What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[nkachur]

Part 2

Received the lathe and had things up and running in about 1 hour. Turned down some bar and through drilled to relocate the grease ******* into the axle. Cross drilled for the grease to lubricate the bushings. Threaded a hole for the 1/2 unc bolt to secure the axle in. Threaded the opposite end for a 1/8 npt zerk. Just have to weld on the anti rotation flanges and the savings paid for 1/4 of the lathe.

 

[Outlawmws]

Short work day:

Started with completing the 4 canopy leg extensions,

Then on to the sewing machine and did some repairs - canvas strap for the canopy parts bag", then a mod to the camos I wear over my jeans hunting, - Still need to make some pole bags.

redid some pad strips in the canopy pole box, and repacked with color code instructions inside the lid. added the 4" extension in there and swapped out the "short gables" for the "long gables". The short ones need their own bag and will live in the TT as its the only place I use them (matches the roof line of the Tent). I have a couple of spares that will likely also land there.

Unplanned nap to try to kill a budding headache

Maintenance on the 4 short poles for the sort side of the big canopy, the twist lock on two needed attention one bottom cap needed replaced, and I want to make new top spikes that are not plastic. gathered materials for that.

Crashed and burned as the headache exploded on me. Almost 3 hours and its better but still nagging.

 

[zanyad]

Feel better soon, @Outlawmws!

 

[Beerhippie]

Short work day:

Started with completing the 4 canopy leg extensions,

Then on to the sewing machine and did some repairs - canvas strap for the canopy parts bag", then a mod to the camos I wear over my jeans hunting, - Still need to make some pole bags.

redid some pad strips in the canopy pole box, and repacked with color code instructions inside the lid. added the 4" extension in there and swapped out the "short gables" for the "long gables". The short ones need their own bag and will live in the TT as its the only place I use them (matches the roof line of the Tent). I have a couple of spares that will likely also land there.

Unplanned nap to try to kill a budding headache

Maintenance on the 4 short poles for the sort side of the big canopy, the twist lock on two needed attention one bottom cap needed replaced, and I want to make new top spikes that are not plastic. gathered materials for that.

Crashed and burned as the headache exploded on me. Almost 3 hours and its better but still nagging.

How much time do you spend prepping for and cleaning up after camping, compared to the time spent camping?

Jeans for fall hunting in a place where you get snowed out? We had a saying when I was National Ski Patrol: All the best dressed corpses are wearing denim.

 

[Outlawmws]

Very rare to get rain, much less snow during CA hunting seasons. Cool weather is just that, cooler, but rarely to freezing. Last year I slept with a flannel sheet on top of my bag...

Those jeans are flannel lined. yes, need to keep them dry, but far more comfortable than thermals.

 

[Outlawmws]

How much time do you spend prepping for and cleaning up after camping, compared to the time spent camping?

When I'm making mods, as much as it takes. I enjoy the process of creating my own or mods to my gear. as the big suppliers rarely get it right. Too many compromises and too many bean counters involved.

I'm also not working at it "full time" for hours. a task here and something else for a break.

 

[niget2002]

I rinse the cup out in the sink next to the washer and dump the water/soap in the washer...

No sink in our laundry room and nowhere to squeeze one in.

 

[FLHCHAZ]

We don't use the cup. Its easy enough to judge how much to put in out of the jug.

 

[niget2002]

We don't use the cup. Its easy enough to judge how much to put in out of the jug.

Our front load washing machine has a cup built-in with marks for small/large load size. We could pour directly in there except we feed the cats where the Tide bucket would have to sit. *FirstWorldProblems

 

[FLHCHAZ]

Our front load washing machine has a cup built-in with marks for small/large load size. We could pour directly in there except we feed the cats where the Tide bucket would have to sit. *FirstWorldProblems

Gottcha! We have a top loader, never thought about a front loader.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

I have forgotten where my garage is... we are painting the front of the house wainscot, windows, etc, while the watch dog waits for turkeys... there are worse views while working though...

 

[Hooked]

I bet there's a saw that will prevent it from setting fruit too. All that mess on the ground is the reason I keep saying No to the Mrs when she says she wants to add fruit trees. I have plenty of other things to do than to get rid of ground fruit. We can drive to her folks house if she wants to pick some fresh fruit.

When we had peach trees the squirrels would eat all the peaches before they ripened. After many attempts to keep them away my wife came home one morning to see a squirrel eating a peach sitting atop the fake owl we had put out. After she changed clothes she got out the chain saw and cut down the trees. So yes, there's a saw that will solve that kinda problem.

 

[NWOhioChevyGuy]

Installed ceiling insulation.


Opened access to bonus room.

