What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[bugnut]

Not in the garage but in the family room, removed the holiday appropriate blocking panel and installed the new faux fireplace. The bursar was immediately happy as the heater included started to warm the room. Only one trip to the hardware, I added insulation behind the black panel surround to seal between the brickwork and the panel.

 

[FLHCHAZ]

Pulled the deck off of the Cub Cadet. Installed, greased, and adjusted the cables for the snow plow. Made some "skis" for the bottom to help keep it from digging into the gravel driveway (hopefully).

 

[nadogail]

The same guy you had such high hopes for? That would be a shame....

Yes, the same. He will be put on an Employee improvement plan, get better or get out. We will discuss Goals and Mile Stones.
If we can't agree on them he will be unemployed.

 

[Mezz2006]

A little accumulation of stuff from the long weekend: In the house garage I did an oil and fuel filter change on my daily driver Ram 3500, put fall decorations away in the garage attic, got winter decorations out of the garage attic, got snow shovels out of the attic, and got sleds out of the attic for the kids. Hung up the kids Ninja course in the garage to dry so it can be put away til spring and prepped the Christmas tree to bring it in the house.
In the Shop I installed the snow blower to the lawn tractor with the help of my son, and I did some more work on my lighting. I got a few more spacers installed between the trusses to hang the lights from so they are spaced correctly. Now to mount boxes and pull wire for the first 2 rows of lights.

 

[niget2002]

Am I the only one that didn't see the leg on right and was wondering how this was possible?

No. In fact, I did a double take myself after posting the picture.

 

[rd65]

When doing PEX A in inclement weather, I've got a little butane torch to speed the collars up. Some folks use a heat gun.

I waved a heat gun at it but was afraid of getting things too hot. It seems to be holding just fine now, although I think I have a drain issue. Will be checking that further tonight.

 

[thunderskunk]

I put that in the garage. It was a whole project just to move it…

 

[Old Man Roger]

What in the hell!

 

[Outlawmws]

I put that in the garage. It was a whole project just to move it…

You didn't just fire it up and back it in?

 

[NUTTSGT]

Taking a break and eating some ice cream.

 

[CoogarXR]

Cleaning up my mess in the garage today. The wind is finally low so I could burn some boxes and junk. Rolled up all the cords, ropes, hoses and **** from the well work I had to do over the last couple days. Put all my plumbing tools away. Emptied and cleaned the shop vac. Put the place back in order for the next job.

 

[Beelzeboss]

Got the seat belts fully in!



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CNCs and Hot Rods, a Sydney Garage

Why did you need the stacked blocks under the end of the ramps during the attempts to get it up on the truck? It doesn't look like approach angle is any sort of problem. is it ramp over angle at the top of the ramps or what? Presuming those folding ramps are rated for the weight I would have...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[BonzoHansen]

A drive in one of my backup boxes backup box died and warranted a replacement. To be fair it’s been yelling at me for a few weeks so I can’t even be mad or surprised. These two Synology boxes have been chugging along happily for quite a few years now. Just might be time to get some new backup boxes. I dropped some coin on drives in the main TrueNAS box a few months ago and frankly am sort of done mentally with this **** for a little while. Between this setup, the setup in the shop and the offsite backup setup at my parents place I’m maintaining 72 drives, two TrueNAS boxes, four Synology NAS units and two ancient Windows Home Server boxes. Plus a host of USB single drives. Every time I think I’m consolidating and simplifying things I seem to create another layer of complexity.

a few years ago i picked up a synology ds218, put a pair of 6TB drives in it. Got rid of a major stack of old 250g drive i had laying around that were full of backup files, pics, video and music files. got rid of all those drives, old tower drive swap drawers, and a number of drive boxes. still have a few, not sure why. also got rid of spindles of cdr/dvdr backups and burned audio/video too. what space suckers they all became.

its nice to have an automated back up in place now. i still need to finish organizing things, and get some cloud db for actual important stuff.

