Those nails are Easter egg colors Kay! You're early!Cleaned, flung, put away, organized. Got a dead wind chime refurbished. Boxed up boat stuff and sent it to the shed. Sorted 20 lbs of stainless hardware. Shortened my nails. Found my benches.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Fed a $500+ bon fire.
Sorted Electrical Connectors.
Sorted Fasteners.
Got 25# of brisket in the smoker - It counts because it was kept in the shop fridge.
... and I still don't have a flat surface to work on.
Fed a $500+ bon fire.
Sorted Electrical Connectors.
Sorted Fasteners.
Got 25# of brisket in the smoker - It counts because it was kept in the shop fridge.
... and I still don't have a flat surface to work on.
kaymccampbell
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Absolutely. You wouldn't want to get clawed by those things.
kaymccampbell
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I choose at random. When I did them I was hoping to have the boat ready, so blue for the sky reflected in the water. Now I'll keep backfilling them with the same color until I run out of blue. I only have enough blue for one more fill, so I'm imagining a new color sometime around Xmas or the New Year.
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Last winter I noticed my wood boiler door was bulging inside and there was a rusted out hole on the outside that steam would spew from once in a while. Well that isn’t right so I contacted the manufacturer and they sent out a new door. They said the old one was mild steel and the new one is 100% 409SS. Sweet.
This old door is the roughest looking part of the entire stove. Hopefully this keeps it going for a few decades.
This old door is the roughest looking part of the entire stove. Hopefully this keeps it going for a few decades.
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BonzoHansen
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where does running in front of cars fall into that lol. its gets bad when they are all rutted up.
kaymccampbell
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You'll get there. Keep chugging. I clean constantly to make sure I've got enough workspace to keep shop life moving forward.15,000+ steps
Fed a $500+ bon fire.
Sorted Electrical Connectors.
Sorted Fasteners.
Got 25# of brisket in the smoker - It counts because it was kept in the shop fridge.
... and I still don't have a flat surface to work on.
kaymccampbell
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FAFO.
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Actually, I've got some grinder brackets for the welding table, but needed to clear the metal bench, so I can clear and organize the **** on the welding table, so I can get the brackets hung, so I can get the grinders gone.
Outlawmws
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Welding table Tetris!
GrayFlattop
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Cleaned-up the vegetable garden in advance of our first freeze (they’re threatening snow, but I remain skeptical), drained and disconnected the hose reels. Filled 7 cans for green waste pick-up. Next, I rearranged the mess in the shed, then put the winter tires on the black car and moved the summers to the shed (except for one which will go to the tire shop Monday to find the slowish leak). Went to the barber for my 3-week service. Sadly, he did not cut out only the white ones as requested.
So many other projects recently that have left carnage everywhere. That is what I am trying to catch up on.
The $500 bonfire is all the lumber and sheet goods that went onto the burn pile today. I may regret it but where I was at this morning - a lot of Sh!t had to go and since I didn't have the dump trailer parked in the middle of the shop. A lot of "if it will burn" it went away. I do have a scrap metal bin that needs to be emptied as well but that will probably cover fuel and lunch to take care of it.
I don't say this to sound like an A$$ I can afford it but I need to stop being such a cheapskate and just get rid of **** that is of no actual value to me. Brand new serpentine belt for a car I don't own. Couldn't throw it away but will never use it either. Not worth the time to sell it, donation doesn't make sense, so it lives in my space.
I can't count the amount of stuff that is just like that fan belt. My wife just says "you have a building full of stuff" when I suggest we declutter around the house, she isn't wrong but do we need the kids sheets from when they were 3?
I need to move. Capital gains and interest rates won't let me.
The $500 bonfire is all the lumber and sheet goods that went onto the burn pile today. I may regret it but where I was at this morning - a lot of Sh!t had to go and since I didn't have the dump trailer parked in the middle of the shop. A lot of "if it will burn" it went away. I do have a scrap metal bin that needs to be emptied as well but that will probably cover fuel and lunch to take care of it.
I don't say this to sound like an A$$ I can afford it but I need to stop being such a cheapskate and just get rid of **** that is of no actual value to me. Brand new serpentine belt for a car I don't own. Couldn't throw it away but will never use it either. Not worth the time to sell it, donation doesn't make sense, so it lives in my space.
I can't count the amount of stuff that is just like that fan belt. My wife just says "you have a building full of stuff" when I suggest we declutter around the house, she isn't wrong but do we need the kids sheets from when they were 3?
I need to move. Capital gains and interest rates won't let me.
