last night...
My wife went back to school yesterday, so my son was home alone (I work from home). Needless to say, by the end of the day he was very very bored and needy.
He has a small chess set that he wants to make a table for. So we went out to the shop after dinner and started working on a small table using scraps I had laying around. We have the frame glued up and drying for the chess board to drop down into.
My wife went back to school yesterday, so my son was home alone (I work from home). Needless to say, by the end of the day he was very very bored and needy.
He has a small chess set that he wants to make a table for. So we went out to the shop after dinner and started working on a small table using scraps I had laying around. We have the frame glued up and drying for the chess board to drop down into.
Snapped-off
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Saw this tire plug kit in the Snap on flyer a few weeks ago. Decided to buy it online for half the price.
Today I got to use it to plug one of my tires... worked great.
Got to use it a second time today with a plastic shard. Wild timing. I gassed up all the tires yesterday after plugging the right rear before taking the car to the store and returning home. This morning the left rear was at 20lbs.
Beerhippie
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Looks like someone needs to do some FOD pick-up!Got to use it a second time today with a plastic shard. Wild timing. I gassed up all the tires yesterday after plugging the right rear before taking the car to the store and returning home. This morning the left rear was at 20lbs.
What kind of tires are you running that can be punctured by that piece of PVC?
niget2002
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Made a small modification to the seat I use in the kayak. We'll see if it helps on Saturday.
The seat had a fiberglass brace running across the back of it that keeps it from conforming to the curve on the coaming lip. I don't need that as I lean up against the coaming lip on the back. I just want the padding. So I used an oscillating tool to cut two slots on it and removed it.
The seat had a fiberglass brace running across the back of it that keeps it from conforming to the curve on the coaming lip. I don't need that as I lean up against the coaming lip on the back. I just want the padding. So I used an oscillating tool to cut two slots on it and removed it.
Outlawmws
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PVC pipe and fittings shatter into very, dare I say razor, sharp shards.
Beerhippie
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One of today's projects:
Putting all this:
Back into these:
and replacing all the rubber bits and calibrating the gauges. The odd thing in the foreground is my home-made pressure gauge calibrator. Thermometers get an ice bath for calibration.
Done:
They're Zahm and Nagel Series 1000 devices for measuring the level of carbonation in beverages based on pressure/temperature relationship. They're probably the most used measuring device in the brewery next to thermometers and pressure gauges on the fermenters.
This is an annual clean and rebuild--the gauges get calibrated about weekly.
Putting all this:
Back into these:
and replacing all the rubber bits and calibrating the gauges. The odd thing in the foreground is my home-made pressure gauge calibrator. Thermometers get an ice bath for calibration.
Done:
They're Zahm and Nagel Series 1000 devices for measuring the level of carbonation in beverages based on pressure/temperature relationship. They're probably the most used measuring device in the brewery next to thermometers and pressure gauges on the fermenters.
This is an annual clean and rebuild--the gauges get calibrated about weekly.
Snapped-off
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Continental DSW06 Plus. I picked it up either on the road or the store parking lot. Didn't come from my place.
Beerhippie
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I've had a lot of flats from a lot of different things over the years, but never a sliver of PVC!
I think one of the strangest was a 6" long, 5/8" dia carriage bolt I picked up in a school bus tire many years ago--like bias-ply days.
Since I grew up, started wearing big-boy pants and buying radials of the proper (or excessive) load rating, I've very rarely had flats--and bombing down dirt roads at probably excessive speeds is one of my many bad habits.
Outlawmws
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I think my oddest was not long after I got this house in my 64 Ranchero. saw this screwdriver too late to miss it wit the front, left and it flipped up and skewers the rear. (new Pirrelli P77 tires too) made it the mile and a half to home, changed tires ,and went and got a new one...
What are the odds of a screwdriver landing and catching a tire 110 inches behind, point up?
What are the odds of a screwdriver landing and catching a tire 110 inches behind, point up?
Old Man Roger
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Bad habit? I call it one of the true joys in life.
I’m sure you all know the bic pen, plastic tube, the point and ink tube could be removed so you could use the plastic tube like a blow gun?
