What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Beerhippie]

Cleaning another Rinnai for our hot water system today. More hurry-up-and-wait. I need to find something to occupy myself while in the waiting phase.

Maybe I'll clean the employee bathroom... just kidding!

 

[Beerhippie]

Test:
aaaand... nope.

 

[Outlawmws]

Little guy and I got some new to us hardware bins setup on a bench in the shop. Not sure if they’ll live here forever

If that bench is a "clean work area" no problem them being there. if you do a lot of cutting grinding sanding dusty/gritty work there, open bins are not a happy choice.

 

[ATC]

Got bored. Too cold (windy) to do much outside on my trailer project, so I organized a few more drawers. I had to cut an inch off of the US General power tool organizer because it was too tall for the drawer in my MAC box.

 

[BonzoHansen]

Just replaced 4 beat up old light fixtures with some new LEDs. my garage went from dusk to bright sunshine. So happy.

Also rolled $47.50 in change just from the small container of change on the bench.

Almost time for dinner, happy thanksgiving everyone.

 

[micromind]

Appreciate the input. The position in the pic was for cleaning purposes. The motor is an old Hoover which has 2 oil fill caps at 90 degrees to each other. I was thinking of placing at 45 degrees to the top. Good idea or not? I had put 5 drops in each fill hole thinking this would be adequate as I was under the impression that it was sufficient and not excessive. Thought overfilling could damage the motor.
I don't know how well it was maintained by the original owner.

45 degrees apart will be fine.

Yes, over-oiling will eventually wreck the insulation. 5 drops is enough if it has been oiled recently, I stated 20 because the vast majority of these motors haven't been oiled in a very long time.

 

[Just Puttering]

For the past couple of weeks, I have been just puttering about building a closet in the garage to hide the car care ****.



This morning I painted the doors and called this little project done.



Of course, now that the eyesore pile of stuff has disappeared, the garage looks way to too bland, so it's time to put some stuff up on the walls.

 

[jblnut]

If that bench is a "clean work area" no problem them being there. if you do a lot of cutting grinding sanding dusty/gritty work there, open bins are not a happy choice.

Well the bench is not an actual “work area” but it’s in the weld/fab area of the shop and the current hardware storage is as well so

I was more concerned about the bins being in the way. That bench was full a foot deep of random **** before I put the shelves there so I don’t think I’m gonna miss the bench lol.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Didn't have my phone on me to snap a picture but set up the roaster for the turkey breasts, cooked them and them sliced off the meat for Thanksgiving dinner.

 

[Beerhippie]

Cleaning another Rinnai for our hot water system today. More hurry-up-and-wait. I need to find something to occupy myself while in the waiting phase.

Maybe I'll clean the employee bathroom... just kidding!

I did actually mop the floor of the employee bathroom. We had a screw-up the other day that resulted in wort--think syrup--being spilled all over the brewery floor. I got sick and tired of sticky floors in the non-wash-down areas of the brewery and unsticky'ed them.

Set up for our weekly special photography tomorrow. We usually do this on Thurs, but being some sort of national day off for everyone else.... Oh, well, double pay for today don't hurt none. I'll be getting together with a few buddies on Sat for the traditional "let's shoot the **** out of stuff" celebration. Haven't gotten the shooty toys out in a month of months.

 

[LeonardY]

Finished up a few things before the feast.

Installed the long overdue brackets to hold the front chip shield.

Finished the modification of the printer cover.


Have a good Thanksgiving everyone that celebrates!

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Bought a chuck for my wood lathe.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Thanks @BlakeTheCarGuy I hit the wrong thread but appreciate the

 

[Beerhippie]

Beating my head against a wall again, as Win 11 Home won't let me unzip a ZIP folder.

Yes, I looked it up. I installed 7-Zip. Yes, I tried using it to unzip the folder. No, it didn't work that I can tell.

Trying to install Davinci Resolve and open the manual for the Subaru engine. Really irritating. Right- or left- clicking on a ZIP folder just crashes File Exploder.

 

[Beerhippie]

Finally getting somewhere!

I may have been able to open and install Davinci!

Nothing intuitive about it--more like just fumbling around in an unfamiliar room in the dark....

 

[Beerhippie]

Yes! I have a way to edit videos again!