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Mike65
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Dug through some brand new never used parts. Found a set of front brake pads & two serpentine belt pulleys for the 99 Explorer Sport we sold early this year & a rear wheel cylinder for the 2000 Ranger we sold earlier this year. Ran another bleed cycle on the hydraulic clutch system on the Mustang. I have to check the adjustments of the linkage to the clutch pedal & on the slave cylinder to the clutch fork.
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We got snow overnight. Just a few faintly white patches in the grass.
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JEFFREYWisconsin
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A time I like to call Finter or Waller.
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GrayFlattop
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Same. Just a dusting. Just as well as I still have to prep the Toro.
TheRealZeus
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I went to Home Depot for some bolts to finish a trailer project. They had a toolbox on their Black Friday sale. I absolutely do not need another toolbox.
This meant I had to make a spot for it, which made more of a mess than I anticipated.
This meant I had to make a spot for it, which made more of a mess than I anticipated.
bmwrd0
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I ended up getting my neighbor to help get it down the basement steps. He is always willing to give me a hand, and has a much better back.The important part was not damaging the old guy
PhantomEB
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Thinking of welding in some supports to the hood of the bronco so it don’t fold in half when I open it. Somehow the focus now is to get **** off the floor.
but I can also see me getting the new beer fridge…..
but I can also see me getting the new beer fridge…..
TurnipTruck
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The bent and twisted Mog snowplow mount:
Resisted simple torquing of a couple thousand foot-pounds.
But thirty tons concentrated in a smaller span…
…finally got it straight and flat enough to be able to bolt onto the Unimog! $520 saved!
(see posts #64,477, #74,600 and #74,614)
Resisted simple torquing of a couple thousand foot-pounds.
But thirty tons concentrated in a smaller span…
…finally got it straight and flat enough to be able to bolt onto the Unimog! $520 saved!
(see posts #64,477, #74,600 and #74,614)
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Outlawmws
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Get those hood hinges and spring gizmo's properly lubed! That the real problem! I used to use Spray Lithium grease. Shill do on my garage door stuff.
BonzoHansen
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Hey, nice Sunday surprise. Just sold the old family truckster. Our 2005, 214k mile Honda Pilot. Bought it new, got our money's worth out of it. Built before they started ruining things with **** like DOD. Never opened any part of the drivetrain, she still runs like a clock. That old honda 3.5 V6 was great.
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When they run in front of a car that is just trying to get to one of the three Fs, usually the last unnamed one I bet.
niget2002
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Only had about an hour in the shop today, but wanted to make progress on the house led spotlights.
I got the spot light controllers mounted to the house. Then pulled down the controllers for the eaves. The eaves are 12v and the spots are 24v. I got one step down converter wired up with pigtails for the controllers.
Each side of the house has one converter, one eave controller, and one spotlight controller.
The left side eave controller is a slave to the right, but right now I have the two sets of spots running independently.
I got the spot light controllers mounted to the house. Then pulled down the controllers for the eaves. The eaves are 12v and the spots are 24v. I got one step down converter wired up with pigtails for the controllers.
Each side of the house has one converter, one eave controller, and one spotlight controller.
The left side eave controller is a slave to the right, but right now I have the two sets of spots running independently.
Beelzeboss
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I put the (now leak free) fuel tank into my hot rod build to start making mounts and straps to hold it in.
Follow along here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/cncs-and-hot-rods-a-sydney-garage.486817/page-8
Follow along here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/cncs-and-hot-rods-a-sydney-garage.486817/page-8
Skyman
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Washed the fiberglass dust off of it today.
Beerhippie
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Today is more of the ongoing struggle to get my new computer up to replacing my old one. Part of that was taking (what I thought was) the 1 TB SSD D: drive out of the old computer so I can put it in an external enclosure for use with the new one--and keep my old data files intact and organized as I like them.
A little surgery and
Holy, **** is that dirty! Two years on the desktop has left its mark!
I'm amazed there was any cooling going on at all.
That thing that looks like a ferrous pom-pom is a speaker. I assume it has a hefty magnet in it. Ironically, my desk and computer are as far from grinding work as I can get in the shop.
I carefully blew out all the dust, iron filings and dust bunnies and the computer runs fine, so I didn't screw anything up.
I guess a regular opening of the case and cleaning is now on the schedule.
No SSD that I can identify. Apparently, the HDD is partitioned into two drives. I've been LIED to!
Oh, well. Ordered a nice Samsung 870 EVO 1TB to go into the portable case....
The other part of getting the new comp up and going is logging back into everything I do online. Good thing the old comp is still functional.
