Miter saw dust collection, its a continual improvement process
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Metallitubby
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Assembled the prototype Honda battery handheld products, and started testing them.
16again
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You know where to send them and get HONEST reviews.
SMOKEYBEAR
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Made the templates for the boat pieces to match the trailer steps.
Drug home a random Craigslist find. $50 I wanted the tables base and post. Never seen the dual table deal... I'll strip the head down and keep some useful parts. The motor is absolutely smoked.
Drug home a random Craigslist find. $50 I wanted the tables base and post. Never seen the dual table deal... I'll strip the head down and keep some useful parts. The motor is absolutely smoked.
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bmwrd0
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Finished working on a 30+ year project last night, now I can turn it over to someone else
Outlawmws
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Congrats BMW!
PhantomEB
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Michelle happy her drivers window rolls back up, not only up but up and down. How much I hate door panel clips….they never go back in where they supposed to!
might have to do her passenger rear but shes not picky on that one.
Welding out a trac bar riser once I figure out the height then welding it in. Hope no more bump steer or I got other issues to look at.
might have to do her passenger rear but shes not picky on that one.
Welding out a trac bar riser once I figure out the height then welding it in. Hope no more bump steer or I got other issues to look at.
BonzoHansen
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Watching it rain
rd65
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Watched a guy try to use non-flamable brake cleaner as starter fluid. I was nice and pointed that out to him.The flammable stuff with the “PowerJet” nozzle is ever so much fun when used as a flamethrower. Or so I was told…
I don’t have any red cans but both of these are still labelled “very flammable”
rd65
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In my defense, I had to leave at 1pm for my knee shot at Dr office. Otherwise, maybe.
logical
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Front pads and tire rotation on the truck. (No, the pipe wrench was a different project) I bought the pads maybe 2 years ago when I passed 45k-ish miles miles (previous F-150's have eaten them) but after looking closer decided it wasn't time yet. The OEM pads on this one shed almost zero brake dust, which is nice, but it didn't seem to stop like it should and I am in the middle of a move, pulling a trailer 300 miles round trip every few days. Surprisingly, at 71k miles today, the OEM pads still had over 50% left but I changed them anyhow since I had it up on stands and the wheels off. Now just more trailer loading exercises for the afternoon.
Skyman
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Yeah, what Outlaw said!
logical
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Congratulations, I'm surprised she agreed to hold the reception in your garageFinished working on a 30+ year project last night, now I can turn it over to someone else
Skyman
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Just means she was raised right.
Beerhippie
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I got out of the shop for a couple of days.
Recharging my batteries.
I also got to try out my awning for the first time. Pretty easy to deploy and stow single-handed. Nothing fancy, but it came with the rig. Need to remember to park the rig facing north if I want afternoon/evening shade.
Of course, since I stayed at a friend's remote lodge--or camped in the yard, anyway--I ended up putting in a pretty full day of work. He came down for the afternoon to mow his lawn--which it needed badly--and of course, his fancy-*** ZTR Skag mower wouldn't run. Whenever he'd move the left handle into the drive position, the mower would die. It took a while to associate that with the mower dying, as it was intermittent, so I began by looking at the fuel system. Filter was pretty dirty and we're two hours each way from town, so I blew it out. Pulled the fuel line downstream of the pump and it was flowing nicely--but the mower would only go a little ways before dying.
Once we figured out it was associated with that left drive handle, It was easy. There's some kind of safety switch there that seemed to be working in reverse--it should kill the engine when the handle is released, not the other way around. I got under the seat to check it out, and someone else had "deleted" the switch using a Scotch-loc to short the two wires together. The POS had broken, allowing it to intermittently open the circuit again. I cut the wires and used a wire nut to do it wrong better. No soldering gear down there. At least I taped the wire nut to keep moisture out. Mower ran fine afterwards.
My buddy split after mowing the lawn (about an acre) and left me to do the trimming and spraying--he's crippled and can't do any walking. I got up this AM to get going on that. Got the damned Stihl line trimmer running just long enough to make a pass around the lodge itself, then it died. Wasn't able to get it to run after that. I suspect the 2-stroke mix has been in the jug for a few years. Wind kicked up, so spraying was out, too.
Found and fixed a half-dozen other things needin' fixin'.
While I was fixing things, I took a look through his tools.
