What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Beerhippie]

Got the last of the Rinnai guts replaced with the new goodies. Just waiting now to see if I found the reason the new burners won't heat beyond 180F--when the thermostat goes to 185.

Still fought the refrigeration problems all day on and off. Why are refrig techs such flakes? At least the ones out here... show up, poke at a couple of things, leave without saying a word or sticking around long enough to be sure the device if working....

One guy took off after I told him I was making a quick run to the hardware store... because he needed to get some R22--and he's worked here before and should know I have a stash of all the refrigerants we need, including 40 lb of 22.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Ya, constantly bugging people.

sounds like me at work

 

[Nofries]

This one has been holding strong since May 30 this year, and it’s been my daily.


Yeah, and the lead singer is so annoying and whiny.

Not a daily driver but patch held on 2 rock crawling trips at 8psi. And 3 miles each way at 60mph

 

[SMOKEYBEAR]

Wrapped up the EGR work, did a second drain and fill for the coolant and cleaned the engine with the foaming Gunk. Last maintenance item on the dually is the serpentine belt..next weekend?

 

[nadogail]

Just finished sanding and painting the top of my Hydraulic Lift Cart that also serves as an assembly table.

I got tired of looking at the globs of glue and off color paint stains.

 

[rd65]

Gave the pool step for my Mrs a quick sanding and threw some stain on it. Now enjoying a beer and listening to the wind and some FM.
I know, pics or it didn't happen.....

 

[LeonardY]

Removed the heating bed from the printer in anticipation of receiving the new one.

Replaced the battery in the UPS. Funny...It was delivered by FEDEX.

 

[niget2002]

Messed with the larger 3d printer. Ordered more gt2 belt.

 

[FLHCHAZ]

Polished the left quarter of the Riviera project car

 

[GrayFlattop]

Not a damn thing. Just got home from the hospital after a 4 day stay. The surgeon has given me a 10# lifting limit for 8 weeks. Once the drugs wear off, I’ll try to think of some modest projects. In the interim, I’ll be living through y’all.

Carry on.

 

[nadogail]

Attacked the mobile bench the compound Miter Saw is mounted on. Cleaned it off, sanded the blobs of glue and repainted it.

Worked out with my Fitness Trainer, then stopped for lunch. Ran out to Gray paint, but have both Black and White, I am sure I can make some nice shade of Gray.

 

[Prospecter]

Not a damn thing. Just got home from the hospital after a 4 day stay. The surgeon has given me a 10# lifting limit for 8 weeks. Once the drugs wear off, I’ll try to think of some modest projects. In the interim, I’ll be living through y’all.

Carry on.

Hope recovery goes well. Be good. Drugs and tools are not a good mix!

 

[Prospecter]

Attacked the mobile bench the compound Miter Saw is mounted on. Cleaned it off, sanded the blobs of glue and repainted it.

Worked out with my Fitness Trainer, then stopped for lunch. Ran out to Gray paint, but have both Black and White, I am sure I can make some nice shade of Gray.

Too bad we are in opposite corners of the country. I have 3 gallons of gray paint I need to get rid of!

 

[Mr.zippy]

Hope recovery goes well. Be good. Drugs and tools are not a good mix!

Drugs and credit cards too!

 

[Wrench97]

Drugs and credit cards too!

Tool dealers and credit cards can be an issue too......

 

[Motorman55]

FeEx delivered the wife's new potting bench today. Since the garage workshop is filled up, I had to assemble it inside the house. We ordered it from HD. The brand name is Jearey. The bench is made up of solid HDPE boards. Everything is pre-driled and assembles with stainless screws.

The right 1/3 section of the top slides to the right to access a drop in plastic tub for holding potting soil. It will go outside on the siide of the house next to her black outdoor potting sink.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Hope recovery goes well. Be good. Drugs and tools are not a good mix!

Indeed. I’ll be boring myself with tv and the internet. Just placed an order on Amazon. No driving for a couple of weeks either, so I’m relegated to walking or being driven by my bride.

