What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[buzz4041]

Completed the doors for another cabinet and the fillers for the sides that tied in to the top cabinet. A little paint to be done on them and that's it. Will fit the track rails and trim work on the double sided one next.

 

[Dusten]

Sold more tools, out my truck back inside it

 

[JimVonBaden]

Helped a friend assemble his new bike, from the crate. It is a Honda Montessa trials bike:

Can't wait to try it out!

 

[MoparTrucks]

The black coating is a sandable primer. I put a lighter shade guide coat over top of that and blocked it down, then I put a sealer primer over top of that before paint. Any body guys or painters or any sane people should probably skip the rest of this post..... I'll give them time to leave the room....







Its spray paint, rustoleum. Initially my plan was just to shoot the engine bay, make it look the best I could, then drag it to a body shop to paint the rest of the car. The engine bay turned out so good, I made a joke about doing the whole car that way. Well too many paint fumes later, that turned into reality. Now I certainly don't expect this to hold up like real automotive paint, but the car will only be outside for a few hours on a couple weekends thoughout the year, hopefully it will be a long time before it becomes a problem. I considered getting spray guns and using the summit or duplicolor paints, but with the added cost of dryers for my compressor, paint guns, mixing supplies, and a learning curve, I decided against it.

The steps I took after sanding if anyone is still interested: sandable primer and guidecoat, blocked with 320 grit. Primer sealer, wet sanded with 1000. Paint, 3 medium coats, then wet sanded with 1000. 1 medium coat of paint, allowed to tack, then 3 medium coats of clearcoat, wet sanded with 1000. 2 more coats of clear, wet 2000, then buffed and polished. All the wet sanding between coats was to keep orange peel down. All said and done, there is no fisheye, dust nibs or orange peel. There is a very nice shine and just a hint of wavyness in the large flat areas.

So what did I do today? More sanding!

Wow, thanks for that response. So you are using enamel correct? Can you share what the ratio is that your diluting it with and what your using (i.e., acetone)?

By the way, my truck I am working on is an old fire department maint contact truck and its painted with what I think is implement paint (enamel) so I am very interested in what your doing.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Moved the Triumph's body tub to the body cart I built previously and rolled it into the garage for work. Those big wheels make a huge difference. I was trying to be careful of the slight lip at the threshold only to find I had already crossed it without feeling it. The casters make this very light weight and easy to roll. It's only 500 pounds to begin with, so it's pretty easy to work with.



Chassis and bonnet look a bit weird solo. The chassis on these Spitfires are very narrow and kinda neat.



A whole lot of mechanicals on that shelf up top, and someone put undercoating on the firewall. No rust though.



Stripped the firewall of all the hardware and started on the undercoating and paint. Luckily a heat gun softens it enough to use a good scraper. It's not fast, but it is working, so give it a few hours and I should have this cleared. I did do something silly and tried the propane big weed burner from HF and played the flame over the surface of one area and it immediately got hot enough to bubble and let me remove the material very easily, but there is the risk of warping the metal, so I may want to stick to a heat gun instead. Also, it bubbled the paint on the inside of the firewall too, though that is getting repainted too, so not as big of a deal.



Is it weird that I actually find scraping and cleaning stuff like this to be very therapeutic and calming? Only I see the difference, but it means something to me.

 

[Lippyp]

That takes me back! Two people can easily lift and carry a bare spit tub, we unloaded mine and carried it into the garage when we moved house years ago. The backbone chassis is kind of neat but it does mean that the body is a semi monocoque, that makes the rockers structural so don't chop em off without the body on the chassis and without bracing the door opening or the body will sag in the middle and the doors will never fit.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Rockers on this tub are in good shape, which was a big relief when I was originally shopping for a Spitfire.

 

[Terranova]

I beat out this thing. Wheels/tires are off a pedal bike I bought at the secondhand sports store. Everything else was left over from building my garage cabinets. Mostly cheap HD half inch birch ply mixed with a little red oak. Made a cardboard template several weeks ago. Cut out the "sides" Sunday and finished facing everything up today. Would have preferred to use the 36" bench belt sander at my parents to dial it in, but I managed with the Bosch hand belt sander clamped on its side to the BnD workmate. It was a big rough ugly work in progress but it cleaned up pretty well. Of course my 2 1/2 year old won't go near it. Hopefully he'll warm up to it in the next few days.