I removed one from a almost new radial tire when I worked in a gas station in the mid 70’s.
It would still write!
Hole was too large to patch. Customer was pissed!
I removed one from a almost new radial tire when I worked in a gas station in the mid 70’s.
It would still write!
Hole was too large to patch. Customer was pissed!
Beerhippie
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I was out at 10PM last night spraying the yellowjacket nest in the rafter insulation (sound dampening) of the bandstand with Stryker 54. I then hit the opening with Tempo. Somehow, I didn't get stung. The hornets were all in the nest and bedded down for the night, but stuffing the spray tip of the Stryker can in there and holding it open for a minute really got their attention.
For reference, this:
is the bandstand.
This:
is the opening of the nest.
There's unfaced fiberglass batting behind the burlap for sound deadening. It works quite well, but when yellowjackets decide to nest in it....
This AM, there were still hornets coming and going--not many, but it was 8 AM and still pretty cool out. I realized the Tempo concentrate I was using was over ten years old (expensive, but a little goes a looong ways), so I hopped out and got a new bottle. Mixed up a gallon and sprayed the nest opening again, giving it a good soaking.
I haven't seen a yellowjacket since.
Victory? I'll keep an eye on it.
For reference, this:
is the bandstand.
This:
is the opening of the nest.
There's unfaced fiberglass batting behind the burlap for sound deadening. It works quite well, but when yellowjackets decide to nest in it....
This AM, there were still hornets coming and going--not many, but it was 8 AM and still pretty cool out. I realized the Tempo concentrate I was using was over ten years old (expensive, but a little goes a looong ways), so I hopped out and got a new bottle. Mixed up a gallon and sprayed the nest opening again, giving it a good soaking.
I haven't seen a yellowjacket since.
Victory? I'll keep an eye on it.
Nofries
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Loved those pens, you could write notes on a piece of paper and put the paper inside and still read the notes. Was great in High School.
Outlawmws
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Yesterday/last night and today:
o "Processing" Ivy we cut down to better fit in the barrels - strike is over but they have not caught up. Got my green bin still waiting...
o Working on getting an old 1930ish Coleman Gypsy stove I got at a Flea market for $5 on Saturday. It took several hours just to ID the brand and model as its so odd looking - I didn't think Coleman!
5 of 6 screws got released from the "bond of rust". The last one is fighting me - so Kroil, heat, tapping on a good fitting driver - rinse and repeat...
I also gave the box and tank assembly a good initial cleaning with Murphy's Oil Soap. A lot more paint than I thought has survived, but no cancer, only surface rust.
o "Processing" Ivy we cut down to better fit in the barrels - strike is over but they have not caught up. Got my green bin still waiting...
o Working on getting an old 1930ish Coleman Gypsy stove I got at a Flea market for $5 on Saturday. It took several hours just to ID the brand and model as its so odd looking - I didn't think Coleman!
5 of 6 screws got released from the "bond of rust". The last one is fighting me - so Kroil, heat, tapping on a good fitting driver - rinse and repeat...
I also gave the box and tank assembly a good initial cleaning with Murphy's Oil Soap. A lot more paint than I thought has survived, but no cancer, only surface rust.
Beerhippie
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I'm beginning to realize that @jawstight is a bad influence.
This is his doing--just my execution:
I wanted more room on my DP table. I've been meaning to make a larger plate for it, but JT spurred me on by showing his today. Besides, I was bored.
Now I have more room for my mag base vise:
The only problem is that I put UHMW tape on the base of the mag vise. The new table is too smooth--even 'though I ground it with a 36 grit fiber disk. I'll have to strip the tape off--and that stuff ain't cheap.
This is his doing--just my execution:
I wanted more room on my DP table. I've been meaning to make a larger plate for it, but JT spurred me on by showing his today. Besides, I was bored.
Now I have more room for my mag base vise:
The only problem is that I put UHMW tape on the base of the mag vise. The new table is too smooth--even 'though I ground it with a 36 grit fiber disk. I'll have to strip the tape off--and that stuff ain't cheap.
Outlawmws
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Some of my old friends' moms didn't like me playing with them either
OK, one of these guys!
LeonardY
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Went looking for something and found it in about 5 minutes.