It sure would be handy if I remembered just what I did that worked....

 

[kaymccampbell]

Had great plans. Piss poor follow through.

 

[TerryH]

Took the guys that were over for Thanksgiving for a tour of my rearranged and clean shop and my new 4 post.

 

[Wrencher 160]

Had great plans. Piss poor follow through.

Some weeks my daily routine.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

We had a # of stops to make today so not much time in the garage. Did manage to finish cleaning up the electric motor for my lathe. Could have taken it further but I like a little age showing since the lathe is probably around 45 years old. The motor is a Hoover I’m guessing a replacement so likely older than the lathe. Bought a chuck today at Lee Valley. Was looking around for the original turning faceplate. After storing it for 11 years I hope it surfaces soon don’t want to buy another, then you know what happens.

 

[Lumpy102]

Bought a chuck for my wood lathe.

I’ve had the original Oneway chuck and have now had the stronghold chuck for more than 15 yrs, never been disappointed in the holding ability, and it doesn’t hurt that the company is local, about an hour away.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Just came in for lighting a fire in the wood burner. It was still 64° out there from the fire I stoked up last night.

While it might be too hot for a few, when the wood burner is your only heat source, you have to keep a fire going to maintain heat in the concrete.

 

[M.Brane]

Yesterday got all the deep fry stuff together, tested, cleaned, and ready to go for Friendsgiving today.

 

[chris_1001]

Tossed on a CF M type rear spoiler. Getting the old adhesive off from the original spoiler was time consuming. Used an eraser wheel.

 

[rzims]

Got up at midnight to get the smoker going for Thanksgiving brisket. (Sits just outside the shop)
17 hrs later this piece of yummy goodness became part of the feast...

 

[Outlawmws]

The only real "Garage activity" yesterday was cleaning out the Weber for the bird and getting the bird out of the garage where it was thawing out slowly:


Getting the Weber ready for indirect cooking of the bird:



We got fire:




Just under 14 lbs this year we are usually 20 or more, but just 4 of us this year:




Rice stuffing going in:




briquets and Weber ready for the bird - the pan is for the drippings to collect in:




I did move the bird a bit to center it after this pic 1:45 start time:




2:45 and adding 8 briquets each side:




3:45 and adding 8 briquets each side:





4:45 and adding 8 briquets each side:




5:30 and Done!:




Ready to carve:




Stuffing out:






First drumstick off:




On the breast, I don't try to carve slices off the bird, it never works out - I make a cut this side of the breastbone to ribs and angle the knife, then keep cutting and you get a big half breast, then you can get that flat on a cutting board and slice it with decent support and across the "grain" for a more tender cut, and still get some skin on each piece

Credit where credit is due, I picked that up years ago off an Alton Brown cooking episode for cooking and carving turkey, I took his carving method.







All done with basic carving (lots to salvage for sandwiches or pet portions)



Ready to serve, and you can see the second breast sliced:



And served!

 

[Prospecter]

Had great plans. Piss poor follow through.

. . . so tomorrow, you'll have a head start since the planning is already done! Gotta love retirement.

 

[Skellyii]

I have 6 of these cheap Menards lights in my little temporary shop:

https://www.menards.com/main/lighting-ceiling-fans/indoor-lighting/shop-lights/performax-trade-5000-lumen-45-led-shop-light/gt-sl5000-lnk4/p-1642874298745820-c-1472133557086.htm

The ones I have hanging on chains are fine. The ones that are surface mount keep popping off the ceiling. Their cheap plastic bodies expand so far as they heat up, they push themselves off their key-slot mount. You can actually hear them creaking as they expand.

I went out today and it's super cold out, and two more lights popped off the ceiling. So I put conduit clamps over all of them to clamp them to the ceiling.

Silly, but what do I expect for $9, I guess.

Wow!

I bought some of those on "Clearance" a couple of years ago. I didn't realize that they brought them back.

Definitely NOT the best, but I've put them in some non-critical areas.

 

[Notgrownup]

Finished th3 chopper board

 

[DGersic]

The 60 MPH winds on Wednesday filled my driveway with 2’ to 3’ leaf drifts. With 8”+ snow predicted for tonight and tomorrow, they had to go. So I got the yard vac out of the shed, put it back together, and cleared the driveway. Did the neighbors’ driveways and sidewalks too. The snowblower is ready, so we’ll probably get rain.

