What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[niget2002]

Got the new Roku TV installed and the busted TV over in the trash pile. City has a city-wide trash day next month, so I've started making a pile of things to haul off.

 

[KwikFab]

Everyone working with hot stuff needs to buy an Aloe Vera plant. Cut part of a leaf, get the clear gel from inside, (not the yellow ****; that is latex..) and put it on burns. its magical! pain stops right now and stays stopped (cool water also works but only while its immersed)

Those in snow country need to keep it in a pot so you can bring it inside for the winter, or the thing freezes, and dies...

I've treated 3rd degree burns on me, my barista daughter (hot coffee...) and family. works great on sunburn as well.

My out of control aloe patch:




Some in pots almost as out of control:



Sorry for the out of focus, camera is ****: but this is with latex leaking out:



Latex leaking out -this stops after maybe 5 min or so and doesn't recur from later cuts.:



I cut this fast for pics; you can see some latex on the paper towel. I trim the spikes off, then slice the leaf in half exposing the pulp inside where the Aloe gel is:




and this ia what you want: you can "milk" more aloe gel out by slicing across the pulp, and I use the leaf section as an "applicator"

Its immediately soothing to burns, any kind of burn, - good for dry or healthy skin, and reduces "age spots" as well. Its' also antiseptic.

Awesome post!

Yeah I live in CA and many of us have to cut and toss a bunch of aloe vera since it grows like crazy!

Don't have any at this house but I do at my other one; surprised my wife hasn't asked to plant any. The burn dressing I used made it all the better though, but helpful for everyone else to read for sure.

We used to use it a lot for sunburns and the sort.

It's scarring today, but hasn't hurt at all anymore since yesterday evening. That gel they use in the burn dressing is crazy good.

 

[Outlawmws]

Don't have any at this house but I do at my other one; surprised my wife hasn't asked to plant any.

It is very easy to pop a "Baby" off the lower stem and root/plant in a pot. I think you can propagate from a leaf section...

Potted it's very easy to control

 

[KwikFab]

It is very easy to pop a "Baby" off the lower stem and root/plant in a pot. I think you can propagate from a leaf section...

Potted it's very easy to control

You don't have to tell me twice

I pulled like two small leaf sections from my wife's grandmother's garden after her grandmother passed away.

Planted them in our backyard over 2 years ago, and never watered them even up to this day.

I'm constantly cutting and throwing much of it away since it grows like crazy.

I received a ton of flak on a group or two for not "giving any away or even selling them" to people that want them. I was like I tried giving it away and no one took me up on it!

Hard to see but it's the stuff there on the left. I need to pull the weeds and toss out even more succulent stems and leaves.

 

[Beerhippie]

It’s a hinge that’s cut at an angle so it returns to its close position. It does rise as it moves in any direction so gravity pulls it back down so yes, it’s a self rising hinge. It also has a greasable pivot shaft/bolt. You know what they say about a grinder and paint. It’ll hold and be licked clean soon enough

The one suggestion I'd make for your gates--especially given the welds--is to add drain holes to every sealed pipe--because they probably aren't sealed. 1/8" hole on the lowest point of each pipe will do.

I've had to cut into "sealed" structural pipe that was professionally factory welded and found it full of rust water more than once.

 

[KwikFab]

The one suggestion I'd make for your gates--especially given the welds--is to add drain holes to every sealed pipe--because they probably aren't sealed. 1/8" hole on the lowest point of each pipe will do.

I've had to cut into "sealed" structural pipe that was professionally factory welded and found it full of rust water more than once.

Lots of people ignore the beauty of drainage holes

I even added some to the legs I welded onto that grill

Ya never know! Water can make its way into the tightest spaces

 

[jblnut]

The one suggestion I'd make for your gates--especially given the welds--is to add drain holes to every sealed pipe--because they probably aren't sealed. 1/8" hole on the lowest point of each pipe will do.

I've had to cut into "sealed" structural pipe that was professionally factory welded and found it full of rust water more than once.

All pipes except the 8 on the feed through gate are set into the pipe they’re welded to so they’re open at both ends. I’ve got 1/8” holes drilled into the other 8 already. I hate trapped water.

 

[larry4406]

As @kaymccampbell would say, cleaned, flung, and threw out stuff. Best description out there.

Most of the **** on the vert is now off. More stuff in the truck to haul to dump and recycle.

Thinking maybe tomorrow vert gets pushed out and then the last of the 200SF Racedeck floor goes down. The tool boxes will be a bit of a pain.

Ugh.

Vert will not become a shelf again. Nope not happening.