 

[Beerhippie]

Ran the line trimmer and mowed lawns while it was still reasonably cool.

Ordered **** for the brewery and pub--I find spending someone else's money strangely relaxing.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Project completed enough to have dinner for two in the eat in area of the kitchen tonight!

Shrimp and crab leg boil!

Tomorrow I am hanging out in my shop.

 

[Beerhippie]

I took a "constitutional" walk of a couple of miles today in the 85 degree sun, did some shopping and realized that my old True North Double-Diamond lumbar pack was so saturated with thirty-odd years of sweat, dust and grime that it wasn't even comfortable anymore--and the zippers were just about clogged.

I used one of the brewery wash-down hoses and 180 degree water to try to rinse some of the Great Outdoors out of it:



Hanging upside-down to drain while it dries. I see I might want to break out the housewife and do some repairs while I'm at it.

Best load-carrying lumbar pack I've ever used. Designed and made by some old coworkers from my early USFS days. The prototypes were made from cut-up tree planters' bags. I had one, but I traded it in for this one.

 

[LeonardY]

Open the garage door to cool the place off this morning. I started lighting a mosquito punk at the front. I think it’s working. Only seen one in the last few days.

Cleaned and put the CNC mill through its paces. Everything seems good. I’ve got a few parts that need to be machined.

 

[Beerhippie]

Open the garage door to cool the place off this morning. I started lighting a mosquito punk at the front. I think it’s working. Only seen one in the last few days.

Cleaned and put the CNC mill through its paces. Everything seems good. I’ve got a few parts that need to be machined.

It's working! I've hardly seen a mosquito this season! Thanks!

We barely have mosquitos--and I'm a couple of thousand miles away.

 

[rharman]

Open the garage door to cool the place off this morning. I started lighting a mosquito punk at the front. I think it’s working. Only seen one in the last few days.

Cleaned and put the CNC mill through its paces. Everything seems good. I’ve got a few parts that need to be machined.

I've been using a couple of these "Off" candles in the garage the last couple of years. Seem to work well but they add a surprising amount of heat.

I'd like to try the Zevo plugin traps but don't have any receptacles in what I would consider a good location. They're either down low and surrounded by "stuff" or on the workbench and I really don't want to attract the skeeters over there. Skeeter just love me for some reason.

 

[DGersic]

Two coats of clear poly on the doors.

 

[oldman_pottering]

I started lighting a mosquito punk

had to look this up, same as what we would call mozzie coils ? A coil of some stuff that you light and it smolders away ?

 

[Beerhippie]

had to look this up, same as what we would call mozzie coils ? A coil of some stuff that you light and it smolders away ?

Yep. Great stuff--we used 'em on the boat.

 

[LeonardY]

had to look this up, same as what we would call mozzie coils ? A coil of some stuff that you light and it smolders away ?

It;s what we called them in Hawaii. They were also known as mosquito coils.

 

[LeonardY]

I've been using a couple of these "Off" candles in the garage the last couple of years. Seem to work well but they add a surprising amount of heat.

I'd like to try the Zevo plugin traps but don't have any receptacles in what I would consider a good location. They're either down low and surrounded by "stuff" or on the workbench and I really don't want to attract the skeeters over there. Skeeter just love me for some reason.

This is what we used in Hawaii.

Amazon.com : W4W Mosquito Repellent Coils - Outdoor Use Reaches Up to 10 feet - Each Burns for 5-7 Hours (Three Pack Contains 12 coils & 6 Stands) : Patio, Lawn & Garden

Amazon.com : W4W Mosquito Repellent Coils - Outdoor Use Reaches Up to 10 feet - Each Burns for 5-7 Hours (Three Pack Contains 12 coils & 6 Stands) : Patio, Lawn & Garden

www.amazon.com

I have an allergy to the mosquitos,
My great aunt would light them on the lanai so i wouldn't get bitten,

 

[Beerhippie]

had to look this up, same as what we would call mozzie coils ? A coil of some stuff that you light and it smolders away ?