Ain't this just the most rancher framing hammer ever?
Just to top things off, when I went to start the Brick this AM, I found I'd left the ignition turned on after rolling up the power windows--no start. Fortunately, I had my NOCO on board. Power windows ****.
Anyway, enjoyable night out.
Recharging my batteries.
I also got to try out my awning for the first time. Pretty easy to deploy and stow single-handed. Nothing fancy, but it came with the rig. Need to remember to park the rig facing north if I want afternoon/evening shade.
Of course, since I stayed at a friend's remote lodge--or camped in the yard, anyway--I ended up putting in a pretty full day of work. He came down for the afternoon to mow his lawn--which it needed badly--and of course, his fancy-*** ZTR Skag mower wouldn't run. Whenever he'd move the left handle into the drive position, the mower would die. It took a while to associate that with the mower dying, as it was intermittent, so I began by looking at the fuel system. Filter was pretty dirty and we're two hours each way from town, so I blew it out. Pulled the fuel line downstream of the pump and it was flowing nicely--but the mower would only go a little ways before dying.
Once we figured out it was associated with that left drive handle, It was easy. There's some kind of safety switch there that seemed to be working in reverse--it should kill the engine when the handle is released, not the other way around. I got under the seat to check it out, and someone else had "deleted" the switch using a Scotch-loc to short the two wires together. The POS had broken, allowing it to intermittently open the circuit again. I cut the wires and used a wire nut to do it wrong better. No soldering gear down there. At least I taped the wire nut to keep moisture out. Mower ran fine afterwards.
My buddy split after mowing the lawn (about an acre) and left me to do the trimming and spraying--he's crippled and can't do any walking. I got up this AM to get going on that. Got the damned Stihl line trimmer running just long enough to make a pass around the lodge itself, then it died. Wasn't able to get it to run after that. I suspect the 2-stroke mix has been in the jug for a few years. Wind kicked up, so spraying was out, too.
Found and fixed a half-dozen other things needin' fixin'.
While I was fixing things, I took a look through his tools.
Ain't this just the most rancher framing hammer ever?
Just to top things off, when I went to start the Brick this AM, I found I'd left the ignition turned on after rolling up the power windows--no start. Fortunately, I had my NOCO on board. Power windows ****.
Anyway, enjoyable night out.
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kaymccampbell
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Potchked around. Put things close to away. Swapped the air chuck on the tire inflator for a Jaco lightning one.
Itinerant
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Sure wish we were doing that here.
Walked through the garage about 100 times to get to the irrigation controller while working on the sprinkler system. Cleaned up and put away tools.
Beerhippie
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I got to play with my inflator, too.
Why did it take me so long to learn to air down for the rough and bumpy?
BlakeTheCarGuy
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I changed the oil in our 2008 Ford Escape. The Escape can been seen in the background lol. I just sat all the stuff on the Camry to take a picture. All of my coworkers think I’m crazy for not doing my work at the shop but I don’t want to drive 30 miles and also prefer doing my own work at home and not at work lol.
Beerhippie
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Now for the unpacking and cleaning....
The last few trips have left that carpet runner pretty filthy--not to mention the beer-related accident last night. Turns out, cup holders don't prevent spills unless the cup is in them. Who'da' thunk it? Sprayed down with the high-pressure brewery wash-down hose, soap, and a good scrub and rinse. Now drying.
Of course, that's a Blue Ribbon runner that the PO stole from somewhere. I could just sneak it into the next pub BR run and probably get a new one....
The dash is dusty enough to take notes on:
and the steering wheel is badly soiled after tossing rocks off the road yesterday and today.
Time to clean. First, get the dust out:
in proper GJ fashion. Then I got carried away and got out a bucket, rag and soapy water and actually washed the wheel and dash:
Whew. I need a rest and a beer. Maybe I'll do the front mats next....
The last few trips have left that carpet runner pretty filthy--not to mention the beer-related accident last night. Turns out, cup holders don't prevent spills unless the cup is in them. Who'da' thunk it? Sprayed down with the high-pressure brewery wash-down hose, soap, and a good scrub and rinse. Now drying.
Of course, that's a Blue Ribbon runner that the PO stole from somewhere. I could just sneak it into the next pub BR run and probably get a new one....
The dash is dusty enough to take notes on:
and the steering wheel is badly soiled after tossing rocks off the road yesterday and today.
