What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Fly Fishing Rick]

For the past several days I've been slowly restoring a 1929-30 Stanley Bailey No. 5 bench plane that I got cheap and today I finally saw some real improvement that wasn't just cosmetic related. The most difficult part of this whole project was getting the iron flat and sharp again, and it's still not perfect but it's a whole lot closer than it was. The cutting edge of the iron still needs some work and some other things need some fine tuning, but I'm really pleased so far. I still need to lap the sides flat while making them 90° parallel to the bottom and it'll be fully complete with the exception of working on the cutting edge some more. The angle of the primary bevel is slightly askew, but that's because one side of my jig is slightly higher than the other. I'll take it over and mill it flat at my buddies house before I sharpen the iron again and I'll be able to get a perfect edge.

 

[Beerhippie]

Finished the wind damage cleanup and repair:



I only had to replace three bulbs and now all are working (not visible in the pic). Getting the broken support cable back up was easy once I thought it out.

The stumps will come out in the late spring/early summer when the ground is hard enough for a backhoe.

 

[Outlawmws]

The stumps will come out in the late spring/early summer when the ground is hard enough for a backhoe.

Could have cut them higher and just stuck a small table top on them for a few years...

 

[pima67]

About time to bring the umbrellas inside for the winter?

 

[bmwrd0]

The parts I ordered from Great Britain arrived, so I was able to get the front sight on the BSA Superstar taken care of

full shot


Was also able to get the butcher block for the lathe table conditioned and stained/polyed

and the final result

 

[Beerhippie]

The parts I ordered from Great Britain arrived, so I was able to get the front sight on the BSA Superstar taken care of

full shot


Was also able to get the butcher block for the lathe table conditioned and stained/polyed

and the final result

Wouldn't machine oil be the proper finish for a lather table?

Lice BSA! Undercockers are just cool.

 

[Beerhippie]

Could have cut them higher and just stuck a small table top on them for a few years...

I have two stumps--one more or less vertical, one at 45 degrees. The vertical one has half-inch thick sheets of mycelium in the wood. No way it would take and hold a nail or screw.

 

[KwikFab]

Not much gets done in the shop at all during the week, but I did step foot in it.

Got one of the RC cars out to play with.



Used to be big into the hobby, but sold everything off. Now I just own this one as my basher, and a few crawlers.

This one goes +60mph and in the last year I've only had a servo horn break and the motor fan burn out.

 

[67CarGuy]

Rolled out the garden cart, filled up the buckets with water from the hose, and watered the trees we planted last weekend. Also got the 2-wheeled moving dolly out so I could wheel the new sander from the car around to the shop. Then put it all away again once I was finished.

I'll get some photos up eventually... probably in my shop thread.

 

[Outlawmws]

The vertical one has half-inch thick sheets of mycelium in the wood.

Had it died, or was the Mycellium just hosting on it?

 

[bmwrd0]

Wouldn't machine oil be the proper finish for a lather table?

Machine oil comes later! Mostly I didn't like something so pristine in the shop, and I wanted to poly it for easy cleanup.

Love my BSAs, have one from before WWI.

 

[Beerhippie]

Had it died, or was the Mycellium just hosting on it?

It sure wasn't healthy, but hadn't quite died yet. Now it has--and we know why it snapped off six feet from the ground.

Maybe the stump will just have rotted away by spring....

 

[nkachur]

Other than a grind and a coat of paint on the non-bearings parts the axle pins are together. Perfect, no. Should last as long as the mower with an occasional grease. Like the originals should have. Oops.
And final tally under 25% of the bobcat price. If you don't count the lathe and tooling. They will pay for themselves in the next year or 2.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Dragged in some salvaged wire. Fixed the loops on this chain Judy uses to display dishrags n whatnot at craft shows. Ran an NWA zoom meeting. Swore at a dead speaker.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Took tools out and put them away after cutting out an old basement window frame. I had covered it up with redwood bevel siding 45 years ago. At the time it was a quick and dirty job to secure a rotted window and provide improved insulation and security. Back then I didn’t pay much attention to insulation details and there were several subsequent penetrations that didn’t improve the situation. As I recall at the at the time, the wood was a little punky.

Recent examination revealed extensive termite damage - thankfully long inactive since the pest remediation in the early 80’s. Removed all damaged wood, sprayed again for good measure, reframed with treated lumber, insulated, caulked, flashed and sheathed. I’ll finish it up with a stucco finish insulation panel tomorrow.

The original (1894) window was far gone, but it never stood a chance being installed directly into the limestone foundation wall. An old sidewalk was adjacent and pitched toward the house, so rain would be shed directly into said window opening. The sidewalk was broken up and removed shortly after the window was covered up. The roadmap for the damage was written over a century ago - old houses are fun!

 

[Outlawmws]

Not a bunch:

Painted the last Cardboard camp box. chased the sun for get it and 3 others cured.

Twiddled with parts for a project. Still not there but closer.