 

[JustVicingIt]

Need pics of this one.

Pics as promised.

This one was a beast. Approaching the end of the day Wednesday, was working on the Benchcrafted tail vise install and igt just wasn't clicking. I knew I was going to have to do some finagling with shims etc to get it to run smoothly, so decided to walk away and also with the holiday just check out mentally on it. Helped that we spent the weekend in Vegas so I couldn't even wander in to the shop and tinker with it.

So today got back to it and nailed the mechanicals of the tail vise after a few hours.

Stepping away helped so much.

Here it is place.



Next up is starting to work on the base. Parts are partially made. and need to finesse them for the leg vise install as well as some chunky mortise and tenoning.



Dog holes and other various small touches will be addressed once the table is fully assembled etc.

It's been a beast of a build but I'll be grateful for it once I have it in the shop and can pass along the antique one I'm currently using.

 

[tncatadjuster]

New girl friend needs closet shelves.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I waved a heat gun at it but was afraid of getting things too hot. It seems to be holding just fine now, although I think I have a drain issue. Will be checking that further tonight.

It can be heated to 200F comfortably.

 

[Just Puttering]

Today I repaired a minor issue in the garage caused by a detonated mortar round.

While having breakfast one morning this summer, I heard the explosion and felt the house shake from the Dept of Defence detonating an UXO in the former Blair military range which starts only 3 houses away from ours. The blast immediately triggered our garage door to open and the light started flashing. We have heard & felt several of these over the past 2 summers, as they have detonated 8 WW2 era 3" mortar rounds and 1 grenade. They have also pulled 2,100 lbs of munitions scrap from the mountain bike trails and dog walking paths in the 640 acre 1930's - 1950's era military training range.



It's rather wild to know that I am routinely riding my gravel bike over this stuff, but in 60 years since the range closed, there has never been one of these accidentally go off.

Anyways, back to the garage. I could not get it to stay closed, and the lower limit adjustment didn't seem to fix it, so I have been leaving the door parked about an inch open these past few months. With winter approaching, it seemed time to take it apart. I found the limit switch was cracked, but was easily replaced and now works fine.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Fiddled in lightburn. Did some analysis on a self-contained voice control unit. Repaired a spoon ring bending tool. Made sure things are ready for snowmanuthin.

 

[pancholasvegas]

Had some snow this weekend so I got an opportunity to work a bit more on the car…

Got the front end and all the running gear hooked up, wheels and hubcaps installed, and windshield. Chrome hardware on everything underneath, just in case someone has a mirror





I did start sewing up the seat, but time was running out before I had to start plowing snow.

Got a call from a buddy asking if I could get something out of his garage - couldn’t say no. This will have to sit on the back burner until I’ve had a chance to play with the Econoline trailer.






Pretty complete overall, couple small things that aren’t quite right but it’s a good survivor. It’s a shame, I sold off the rest of my spare parts nearly a year ago, thinking I was out of this game!

 

[Metallitubby]

Started mocking-up some of the turbocharger bits on the mock-up engine for the Korrado.

 

[LeroyJones]

Currently working on refurbishing my old Craftsman 109 lathe which was made in 1945.
It has always been and always will be a junker of a lathe. Bought a new old spindle for it from a guy
on Ebay. It was bent so I got my money back. Ordered a new solid one made out of 4140 steel.
Will try that next.

 

[Bessy]

Split a snowblower in half to change a pto belt.

I like to avoid my own unfinished projects by taking on projects for others, whether it's building sets for community theatre instead of pantry cabinets for our home, or changing PTO belts on 1970s snowbird snow throwers for neighbors off of Facebook, rather than finishing trimming out the closet that was installed in the spring.

The owner is going to go out and buy a new belt and a tube for the tire so we can finish things up tomorrow evening.

 

[Skyman]

Finished cleaning up after last week's lift installation.