 

[Mr.zippy]

Vert will not become a shelf again. Nope not happening.

I wish ya luck with that Larry, I really do!

 

[Old Man Roger]

As @kaymccampbell would say, cleaned, flung, and threw out stuff. Best description out there.

Most of the **** on the vert is now off. More stuff in the truck to haul to dump and recycle.

Thinking maybe tomorrow vert gets pushed out and then the last of the 200SF Racedeck floor goes down. The tool boxes will be a bit of a pain.

Ugh.

Vert will not become a shelf again. Nope not happening.

That’s a pretty valuable shelf. Think of it this way, every ding you put in it adds to the time and cost of finally painting it.

 

[larry4406]

That’s a pretty valuable shelf. Think of it this way, every ding you put in it adds to the time and cost of finally painting it.

Agreed.

At times, wish I never disassembled it or started the long stalled restoration/ clone conversion.

2nd owner and I bought it 1983 from MD owner.

May/June 1985 I yanked the motor and auto trans to install in my ‘72 hardtop that the 440 oil pump drive had sheared off after ingesting a failed lifter hairpin during some “spirited” driving of the 4 speed. I needed a car to drive to work post college so we make the decisions we do while chasing the dollar.

And it’s been off the road ever since.

Originally a 383-2bbl auto plain Jane console shift with AC, power steering, power top, flat hood, and single exhaust. Was sold new in Washington DC; I have some of the sales paper work, fender tag, most of the build sheet (mice), ….

Clone plans are (thank god I have near all parts squirreled away years ago):
- 440 Sixpack 4sp. I have this from a wrecked 1970 original challenger 440-6 that I put in my ‘72 hardtop 1979/80 when I yanked its 340 auto. It was balanced and blue printed ~1987 but never fired; so will need refresh. Thinking maybe EFI…
- OEM shaker setup
- Power windows
- Dana 60 3.54. This was actually an NOS unit still strapped to a Mopar pallet I bought ~1986.
- Front discs. These are from a ‘73. Car originally had 11” drums all around.
- Hurst pistol grip
- Rally dash
- list goes on….

One day….

Wife looks at it and the parts hoard as a cash cow…… Sometimes I think the same. I’m 62…

 

[Old Man Roger]

Agreed.

At times, wish I never disassembled it or started the long stalled restoration/ clone conversion.

2nd owner and I bought it 1983 from MD owner.

May/June 1985 I yanked the motor and auto trans to install in my ‘72 hardtop that the 440 oil pump drive had sheared off after ingesting a failed lifter hairpin during some “spirited” driving of the 4 speed. I needed a car to drive to work post college so we make the decisions we do while chasing the dollar.

And it’s been off the road ever since.

Originally a 383-2bbl auto plain Jane console shift with AC, power steering, power top, flat hood, and single exhaust. Was sold new in Washington DC; I have some of the sales paper work, fender tag, most of the build sheet (mice), ….

Clone plans are (thank god I have near all parts squirreled away years ago):
- 440 Sixpack 4sp. I have this from a wrecked 1970 original challenger 440-6 that I put in my ‘72 hardtop 1979/80 when I yanked its 340 auto. It was balanced and blue printed ~1987 but never fired; so will need refresh. Thinking maybe EFI…
- OEM shaker setup
- Power windows
- Dana 60 3.54. This was actually an NOS unit still strapped to a Mopar pallet I bought ~1986.
- Front discs. These are from a ‘73. Car originally had 11” drums all around.
- Hurst pistol grip
- Rally dash
- list goes on….

One day….

Wife looks at it and the parts hoard as a cash cow…… Sometimes I think the same. I’m 62…

Sounds like it will be an awesome car, you know, if it gets finished.lol

 

[rd65]

As @kaymccampbell would say, cleaned, flung, and threw out stuff. Best description out there.

Most of the **** on the vert is now off. More stuff in the truck to haul to dump and recycle.

Thinking maybe tomorrow vert gets pushed out and then the last of the 200SF Racedeck floor goes down. The tool boxes will be a bit of a pain.

Ugh.

Vert will not become a shelf again. Nope not happening.

Who hasn't been down that road a time or several? My current shelf.... Going on 4 or maybe 5 years come January.

 

[larry4406]

Cars are Not Shelves!

Shelf life's matter!

Just say no!

 

[rd65]

Cars are Not Shelves!

Shelf life's matter!

Just say no!

I've got a shelf, it's in the pic. And a set of lockers that are a type of shelf. And a work bench that seems to be a shelf. Oh, and a bike lift that seems to.....