Little more raking and PU. Just piles conveniently assembled for me mostly.

 

[DGersic]

One of my cabinet doors started sticking. Took the door down, spent a couple hours getting the router table out, set up, and ready. Spent about a minute cutting the edge rabbet 1/16” deeper. Then another hour putting everything away again.

 

[rharman]

Dragged in some salvaged wire. Fixed the loops on this chain Judy uses to display dishrags n whatnot at craft shows. Ran an NWA zoom meeting. Swore at a dead speaker.

The audio kind or the guest lecturer kind?

 

[kaymccampbell]

The audio kind or the guest lecturer kind?

It was an audio kind of speaker. Very disappointing. I've had those speakers for decades. Judy bought them for me. They light up and have color illuminated fountains in them. Hopefully I can perform surgery on it.

Were it a guest lecturer that died, I'd have kicked, as well as sworn at them.

 

[LeonardY]

Set up the router to cut rabbets. Cut all the rabbets and then cleaned up all the sawdust since the dust port I printed didn't do much.

 

[Outlawmws]

cleaned up all the sawdust since the dust port I printed didn't do much.

IIR you mentiend going from a smaller feed pipe to a 4"?

This also reduced the velocity of the air for suction. I'd be thinking about 4" to close to the saw, a long taper, and down to the original 1-1/2" vacuum line or close.

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Tackled one of the Buick’s leaky valve cover seals at the shop today after work. I thought the front one would be fairly easy but no, some ******* decided he couldn’t spare $20 for the gasket and completely RTVed the thing instead, so cleaning out the gasket groove added an extra two hours to the job. Finally left the shop just after 10pm.

I also found the cause of the recent “stumble under load at low RPM” issue was a cracked vacuum fitting on the purge valve. Should have known as it started acting up after I messed with that line recently when I replaced the thermostat.
That’s the second fitting on that line that I’ve electrical-taped to get by so I need to look at replacing that.

 

[Beerhippie]

Tackled one of the Buick’s leaky valve cover seals at the shop today after work. I thought the front one would be fairly easy but no, some ******* decided he couldn’t spare $20 for the gasket and completely RTVed the thing instead, so cleaning out the gasket groove added an extra two hours to the job. Finally left the shop just after 10pm.

I also found the cause of the recent “stumble under load at low RPM” issue was a cracked vacuum fitting on the purge valve. Should have known as it started acting up after I messed with that line recently when I replaced the thermostat.
That’s the second fitting on that line that I’ve electrical-taped to get by so I need to look at replacing that.

Repeat after me: "We do this for fun".

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Repeat after me: "We do this for fun".

With what I spend in time (it really ain’t free) and parts for these old vehicles, it probably would make more logical sense to buy a new one and make payments. But where would be the fun in that?
Well, I don’t believe too many of these new vehicles will last as long as mine have anyway.

 

[bornbadbob]

I despise car payments

 

[LeonardY]

IIR you mentiend going from a smaller feed pipe to a 4"?

This also reduced the velocity of the air for suction. I'd be thinking about 4" to close to the saw, a long taper, and down to the original 1-1/2" vacuum line or close.

This is for my router not my saw. I printed it a while ago. Never truly tested it.
I'm using a shop vac with a cyclone.
A four inch duct would make it nearly impossible to maneuver the router.

I didn't think this through. The router bit was outside the dust shroud.

So all the dust blew out of the openings on the router.
This style maybe would have captured more.

 

[Wrench97]

Tackled one of the Buick’s leaky valve cover seals at the shop today after work. I thought the front one would be fairly easy but no, some ******* decided he couldn’t spare $20 for the gasket and completely RTVed the thing instead, so cleaning out the gasket groove added an extra two hours to the job. Finally left the shop just after 10pm.

I also found the cause of the recent “stumble under load at low RPM” issue was a cracked vacuum fitting on the purge valve. Should have known as it started acting up after I messed with that line recently when I replaced the thermostat.
That’s the second fitting on that line that I’ve electrical-taped to get by so I need to look at replacing that.

Way too much silicone on there...

 

[2001ZR2]

Been hanging out with my after his surgery. While he's been sleeping or just chilling got a few things done.

First been fighting with the storm doors. The one on front door had to adjust the bottom so it would clear the frame. Now closes and doesn't open until you push on it. Would like to get to latch better but took the win.

Some how made my mess in garage worse but did get the new to me work bench in it's final position. While I fooling with it scope creep occurred. Cleaned it up and added missing fasteners so it's now more ridgid. The MDF top isn't holding screws at all. Need to figure out a new top but will add larger screws and use gravity to hold it down. Noticed one part of the frame was flat. Used one of my metal hammers to correct.

Then got to do a small project. A new to me Craftsman 1/4" ratchet quick release detent ball was stuck in. Using penetrating oil and pick was able to free it up. Failed in my attempts to stab myself with the pick. Guess as I age started to think about my body position and amount of force.

 

[niget2002]

The wife sent me some videos of people turning pasta presses into small printing presses and asked if I could make her one.

