What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[DGersic]

Finally reassembled the repaired bunk bed ladder.



Yes, the rung spacing is weird. No, I don’t know why.

 

[KwikFab]

A few tweaks to the Remington 700 - lightened the Timney trigger from 3# to just over 1.5#.

Re-set the headspace using go/no-go gauges.

That thing is begging for a quality scope

 

[rd65]

In my experience, a non starting Briggs is almost invariably the flywheel key sheared and its simply out of timing.

I will say my dislike for the Briggs we still have around at is tempered by the fact that the 21hp unit on our mower still ran fine despite this spark plug. I was just having a look at it because engine had the typical Briggs head gasket leak at that time.

 

[rd65]

Finally reassembled the repaired bunk bed ladder.



Yes, the rung spacing is weird. No, I don’t know why.

To keep the little ones from being there?

 

[kaymccampbell]

Walked through.

 

[M.Brane]

Made some more progress on work bike. Muffler, rear cowl, bags, and grab handles all cleaned, and reinstalled.

 

[bulletpruf]

That thing is begging for a quality scope

It's a Vortex 6-24x50 with a 30mm tube. It'll do for now.

 

[2001ZR2]

More adjacent to the garage but the tools were inside.

Grabbed my 15mm socket, extension and ratchet. Broke open the new oil filter sockets and grabbed two containers of oil.

Had to go to O'Reilly for an oil filter as I didn't replace the last one from the previous oil change.

Tried to get finished before it rained...no such luck. Truck was on the driveway so finished buttoning up and set oil in driver side footwell..

Walked dogs and when I got the rain slowed to drizzle. Finished by adding oil and checked for leaks. Job done so took oil to be recycled.

Now to get oil and filter for 2.8 diesel in the next 3 months of 5k miles.

 

[nadogail]

cut and clamped three pieces of steel that will be welded to make an end of the stand for my Disc Sander.

One of the two ends is already made with the casters attached, the other end and casters will be tomorrow. I might get some of the middle done too

 

[Old Man Roger]

The Silverado died again, so I stuck a new distributor in it.

It was cheaper to replace the whole distributor than to replace the cap rotor and magnetic pick up. I don’t know why this thing eats up cap rotor and pickups, but maybe there was something with the distributor causing it.

Hopefully it will stay running longer than 6 months with the new distributor. It’s got a lifetime warranty, so if it dies again, I’ll stick another one in it.

 

[Ben Buck]

Just outside the barn .

It has FINALLY RAINED ! Here in the Miami Valley ( Dayton Ohio Area)

I Warshed ( no R ) the hood of my old S10.

I thought why not! Let the rain Warsh the suds off!

My truck looks happy to me !!

Just something to do !!

I have had this car warsh soap for ever- REAL CAR NUBER WAX !!

Listening to Oldies also .

Felt great on both my hairs ( on my head )getting rained on , after 1000 degrees.

 

[nadogail]

Burnt two sticks of 7014, the first welding since my Pacemaker was implanted, no apparent ill effects. Managed to scratch myself pretty deep, a wet paper towel has cleaned me up and the wound has begun to scab over.

 

[larry4406]

Burnt two sticks of 7014, the first welding since my Pacemaker was implanted, no apparent ill effects. Managed to scratch myself pretty deep, a wet paper towel has cleaned me up and the wound has begun to scab over.

Be careful my friend.

Don’t burn the house down as my dad would say.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Burnt two sticks of 7014, the first welding since my Pacemaker was implanted, no apparent ill effects. Managed to scratch myself pretty deep, a wet paper towel has cleaned me up and the wound has begun to scab over.

Why? Was welding what ever it was worth dying?

 

[kaymccampbell]

Why? Was welding what ever it was worth dying?

Absolutely. They do make welder proof pacemakers ya know. And our boy has one.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Unhitched the outboard from the Dingo. Installed the hitch plate to move the the trailer.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Absolutely. They do make welder proof pacemakers ya know. And our boy has one.

Ahh, that’s good to know. He didn’t give that particular info in his post.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Ahh, that’s good to know. He didn’t give that particular info in his post.

He did somewhere. Maybe in Pull Up A Chair.

 

[930dreamer]

Top coat on the screen door. It's the same color as a forest service vehicle! Not really the look I was going for.

 

[KwikFab]

Cut and welded some stuff up; can't post about it until it's finished and mailed out

For the meanwhile, winding down

 

[DGersic]

Replaced the inside dust seal.



I had replaced it earlier this year, along with the bearings and races, as part of the suspension rebuild, but it didn’t go in straight and trying to fix that buggered it up so it didn’t sit right. Ordered another one, it’s been sitting on my bench waiting.

This one also didn’t want to go in straight, but I was able to correact that with a few hammer taps.

Reassembled, but left the wheels off for cleaning.

 

[rharman]

This morning, emptied out my wife's car to take to the dealer this morning. Dropped a cylinder last week.

This afternoon, loaded the stuff back in the car after getting it fixed. $$$

Bent a hinge pin for our master closet door. Earthquakes and settling over the years and now it kind of wants to slowly close on its own. A little tension from the bent pin helps tremendously.

 

[nateo]

In another baby step to getting stuff out of my own way, last night I hung up the 8 3' LED pluggable lights that I've been tripping over for ages. I picked them up dirt cheap on sale at Princess Auto a while back. One less pile (on top of the other piles) and a huge lighting improvement over all the main work areas.

