What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[rharman]

I have the same one in my garage & my workshop. Yesterday I setup my mountain bike as an exercise bike for the Winter months so I could still get some exercise when I cannot ride outside.

A lady at our gym has a shirt just like that!

Weekday mornings 8-11, it's seniors only so there's always some senior/retirement themed garb.

 

[Car hobby]

I made a wrench extender from a piece of garage door opener steel and angle iron. I saw a few on GJ and decided to make one today. God willing, I will become a better welder some day.

 

[Beerhippie]

Is that a brand new timing belt, rollers, tensioner and water pump?



Why, yes it is!

Working on a Boxer on Boxing day!

 

[Jgaz]

I made a wrench extender from a piece of garage door opener steel and angle iron. I saw a few on GJ and decided to make one today. God willing, I will become a better welder some day.

Nice job! This would be a good cross post for the “Homemade tools” thread.
That thread needs to be resurrected from time to time.

 

[2001ZR2]

Been trying to channel my inner GJ member with sorting flinging and cleaning....variable success depending on the day.

Been fighting with my contractors to actually get the scope I want...I am one "those" customers. GC currently hates me because I grew weary of the Sparky playing games and fired him. See my thread in lighting forum.

Today began at 2:15 am with getting up to take my oldest to the airport for his flight.

Spent a large part of today trying get the fan clutch off my wife's truck so I can change the water pump. After a successful fanectomy my brain was shutting down so stopped.

While my sons were home last few days we got more car maintenance done and with leaky valve cover addressed on my wife's truck. How we found the water pump issue.

Fixes dim lights on my youngest truck and installed a new battery on my Colorado...heavy SOB for diesel.

 

[rsparks64]

vacuumed the car and the suv; picked up some bleach for the septic system; met some friends for late lunch;

 

[bmwrd0]

Wired in the drum switch on the lathe

motor side

switch side

all buttoned up
I use 14/5 that I picked up at the local electrical supplier, works perfect for this, looks right, but is hard to find mostly because I always thought it should be listed as 14/4 but in this application the ground is included in the listing for some reason. We had to go round and round with what I needed and what it is called for the application, but they had it.

Not too sure about this motor, not because of an issue with it running, but mainly due to its internal use of flag connectors, which are my least favorite type. I ended up needing to electrical tape them just to be on the safe side when making the reversing connections. I have an instant reverse motor of the same size tucked away, and I might swap that one in. Assuming it has better connectors inside. Wiring in a instant reverse is slightly more work, as you need to make sure that the solenoid is always hot, but, other than that no big deal.

 

[413dan]

Well we got 6+ inches of snow last night and the last time I used the snowblower a connecting arm snapped that engages the auger system. Hoping a set of vice grips will suffice today as I haven't properly gotten it fixed/rigged up today.
Off to tinker with 18 degree F wrenches to see if we can't clear the driveway without shoveling, wish me luck lol!

 

[Old Man Roger]

Wired in the drum switch on the lathe

motor side

switch side

all buttoned up
I use 14/5 that I picked up at the local electrical supplier, works perfect for this, looks right, but is hard to find mostly because I always thought it should be listed as 14/4 but in this application the ground is included in the listing for some reason. We had to go round and round with what I needed and what it is called for the application, but they had it.

Not too sure about this motor, not because of an issue with it running, but mainly due to its internal use of flag connectors, which are my least favorite type. I ended up needing to electrical tape them just to be on the safe side when making the reversing connections. I have an instant reverse motor of the same size tucked away, and I might swap that one in. Assuming it has better connectors inside. Wiring in an instant reverse is slightly more work, as you need to make sure that the solenoid is always hot, but, other than that no big deal.

I’ve had a drum switch for at least 10 years, but never tried to install it on the lathe because I never did the work to see if I had the right type of motor. I’m lazy.

 

[PhantomEB]

Measuring to run 60 amp power out to my garage. Got 50$ to Home Depot, now instead of a Havkzall, I think I rather get the wire to bump up capability in the shop.

 

[Beerhippie]

Woke to 4 or 5" of light, fresh snow this AM. I'm in the TG shop right now debating whether to use the Ariens or an idiot stick. It's right on the edge.

Advantage of the idiot stick is that I don't need to bundle up for a blizzard. Downside is, well, physical labor.

I'll get the pub walks and a bit of the brewery done, then back to wrenchin' on the Brick. Hoping to get the timing belt job sewn up and figure out where to park the Brick while waiting for the transaxle to return.

 

[Beerhippie]

I gave the idiot stick (snow shovel) the ol' team try. While it had been in the high twenties while the snow was falling this morning, we hadn't had temps below freezing for a week or so. The ground is probably around 40F, so what I thought would be light, fluffy powder is actually wet concrete.