The thing that matters is how they're deployed. Most come with a stupid, flimsy sheet-metal stand that can allow the burning end to fall off and possibly ignite something nearby, The good holder for them is a fiberglass and metal enclosure that lets them burn nicely, but doesn't let pieces fall out.

If that makes any sense.

 

[oldman_pottering]

They were also known as mosquito coils.

ahh yep, thats what we call them, although Mosquito gets shortened to Mozzie

The thing that matters is how they're deployed. Most come with a stupid, flimsy sheet-metal stand that can allow the burning end to fall off and possibly ignite something nearby, The good holder for them is a fiberglass and metal enclosure that lets them burn nicely, but doesn't let pieces fall out.

I have only ever seen / used the silly little metal holders

 

[nadogail]

I moved the 12" Disc Sander so i could paint the table it was sitting on.

 

[Mike65]

Not really useful ones, I meant to take some during but got carried away. I will try to get some when I do the larger holes on Saturday. Its super simple and quick, you want a big old gun shaped soldering iron though, need lots of heat to get it done fast. Or a propane torch, but that's harder to control and could warp stuff. I was stressing about it but after a couple I had it down and hauled **** with hardly any grinding needed afterwards. You can always practice an some scrap metal. Home Depot sells a 1ft square chunk of weldable 22awg sheet metal that works great for practice and making little patches out of, I think it was $13. If you practice have the metal leaning on something almost straight up, it takes a little to learn to work the solder from the top of the hole down and control the heat on the vertical ones so the solder doesn't just melt downward out of the hole. I used lead free plumbing solder, also from Home Depot. I figure if it can stand up to 50 years of copper pipe heat cycling it will work on my car.

I also have a 70 Mustang coupe that had a vinyl top and it will get the same treatment soon, the 69s are cooler looking though. This is a decent video I found about it, there are lots of videos but this guy isn't trying to hype you up or sell ****.

And this one on bigger holes.

Thank you so much for the videos.

 

[Ben Buck]

Just outside the barn, I muscled my mower deck onto the rear of my ol S10.
Bought 2 new spindles for it. But before installing them, took them apart and removed one side of the sealed bearing, greased it and installed them with the open side inside the housing.

I also put a hefty amount of grease inside the housing. Gonna add grease to the zerks, just because!

I watched Donyboy on the TOOBS and this is what he does.
I got this JD X300 free, needs work and parts replaced . It was neglected and abused.

 

[Ben Buck]

Dang multiple photos, oh well

 

[DirtyDodge]

New tires for the Honda CRV

 

[rd65]

Opened the doors to let the stain stink out, grabbed some gardening gloves and made sweat.

 

[Beerhippie]

ahh yep, thats what we call them, although Mosquito gets shortened to Mozzie

I have only ever seen / used the silly little metal holders

Here's what i tried to describe:



Much better. You can even hang them in these holders.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Finally dug in to the front wheel on my F2POS. I soaked the wheel nuts for 2 days, came right off.

If I had a brain in my head, I would have soaked the caliper bolts at the same time. But no. I didn't do that. I didn't think of that.

Naturally, they won't budge, and there isn't enough room for my breaker bar, and I don't want to break anything anyway. So I'm soaking them now, will for a couple days, hopefully I can crack 'em and get this thing fixed so I can get back to hauling wood. Pretty sure the caliper is euchred, but when I get it off I'll see what I can do with it.

The back wheel is dragging, but I'm sure it's the emerg shoes. It's soaking.

 

[Fixr]

I love that little jewelers vice in the top photo

That's what I was gonna call it.

 

[Fixr]

They fail because they are cheap switches and even though they state the motor HP, they are in fact, overloaded.

This. I got a free Ingersoll Rand SS3 compressor because that kind of junk switch welded its contacts and ran the pump continuously until the head gasket blew out and the owner noticed the noise.l