 

[Skellyii]

The 60 MPH winds on Wednesday filled my driveway with 2’ to 3’ leaf drifts. With 8”+ snow predicted for tonight and tomorrow, they had to go. So I got the yard vac out of the shed, put it back together, and cleared the driveway. Did the neighbors’ driveways and sidewalks too. The snowblower is ready, so we’ll probably get rain.

We had the crazy wind a couple of days ago. We live on the downhill end of a cul-de-sac, so everyone's leaves that don't get picked up land in our yard. We're not supposed to see much snow, but the leaves are easier to pick up with my riding mower before they get frozen to the ground. Just finished a few minutes ago.

We have family visiting from your area (Oak Park), that were planning on driving home on Sunday. Hopefully the roads will be clear by then.

 

[Outlawmws]

The 60 MPH winds on Wednesday filled my driveway with 2’ to 3’ leaf drifts.

We had the crazy wind a couple of days ago. We live on the downhill end of a cul-de-sac, so everyone's leaves that don't get picked up land in our yard.

I was on my walk 2 days ago and realized a lot of my leaves are now in the gutters all the way down the block.

I guess the wind changed direction and I'd noticed my drive was not full again, and the 2 oak trees still have about a quarter to a third left to go. (still lots of green and some colors finally as the temps drop)

 

[niget2002]

Pulled down all the Christmas decorations for the wife and kids to start setting up.

Cleaned the shop from finishing the last project. Hauled some scrap lumber off to the scrap pile and swept the shop.

Re-wired the Christmas inflatables for the new power supply and finished wiring up a set of spot lights for the inflatables.

 

[Beerhippie]

Baby got new shoes:





195 65 R15 are EXACTLY the biggest tires that will fit the Toy w/KYB struts. There's 1/4" clearance between the rear lower spring cup and the tire.

Old wheel and tire for comparison--I gained an inch of clearance going to the 15" rims. My summer tires are about shot, so I think I'll pick up another set of 15" rims for the new ones next spring.

Took 'em for a drive around the block--no rubbing, stop-to-stop. Re-torqued the lug nuts afterwards.

Between tuning up the snow thrower and putting the winter rubber on, first snow should be nicely delayed. 50 and sunny out this afternoon.

Hey! Pictures work again! Yay!

 

[Outlawmws]

195 65 R15 are EXACTLY the biggest tires that will fit the Toy w/KYB struts.

That gets you what; almost 1" more ground clearance Timm?

And I assume the new rims came in?

 

[Beerhippie]

That gets you what; almost 1" more ground clearance Timm?

And i assume the new rims came in?

Yep and yep. I'm liking it a LOT.

Also liking not listening to studs.... I imagine they'll get better gas mileage than the studs did. I lost about two mpg every time I switched over to the studs. We'll see how they compare on packed snow and ice--got a few months of that coming.

 

[Beerhippie]

That gets you what; almost 1" more ground clearance Timm?

And I assume the new rims came in?

You didn't think I washed the old ones, did you?

Hmm... is the Toy supposed to have dust caps for those front axle nuts? Have to get out the manual....

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep and yep. I'm liking it a LOT.

Also liking not listening to studs.... I imagine they'll get better gas mileage than the studs did. I lost about two mpg every time I switched over to the studs. We'll see how they compare on packed snow and ice--got a few months of that coming.

I imagine they'll get better gas mileage than the studs did. I lost about two mpg every time I switched over to the studs.

That change from 195/60 14 to 195/65 15 will also change your gearing a touch over 7% (actual speed goes up...); so a direct change to the odometer readings and changes the motor loading - that could be a positive or a negative.

were the old summer/winter tires the same size?.

 

[Beerhippie]

That change from 195/60 14 to 195/65 15 will also change your gearing a touch over 7% (actual speed goes up...); so a direct change to the odometer readings and changes the motor loading - that could be a positive or a negative.

were the old summer/winter tires the same size?.

Yep. Both 195 60 14.

With the 14" tires, my speedo read almost exactly 5mph over (pretty standard). I'll have to take the GPS for a spin tomorrow to see what the correction is now.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Put the plow on the Gator which should guarantee us the 7” of snow forecasted will be nothing more than rain.