What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[rrudd2]

Never seen brackets like those, got a link to one ? What are they called ?

Those are Simpson Strong Tie rigid tie connectors:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Simpson-Strong-Tie-2-in-x-4-in-Rigid-Tie-Connector-RTC24/100374900

I used 2x6's instead of 2x4's for the rails. The legs are 2x4. I "stole" the idea from this post:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3273171&postcount=1140

 

[Mike Miller]

Repaired the wiper switch on my J 10. It's a 79 and you can't get the switches for intermittent wipers.

 

[RandyL]

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 ?

My my.. are we ready for election year or what???

 

[Stroked383]

Swapped the Malibu for my brothers Monte Carlo. And got everything off of the driveway for the sealing crew tomorrow.

 

[sprntpshr]

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 ?

Looking at the spreader, I was having flashbacks...Broken apron chain/bars was the standard repair on our IH 540? spreader, it was always full, about to freeze, no one around to draft as labour to unload it with a shovel.

Man, I was happy a couple years back to send that one down the road!

 

[Lippyp]

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


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Its certainly **** flinging season over here, my house is in the middle of fields and for the last week or two theres been a ...certain aroma in the air. I hate following the damn things down the road, or more to the point I hate washing the car after following one down the road! I'd hate to have to work on them, would require a strong stomach or weak nose.

We took our Beaver Scouts (6 to 8 years old) to a local farm last night, they got a hayride on a trailer behind a big JD tractor and then met some calves and watched the robot milking machine milking Friesians, this was an amazing bit of kit, totally automated, the cows just wander in whenever they feel the need, they're all electronically tagged, if they've been in too recently it just passes them straight through if not they get shut in, the pointy end gets fed, underneath the machine uses lasers to find the teats, washes and disinfects them and then attaches it self and milks them. Whilst it does this it weighs them, records all sorts of data about how long it takes the milk to flow, how much from each quarter etc and flags up any variances on an action list for the farmer. The barn also has an automatic shite scraper system built in to the floor. The kids did moan about the smell a lot though.

 

[mcgyverit]

changed oil in bike #2, began building my garden hose rack, and building my welding table since the welder was out. lots of noise coming out of the garage last night.

 

[Ole_Red]

Getting the garage cleaned out so that I can finally put in some time on the Wagon. The kids love it. My daughter was actually cleaning it with a washcloth because "it needs to be sparkly for our first ride in it."

My uncle who owned the wagon passed last week and the Stude became mine. Not the best circumstances but at least I can say that it is officially mine.

 

[48RON54]

changed oil in bike #2, began building my garden hose rack, and building my welding table since the welder was out. lots of noise coming out of the garage last night.

I am interested in this "garden hose rack".......... as a man with hoses all knotted up and running all over the dam place I would like a decent solution to my problem.... pics?

 

[RandyL]

I am interested in this "garden hose rack".......... as a man with hoses all knotted up and running all over the dam place I would like a decent solution to my problem.... pics?

Has there been a "show us your garden hose" ????

Randy

 

[Lippyp]

I had another tidy up, had to pull one of the green cupboards out as I'd dropped some stuff behind it, one of which is one of the padlocks for my trailer which is one of three keyed alike so I needed to retrieve it, this meant emptying all the tins of paint out of it and then busting my balls to winkle it out.

Then I powerwahsed off a garden bench I built a few years back for the wife from some old victorian cast iron bench ends and new hardwood slats. Its been sat under a yew tree all winter and was coveerd on green slime and and epic pile of bird **** from all the pigeons that roost in the tree. I'm going to take it apart once the wood has dried out, sand the wood down and restain it and also give the ends a coat of black gloss enamel. Then it ain't going back under the tree!

I also soldered on the final connector to my roof light bar and realised I need some bigger split tubing to hide the wiring in.

 

[ewils35]

I was getting things ready to convert my HF single drawer service car to a welding cart.

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[56vette461]

Shopboy 13 and lippyp,

What the hell happened to the family milker with the single footed stool hanging off the **** and the poop broom and shovel to clean out the mess. Been off the farm way too long!

 

[Hpozzuoli]

I put up some new wall art today. And did some un-cluttering.

 

[Grimly]

Its certainly **** flinging season over here, my house is in the middle of fields and for the last week or two theres been a ...certain aroma in the air. I hate following the damn things down the road, or more to the point I hate washing the car after following one down the road! I'd hate to have to work on them, would require a strong stomach or weak nose.

Mankiest thing I ever worked on was an abattoir fork truck.
My gawd, smell? I really wished I couldn't.


Work done here, today:
Finished building a rack for all the boxes of kit that came out of my van and started to clear the workshop floor, at last. By the end of the week, I'll have a clear floor and get another bike dragged out into the middle of it, with plenty of room to work on it.

 

[grifter679]

worked on my dads rock crawler, getting the rear 4link setup on the axle end, going to throw the axle under the rig and verify my clearances and full bump dimensions

 

[rshadd]

Snow thrower cleaned, serviced and put away for the summer.


Started detailing the truck...

 

[Scott H in Wheaton]

Finished swapping the battery tray on the 65 mustang. Bolted in the radiator and hooked up all the hoses. Dis-assembled the alternator for detailing.

Wed to Fri is gas tank and carb day, maybe by Sunday I can be working on hooking up the headers to the existing dual exhaust. Then next week I can start the engine and break-in the new cam. Then its off to the alignment shop.

 

[patrickn]

Painted my engine block, heads, valve covers and brackets for the Bronco (should've sent them to a certain lady for powder coating, but will do that on the race engine ).