Suited up and got 'er done. Since the brewery isn't open today, I can put off most of the brewery pads and walks until Monday. Cleared all the walks for the pub and the one from the driveway to the shop and brewery, mostly so it doesn't get stomped into unmovable ice before I get it.

Now I need to go start the fire at Rocky's.

 

[Beerhippie]

Got walks cleared.

Started a fire at Rocky's.

Wind has kicked up and now all the walks I cleared are drifting over.

I hope I can get some work done on the Brick today.

 

[NUTTSGT]

These bits from CoreMark Metals are nice! Blew through 1/8 steel like it was paper.

Where did you get the bits from ?

 

[niget2002]

Went out to the shop two nights ago. Flipped the lights on and something 'popped'. One of the LED tubes went out. I have some cheap 4' tubes, but thought I'd run to Home Depot and get something a little getter. The cheap ones I have I use inside the paint booth so they have some overspray on them.

Got home. Opened up the box and noticed the end wasn't factory sealed. Sure enough, some scumbag bought the light, took the cables out, and then returned it.

So I ended up putting up one of my cheap lights anyways. What ***** is my ladder is about a foot short of being tall enough for me to be comfortable swapping lights with it. I put it on a 6" tall solid stand I use with the motorcycle lift, but I still had to stand one rung higher than I'd prefer. I got it done, but I wasn't happy.

The son and I also spent time opening up some plastic models we got for Christmas and taking stock of what paint colors I need to buy. We were 4 colors short. I went to hobby lobby to get them and they only had 2 of them. Plus they had them locked up and I couldn't find someone to help me, so I left without the paint. I'll order them online.

 

[Beerhippie]

Moving snow again. It's been alternating blinding bright and blinding blizzard all morning and most of what I cleared this AM is now drifted in.

Looks like not much work is getting done on the Brick today. I hate having wasted a load of firewood warming the shop up.

 

[pancholasvegas]

Spend a bit of time this morning before going into work metal finishing the Econoline pane patch.



Started a bit of sanding on the highs and then kept working it with the hammer and dolly, checking, etc.



I’m hopeful we won’t need anywhere near the amount of body filler as the previous owner thought necessary, as see in the bottom left of the lower panel.

Then I started cleaning up some holes in the floor of the bed. Plan is to be able to save as much of this bed as possible, if possible. I know this is garage journal, but there’s a budget cap on this. Still waiting for parts…

 

[Ultradog MN]

I took the forks off and made a snow pusher for the loader.
I've had ten of these timbers stored in a semi trailer up at the property for 30+ years. They're 8"x10" 14 footers that I salvaged out of a hundred year old building
but never did find a use for them.
I brought one home when I was up hunting this fall and today I cut if in half and stacked the two pieces for a Jerry rigged snow mover.
Pretty warm day - everything melting - so after a cold spell here it was nice to spend some time outside.
I did drill the holes in the brackets inside so it was partly done IN my shop.
Jerry

 

[oldman_pottering]

fought with Ubuntu for a while

 

[RonnieC]

Had surgery two days before Christmas and have been couch bound since. Today I took a little walk around the yard, put some tools away in the shop and puttered around.

 

[pima67]

Back on X-10. I also have old night lite things with a red christmas light with the pump X10 appliance module and on in the MB that I can check on/off. One is on the A circuit and one on the B circuit (the 2 120 legs). Never bother to get a coupler or repeater to address the 2 legs

 

[jblnut]

Big day in the shop today !!! It's been a loooooooooooong while coming but I finally felt like most of the shop was where I wanted it and could finally run air to the places I was forever dragging hoses to. First up was to stick the air compressor in the loft where it would be out of the way. I attached the supply hose with 1/2" quick connect fittings because it seemed like a good idea to be able to quickly disconnect it for some reason. I also ran a 6mm line from the bottom of the tank down below to the sink. My electrican buddy didn't like my outlet so he ran a new 50a line upstairs. "What if you ever get a larger compressor ?!" Okay fine lol


1/2" hydraulic line from the compressor to a valve so I can isolate the system from below if there are leaks or I want to add something without draining the entire system. This little tank is acting as additional storage as well as a manifold. There are 4 outlets on top I've tapped into. You can also see the 6mm line from the compressor T's into a drain line from this tank. I have inline screw valves (flow controls actually) to isolate this tank from the main tank so the condensate doesn't fill this tank from above. Handy little valve handle extension so I don't have to climb my fatass on a ladder when I want to move it.


Three reels total under the loft. The one above the tire changer is a must. The orange reel will be used to fill the bead blaster while the far reel on the left will be used to put the final pressure into the tire along with being able to service that side of the weld/fab area.


