What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Sometimes that can yield interesting finds! Long lost treasures.
My niece's husband works for the railroad in Washington. She told us there's a 400' section of track where the ground underneath just washed away. Track is dangling.
bmwrd0
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Spent the last bit making a prototype drum switch mount for the Logan
Not happy as it stands, as it is very ugly, but it does work exactly as I want. I will probably replace the bit of angle with a piece that goes over everything and tidies it up but this is what I had on hand. And I was going to wire it up, but I am not sure how I want to run the wiring. I am getting an idea, but want to sleep on it.
It is starting to look like a real lathe though
Not happy as it stands, as it is very ugly, but it does work exactly as I want. I will probably replace the bit of angle with a piece that goes over everything and tidies it up but this is what I had on hand. And I was going to wire it up, but I am not sure how I want to run the wiring. I am getting an idea, but want to sleep on it.
It is starting to look like a real lathe though
kaymccampbell
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Be careful that the apron can't crash into the switch.Spent the last bit making a prototype drum switch mount for the Logan
Not happy as it stands, as it is very ugly, but it does work exactly as I want. I will probably replace the bit of angle with a piece that goes over everything and tidies it up but this is what I had on hand. And I was going to wire it up, but I am not sure how I want to run the wiring. I am getting an idea, but want to sleep on it.
It is starting to look like a real lathe though
Beerhippie
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Microplanes are my tool of choice. Also great for garlic!
LeonardY
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Painted in the morning.
Painted in the afternoon.
Painted in the evening.
Painted in the afternoon.
Painted in the evening.
TheRealZeus
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Eat! But not the paint. 
Outlawmws
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Outlawmws
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Not much today. just a little needed for leaves as I had the barrels full for "garbage collection prep" -Tomorrow is PU day.
I did start late today trying to polish scratches out of the little Queen knife I got a few months ago. the PO was bad at honing... I started with 2000, then down to 1000, still a long way to go, so next is 800, and maybe 600 before going back up and polishing.
I did deliberately; start with the lightest to see how bad it needed a heavier grit.
I will say this; I cannot feel any scratches with my fingertips anymore, so any burrs are gone!
I did start late today trying to polish scratches out of the little Queen knife I got a few months ago. the PO was bad at honing... I started with 2000, then down to 1000, still a long way to go, so next is 800, and maybe 600 before going back up and polishing.
I did deliberately; start with the lightest to see how bad it needed a heavier grit.
I will say this; I cannot feel any scratches with my fingertips anymore, so any burrs are gone!
bugnut
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More fiddling with the prusa, gonna keep at it, for some reason it quits feeding the filament. Need to check temps and insure it is properly calibrated.
@kaymccampbell, Kay have an x1c with ams and have been using it, so the prusa languishes. I have needed nothing for it since its arrival. Considerable difference between printing and fiddling. I'll withhold judgement till repairs are required.
@kaymccampbell, Kay have an x1c with ams and have been using it, so the prusa languishes. I have needed nothing for it since its arrival. Considerable difference between printing and fiddling. I'll withhold judgement till repairs are required.
bmwrd0
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No, it is just a hair past the carriages furthest travel when in its final spot. Right now I need to be able to wire in the switch, so I gave myself space.
But good looking out!
kaymccampbell
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I would love to use a microplane, but my heel calluses are atypical. Instead of bulging out of my heel, my heel looks normal, and they bulge in, giving me a horseshoe of pain around the heel. I have to grind a 3/8 wide by 1/8 deep groove around my heel. It fills in with regular heel overnight, and looks and feels normal-ish, if a touch tender, the next day. Then 6 months later, it starts to hurt again.
kaymccampbell
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But paint tastes so good.Eat! But not the paint.
kaymccampbell
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I was thinking of the H2C with the Vortex nozzle changer, where it can swap out clip in induction driven nozzles on the fly.
rzims
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Not in the shop but on the new property nextdoor.
We bought as-is which means I've spent the week cleaning and emptying the 480sf cabin.
Did find a couple of cool old treasures...
Wooden ax box from Army Corp of Engineers and a couple of old Tonka toys
We bought as-is which means I've spent the week cleaning and emptying the 480sf cabin.
Did find a couple of cool old treasures...
Wooden ax box from Army Corp of Engineers and a couple of old Tonka toys
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LeonardY
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Prospecter
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I use my Dremel and a sanding drum.
DGersic
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All of this talk of lathes. Wishing I had one (and space for one).
Fixing my push broom. Broke the plastic hanger handle end.
Found some 7/8” dowel in my stash of spare bits of wood. Fits the broom handle ID. Doesn’t fit the broken off plastic top. No lathe, but I do have a pull saw, and a chisel.
Some fine finishing work with a rasp to make it fit.
Some JB Weld. I did score up the plastic inside, so even if it doesn’t hold, the grooves filled with epoxy should keep it from pulling out. Probably.
I measured the OD of the plastic topper at an inch. I found some 1 1/8” shrink tube. Seems that their rough measurements are less correct than mine, couldn’t get the tube to go on. Milwaukee PEX expander helped make the tubing a little bit bigger, and it went on.