Lubed the suspension and steering on the Blazer. Inspected the underside, found the source of a slight coolant leak, snugged the clamp on a heater hose to address that.

Went out to fill the gas can in case we get the overnight snow that the guesscasters can't make up their minds about. Moved the snowthrower from storage into the garage in case it does happen.

Put another layer of printer paper over the Liftmaster opener light to knock its intensity down to slightly below retina-searing level.

Tidied up a bit more, and called it a night.

 

[Burt Shaver]

Put new ski spindle bushings and collars and new an arm bushings on. Finished it up today, oil and chaincase oil is changed so I think I’m ready for winter

 

[Outlawmws]

Chrome hardware on everything underneath, just in case someone has a mirror

Yeah, car show people do that...

Got a call from a buddy asking if I could get something out of his garage - couldn’t say no.

Wow; I need buddies that ask me to clear out nice Trail 70's like that!

my old Craftsman 109 lathe which was made in 1945

I should probably know this, but is there a date code on these 109s?

 

[Dh3256]

a few years ago i picked up a synology ds218, put a pair of 6TB drives in it. Got rid of a major stack of old 250g drive i had laying around that were full of backup files, pics, video and music files. got rid of all those drives, old tower drive swap drawers, and a number of drive boxes. still have a few, not sure why. also got rid of spindles of cdr/dvdr backups and burned audio/video too. what space suckers they all became.

its nice to have an automated back up in place now. i still need to finish organizing things, and get some cloud db for actual important stuff.

What are you using for your automated backup? I'm thinking I should set up something like that, the manual backups to an external drive are getting annoying. I also have a lot of older smaller disks as well as CDs, DVDs, and even tapes, it would be nice to consolidate those as well.

 

[racecougar]

Fluid Filmed three of the Jeeps (forgot to take a pic of the third one) before the snow started flying a few days ago. The stink has finally dropped to reasonable levels in the other garage.

 

[DGersic]

While having breakfast one morning this summer, I heard the explosion and felt the house shake from the Dept of Defence detonating an UXO in the former Blair military range which starts only 3 houses away from ours.

Wow. Do they at least warn you when they’re going to make things go boom?

 

[bmwrd0]

Finished up the lathe carriage, well, 99% finished. One of the cap screws holding the apron on is too long, so I need to order the correct cheese head for it before too much longer. Also added some drawers to hold small pieces such as HSS and boring bars.

I should start on the headstock, but I want to get the shop back down to a dull roar clutter wise. I have a tendency for random things to be set anywhere during a project, so I need to take care of that next.

Also started to make a list of all the things needed to finish the bathroom remodel I started a couple years ago, keep the wife happy on that front. There isn't much left to do, but besides making it easy to just start something else, it is just as easy to button it up.

 

[micromind]

Wow. Do they at least warn you when they’re going to make things go boom?

The industry standard is 3 blasts of a horn before detonation.

 

[Prospecter]

Fiddled in lightburn. Did some analysis on a self-contained voice control unit. Repaired a spoon ring bending tool. Made sure things are ready for snowmanuthin.

I'd be interested to see what a spoon ring bending tool looks like.

 

[rd65]

Last night went out to check on the sink situation. No leaking water lines, the far end of the P trap was a bit out of whack and maybe a bit loose. Loosened everything up and retightened starting with the trap. Alignment looks good. Ran the sink for a bit and it all looked dry. Placed some new paper towels under the drain lines and will recheck tonight. Put the digital shop thermometer under the sink, showed 46 degrees, warmer than the shop. I will turn up the water heater a bit, it is only 2.5 gallons and ran out pretty quick last night. With the higher temp I should be able to gain a bit of run time at the faucet.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yesterday I final preped and painted an old 1/4" socket set box. - a hassle in this weather as its really too cold and windy to paint, so I soaked the paint can in hot water for a while, and setup a "paint booth" from a cardboard box and an elbow lamp with a 100 W incandescent bulb, (need to find a 100W reflector heat lamp for this...) preheated the box a bit, and painted anyway. It is still curing under the heat lamp, but its about there:



This is the one I spot welded the left hing back onto the lid a while back.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Started a fire this morning before work and just stoked it up as I'm home for a bit after a chiropractor appt.