Time to clean. First, get the dust out:
in proper GJ fashion. Then I got carried away and got out a bucket, rag and soapy water and actually washed the wheel and dash:
Whew. I need a rest and a beer. Maybe I'll do the front mats next....
kaymccampbell
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This is mine.I got to play with my inflator, too.
Why did it take me so long to learn to air down for the rough and bumpy?
Beerhippie
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I don't think that would reach to Crow Cr road....This is mine.
Motorman55
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Had to remove the temporary pop up tent in front of my garage that I was using for shade while working on my car. Something happen early this morning that broke and snapped a couple of the overhead support bars and bent the front two poles. 
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Beerhippie
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SOMEONE STOP ME!
This is getting out of hand. Next thing you know, I'll be renting a carpet cleaner... or even washing the outside of the Brick.
OTOH, maybe it was time...
That was the dirt on the passenger side floor mat. That side rarely gets used. I could have planted, watered and harvested a good crop of hay on the driver's side.
I thought about vacuuming the footwell carpets and then came to my senses and blew them out with the leaf blower.
If this keeps up, I'm risking losing my man card.
I'll be needing another beer to recover from all that....
This is getting out of hand. Next thing you know, I'll be renting a carpet cleaner... or even washing the outside of the Brick.
OTOH, maybe it was time...
That was the dirt on the passenger side floor mat. That side rarely gets used. I could have planted, watered and harvested a good crop of hay on the driver's side.
I thought about vacuuming the footwell carpets and then came to my senses and blew them out with the leaf blower.
If this keeps up, I'm risking losing my man card.
I'll be needing another beer to recover from all that....
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kaymccampbell
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It would. It pops off a wall bracket and plugs into the cigarette lighter if I want. I just don't want most of the time.
Beerhippie
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I was thinking how handy a plug-in inflator might be today when I went to air up and noticed that I had three bars on the battery. Fortunately, the M18 seems to use almost no juice from the big battery and it did all four tires--and still showed three bars.
Downside of a plug-in is the thirty feet of wire or hose required to get all the way around a large rig. The M18 has a hose of about 18" and that's fine.
Last year I noticed the fabric in my Cayman started to delaminate from the headliner structure...
This is a common issue that plague the German cars made after their government mandated certain adhesive VOC reduction take place...
The glue simply falls apart...
Today, in the garage, I decided to tackle the job and removal the headliner...
Got it out in one piece, without bending the headliner, didn't break any plastic fasteners and did it without needing to remove the side quarter window...
Now I need to pick a fabric and glue (the good formula with plenty of VOC's... I'll need to remove all the old glue / foam in the meantime...
This is a common issue that plague the German cars made after their government mandated certain adhesive VOC reduction take place...
The glue simply falls apart...
Today, in the garage, I decided to tackle the job and removal the headliner...
Got it out in one piece, without bending the headliner, didn't break any plastic fasteners and did it without needing to remove the side quarter window...
Now I need to pick a fabric and glue (the good formula with plenty of VOC's... I'll need to remove all the old glue / foam in the meantime...
kaymccampbell
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The original was maybe 18". That little roll of hose right there is 50'. It takes up very little room. You put the hose in a plastic tub and the compressor right in the middle. HF makes nice boxes.
Ben Buck
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Got the rear tires on the John Deere X 300 I got for free last year.
What a job !!!
What a job !!!
welder4956
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I learned that lesson on our 2015 Expedition - always use the OEM pads. I tried multiple "low dust" pads, including PowerStop pads and rotors. None performed as well or lasted as long as the OEM pads and rotors.Front pads and tire rotation on the truck. (No, the pipe wrench was a different project) I bought the pads maybe 2 years ago when I passed 45k-ish miles miles (previous F-150's have eaten them) but after looking closer decided it wasn't time yet. The OEM pads on this one shed almost zero brake dust, which is nice, but it didn't seem to stop like it should and I am in the middle of a move, pulling a trailer 300 miles round trip every few days. Surprisingly, at 71k miles today, the OEM pads still had over 50% left but I changed them anyhow since I had it up on stands and the wheels off. Now just more trailer loading exercises for the afternoon.
Outlawmws
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bulletpruf
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In the garage today? Chased my f*cking tail working on a 1967 John Deere 350 Straight dozer.