Trying to re-register my MS Office 365 business account is driving me up the wall. I'll do that tomorrow on the clock.
Got a few more things to fix.
A little surgery and
Holy, **** is that dirty! Two years on the desktop has left its mark!
I'm amazed there was any cooling going on at all.
That thing that looks like a ferrous pom-pom is a speaker. I assume it has a hefty magnet in it. Ironically, my desk and computer are as far from grinding work as I can get in the shop.
I carefully blew out all the dust, iron filings and dust bunnies and the computer runs fine, so I didn't screw anything up.
I guess a regular opening of the case and cleaning is now on the schedule.
No SSD that I can identify. Apparently, the HDD is partitioned into two drives. I've been LIED to!
Oh, well. Ordered a nice Samsung 870 EVO 1TB to go into the portable case....
The other part of getting the new comp up and going is logging back into everything I do online. Good thing the old comp is still functional.
Trying to re-register my MS Office 365 business account is driving me up the wall. I'll do that tomorrow on the clock.
Got a few more things to fix.
Pretty light day today. Sharpened 5 or 6 kitchen knives and my current EDC knife.
Decided to tackle repointing and sharpening a knife after my SIL snapped the point off. Don't ask!
Added another coat of finish to the small box in the background.
Neighbor lady stopped by to ask if I could cut the hat off the nutcracker she wants to paint.
There was a steel bolt holding the base to the feet so I was hesitant to use the Miter saw.
Bandsaw worked fine. (No metal in the top)
Slightly trued up the cut surface on the good ole‘ ShopSmith disk sander
Decided to tackle repointing and sharpening a knife after my SIL snapped the point off. Don't ask!
Added another coat of finish to the small box in the background.
Neighbor lady stopped by to ask if I could cut the hat off the nutcracker she wants to paint.
There was a steel bolt holding the base to the feet so I was hesitant to use the Miter saw.
Bandsaw worked fine. (No metal in the top)
Slightly trued up the cut surface on the good ole‘ ShopSmith disk sander
Beerhippie
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Next chore: Try to fix dear ol' Dad's ca. early '70s Boston pencil sharpener that quit pencil sharpening:
The surgery was a success, but the patient died. I guess 4 or 5 decades is enough for a nylon gear.
Gotta find a replacement. Using my knife makes me feel like such a peon.
The surgery was a success, but the patient died. I guess 4 or 5 decades is enough for a nylon gear.
Gotta find a replacement. Using my knife makes me feel like such a peon.
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bmwrd0
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The lathe bed has been raised and stepped!
Which was a surprisingly easy job, mostly because I had thought about this, and how to do it, for a few months as I was working on other parts of the lathe. The hard part to work my head around was how to keep the legs on, and not slipping out of place creating a bigger problem, while getting the whole thing together. I came up with the idea of cutting into two of the wholes enough to bolt it together, but still be able to get those out and get it all together with ease.
like this. Because the wood isn't structural but mainly provides a place to put a drip tray, along with anything else I need handy, it doesn't matter if a bit is gouged away.
Now I can start cleaning off the **** paint, cleaning the ways, start to reassemble the pieces, and freeing workbench space.
Which was a surprisingly easy job, mostly because I had thought about this, and how to do it, for a few months as I was working on other parts of the lathe. The hard part to work my head around was how to keep the legs on, and not slipping out of place creating a bigger problem, while getting the whole thing together. I came up with the idea of cutting into two of the wholes enough to bolt it together, but still be able to get those out and get it all together with ease.
like this. Because the wood isn't structural but mainly provides a place to put a drip tray, along with anything else I need handy, it doesn't matter if a bit is gouged away.
Now I can start cleaning off the **** paint, cleaning the ways, start to reassemble the pieces, and freeing workbench space.
kaymccampbell
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While trying to unclog a glue bottle, succeed in spilling thin CA over my fingers.
bmwrd0
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You are supposed to cut yourself BEFORE you use CA to stop the bleeding!
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Messed with the hall way bench, salvaged an error calculating where the fasteners would fall. West system epoxy with filler plus dowels. Not the plan, but lets me keep moving forward. Deciding on what to do on the seat portion. Shoe rack on the lower support is in teh engineering, design and material selection phase. Pics , no order
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We're supposed to get our first freeze of the season tonight, 30ºF tonight and 24ºF tomorrow night, so I spent the day winterizing sprinklers and outdoor faucets. Put the last of the fruit trees inside the greenhouse for the winter. Then I had enough time to wire wheel the stands for the belt sander and bench grinder, then paint them. Needs some spots touched up before I can put them back together.
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beautifulWashed the fiberglass dust off of it today.