 

[Outlawmws]

How much time do you spend prepping for and cleaning up after camping, compared to the time spent camping?

When I'm making mods, as much as it takes. I enjoy the process of creating my own or mods to my gear. as the big suppliers rarely get it right. Too many compromises and too many bean counters involved.

I'm also not working at it "full time" for hours. a task here and something else for a break.

Also forgot to mention (I was a wreck still last night), that this was unpacking from a wet/snowy repack. so lots of work to get everything dry, then clean again; even things that went in the van dry often got dripped on so had to get set in the sun/breeze, to dry.

Second trip I've has to do that for after a storm pack-up. this one wasn't bad. The last time was a real mess....

Lesson learned this time - Save one (hopefully dry) 5X7 tarp to go over the load before throwing wet tarps and poles in. That can save some "collateral damage" (Some of the poles had water inside...)

I always try to get any maintenance done as soon as I get back so it's ready to go, next trip. and if I had an "I should make or do X" epiphany while on the trip, that goes on the "to do" list. That is mostly what I'm doing now.

 

[Slednut]

Almost finished the cut part of the cut and buff of my Fairstang which is a 2016 Mustang GT with a 67 Fairlane body.

Here's a Facebook link to the build with pictures.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GxMkQ4NEP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[Burt Shaver]

Was changing the ski to knuckle bushings last week and noticed a lot of play in the upper and lower an arm bushings while I was at. After work today I got the left side upper and lower A arms off the left side and bushings out. It went well, probably take the other side apart tomorrow and then once the parts come in it should be all ready to go for winter.

 

[KwikFab]

That's a lot of holes lol

 

[Outlawmws]

More scrap than what is being kept?

 

[larry4406]

Meyer Lemon back into the garage for the cold snap. Ugh. Soon it will have to move to the basement with the grow lights.

 

[nadogail]

Sanded the finish off of 4 pieces and clamped them together in preparation for welding.
I have been having problems getting into my Amazon account to order the 3/32 7014 electrode I want to weld them.

I expect to receive the 7014 in the coming week. Right now I am using 1/8” and it runs too hot for my immediate needs

 

[KwikFab]

More scrap than what is being kept?

You have no idea how hard it can be giving away hundreds of pounds of steel for free for others to recycle and collect money from

I let 3 months of skeleton cutouts accumulate; do you know how many 4' x 4' sheets and 2' x 4' sheets that is?

It was around 40 or so 4x4s and several 2x4 (around 8 or 10?).

I had gone through some 25 complete sheets of steel.

 

[bmwrd0]

Knife switch all wired up


And cut and drilled the butcher block for the table.


I planned on getting started on the staining, but realized I didn't have any wood conditioner. So, that will be tomorrows task.

 

[Beerhippie]

Fall fun.



Mowing leaves. The Stihl does a pretty good job of mulching them--Honda with the double blade did better, but this works. I'll only have to do it about ten more times until hopefully the snow flies. Crabapples have mostly lost their leaves, maple is about halfway there and the giant cottonwoods by the creek have yet to start.

Prepped the new boiler for our three-month inspection tomorrow. The 3/4 X 22" sacrificial anode I put in it is almost entirely gone already. Now I know how often I need to replace it.

 

[GreenIron]

In the garage shop today:

I emptied the metal cabinet, clean the shelves, trashed a few item and restocked it.
Now I can find what I need.

 

[msharley]

Coming back together....


Good thing about these? No fool clutch pedal stickin' in yer ear whilst doin' the dash...
(any one what fooled with an old MoPaR ...knows of which I speak....especially here in the RUST BELT)...LOL!!

 

[LeonardY]

Made parts for my desk build.

Mounted the NACS hanger.
Now, I don't have to hang the coil over the lathe.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Tried to clean up and make lists. Note that I said tried.

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

You have no idea how hard it can be giving away hundreds of pounds of steel for free for others to recycle and collect money from

I let 3 months of skeleton cutouts accumulate; do you know how many 4' x 4' sheets and 2' x 4' sheets that is?

It was around 40 or so 4x4s and several 2x4 (around 8 or 10?).

I had gone through some 25 complete sheets of steel.

Why are you giving it away? Do they not pay you to recycle it?

 

[M.Brane]

This thread moves pretty fast. If you don't log in, and look around once in a while you might miss it.

Finally got the work bike back together. Ridden to work & back for a few days. Nothing has leaked out or fallen off, and the suspension feels good. Haven't done much else in the garage. Taking a little break from wrenching. Working on household projects.

Decided she deserved a glamour shot since she still looks pretty good for 26:

 

[KwikFab]

Why are you giving it away? Do they not pay you to recycle it?