I took some pictures, but I'm going to keep them to myself. I wouldn't want any of you tidy shop guys to have an aneurysm.

 

[LeonardY]

Removed the power antenna from the Volvo. It reaches full extension and keeps clicking. If I push down on the antenna it stops. I thought the rack got stripped. Bought a new one on Ebay for $12.

Took it apart and found the rack was fine. All the gears were fine. After some examination, I figured it might need to be preloaded. I put the new antenna in anyway. I'll hook everything up today and see if it works.

Few more minor fixes and it time to sell it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Wanted an oil change kit from the dealer but got a tune up kit... figured might as well use it all.
Oil & filter, air filter & pre-filter, fuel filter and a set of plugs.

 

[jimkinney]

Hopefully it will stay running longer than 6 months with the new distributor. It’s got a lifetime warranty, so if it dies again, I’ll stick another one in it.

Watch that lifetime warranty, Advance Auto limits theirs to 3 replacements. At least the nearby one does.

 

[LeonardY]

Hooked up the antenna. Worked perfectly.
Reinstalled it. Put all the interior panels back in place.
I'm finishing up a few of last years ornaments. I'm seeing a friend this Friday that I missed during the holidays.
Of course, I missed counted the number of parts that I needed.
Printer is running as I type...

 

[jimkinney]

Continued with the drawer fronts, got the first coat of primer sprayed on.


While waiting for it to dry, I turned some steel drill bushings to replace aluminum ones for my brother. I can't part steel on my wimpy lathe, so I marked them to cut off with the bandsaw. Then I put them back in the lathe to clean them up. Looks like they will work fine.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Watch that lifetime warranty, Advance Auto limits theirs to 3 replacements. At least the nearby one does.

I think it depends on who you get, I don’t thinks it’s a fixed system type of thing.

 

[Beerhippie]

Spent a couple of hours polishing someone else's turd. A coworker sanded off the old finish on a table for the pub. He doesn't understand the difference between stain-grade and paint-grade sanding, so he left horrible gouges and across-grain scratches with a belt sander--not to mention a wavy surface. Looked like warm doggy-doo when stained.

I went over it with three grits of belts on the belt sander--the right way--then 80-150-220 Cubitron Xtract on the RO sander hooked up to the shop vac.



An old trick for sanding:



Scribble on, sand off.

Unsolicited product plug: I love Cubitron Xtract disks. With the shop vac sucking, they cut like nobody's business--and no wood-putty boogers afterwards.



Still damp from the mineral spirit rub. It was a little hot for staining, but It'll look fine from my place.

I'll get some spar varnish on it this afternoon when the shade returns to the shop.

 

[welder4956]

Haven't had much garage time in a few days. I touched up some places that the epoxy missed, then sanded and caulked the door jamb repairs and prepped for paint.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Walked in and played the 2 minute rule game, surprised at how much I got put away. I need to have a talk with the old guy that resides here about his actions. I might have a beer with him this arvo and do some 'splainin

 

[DGersic]

Cleaned up my wheels.

 

[Beerhippie]

Cleaned up my wheels.

Purty!

How long does that last? Asking for a friend.

 

[kaymccampbell]

In another baby step to getting stuff out of my own way, last night I hung up the 8 3' LED pluggable lights that I've been tripping over for ages. I picked them up dirt cheap on sale at Princess Auto a while back. One less pile (on top of the other piles) and a huge lighting improvement over all the main work areas.

I took some pictures, but I'm going to keep them to myself. I wouldn't want any of you tidy shop guys to have an aneurysm.

Didn't be shy, show us your **** pile.

 

[DGersic]

Purty!

How long does that last? Asking for a friend.

Until I drive them. They get brake dust. The outsides you can see don’t get too bad, the inside of the hoop gets brown dirty fast.

The Chemical Guys “Diablo” wheel cleaner is, so far, the best I’ve found for cleaning these.

 

[Beerhippie]

Didn't be shy, show us your **** pile.

Really!

I was told, long ago, that a tidy shop was a sign of a diseased mind.

My mind is perfectly healthy, thank you--and I have the shop to prove it.

 

[Beerhippie]

Until I drive them. They get brake dust. The outsides you can see don’t get too bad, the inside of the hoop gets brown dirty fast.

The Chemical Guys “Diablo” wheel cleaner is, so far, the best I’ve found for cleaning these.

OK, then. I'll tell my friend not to bother cleaning his.

 

[nadogail]

Clamped and welded some of the stand I am building for my 12” Disc Sander.

 

[Outlawmws]

Fell off for a day or so (Again)

Yesterday:
messed with the Wheelless trailer, it does not swing out far enough to cleat the back hatch on this van (worked perfect on thee Villager and Sammy...) It will have to be a "remove to open more than a foot or so" until I have the energy/strong reason to "make it better"

Working on a stainless panel for one of the rust holes in the T-van. (the worst one)

Wired a new 220 plug onto the big compressor, (a Hubbell straight plug, not the angled PITA plug)

Today:
EARLY changed the left lo-beam on the DD toy. (2 months after changing the right... Buy those lamps in pairs guys!)

Stripping the white vinyl off the SS, it's taking a hot bath -one end at a time in SG in the USC and then comes off in sheets cold its a tiny piece at a time...

Not sure if its the heat, the SG, or the USC... but the center section will get some boiling water to see if heat alone was needed.. I know Hot tap water did nothing...

Otherwise avoiding the heat.