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What did you do "IN" your garage today?

KCarGuy

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This Weekend I had to build a "Level" workarea around my Tablesaw.
Then Proceeded to cut 4x8 sheets of Maple plywood down to sizes needed to custom build my Cabinets.
The Cabinets are going in the Dinning room that I opened up after knocking down a wall.
After the uppers are built and finished, then I start on a Buffet that will go under them.
Using my Brother-in-law's Biscuit joiner and buying a Kreg Pocket hole Jig really made life easier.
Time to make the face frame!
 
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jefferyb_2

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I cleaned the inside of my truck, and cleaned the garage. It's nice to finally have some warm weather.
 

Bricen18

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cleaned the van
made a flower pot box
modified the old cabinet doors to fit below the new work bench
 

Motown 454

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I started back on my work bench. I had the rails for the bottom shelf up off the floor so I could store stuff underneath it, but decided I didn't need all that space. So I removed the bottom 2x4 and dropped it to the floor. I left the first bay up to store my car dollies under there. Then I made it so the shelf is even with the front 2x4
Here's the way it was


Here's the way it is now



Here's the way I made the shelf

 

e-tek

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This WAS done in my garage.....

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And these ARE being done...

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ts3342

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Me and my son of 17 years replaced the front coil springs and lower ball joints on hes 1992 firebird.
 

CudaChick1968

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E-tek, I love your work. You so ****!! :D

And you know what? I totally forgot about the p/c panel test you wanted to do on the undercarriage of your truck over the winter. I'll try and get my act together for next year. Sorry my friend.
 

littlebritishcar

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I started cleaning up the wiring on my '50 Ford pickup and one thing led to another... What a mess!

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Went to the Goodguys show and picked this up

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Jensen74

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BajaScout: I believe they put an 78 Ford 200 in the Jeenpey. That was done before I started to get to work on it.

LS6 Tommy: The fans are push/pull. Just have to wire them the way you need. So far so good. Keeping the temps down so far. The parades we put it in can get the temps up.
 

Lippyp

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Gave my new to me cement mixer the once over. The plate that the motor mounts to was loose, its a good solid plate that is bolted to the cheap tin box with two tiny bolts, one had pulled through the slot and the tin had bent so I straightened it out, found two bigger bolts, washers and spring washers and put it back together and its now much better, it if pulls through again I'll dig out a lump of flat bar and drill a couple of holes in it and put that on the backside to beef it up. Runs like a top though, dead quite and smooth. I also powerwashed off the old concrete slab where I need to lay a block base for the second greenhouse. (which the mixer will be used for)
 
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ragdoll

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Got the Vette moved over front and centre, road ready. Pulled chains and plow off the quad, drank beer :beer:
 
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ewils35

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Replaced the water pump on my neighbors 97 Ford F350 7.3L Powerstroke.

B-Man how did that go? I have to on my 01 7.3 any advice I should look into? Granted work space would be different but the engine itself is the same. Any special tools?

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zmotorsports

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This past week was a complete waste. I got nothing done in the shop as I had to attend a fleet management conference in Vegas. Boy how I miss being home.

Mike.
 

ewils35

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Well all weekend I have gotten my buddy's car finished up and delivered. Cleaned up the garage. Then started to finish some things for my 4 year olds loft bed

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rmalkow2

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First weekend in the 40's to 50 F so lots of clean up from the winter happened. Cleaned off work benches, organized tools and wiped down tool boxes. Started to put in place some organization ideas gladly stolen from others on GJ. Thanks to many good ideas found here the garage will be much less cluttered and more organized this summer.
 

TheShrine

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I finished the assembly of the Kawasaki motor for my John Deere 425 project tractor that I am working on. I picked it up at an auction last fall and now the engine is ready to go back in. Cam failure took out a few other parts. The chassis is ready to accept its heart back.

How will you use this? Mowing....mudding/offroad?

As in ,,,,
 
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Jagmandave

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Pulled the motor and front subframe out of the Clubman......got a few things to do. Pull the head and install hardened seats so it will run on unleaded, clean and paint the subframe, replace all the motor mounts and subframe mounts, paint the motor, do a little wiring cleanup.....not much! Also thinking about changing to a taller final drive ratio - it's a bit buzzy on the highway, 70mpg = 4500 rpm!

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bugnout

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Summerized my Ariens snowblower, changed the oil, filled it up with fuel and Stabil, Greased the impellers and painted the rusty parts. Bought it back in 1998, still runs strong. If we get a blizzard now, you can blame me.

Wife wanted a day bed on the porch. Had my son's old IKEA steel loft bed in the attic since he was 10 and got too big for it, so I pulled it down, cut down the legs and Voila', new daybed. She loves it.
 

polexican23

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Did a little garage sorting. Cleaned out my golf bag and found my missing shotgun barrel. Yes it was in my golf bag. Must have put it in there while moving so as not to lose it.
Prepped a "new to me" thin wall cabinet for paint.
Flipped a coin to decide to tackle my pop machine clean up. Machine lost, put it on back burner.
 

McFarmer

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Well, I left it outside but maybe you can understand why. Next time you folks complain about something being greasy, dirty, rusty or whatever; at least it isn't mucky.

Why do these things happen when they are full ? Anyone else relate to this ? Or am I the Lone Ranger here ?

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Crfdell

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Did a little garage sorting. Cleaned out my golf bag and found my missing shotgun barrel. Yes it was in my golf bag. Must have put it in there while moving so as not to lose it.
Prepped a "new to me" thin wall cabinet for paint.
Flipped a coin to decide to tackle my pop machine clean up. Machine lost, put it on back burner.

That's from the shotgun start tournament lol sorry could resist
 

48RON54

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Well, I left it outside but maybe you can understand why. Next time you folks complain about something being greasy, dirty, rusty or whatever; at least it isn't mucky.

Why do these things happen when they are full ? Anyone else relate to this ? Or am I the Lone Ranger here ?

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I'm not really familiar with this machine you have here.........Is it safe to assume that it is full of manure and it is broken down? Or is that mud?
 

48RON54

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I haven't gotten **** done in the garage lately.......It seems that all my jobs are yardwork.......wife is in quite the rush for me to get tons of yardwork done.......
 

1jjpop

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Work on mower...

Got mower ready for spring .Change oil & filter , blew up tires ,sharpen blades , oil & grease where needed, clean & set spark plug, blew out air filter ,clean under deck , washed, and put away. Good days work ....
 

Steevo

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Filled my tires with windshield washer fluid

I found a clearance sale on windshield washer fluid that was good to -30 degrees F, so I bought 24 gallons of it.

I made a hose-to-valve-stem adapter, and dropped a sump pump into a clean bucket, poured the juice in, and let 'er run. The tractor was jacked up so there was no weight on the tires.

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I stopped every few gallons and let the air pressure bleed back through the hose, then pumped a few more in.

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I managed to get 11 gallons in each rear tire of my garden tractor, which adds about 180 pounds of weight/traction for the rear wheels.
 

McFarmer

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Re: Filled my tires with windshield washer fluid

Good idea, I just put a couple thousand pounds of calcium chloride in some tires, plus bought new rims because the old ones were ate out.
 

shopboy13

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I'm not really familiar with this machine you have here.........Is it safe to assume that it is full of manure and it is broken down? Or is that mud?


Yes. It's what we call around here a **** slinger and spreads the manure for fertilizer in the fields.


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