 

[Beerhippie]

Back to work on installing the new rinser on our canning line after a morning of canning IPA.

I got to use my shop-made tool:



It's for pulling the pin to break conveyor belt:





That done, it's filthy inside the conveyor housing:



I've never understood why the manufacturers of these food-industry conveyors don't supply a Clean-In-Place system built in. A tube running the length of the conveyor with spray nozzles would go a long ways to keeping it clean in there. As it is, you have to pull the entire belt--30' in this is case--to access it for cleaning. I guess it's under the product, but still....

All power-washed and cleaned:



You can see those cross-pins in there. Those are drilled and tapped at the ends, which is where everything attached to the outside attaches and why I had to take the belt out to get the old rinser off. I'm going to try and get in there with the TIG gun and tack the ones I need to work with. Should be a PITA.

The power washer did a great job of cleaning the spoodge out of the conveyor housing and redepositing it all over me. Looking forward to a bath.

I'll get the new rinser installed tomorrow and be ready for canning next week.

Beer thirty!

 

[KwikFab]

Speaking of shelves, made myself a quick table extension

Granted my table is 6' wide, and I've got pipe jacks, who wouldn't want a 12" extension

Right off the table, it fits perfect



A few tacks, and some beads underneath and she's done





Getting it square all around wasn't priority, but getting the two faces to be perfectly perpendicular is



Hole to hole distance remained true, and it's flat/level with the table top



I've got some ball lock pins on the way that'll secure the extension to the side of the table

 

[oldman_pottering]

but they’ve got some weight to them so that may cause an issue supporting them ……

Is it possible to put a sprung wheel at the end of them for support ?

 

[WildBill]

I just started ripping my 67 cougar apart to paint last weekend and am worried, this is where while-I'm-in-there-itis happens and the project never gets done. Everybody's pics aren't helping that fear. I already have a 70 mustang, 73 Porsche 914, couple of 67 Honda S90s, and a 78 bug convertible project in the "shelf" state. At least the cougar is in pretty good shape with almost no rust anywhere, so I won't fall down the replacing metal forever hole. I am going to do the front suspension while I have the fenders off, but will attempt to leave it at that besides mandatory paint related things. I have been trying my best to keep it drivable in between steps but this is a big one. We need some sort of support group to get these things done.

Saturday, went for one last drive - https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/phone-pic-of-the-day.480711/page-227#post-11309257


Monday-plus the headliner, glass, and a bunch of the inside after this pic, the rest will come out next weekend

 

[kaymccampbell]

Except how not to get caught.

No one gives up all their secrets.

 

[Outlawmws]

No one gives up all their secrets.

Dun
...............Dun
.................................Duhhhh

 

[kaymccampbell]

Cleaned, flung, put away. Loaded up a friend's old PC with Ubuntu. Set up their Wi-Fi and email.

 

[jblnut]

Is it possible to put a sprung wheel at the end of them for support ?

Sure could be. I was thinking a super simple chunk of wood lol. They won’t be moved often and when they do it may be over a foot of bedding so there will need to be clearance Clarance under them.

The littles and I got some crib paneling wired to one of the gates. Just gotta weld the hinges on the big gates and it’ll be ready to hang. Goodness this turned into a project !!

 

[Beerhippie]

Sure could be. I was thinking a super simple chunk of wood lol. They won’t be moved often and when they do it may be over a foot of bedding so there will need to be clearance Clarance under them.

The littles and I got some crib paneling wired to one of the gates. Just gotta weld the hinges on the big gates and it’ll be ready to hang. Goodness this turned into a project !!

Powder River better look out!

 

[oldman_pottering]

Loaded up a friend's old PC with Ubuntu

I miss my old Ubuntu days

 

[rd65]

@larry4406
Took a pic of the Lite stuff in the shop. Little 12dcv fridge and cup the oldest made up for me. Currently has iced tea but usually has other icy beverages in it.
Also glued up the top for sink cabinet.

 

[rd65]

Gathered up a selection of 10mm wrenches for a guy at work to try for a project he has at home. He has a Vanogan with a Subaru engine and he needs to pull the oil pan. Sounds like it is kind of tight in there. Maybe something will help him out. My 3/8 offset is too tight to fit the 10mm bolts i have on hand.

 

[rd65]

Duplicate post

 

[KwikFab]

Welded up another order, and wiped off the table; finally clean as it's been a busy week



Also my Amazon amp arrived

Naturally have to test to make sure it works before I install it in the backyard



Been super hot these last months so it probably won't happen for a good minute

 

[jblnut]

Welp it’s 99% finished. Well, one set is anyway lol. I gotta build another just like this so we can have two pens.