Ready to return to garage service.
Fixing my push broom. Broke the plastic hanger handle end.
Found some 7/8” dowel in my stash of spare bits of wood. Fits the broom handle ID. Doesn’t fit the broken off plastic top. No lathe, but I do have a pull saw, and a chisel.
Some fine finishing work with a rasp to make it fit.
Some JB Weld. I did score up the plastic inside, so even if it doesn’t hold, the grooves filled with epoxy should keep it from pulling out. Probably.
I measured the OD of the plastic topper at an inch. I found some 1 1/8” shrink tube. Seems that their rough measurements are less correct than mine, couldn’t get the tube to go on. Milwaukee PEX expander helped make the tubing a little bit bigger, and it went on.
Ready to return to garage service.
Outlawmws
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very cool finds - especially the pioneer's box! But boy, Tonka cheaped out using the same pseudo military numbers for both truck and Jeep!
TheRealZeus
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rzims
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I was assuming it was a set....
GreenIron
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You have lots of patience.
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I had spare time from my unusually-busy retired work schedule to weld together a somewhat-looking?? silhouette of a '66 Impala(36'' long). This is my first try at a silhouette project, so it may not look exact.
I flung flat-black paint on it and called it good'nuf to hang in my home office.
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Metallitubby
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Eat! But not the paint.
Be advised that orange paint does not taste like oranges.
Outlawmws
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Very cool! but did you mean 36"?
Thanks! Glad to learn this from your prior experience!
Beerhippie
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You kids don't know what you're missing!
When I was your age, we had real lead paint! That sweet, sweet taste of lead sulfide--just like sugar, but less fattening....
Today's library paste doesn't hold a candle to what we had, either.
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bmwrd0
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Crayons taste like purple!
Outlawmws
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Crayons taste like a candle...
Beerhippie
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Put my photographer's hat on again today:
Podzole--mmmmmm! Missing the epazote, of course, but still right tasty.
An hour-and-a-half to set up and tear down, less than five minutes of actual photography.
Podzole--mmmmmm! Missing the epazote, of course, but still right tasty.
An hour-and-a-half to set up and tear down, less than five minutes of actual photography.
The eating of lead, messes with your brain cells too...
budo55
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I have restored 2 South Bend 9x36 lathes and each time regretted selling them when I stopped doing gunsmith work. Years and a couple of house moves later I felt the need for a bench top lathe and got a vintage Craftsman (Atlas) 6x18 that sits nicely on my bench but will be moved to a stand when I get around to putting the stand from Rockler together.
Beerhippie
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What were we talking about?The eating of lead, messes with your brain cells too...
BonzoHansen
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i would never want one, but a guy used to run an abarth edition at our local autocross. no idea what exhaust was in it, but it had a very surprising v8 like sound. More than once it made me look up only to lead to my disappointment.They must be good J-Lo recommended them!
Jeffrey D
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Installed new TPMS sensors on my wife's 2013 Toyota Prius. The dashboard looks funny now with that light being out.
Beerhippie
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Picked up the last ten parts I need for the brake swap tomorrow:
I was in a bit of a panic today when I realized that I needed ten new conical-base 14mm 1.5 lug nuts for the job. The original front hubs use lug bolts. I tried everywhere else first, to be told they could have then by next Thursday. Les for the win--at $4.10 each, but they're perfect matches--one of those is original and I can't tell which.
Having studs up front will make tire changes much easier. The lug bolts were a VW thing I always hated.
Just waiting on the local machine shop to get the new studs pressed into the new hubs. I tried using my antique Reed 404 1/2 and a socket to press them in--and decided that I preferred the old vise in one piece.
I was in a bit of a panic today when I realized that I needed ten new conical-base 14mm 1.5 lug nuts for the job. The original front hubs use lug bolts. I tried everywhere else first, to be told they could have then by next Thursday. Les for the win--at $4.10 each, but they're perfect matches--one of those is original and I can't tell which.
Having studs up front will make tire changes much easier. The lug bolts were a VW thing I always hated.
Just waiting on the local machine shop to get the new studs pressed into the new hubs. I tried using my antique Reed 404 1/2 and a socket to press them in--and decided that I preferred the old vise in one piece.
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Crazyjake8493
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Got the tractor out to clean up snow drifts from yesterday.
Serviced the Ariens walk behind a bit. It had been stalling out occasionally under load. Pulled the main jet out of the carb and cleaned that. Had a bit of gunk in the idle transfer passage. Runs great now. Also changed the gearbox oil and snugged up the auger belt a bit by adjusting the idler pulley.
Serviced the Ariens walk behind a bit. It had been stalling out occasionally under load. Pulled the main jet out of the carb and cleaned that. Had a bit of gunk in the idle transfer passage. Runs great now. Also changed the gearbox oil and snugged up the auger belt a bit by adjusting the idler pulley.
Beerhippie
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You're saying candles don't taste like purple?
Metallitubby
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kaymccampbell
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But if it's the right age, it's sweet.