What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[zmotorsports]

Thanks everyone. I really feel for my wife and her siblings as they are going to be faced with a difficult decision within the next day or two. A decision that my wife and I made for our own health when we setup our estate and put a "living will" in place. A decision that we made now while healthy and in our right mindset that will not burden our son with or a decision he will have to spend the rest of his life worrying as to whether or not he made the right decision should anything happen to my wife and I.

My FIL and I are very close. Maybe because I married the oldest and many of our values/core beliefs are similar but we really get along and I think the world of him. I have tried to encourage him over the past several years to get his affairs in order as far as some property that he has as well as his living will so he would not burden his family and they would all know his wishes.

Unfortunately he has failed to follow through with that so now his family has to make that decision for him and will have to live with it. It makes me sad to see my wife have to deal with this.

Mike.

 

[ewils35]

I'm sorry to hear that Mike. Hope all goes well.

On a side note I put 2x4 studs in the garage for an office room in the basement

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[NUTTSGT]

Started to work on a shelving unit for the wife's office till the daughter came out. I ended up replacing the window motor and regulator in her car.

 

[Panel Dan]

Melbourne is in the middle of a heatwave at the moment. it was 44C today ( 111F), and has been above 40C for the previous two days. my garage is under my house so its nice and cool there. I started pulling apart a 4 metre long workbench that came with the house and was built for someone much shorter than me. I think the layout will be a 4m x 4.5m tools and woodworking room, and the 10m x 10m garage will become the metal fabrication and car restoration shop. I need to work out which room I put my metal lathe and pedestal drill into, but that's a bridge I need to cross a little later.


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[Fastbird]

Today (yesterday I guess, I haven't been to sleep) I did quick struts up front and shocks/mounts in the rear on a 2001 Golf TDI, buddies car. Also figured out why it was throwing a P0402 EGR Excessive flow code, and fixed a broken antenna connector for the stereo that was recently installed.

Tomorrow (later today I guess), same buddy, different car. 2005 Honda Civic HX, front brakes grinding like a mofo.

 

[wylee]

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[Rewind97]

Very cool wylee! Looks good!

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[zmotorsports]

More filming:

Great work as always Jim. Very professional.

Mike.

 

[wylee]

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[89GLH]

Made a Ruger Mark III reloading tool out of some old plexiglas. So simple, why pay anything to make one of those...

 

[JimVonBaden]

Great work as always Jim. Very professional.

Mike.

Thanks Mike. Sometimes you have to make do with the tools you have!

 

[jwh]

Moved some stuff around and changed the oil and filter on the 06 Explorer.

 

[Steevo]

Worked on my garden tractor loader project:
http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=500682&page=3

 

[zmotorsports]

Thanks Mike. Sometimes you have to make do with the tools you have!

Yes you do. I know exactly what you mean. Some of the make/model specific tools are so damn expensive you just can't justify purchasing. That is when you either improvise or fabricate a tool.

Mike.

 

[doan]

Put a box end wrench over the bit. Then put in a vice and tap wrench with hammer against handle.

I use a flat washer and an open end wrench... same basic idea.

 

[twenty8tudor]

finally getting to move some things into the garage instead of working on it. floor sealer good and dry so couldnt help but to move my project in.

 

[Guster]

Fitted a new regulator switch to my compressor to fix a leak it had in the part where it decompresses the pump after it stops the pump motor. Already had the old one removed when I was looking for the leak and to find a replacement. Just took another 5 minutes to set the cut-off pressure.

Nice little job to get done between coming home and sitting down for dinner. Tomorrow I can use my plasma torch again!

 

[Openboater]

I keep my sailboat in my shop for the winter. I'm refinishing a few wood bits and I did a little hand scraping with a nice tool I bought from woodcraft from BAHCO. I like this little tool a lot... t

 

[NUTTSGT]

I snapped a picture of the window regulator I replaced the other day. I think it was junk.

 

[ctfortner]

I did about 2 hours of sorting with my new toys! Thread checkers. Love em. Ordered 5 Durham boxes to see how I like them, if they work good I will get more. Man its gonna be nice to have ALL the fasteners sorted. Few more bins to go through.

 

[LG63]

I did about 2 hours of sorting with my new toys! Thread checkers. Love em. Ordered 5 Durham boxes to see how I like them, if they work good I will get more. Man its gonna be nice to have ALL the fasteners sorted. Few more bins to go through.
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They look handy....are they stackable? Part number/source?

Edit: I was referring to the plastic bins with lids in the pic, I guess the Durham boxes aren't shown

 

[ctfortner]

They look handy....are they stackable? Part number/source?

I assume you mean part # for the Durham boxes? The boxes I have on the table in the pic are actually baby food containers. We had twins so I saved a bunch of them.

They work good but I used a lot of wall space using them

So I ordered the Durham boxes so I can store in less space and also have them mobile. Many sizes. http://www.durhammfg.com/catalog.html?id=44

They are supposed to arrive today.

They have cabinets for them to if desired

I bought mine from Zoro tools cause I had a coupon for $15 off $75 (just google for zoro tool coupon) and free shipping. Cost about $16 each shipped and they are steel.

http://www.zorotools.com/g/Sliding Drawer Parts Cabinets/00054215/

They will work for most of what I have but the larger nuts and bolts will get stored in containers likely because of size and weight.

