What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Ole Guy]

Yesterday, I spent insulating another 1/3 of my shop.

Today, I took one look inside at how crowded it was and the mess from moving things around for access to the ceiling and walls, Just closed the door and started making plans for another shop area for my car hoist.

So many projects going and just recovering from back surgery so limit to light duty.

Ole Guy (76)

 

[NUTTSGT]

Tried my hand at welding some cast iron. It'll get some grinding work tomorrow.

 

[grifter679]

worked on my dads rock crawler, its been a two year long project and im itching to get it out so i can get my own projects started.

did some genera cleanup and prepped the exhaust manifolds for my lsx swap

 

[rexer]

glider, looks like you got a nice Pontiac under that cover...

 

[rohartman]

This was garage lane I worked out of all last week at Sebring, Florida. We Qualifyed 11th. but 3 guys got DQed in tech so we ended up starting 8th. Our races are 2 1/2 hrs long, we were up to 4th 1hr 50mins in to it and blew the number one rod out the side of the block and ended up 28th yesterday. Racing ***** sometimes.

our garage

I'm the car chief on car 80.

fan walk on pit lane

Saw this car in tech and thought it was cool looking.

Lamborghini had a nice set up.

next race Laguna Seca

 

[espyking83]

Removed the seats from my Jeep and applied bed liner to interior (after scuffing and priming). Good bit done today. Tomorrow I'm finishing up a few items before applying the first coat of paint.

 

[NitroShark]

Improved my BendPak brackets...... by Tig welding new tabs to them and adding springs.


Shawn

 

[41ratrod]

Replaced 4' lamps in one of the light fixtures.
And replaced the voltage regulator on the Hillman Husky $62.00 the
last time I bought one of these it was like $12.00.
It was nice outside today like mid 60's and rain and show tomorrow O-boy.














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[synchro7]

Sorted through about 20 big coffee cans full of msc stuff and junk.

 

[junkman104]

Built a Jeep 4.0 engine Friday, Put it in yesterday.

 

[Jhoff310]

moved all the **** off the last wall yesterday, insulated and drywalled..putting shelves up today and hopefully get the mess organized

Jeff

 

[Outlander]

Nothing last weekend in my garage, but I did judge a FIRST Robotics competition in Toronto. So, I got to spend some time in a bunch of little garages in the pits. Too fun watching these 14-18 years old wrenching on the robots.

Next weekend I judge at the Montreal regionals. First time doing the engineering/innovation stuff, I have been doing team attributes.

Shameless plug for this organisation: http://www.usfirst.org/ . It is a great way to introduce teenagers to tools!

 

[dodge610]

Still cleaning up the mess the horrid winter we had caused told the wife we need to move south.

 

[Orthotist]

Made a Tire Rack: 10 pics. in Link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/360c11ggs05u0lp/0q4GC6uh3Y

 

[Ben Buck]

Put these two unit's back together. The middle chest had to be Tweeked!

A combo Pawn shop score, loaded with Craftsman tools. Somehow the middle chest was best up, a hammer and dolly and pliers brought it around. I thought about painting, But it's a tool box unit!

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[zbadass28]

Two new wheel cylinders new brake shoes, and a full brake fluid change on the DD 93 chevy truck.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Ground down the weld on the woodburner door and tested it out. Cleaned and polished the column for the drill press.

 

[softailgarage]

Prepped some drill press and bench grinder parts for Ebay & CL. Now cleaning the garage so I can make another mess. I used to clean as I went along, now I just do the work, let the mess pil up til I can't find anything, THEN clean. Gotta get back to the right way.

 

[Scooter Scott]

Finished up my shelving and started to get more items off the ground. Can't wait till I build enough shelving to get everything off the floor!

 

[Mike Miller]

finished installing a new injector pump on a 6.2 and fired it up.

 

[jonski]

Turned this...

Into this...

To match this...

 

[zcar751]

Cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. Getting ready to have the ceiling spay foamed finally.

 

[fatboy99]

Changed the fuel pump on the 76 Chevy Monte Carlo my stepson inherited from his grandmother. It was a joy working in a HUGE engine bay they sure don't make them this easy to work on anymore

 

[Qcowboy]

Kind of an odd garage project . . . I built a prototype manure sifter table, to separate the manure from the bedding (pine shavings) in our horses' stalls. Basically it's a slanted expanded-metal screen, with a reciprocating mechanism to shake it. Shovel the soiled bedding onto the screen. The shavings fall through the screen, while the manure chunks roll down the screen into a waiting wheelbarrow.

Poor wifey has been suffering tendonitis and other repetitive motion injuries from using a special pitchfork to sift the manure from the shavings. I started cleaning stalls for her last week in an attempt to get her tendonitis under control. Using that damned fork shows me all too clearly why she is injuring herself. There's gotta be a better way, and I'm determined to find one.

Testing tomorrow morning!

 

[Lippyp]

Just in and out fetching tools, was such a nice day here on Sunday that I spent it rebuilding the fruit cage in the garden which got destroyed in the winter storms. This is basically a big frame made out of 16mm diameter aluminium tubing covered in netting to keep the birds off the wifes soft fruit bushes(Raspberries, black and red currants, gooseberries etc) Half the plastic connectors got busted in a big storm so I bought a full set of much better quality connectors from a different company and a set of braces that triangulate the joints to add strength. Screwed it all back together, pulled all the grass out of the bottom of the net and sprayed weedkiller in a strip around it and then pout the netting sides back on. The top doesn't need to go on until the fruit has set as the birds can have all the slugs etc for now. I did find a baby great Crested Newt in there though which is a protected species here.