Small gate opened up against the other gate to make a working chute. Pretty stoked about that.


More of an “in the garden today” pic but we worked 55 head through the big chute today. Jeez this picture makes the place look like a weedy run down shambletown lol.

 

[KwikFab]

I miss my old Ubuntu days

Everyone should have a PC with Ubuntu or Fedora (I run Ubuntu on a mini PC in the garage)

 

[jblnut]

Everyone should have a PC with Ubuntu or Fedora (I run Ubuntu on a mini PC in the garage)

I’m running Plex on a Debian server. Keeps a guys IT itch scratched having fun like that.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Back to work on installing the new rinser on our canning line after a morning of canning IPA.

I got to use my shop-made tool:



It's for pulling the pin to break conveyor belt:





That done, it's filthy inside the conveyor housing:



I've never understood why the manufacturers of these food-industry conveyors don't supply a Clean-In-Place system built in. A tube running the length of the conveyor with spray nozzles would go a long ways to keeping it clean in there. As it is, you have to pull the entire belt--30' in this is case--to access it for cleaning. I guess it's under the product, but still....

All power-washed and cleaned:



You can see those cross-pins in there. Those are drilled and tapped at the ends, which is where everything attached to the outside attaches and why I had to take the belt out to get the old rinser off. I'm going to try and get in there with the TIG gun and tack the ones I need to work with. Should be a PITA.

The power washer did a great job of cleaning the spoodge out of the conveyor housing and redepositing it all over me. Looking forward to a bath.

I'll get the new rinser installed tomorrow and be ready for canning next week.

Beer thirty!

Admittedly I know nothing about industrial kitchens, but that makes me want to puke. I would never knowingly eat anything from that kitchen.

 

[Beerhippie]

Admittedly I know nothing about industrial kitchens, but that makes me want to puke. I would never knowingly eat anything from that kitchen.

It's a canning line, not a kitchen. The cans and product sit on top of the belt, not under it. But I am pushing for a more regular cleaning schedule for it. We used to have a gal who'd take the belt off and clean it monthly and I think we need to get back on that.

That said, the less you know about commercial kitchen the better unless you plan to raise, butcher/harvest and prepare all your own food.

We get inspected by the health authorities on a regular (an unannounced) basis, but Oregon has a pass/fail system of ratings. A pass means "Most likely won't cause illness or death".

 

[Old Man Roger]

That said, the less you know about commercial kitchen the better unless you plan to raise, butcher/harvest and prepare all your own food.

True.lol The fact that cans sit on that belt, and not food make me feel a lot better, but still looks like the cleaning routine needs to be stepped up a bit.

 

[jimkinney]

That said, the less you know about commercial kitchen the better unless you plan to raise, butcher/harvest and prepare all your own food.

I used to work commercial refrigeration, mostly ice makers in bars and restaurants. It's the reason I don't like to eat out much, although fast food restaurants are mostly cleaner than sit down places.
Most bars are disgusting and I won't go in one now unless forced.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I used to work commercial refrigeration, mostly ice makers in bars and restaurants. It's the reason I don't like to eat out much, although fast food restaurants are mostly cleaner than sit down places.
Most bars are disgusting and I won't go in one now unless forced.

The ice machine in fast food is probably the biggest reason of diarrhea ever.lol

 

[KwikFab]

First time going into the weekend without any customer orders; thought I'd cut some stuff for myself



All 3/16"



Now this is not my design at all

A repeat customer of mine throws ideas at me (or even a web page of something he likes) and I'll re-create it

Parts are super easy, so I told him not to buy the file and I'll draw it myself which I did - it's a small table top jack for holding up an axle or similar



Cut two sets out as well as another table extension for myself



The table jacks I drew and cut out more out of curiousity, I still need to draw and cut the remaining parts for the screw but it could serve as a useful tool

 

[Wrench97]

True.lol The fact that cans sit on that belt, and not food make me feel a lot better, but still looks like the cleaning routine needs to be stepped up a bit.

Wait til you see some of the warehouses the case of goods gets stored in......

 

[Beerhippie]

True.lol The fact that cans sit on that belt, and not food make me feel a lot better, but still looks like the cleaning routine needs to be stepped up a bit.

Keep in mind that this area of the conveyor--the only really dirty part--is after the lids get sealed. The worst part was directly under the rinser that removes any beer from the outside of the cans (to keep O2 out, the cans get lidded "over foam"). Next step is a blower to dry the can off, then on to the pressure-sensitive labeler.