 

[Bronson]

I re-purposed an old COORS LIGHT pool table light with a new dual tube fluorescent fixture. A friend helped Me hang it above the two motorcycle lifts in the shop.
Also worked on a rolling mini-bike assembly table. Today I will be putting a new plywood top on it, then I can get the 1975 XR-75 out of the drawers underneath it and begin reassembly. I'll try to get pics, today.

 

[Kevin54]

I took the battery out of momma's '64 Olds. Took it over to have it tested, and all checks fine. So the no start problem I am having, may be in the starter itself.

I had to get my colored pencils out and color in the wires diagrams on a schematic that gorilla sent me. THANK YOU GORILLA. I did get the ignition switch pulled, but haven't pulled it off of the harness yet to check it.

Then I sat down and was looking for a drawing that I had of the garage, and ended up drawing up an addition I am kicking around about doing. I really need something so I can get a lift because arthritis and a bad arm doesn't let you get down and up too easy. I don't know whether I'll get to it tonight, or just wait until tomorrow to dive into the car a little further.

The drawing below is what I'm kicking around in my head. It's a 24' x 30' wide addition. I already have a 6' over hang, so that would give me a 30' x 30' area. And I am going to add a lean-to on the side that will be 6' deep and maybe 20' wide so I can get all of my rolling toolboxes out of the garage now. The small lean-to on the side will be the first thing when the weather breaks. The other..... It depends on how things go and whether we run into any unexpected bills or medical situations. The drawing I did, I'm planning on 14' walls to allow for a lift. Then I can add a loft off to the side for some additional storage.

 

[Strouty]

Looks like a pretty nice addition there Kevin. As for this thread, I have also spent almost all day sorting and organizing. I have not gotten to the point where I need my thread checker yet, I figure get it done roughly and then I can fine tune when I have some spare time.

 

[BellyUpFish]

Couple things today..

First I modified a shelf to hold my keys..

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Then I made a hammer/clamp rack.

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[Strouty]

how much weight do you think the magnets will hold? That is a really cool idea, I just have heavy keys!

 

[RivennHewn]

Went to the shop, got set up to mount a top to some legs, drilling the 1st hole, I got a metal shaving in my eye.

I had my glasses on, but not my safety glasses. The smaller lenses of my glasses didn't protect my eyes from the shavings.

Spent the rest of the day on the couch with sunglasses and a towel over my head to keep the light out of my eyes.

Pretty much a ****** day that could have been avoided. Could have been worse, but still sucked.

Wife dug the piece out, so at least I didn't need to go to the ER.

 

[BellyUpFish]

how much weight do you think the magnets will hold? That is a really cool idea, I just have heavy keys!

These are rated at 9lbs..

 

[Strouty]

Went to the shop, got set up to mount a top to some legs, drilling the 1st hole, I got a metal shaving in my eye.

I had my glasses on, but not my safety glasses. The smaller lenses of my glasses didn't protect my eyes from the shavings.

Spent the rest of the day on the couch with sunglasses and a towel over my head to keep the light out of my eyes.

Pretty much a ****** day that could have been avoided. Could have been worse, but still sucked.

Wife dug the piece out, so at least I didn't need to go to the ER.

You should still go to the eye doctor asap. Rust can be in there or tetanus can be an issue. I never mess around when it comes to my eyes.

 

[Strouty]

These are rated at 9lbs..

I wonder if that is based on a certain surface area, I can't imagine 9 pounds of keys with just the ring holding them to the magnet. My guess is it would work for my big *** key rings too.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Cleaned my starter for a video.

 

[Rewind97]

Installed HID's in the wife's '07 Avalanche

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[Gasgt1]

Applied the last of the stain to the cabinet I built for a bathroom rehab I am working on.

Greg

 

[56vette461]

Finished the vise stand for my wife's grandfathers blacksmith visa. He was a farmer and blacksmith in Central California in the late 1890's and 1900's.


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[WQ59B]

I have a wooden tray for the (folded) back seat in my crew cab truck. Covers the 2/3rds side and I load my carpentry stuff/tools on it. Frame sides are low (1") and stuff tends to flop over while driving (screw gun case, etc). Took some 1/8-in steel rod and bent up an elongated, upside down 'U' with ringed ends so I could screw it to the frame. Measured about 7" high x 27" long. Just some measuring & hammer work in the vise, looks like it'll do the job neatly.

 

[e-tek]

Had another creation leave the E-tek Rodshop today:

 

[BellyUpFish]

I wonder if that is based on a certain surface area, I can't imagine 9 pounds of keys with just the ring holding them to the magnet. My guess is it would work for my big *** key rings too.

1 - 1/2x1/4 magnet held all those keychains without flinching.

 

[Guster]

They have cabinets for them to if desired

Hope you got the cabinets. Those trays get heavy once they are full and when you stack them they get scratched up. Also hard to look for parts when you need to get to the bottom one in the stack. The cabinet is worth every penny!

 

[quick60]

56Vette thats an awsome vice. Lot of history and sentimental value there. Glad to see you supported the leg on it. Many people dont do that bacause they dont undertsand the purpose of it.