14mm Festo air line running in a 2" conduit across to the far side of the shop that feeds a CoxReel, an outdoor connection point and an indoor connection point. I thought a valve and drain out the bottom of the manifold pipe was a good idea to drain it all out once in a while. I figured it can't hurt.


While previously mentioned electrical buddy was here running the new compressor circuit I asked him to put it all on a fart fan timer and contactor so the compressor would only run when I told it to. A bunch of y'alls on here mentioned that in previous threads/posts so I figured it was a good idea. I found it on the internet so it has to be a good idea !!!!

 

[crewchief888]

wasnt really IN the garage but i did have to grab a couple wrenches to assemble the new yard cart i bought the wife for Xmas.
picked up the cart at northern tool.

 

[bulletpruf]

Magnafluxed, deburred, and ball honed an AMC 360 block for the 24 Hours of Lemons road race project.

 

[SRU1436]

While struggling with my my th350 rebuild, I de to take a break from it and work on cleaning up the engine compartment to prep for paint before putting the engine and transmission back in. Still several months away from that day.

 

[2001ZR2]

Did get an upgrade to the lighting in garage 1st shows to lights without the new HF linkable LED ones. The other two show the rapture lights.

 

[SRU1436]

Did get an upgrade to the lighting in garage 1st shows to lights without the new HF linkable LED ones. The other two show the rapture lights.

Nice Camaro

 

[Thisistimm]

Yup Stanley no 60 it is!found more lettering on a few wrench’s should be able to get these clean and into rotation eventually. Still curious about this little hammer. I thought it was a wood handled little hammer for Brad nails etc. However the whole thing is heavy metal and it has a rounded second head instead of a claw. I’m sure it has a specific purpose I just don’t know what it is yet. It was definitely used to beat on something that’s for sure!

 

[555]

Chased threads on a 54 year old Harley frame. A clean, lube, turn bit to the right, clean, lube, a bit to the left,....repeat many times.
Put away the outdoor Christmas decorations. Put up the lawn chairs we've been using for the past week. Forecast leaves little doubt that we won't be sitting outside for a while.

 

[Wrench97]

Where did you get the bits from ?

I'll go out on a limb here and say from Coremark Metals

https://www.coremarkmetals.com/mechanics-length-drill-bits

 

[bugnut]

Added a chain to the 3pt lift arms on the Ford tractor. Just holding them up when not in use or the hydraulics are down, keeping them out of harms way!

And oh by the way shoutout to @jblnut the factory bolts on the Ford lift arms are 7/16 diameter

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'll go out on a limb here and say from Coremark Metals

https://www.coremarkmetals.com/mechanics-length-drill-bits

Yeah, I figured that much but curious if they came from a retailer offering decent prices.

I know the OP stocks shelves are Menards and wasn't sure if they were carrying them possibly either.

 

[Mike65]

Spent 10 minutes getting some exercise on my converted mountain bike to exercise bike.

 

[RonnieC]

Put away the outdoor Christmas decorations.

This guy doesn’t mess around!

 

[PhantomEB]

Putting the car back in to defrost tonight even though temps swing back up over 0*C tomorrow. Need to get a longer USB C cord to fit my quad lock dash mount.

 

[DennisK59]

Still curious about this little hammer

Ballpeen Hammer.

 

[Beerhippie]

Got the timing belt project sewn up. Put the ratchet strap back under the rear of the engine. I need to go back over and finish picking up and putting away. I think we'll tow it over to my cabin until the transaxle comes back from German Transaxle.

Right now I'm waiting to see if it gets over 20F today. Low of 10 last night. Brrr.

 

[niget2002]

Used a $30 punch set to make a $.50 rubber washer

But I do have material leftover for future use.

 

[Beerhippie]

******* the loose ends in the engine compartment--O2 sensor lead plugged back in, alternator belt tightened, ect. Made sure everything under the rig is tow-safe. Brick is back on its own wheels and ready to roll--with some help.

I have another friend who has a wrecker that has offered to tow the Brick over to my cabin--but maybe later this week after the packed snow and ice have melted off some. Right now the roads are slicker than deer guts on a doorknob.

 

[SMOKEYBEAR]

Worked on the drill press a bit.

General cleaning/ degrease of all the big cast iron parts. Simple green and the pressure washer, easy work. Attempted to strip the paint to test its future and which process I'll follow. Stripper stripped exactly ZERO paint. No idea what paint is on it. I'm going to do a color change, looking at media blast cabinets....

Plan to make it two tone, use colors similar to the blues Ford used on engine blocks in the past.

Bearings were delivered on schedule, so I finished the spindle pulley/ bearings. Cleaned up the feed handles too. I may make a change to the feed handles/ knobs.

Soaking some parts/hardware in the rust remover concoction. Purchased some replacement fasteners as well.

Anyways, couple pics, no order