They're doing me a favor of picking it up and I see value in that.

I'm disabled and I don't own a truck that runs.

 

[Outlawmws]

They're doing me a favor of picking it up and I see value in that.

I'm disabled and I don't own a truck that runs.

If there is a recycler that will take say 1000# at a time maybe a small 4X4 trailer and when full/at capacity tow it there. the places i've gone to have big electromagnet crane and will unload for you.

The problem with the one closest to me is they have minimum for steel, so last time I took steel I gave then the few hundred pounds just to be rid of it. (Still made over $100 on aluminum and copper/brass...)

 

[KwikFab]

If there is a recycler that will take say 1000# at a time maybe a small 4X4 trailer and when full/at capacity tow it there. the places i've gone to have big electromagnet crane and will unload for you.

The problem with the one closest to me is they have minimum for steel, so last time I took steel I gave then the few hundred pounds just to be rid of it. (Still made over $100 on aluminum and copper/brass...)

I considered making a trailer as I certainly won't buy one.

Definitely something I considered but at the same time wrote off due to some of their hours.

I'll revisit this once I build a trailer for sure.

Having my steel picked up for going on +3 years though has been something I got used to.

 

[Beerhippie]

They're doing me a favor of picking it up and I see value in that.

I'm disabled and I don't own a truck that runs.

Well, looks like it's time for you to fabricate a truck!

 

[nadogail]

Welded two uprights on the mobile chopsaw stand.

 

[GrayFlattop]

I considered making a trailer as I certainly won't buy one.

Definitely something I considered but at the same time wrote off due to some of their hours.

I'll revisit this once I build a trailer for sure.

Having my steel picked up for going on +3 years though has been something I got used to.

The value of scrap steel is closely related to your proximity to a consumer (typically a steel mill) as well as grade. The two best paying markets for steel scrap were Chicago and Cleveland. Transportation of heavy stuff ain’t cheap.

In my past life (career) the scrap value was a significant part of the cost equation for our business. Having several mills nearby certainly helped as the parts we made had a pretty high engineered scrap percentage - typically 40-50%. This translated into 400-500 tons of clean steel scrap being hauled away every week. The scrap buyer had a fleet of trucks that would operate on almost a tag-team basis. Stainless and aluminum was roughly a trailer a week of each. Copper and brass - well that we had to keep locked up to reduce temptation as it was only a truckload every two weeks or so.

The scrap buyer had a very good business and we were not his only client.

 

[Beerhippie]

Fall fun.



Mowing leaves. The Stihl does a pretty good job of mulching them--Honda with the double blade did better, but this works. I'll only have to do it about ten more times until hopefully the snow flies. Crabapples have mostly lost their leaves, maple is about halfway there and the giant cottonwoods by the creek have yet to start.

Prepped the new boiler for our three-month inspection tomorrow. The 3/4 X 22" sacrificial anode I put in it is almost entirely gone already. Now I know how often I need to replace it.

Why am I mowing leaves instead of raking and disposing of them, you wonder?

For one thing, this is old river bed. Not much in the way of soil and most of what there is we bought. Mulched leaves+earthworms=soil.

For another, I'm sixty-five for a little while and I've learned to work smarter, not harder--or I'm just flat out lazy.

Either one works for me.

 

[Outlawmws]

Small jobs today, I'm still somewhat recovering:

Spot welded the leg pair on the 6" grate for my camp fry pan setup in 2 or 3 places.

Remade the partially worn out "short pole" bag to just fit them getting rid of holes and frayed parts.

Topped 2/3rds of the "ivy stumps" off the top of the back 40 fence 'cause they are sprouting new growth.

Pulled the "Lean to" pole set from the van and gave it the same color coding as the big canopy frame. (same fittings and poles, but two sets...)

 

[Burt Shaver]

Why am I mowing leaves instead of raking and disposing of them, you wonder?

For one thing, this is old river bed. Not much in the way of soil and most of what there is we bought. Mulched leaves+earthworms=soil.

For another, I'm sixty-five for a little while and I've learned to work smarter, not harder--or I'm just flat out lazy.

Either one works for me.

Amen

 

[Outlawmws]

Why am I mowing leaves instead of raking and disposing of them, you wonder?

I didn't wonder; I used a mulching mower for 20-30 years before I gave up on lawns. it's smart!

Just do't try to mulch oak leaves (or other high acidic vegetation), I tried a "oak leaf compost bin" for close to three years. Those leaves NEVER composted.

 

[jshillin]

I cut 3 trim boards, then stained them in the garage yesterday and put 3 coats of poly on them today. I'm doing the cutting and routing in the shed and then the clean work in 1 of the garage bays.