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[Kevin54]

TERRANOVA......I see you have a sprocket on the rear. Are you going to put pedals on it? Pretty darn cool nonetheless.

 

[Strouty]

Very cool terranova. I have seen bikes that are crossed between scooters and bikes, I guess it is easier for the kids to learn that way.

http://www.kazambikes.com

 

[Terranova]

TERRANOVA......I see you have a sprocket on the rear. Are you going to put pedals on it? Pretty darn cool nonetheless.

I bought a little bike to steal the wheels from, but left everything in tact so that when its time to graduate up to a pedal bike I can just everything back the way it was.


Went to the Springfield swap Saturday morning, did you go?

strouty, they say it lets kids get a handle on balancing before they have to deal with pedals.

 

[The Original Fisho]

Organized the accumulated clutter from cleaning out both vehicles. Going to go out after the kids are asleep for a couple beers and start reassembling my lathe.

 

[bodyguy16]

The proper term is "push bike" and it is great for kids to learn balance.I've never seen a wood one but i absolutely love it, looks great! Give him time 2 1/2 is young he'll jump on it soon enough

 

[MrAperture]

What did you do "IN" your garage today?

Decided to do a lil project, my roomate wanted to bring his bike to a bike tech wich charges his like 200$?!?!! for a complete tune up (wtf srsly) so I told him I could completly rebuild his bike as a single speed with a coster brake for 450$.

Took the bike appart, sanded and painted the frame, shaved all the wire mounts on the frame. Sandblasted powdercoated the crank, stem, seatpost, headset cups white. in my lil oven. Ordered new wheels, chain, grip, seat, tires. Repacked his headset and crank bearings. And there you have it, 1 off Pegeot single speed with custom original parts.

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[mikeburris]

put new seals in the air conditioner compressor for my truck (97 chevy). New seals approximately $30, freon $20m, $5 for the seal installing tool..not to bad to take a shot. Would have to buy the freon either way, so $35, and working like a champ so far.

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[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Working to fix a "blown tire" on my larger suitcase. Has anyone had any success finding parts for these? I need either the wheel or the wheel assembly shown... Simple Google search has turned up ZILCH!

Thanks..

Dennis

 

[Carves]

Found my long lost, much abused, Yankee screwdriver. ... and gave it a cleanup/oiling.

.... now I need to find the extension I made - to use hex bits in it ..

For anybody thats interested ... Going by the barely legible stamping, the poor ol thing is pre stanley,
... A North Bros USA, 131A


... and yeahhhh .... the end screw was a bit of a ****** to get out.

 

[LCD]

Drained both fuel and oil, refilled with fresh, removed and disassembled the carb to remove any accumulated dirt and varnish. I then cleaned the points and gave it a couple of pulls and it took off. it runs well with out a hiccup. The gen end is a Onan, the mil standard was built by Wisconsin and the set as assembled by Hollingsworth. As a test I disconnected the Dodge's batteries and hooked up the cables to the set and truck. The Dodge started as if batteries were on line, ran it for a min. or two and shut down both. Seems the $275 the set cost was worth it. The set produces 107 amps at 28 volts and will be used to start my truck should it be needed.




This Dodge M37's electrical system operates on 24VDC and the batteries charges at 28.5

 

[LCD]

 

[mdbeck1]

Working to fix a "blown tire" on my larger suitcase. Has anyone had any success finding parts for these? I need either the wheel or the wheel assembly shown... Simple Google search has turned up ZILCH!

Thanks..

Dennis

I was told that the wheels are from roller blades. The type your kids play with. I tried to replace mine a couple of times but gave up and just bought a new suitcase each time.

 

[ezriderga]

Sharpened my mower blades.

 

[Dusten]

Sharpened my mower blades.

Hit a rock... This is next for me

 

[kaymccampbell]

Loaded up the old push mower in the car for a friend to salvage. Starting to recover my shop after totally disorganizing it to drywall and paint.

 

[Mikes145]

Removed the clutch from my '69 GTO. I've never done anything with a clutch before. And then removed the flywheel to have it resurfaced and saw many cracks. I placed an order with Summit Racing for a new clutch kit and flywheel.