The wife was planting seeds in the greenhouse and we planned out where I need to lay some blocks for the base of the second greenhouse (8' x 8' aluminium framed bought used from ebay) current one is 8 x 6' an just not big enough so we're going to have two.

 

[GCncsuHD]

A few weeks ago I moved my Craftsman 26" stack toolbox, and 26" lower cabinet boxes from my parent's shop over to our new house into my garage. In doing so I unloaded all tools out of the boxes to make them easier to load, and because I intended to fully reorganize them. I cleaned them up, regreased all the slides, and put brand new drawer liners in each.


IMG_20140311_212032_296 by wrfalcon75, on Flickr

IMG_20140311_212217_020 by wrfalcon75, on Flickr

IMG_20140311_212454_349 by wrfalcon75, on Flickr

After doing so, I started planning out my reorganization of tools, and just wasn't pleased. I wanted all of my sockets in one drawer, like they were in the bigger box at my parent's shop etc. And it just wasn't happening with these boxes. So I brainstormed, figured I could fit everything in a 44" HF roll cab and 7 drawer end cabinet and throw a nice top on the 44" and have another workbench in the process. Ran the idea by the wife, told her I could probably sell what I had on CL to cover a large portion of the HF box price, and she OK'd it

So I posted them up on CL. So far the Craftsman stack combo sold for $300, my full asking price so I thought that was a good enough start to go pick up the $359 HF 44" box. No pics yet, but we all know what they look like. I'll get pics when I hang the side cabinet and start putting the tools in. So far I'm very pleased with the space and the ball bearing slides.

If my other 26" lower Craftsman cabinet doesn't sell soon, I may just clean it up, repaint it, put some better casters on it, and a wooden top, and use it as a roll around cart. It is the perfect height to nest under my main workbench.

 

[thoraudio]

drained the oil and took the blades off the riding mower.

Replaced a sight glass on a scooter gas tank, and got it drained and cranked again.

 

[the gypsy]

Don't you hate the old metal tool boxes? You can't stack them becase of their handles on the top. So this is what I did. This post was inspired by the photo posted by GCncsuhD.

 

[GCncsuHD]

Don't you hate the old metal tool boxes? You can't stack them becase of their handles on the top. So this is what I did. This post was inspired by the photo posted by GCncsuhD.

I certainly don't hate them, but that is a great idea for stacking/storing them!

 

[pattenp]

This weekend I replaced both rear axle bearings on a Subaru Legacy and 3 drive shaft U-joints on a Jeep Wrangler.

Edit: And this was still done after having hernia surgery on Wednesday of last week. I needed to let my son torque the axle nuts.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Removed the carburetor from the Onan genset project as the engine was surging under load. I had cleaned everything on this beast previously- generator, engine, pressure washed it all, cleaned the inside of the electrical boxes, components, etc. I didn't clean the carb though.

Got that torn down, cleaned out fully and rebuilt. It runs so nicely smooth and steady now, just as a genset should. I've packed it away for storage as I have other projects to work on, but later this summer I hope to build a cart to hold it with fuel tank, frame, and lifting points.

 

[AlanE]

Refinished our front door (took a couple of days actually). Door had those cheap plastic faux wood decorative frames that were taken off by the previous HO. They attempted to cover them up by just painting over the holes. It looked awful.

Stripped, sanded, bondo, primer and paint. Dust on everything. So next weekend, cleaning.

Cross off another honey-do.

 

[gregroberts]

I built some cantilever shelves above my garage door. I was able to completely gut my garage, and throw everything up out of the way so I can start building my new bench.

 

[Lippyp]

Refinished our front door (took a couple of days actually). Door had those cheap plastic faux wood decorative frames that were taken off by the previous HO. They attempted to cover them up by just painting over the holes. It looked awful.

Stripped, sanded, bondo, primer and paint. Dust on everything. So next weekend, cleaning.

Cross off another honey-do.

You going to put some nice mediaeval like spikes/studs in the holes instead?!

 

[AlanE]

You going to put some nice mediaeval like spikes/studs in the holes instead?!

I bet I wouldn't get anymore knocks on the door Sunday morning.. We filled in the holes with bondo. It came out okay. Painted it colonial red.

 

[the gypsy]

Is it a metal door or is it wood.

 

[cmanningjr]

Tore my mower down to the frame so I could find out why it won't move..

Started working in a china quad to sell.

Did a little cleaning and organizing..


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[56vette461]

Had to replace the drain on my compressor tank so decided to make it easier to reach using a 5" Gal. ****** and a ball-**** to get it away from bottom center. What a mess. Rusty water, stained concrete and all.

 

[zmotorsports]

Moved my motorcycle lifts around to make room for my new lathe and mill that I ordered yesterday afternoon.

Then worked on a 2001 Suzuki Marauder that a customer brought by.

Mike.

 

[mcgyverit]

changed out the water pump on my Dodge truck w/ CTD. why cant all the mfg make it that easy - 1 hr including draining and filling the radiator and only 2 bolts!