I bought it about 2 weeks ago and it dies after running a few minuted and then it typically starts back up. These tractors are know for injection pump issues. The governor flex ring disintegrates and that plugs up the return fitting in the injection pump, pressure gets too high in the injection pump housing, and then it stops pumping fuel to the injectors.
Anyway, I confirmed there was fuel in the fuel filters and, in my mind, that meant that the problem had to be something downstream of the fuel filters, which is just a fuel hard line and then the injection pump. But when I took the cap off the injection pump, there was no debris to be found.
I then removed the inlet to the injection pump and cranked the engine over and, to quote Karl from Sling Blade, "It ain't got no fuel in it." In other words, the fuel pump was only pumping a tiny intermittent dribble to the injection pump.
Then I removed the fuel line at the fuel shutoff valve under the seat and virtually no fuel came out; the valve was almost completely plugged with fine debris. I removed the valve, disassembled it, and completely cleaned it out. Then I drained the fuel tank of the 15 gallons of diesel that was in it, and a fair bit of crud came out. And cleaned out the pickup tube that goes into the fuel tank; it was almost completely plugged, too.
And then I put all back together and she fired up and ran really clean after the air was purged out.
FYI - the seller told me that he thought the fuel delivery issue was because of trash in the tank. I guess I should have listened to him.
I bought it about 2 weeks ago and it dies after running a few minuted and then it typically starts back up. These tractors are know for injection pump issues. The governor flex ring disintegrates and that plugs up the return fitting in the injection pump, pressure gets too high in the injection pump housing, and then it stops pumping fuel to the injectors.
Anyway, I confirmed there was fuel in the fuel filters and, in my mind, that meant that the problem had to be something downstream of the fuel filters, which is just a fuel hard line and then the injection pump. But when I took the cap off the injection pump, there was no debris to be found.
I then removed the inlet to the injection pump and cranked the engine over and, to quote Karl from Sling Blade, "It ain't got no fuel in it." In other words, the fuel pump was only pumping a tiny intermittent dribble to the injection pump.
Then I removed the fuel line at the fuel shutoff valve under the seat and virtually no fuel came out; the valve was almost completely plugged with fine debris. I removed the valve, disassembled it, and completely cleaned it out. Then I drained the fuel tank of the 15 gallons of diesel that was in it, and a fair bit of crud came out. And cleaned out the pickup tube that goes into the fuel tank; it was almost completely plugged, too.
And then I put all back together and she fired up and ran really clean after the air was purged out.
FYI - the seller told me that he thought the fuel delivery issue was because of trash in the tank. I guess I should have listened to him.
DGersic
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Over the winter, we bought a new crockpot. This has been sitting on a kitchen counter, because it didn’t fit where the old one was, and everywhere else is full. Yesterday, I started making room for it in the big cabinet over the fridge. This required digging out everything that was in there, throwing some of it away, moving some of it, and more organized (less piled) storage of the rest. I decided that a shelf would help.
So, today I bought some nice plywood and got out the saws. Cut down to 31x16.
The new bathroom cabinets came with some nice maple trim that we didn’t use. Cut that down to 31“ and edge glued it:
Tomorrow I’ll trim it to fit, sand, and get some stain on it.
Started looking in to fixing the broken glass on dad’s level.
I found 1.8” tempered glass rounds on Amazon, flashlight lenses. Bought a couple to see if they’ll work. They’re inexpensive if they don’t.
So, today I bought some nice plywood and got out the saws. Cut down to 31x16.
The new bathroom cabinets came with some nice maple trim that we didn’t use. Cut that down to 31“ and edge glued it:
Tomorrow I’ll trim it to fit, sand, and get some stain on it.
Started looking in to fixing the broken glass on dad’s level.
I found 1.8” tempered glass rounds on Amazon, flashlight lenses. Bought a couple to see if they’ll work. They’re inexpensive if they don’t.
Outlawmws
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Fordguy1964
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It's alive
Old Man Roger
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Nice
ObnoxiousFumes
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Isn’t that what the glove compartment was made for?I keep leather gloves in the front seat area for that...
Beerhippie
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Yeah. And then there are those shrubs with thorns that go right through a pair of heavy welding gloves. 'Cause, I'm not just tossing rocks. Besides, dirt gets into gloves.I keep leather gloves in the front seat area for that...