 

[Beerhippie]

I'll be lucky if I get any real time "in" the shop today.

First real snow of the season. only a couple of inches here, but we have an acre or so of walks and forklift paths to clear--not enough to wrestle the snow blower, so back to the idiot stick.

My mantra when pushing snow is "This is how men my age die".

Supposed to be driving to Portland tomorrow, so I'm also keeping an eye on the road conditions.

 

[Outlawmws]

I'll be lucky if I get any real time "in" the shop today.

First real snow of the season. only a couple of inches here, but we have an acre or so of walks and forklift paths to clear--not enough to wrestle the snow blower, so back to the idiot stick.

My mantra when pushing snow is "This is how men my age die".

Supposed to be driving to Portland tomorrow, so I'm also keeping an eye on the road conditions.

They need to get you, or let you buy on their dime, a small garden tractor; mowing, and a small blade for mini snow plow... (dump sand bags on it and modify cable chains for traction - heck bigger cable chains might go around the tires twice!

Heck, you might be able to mount the snow blower in front if it later in the season!

 

[Beerhippie]

They need to get you, or let you buy on their dime, a small garden tractor; mowing, and a small blade for mini snow plow... (dump sand bags on it and modify cable chains for traction - heck bigger cable chains might go around the tires twice!

Heck, you might be able to mount the snow blower in front if it later in the season!

Our lawns are too cut up with pads for picnic tables to use a riding mower. Our walks and drives are also so complex it wouldn't really save me much labor. The battery Stihl mower, idiot sticks, Ariens and a sixty-five-year-old Hippie will have to do.

Just got a note from the pub staff that there's a breeze blowing in the upstairs seating area. Of course there is, because the make-up air for the kitchen vent hood isn't making up.

Done pushing snow, so now it's time to head up to the roof to fix that.

Happy Tuesday!

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'll be lucky if I get any real time "in" the shop today.

First real snow of the season. only a couple of inches here, but we have an acre or so of walks and forklift paths to clear--not enough to wrestle the snow blower, so back to the idiot stick.

My mantra when pushing snow is "This is how men my age die".

Supposed to be driving to Portland tomorrow, so I'm also keeping an eye on the road conditions.

Pace yourself, don't overheat and drink some fluids to stay hydrated if you start sweating. . . . most importantly, "push" the snow, don't be trying to throw it. If it's deep enough, half blade width (or less) at the start of the push and let the snow pile across it, no full blade width pushes except the first one to break it open.

 

[Beerhippie]

Pace yourself, don't overheat and drink some fluids to stay hydrated if you start sweating. . . . most importantly, "push" the snow, don't be trying to throw it. If it's deep enough, half blade width (or less) at the start of the push and let the snow pile across it, no full blade width pushes except the first one to break it open.

Thanks--Having spent every winter for the last thirty-odd years moving snow, I may know something about it. It just doesn't get any funner over the years.

One of my major gripes when co-workers do the snow shoveling is that they like to push the snow just out of the way--no farther. After the first few storms, there's no where left to put the snow--and the piles have set up to where the 'blower won't touch them.

We do have a contract with a local fellow to keep the parking lot and truck drives clear with a tractor.

 

[rd65]

I'll be lucky if I get any real time "in" the shop today.

First real snow of the season. only a couple of inches here, but we have an acre or so of walks and forklift paths to clear--not enough to wrestle the snow blower, so back to the idiot stick.

My mantra when pushing snow is "This is how men my age die".

Supposed to be driving to Portland tomorrow, so I'm also keeping an eye on the road conditions.

I detest driving here in the snow. Just WAY too many idiots that don't have a clue what they are doing getting in the way and causing accidents.