Sure, babe. When do you need it?...
Tomorrow. :/

An hours worth of work later using only scraps in the shop...

 

[Jay__Dub]

Shimmed the bottom of my big doors, to prevent them from sagging more.. Going to have to get up there and address that sag. It's going to be a big pain in the ***. Might have to rent a genie.

Now I'm old and decrepit, I'd much rather have a large overhead door, but I think that ship has sailed.

 

[Skyman]

Failed in my attempts to stab myself with the pick. Guess as I age started to think about my body position and amount of force.

Pain is the best instructor I've ever encountered. Teaches the lessons we're most likely to remember.

 

[larry4406]

I have a half bath off my attached garage.

I replaced the toilet flush valve. The prior one would decide to get hung up randomly at the last flush of the evening. In turn, it would dump water filling the septic tank. The septic alarm would then go off around 11:30-12:30 at night affecting my sleep.

 

[Beerhippie]

Spending most of today setting up new computer and camera. Boss said do it on the clock as I'll be using these for work (and play--but I did pay for them).

I'd forgotten what a PITA this process is! The camera's just tedious--setting everything the way I like it (Nikon has lots of customization I can do), but the computer... it's supposed to be the same OS I have here--Win 11--but, then, why is everything so different?

I'll get it eventually. Meanwhile, there's a cloud outside I need to go yell at.

 

[Lumpy102]

Sharpened a few tools, I think my diamond stones are done, took way too long.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Spending most of today setting up new computer and camera. Boss said do it on the clock as I'll be using these for work.

I'd forgotten what a PITA this process is! The camera's just tedious--setting everything the way I like it (Nikon has lots of customization I can do), but the computer... it's supposed to be the same OS I have here--Win 11--but, then, why is everything so different?

I'll get it eventually. Meanwhile, there's a cloud outside I need to go yell at.

I have been both been using macs since 1984 and also buying apple stock for almost 30 years.

Dump that PC garbage. You are a creative guy. Macs rule for that, used them my entire career in advertising at a high level, still use them today.

 

[King Luis]

Pic for attention. Swapped over the wheels and tires of my wife's Volvo (in pic) from all seasons to winters. Also on the far right wall above my wife's bike i installed a fishing rod holder. still need to clean/wash and put the all seasons away on the top right mezzanine (later today).
oh and over the weekend, replaced spark plugs, air filter and did an oil change on the Volvo. installed a fumoto oil drain valve which i should have done from the start. put on on my truck months ago and it's been phenomenal.

 

[Outlawmws]

I have been both been using macs since 1984 and also buying apple stock for almost 30 years.

Dump that PC garbage. You are a creative guy. Macs rule for that, used them my entire career in advertising at a high level, still use them today.

If I'm going to go UNIX I'll go with Ubuntu. (Probably soon)

That will be full circle for me, I started on UNIX, then VAX then PC's. Once in over 40 years was I assigned a Mac (I don't count the test PC I had to test a piece of SW that was MAC only... - it was ****.), and that was because the department I landed in at Adobe was all MAC. (Adobe wasn't maybe 50-50 at the time)

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

If I'm going to go UNIX I'll go with Ubuntu. (Probably soon)

That will be full circle for me, I started on UNIX, then VAX then PC's. Once in over 40 years was I assigned a Mac (I don't count the test PC I had to test a piece of SW that was MAC only... - it was ****.), and that was because the department I landed in at Adobe was all MAC. (Adobe wasn't maybe 50-50 at the time)

For me, macs rule because how they operate is how I think, over the years I have just been trained by Apple.

I have had very, very little downtime over the years and almost never had one in any else's shop.

 

[Beerhippie]

Sharpened a few tools, I think my diamond stones are done, took way too long.

Tried cleaning them? A deep cycle in the dishwasher is a good start. Maybe not while the wife's around....

I have been both been using macs since 1984 and also buying apple stock for almost 30 years.

Dump that PC garbage. You are a creative guy. Macs rule for that, used them my entire career in advertising at a high level, still use them today.

Now there's a solution! Go from an OS I'm deeply familiar with, but is slightly different from the last iteration, to a system whose motto is "does not play well with others". Then replace all my software that still runs fine on Win 11 after twenty years, replace all my peripherals as, well, Apple doesn't play at ALL with others....

I'd say photographers are split about 60-40 Win-Apple, based on my experience.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Tried cleaning them? A deep cycle in the dishwasher is a good start. Maybe not while the wife's around....

Now there's a solution! Go from an OS I'm deeply familiar with, but is slightly different from the last iteration, to a system whose motto is "does not play well with others". Then replace all my software that still runs fine on Win 11 after twenty years, replace all my peripherals as, well, Apple doesn't play at ALL with others....

I'd say photographers are split about 60-40 Win-Apple, based on my experience.

My reply was mostly tongue in cheek.

Anyone who has used PCs as long as you would probably never like macs anyway.

My newest MacBook is all black, pretty cool,