I remember putting them in a plastic cup a year ago. They were exactly were I had left them.
Bent another hook for the shed this time it worked.
Much easier to make too.
I remember putting them in a plastic cup a year ago. They were exactly were I had left them.
Bent another hook for the shed this time it worked.
Much easier to make too.
Outlawmws
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OK I went back to the garage and the vise, where the stuck screw is being worked and I'd decided that since I had the burner plate the screw held down able to move a bit. the screw couldn't be far behind. so I got my small hammer impact, checked that the bit was a good fit and immediately got some action; I wasn't even smacking it hard. About two turns worth it suddenly was lose, but not rising.... Not good.
I picked up the burner plate and sure enough, the head had twisted off:
So now its drill and extract; or more likely drill and re-tap/peel the threads out. I do need to find a new similar screw and it looks like its 12-24 -I need to positively confirm that. I have taps, for that size, I need to see about screws...
Dang it, this is probably another day lost, although I can send this to the de-rusto bath as is... Maybe that's a tonight thing.
After dinner I got the other plate screw and went looking for a replacement. I'd "inherited" hundreds of flat head screws in the sort, organize and fling effort last week, enough to fill a Plano box row for the whole row, no dividers, (over 12" long...) and almost immediately found one a near exact match! al little longer, I can cut a screw... I dug harder and while most of them were fine thread Phillips head, I found several options! One may be the right length, but I also have this option; I can replace with SS. I'm on the fence on that one with a 95 YO stove, It is the smart move however.
I still need to verify the thread size - its 24 TPO for sure, but 10? or 12? and of course get the stuck part out... that's a tomorrow thing - tonight its going into De-Rsuto and the USC.
BlakeTheCarGuy
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Washed, waxed and detailed mom’s car. I’m off the whole week for vacation so had plenty of time to do this and took my time on it.
After that I uncovered the Beetle and let it air out. I’m disappointed in myself for not getting it running and letting it sink in the ground but I’m just so tired by the time I get home and unmotivated to wrench this week so it’s not getting done anytime soon.
After that I uncovered the Beetle and let it air out. I’m disappointed in myself for not getting it running and letting it sink in the ground but I’m just so tired by the time I get home and unmotivated to wrench this week so it’s not getting done anytime soon.
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Old Man Roger
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Blake if that thing has a solid floor, don’t let it rot sitting in grass.
Outlawmws
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Get it jacked up and get some spreaders under the tires.
Beerhippie
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De-rust first! Always!OK I went back to the garage and the vise, where the stuck screw is being worked and I'd decided that since I had the burner plate the screw held down able to move a bit. the screw couldn't be far behind. so I got my small hammer impact, checked that the bit was a good fit and immediately got some action; I wasn't even smacking it hard. About two turns worth it suddenly was lose, but not rising.... Not good.
I picked up the burner plate and sure enough, the head had twisted off:
So now its drill and extract; or more likely drill and re-tap/peel the threads out. I do need to find a new similar screw and it looks like its 12-24 -I need to positively confirm that. I have taps, for that size, I need to see about screws...
Dang it, this is probably another day lost, although I can send this to the de-rusto bath as is... Maybe that's a tonight thing.
After dinner I got the other plate screw and went looking for a replacement. I'd "inherited" hundreds of flat head screws in the sort, organize and fling effort last week, enough to fill a Plano box row for the whole row, no dividers, (over 12" long...) and almost immediately found one a near exact match! al little longer, I can cut a screw... I dug harder and while most of them were fine thread Phillips head, I found several options! One may be the right length, but I also have this option; I can replace with SS. I'm on the fence on that one with a 95 YO stove, It is the smart move however.
I still need to verify the thread size - its 24 TPO for sure, but 10? or 12? and of course get the stuck part out... that's a tomorrow thing - tonight its going into De-Rsuto and the USC.
Probably #10-24, but Canadian... maybe not.
Anyways, an excuse to use more tools!
BlakeTheCarGuy
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It’s got some decent holes in the front floor pans. I want to get it under my carport once I get it cleared out. Right now it’s sitting on gravel so not a ton of grass underneath of it luckily.