 

[k-os]

Started putting up some of the conduit.

 

[Notgrownup]

Re: What did you do "IN" your garage today?

Decided to do a lil project, my roomate wanted to bring his bike to a bike tech wich charges his like 200$?!?!! for a complete tune up (wtf srsly) so I told him I could completly rebuild his bike as a single speed with a coster brake for 450$.

Took the bike appart, sanded and painted the frame, shaved all the wire mounts on the frame. Sandblasted powdercoated the crank, stem, seatpost, headset cups white. in my lil oven. Ordered new wheels, chain, grip, seat, tires. Repacked his headset and crank bearings. And there you have it, 1 off Pegeot single speed with custom original parts.

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O000f! C'est beau ca mais le Peugeot original etait beau aussi,,,

 

[spent21]

Sharpened my mower blades.

I'd be a loooooong time if I was sharpening mine with a dremel. For that matter, I feel like it takes too long with a 4" grinder.

 

[polexican23]

flappy wheel on a 4" grinder. Funny cause I just did mine. Replaced the new useless "mulching" blade with a my now sharpened old blade.

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night I got the front axle for a client's Jeep wranger completed and installed back into the Jeep and prepared the rear axle for disassembly which I will start on tonight.

Mike.

 

[bmxdad]

Removed the clutch from my '69 GTO. I've never done anything with a clutch before. And then removed the flywheel to have it resurfaced and saw many cracks. I placed an order with Summit Racing for a new clutch kit and flywheel.

Heat checking .... normal

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

I was told that the wheels are from roller blades. The type your kids play with. I tried to replace mine a couple of times but gave up and just bought a new suitcase each time.

I received a lead on PM about http://www.ohiotravelbag.com/Catalog-choice-page.html. Seems like they have quite a bit of stuff.. now all I need to do is measure and match (or call them with what I have). Will let all know how it goes.

(PS I'm too cheap to purchase a new bag, that money is earmarked for tools and other cool stuff...)

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

The proper term is "push bike" and it is great for kids to learn balance.I've never seen a wood one but i absolutely love it, looks great! Give him time 2 1/2 is young he'll jump on it soon enough

TERRANOVA, I'll echo the others.. super cool.

Dang, another project (I have a grand daughter who would love to have something like this)..

Dennis

 

[bodyguy16]

Re: What did you do "IN" your garage today?

TERRANOVA, I'll echo the others.. super cool.

Dang, another project (I have a grand daughter who would love to have something like this)..

Dennis

Dennis, I'm sure she would absolutely love one! And this time of year gives her plenty of time to enjoy it.

I almost bought one for my nephew but hes now 4 1/2 and wanted a bike! Kids nowadays really know what they want!

-Julian

 

[kaymccampbell]

Picked up my 4 steelcase overheads. Planned out how I will attach them without the cube wall channel. Finally got to unlock my new lateral file(picked up the correct keys with the overheads) and stuff it with HF covered plastic trays.
Tomorrow will be garage free. Attending one of my employee's funeral. The poor fellow was only 57. I will miss him. He was a good man.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Painted around the overhead doors, all paint work is done. Then I caulked around the light fixture trim. I need to readjust on and do some trim work around the light for the wife's O/H opener light.

 

[Trainman]

Put the finishing touches on a free Toro lawnmower I rescued from the curb. About 10 years old, covered with bird ****, and had obviously had no maintenance in it's life. Deck was still in decent shape, and it kind of ran when I got it. New plug, new air filter, cleaned the carb and put in a couple new gaskets, sharpened the blade and changed the oil, and she runs like a top for less than $20 in parts. Amazing what people throw away. It'll be on it's way to my daughter's house this weekend.

 

[rohartman]

Loaded the 73 bird up to take to the sand blaster.

 

[Lippyp]

Finished painting one cast iron bench end, put a coat of gloss on the second one first side. they're being brush painted in chassis enamel because I don't have spraying facilities. Once I paint the last side I can then re-assemble the newly stained hardwood slats and put it back outside.

 

[Carves]

Gave this a quick polish and oil,

... It was long overdue for it ..

 

[rmalkow2]

Finished painting exhaust manifold #2 for the CJ5. Now to let it bake a little if the sun shines here today.