Now I am drilling out the timing cover to tap the holes where the bolts broke off in grrr.

 

[Scott H in Wheaton]

Decided everything else on my 289 looked too clean to put the grungy alternator back on, so took it apart and cleaned it up.

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[Scott H in Wheaton]

Alternator...before

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[Mike Miller]

Beer and BS today while getting a twenty dollar snowmobile running.

 

[rohartman]

painted my pontiac firebird rally II wheels tonight

 

[MScott]

Removed the carb from my Polaris ATV. Now I just have to clean and rebuild it. Did some more wiring for lights.

 

[LWaite]

Building some ape hangers for my Rebel

 

[e-tek]

What a shame to put that car on an open trailer and tow it on those roads.

Mike.

Was just a short ride - so won't hurt it. Plus it's going to be a driver, so ce la vie!

painted my pontiac firebird rally II wheels tonight

Want to see them!! Have a set myself I want to do shortly.

Decided everything else on my 289 looked too clean to put the grungy alternator back on, so took it apart and cleaned it up.

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Great avatar - had her on my wall when I was 16!

 

[mcgyverit]

cleaned my new 300blk upper, worked on my welding table, worked on the plumbing for my air compressor to get an extra line by my workbench, BBQ'd dinner in my garage thanks to the needed rain.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Building some ape hangers for my Rebel

Please post a photo of these installed!

 

[GaleForce]

I made a mould of an a-pillar.



I'm trying to add efficiency to my custom a-pillar fabrication. Currently I have a part mould to help fabricate these,







This one had some real carbon fibre added to it for aesthetic reasons,



This is how they looks in the vehicle,

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night I was able to get the side tray fabricated for my solvent tank. I had to come up with something seeing as though I am moving the entire one side of my shop around to accommodate my new lathe and mill which should be showing up in the next few weeks.

I also got confirmation from the guy purchasing my Smithy lathe/mill that he will be coming to get it tonight so I had start getting it ready to lift out of its' home for the past 15+ years.

Mike.

 

[ewils35]

Cutting up some 3/4 steel angle to make a tank platform on my welding cart conversion. Hopefully all that is done to be ready for welding when my welder gets here today. Unfortunately welder will get here when I'm off to work my graveyard shift most likely. Fed Ex needs to hurry up

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[Firebrand]

Installed two (2) new Optima Group 25 batteries in my John Deere 820 tractor. Replacing some OEM JD batteries with much newer technology and better chemistry, too. I had installed some Optimas in my diesel pickup a year ago and love them! The boat will be next!

 

[Bigplum]

Had a major clear out , five big bags and a dustbin full of **** and there's still more
Poor workshop has been neglected for some time due to either me or my wife's bodies malfunctioning

Still starting the clear out is the hardest part

 

[JimVonBaden]

Tightened up the chronically loose headlight connectors on the BMW R1200GS:

 

[BellyUpFish]

Finished up matching my drawer/desk thing to the rest of my office furniture..

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

After seeing people being productive here, I went out to the garage and put the oil dry (kitty litter) into its own dedicated 5 gallon bucket properly labeled instead of a loose bag. Already I feel better about that.

I just picked up a commercial mop bucket with wringer / squeezer at the local auction house so I gave that a whirl with a new mop. Blew out the garage bay with a leaf blower (Some day I might use it for outdoor stuff, but right now it's a garage blower), swept the corners, then mopped the floor.

Everyone mops their garage floor, right? I just like being able to kneel down or sit on the floor while working on something and not come up dirty. Epoxy floors help, but only if you actually clean them.

Later, I will look at lighting options under the garage door while it's open. That cuts off a big source of light and I think I need to address that.

 

[ewils35]

After seeing people being productive here, I went out to the garage and put the oil dry (kitty litter) into its own dedicated 5 gallon bucket properly labeled instead of a loose bag. Already I feel better about that.

I just picked up a commercial mop bucket with wringer / squeezer at the local auction house so I gave that a whirl with a new mop. Blew out the garage bay with a leaf blower (Some day I might use it for outdoor stuff, but right now it's a garage blower), swept the corners, then mopped the floor.

Everyone mops their garage floor, right? I just like being able to kneel down or sit on the floor while working on something and not come up dirty. Epoxy floors help, but only if you actually clean them.

Later, I will look at lighting options under the garage door while it's open. That cuts off a big source of light and I think I need to address that.

When you figure out the lighting let me know also because I'm stuck in the same boat with you

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[Chris4x4Gill2]

Last weekend, while trying to remove the clutch on a chainsaw i was workign on, one of the supports fell out from underneath my workbench. So I spent yesterday evening rebuilding the workbench. What I thought was a bench length 2x4 was actually two 2x4's with an unconnected 2x4 verticle support under the ends. So I replaced that, added a 4x4 horizontal support to the front and then added additional 4x4's running perp (front to back of the bench) for support.

Now its sturdier than before and is completely open in the front across the span of the bench so I can fit my bottom chest, stool, etc underneath.

 

[Hobbit]

Rotors & pads on the front end & oil change on the Tacoma. Rear shoes will be done this weekend. Third set of tires coming soon.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

When you figure out the lighting let me know also because I'm stuck in the same boat with you

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Best I can come up with is to mount the fluorescent fixtures right below the tracks on each side. I considered some sort of cross brace, but that would likely put the light in the reach of things hitting it.

Another option I have considered is mounting some covered lights on the back side/inside of the garage door itself on one panel. Not sure how good that would be since it's a moving object. It's a consideration though.