What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[dodge610]

I haven't checked in here for awhile due to personal and business obligations but couldn't let this one pass us by.

Not at all intending to demean or bash the results on your Audi, please take this in the spirit it's intended: to EDUCATE the less informed so you know what to expect from a job done right.

Do you see all those little bumps and defects on the left side?? That's what is called "outgassing," and it's something that happens every time to aluminum if the proper prep steps are not followed before the part is coated.

Basically, aluminum is very porous. It has all kinds of air pockets and impurities in it which become trapped there when it's originally formed. When a piece is heated to powder coating cure temperature, all of that air and the **** in the metal comes to the surface where it blows right through your powder. That's why your finish is not smooth and uniform as it should be.

Do your homework before hiring anybody for your metal finishing on your pride and joy (or letting your buddy who just got a HF set up do it). Check references, ask to see real work samples on the same kind of metal you'll be finishing, make sure they're experienced, and above all know what they're doing. Sadly, there are "powder coaters" on every corner nowadays and it's the real truth that quite a few of them seem to be merely practicing on your parts.

Carry on ladies and gentlemen ....... and to stay on topic, here's some Powder **** from my shop since I've been lax in getting in the door around here lately.

Leeann your custom work is 10 times better than mine will ever be.

 

[CudaChick1968]

Geez, I disappear for a couple months when Billy's mom's health crashed and ya forgot my name.

Just messin' with ya 610 ... ya know I still love you! Thanks for the sweet compliment doll.

 

[Jagmandave]

Well, Cuda Chick you're the expert, but I sure didn't see any bumps or defects in that red valve cover....maybe you could circle them or something so us unedumacated folks can learn some more?

 

[kaymccampbell]

Ground off a lot of old caulk and paint on a wall. Pulled and or pounded in about 1000 staples. Renailed the sheathing on a 32 foot wall. Stapled up a lot of insulation. I'm short 5 batts. Tomorrow I pick up just enough fiberglass and 10 sheets of drywall to start replacing the ceiling.

 

[StormcrowAz]

I perspired...a lot...

The brother-in-law purchased a brand new Dodge Ram 3500 for some sort of towing business and asked me to install a gooseneck trailer hitch.


First installed a "Y" splitter at the 7 pin connector behind the bumper. Routed this up and over the frame and into the tail light (after removal) area. Had to drill a hole into the support column in the rear of the bed. The new 7 pin connector goes in this hole. A little odd drilling into a just-rolled-off-the-lot-and-into-my-shop truck, but eh...someone had to do it and it's saving him over $600 for the install.


Installing the ball and the chain hooks required dropping the spare tire, pulling all the bed bolts but the front two, and lifting the bed off the frame enough to slide in the components. Getting to the last two bolts on the hitch meant removing the very last exhaust hanger bushing to be able to push the exhaust down for clearance. Fast forward many hours later, lots of sweat, lots of water consumed, one or two busted knuckles and it's a win.



Bonus content....a buddy of mine told me he got me a new pair of wire strippers for my shop. This is what I ended up with:

 

[Steevo]

Very nice gooseneck hitch install.
Nice and clean.

And those are some nice strippers, too . . . . .

 

[rartuin270]

Built a laptop stand that I am currently typing on. It still needs a couple modifications. I finished my table saw table. I also finished mounting my counter top. I still need to put a couple 4x4s in the middle though.

 

[CudaChick1968]

Well, Cuda Chick you're the expert, but I sure didn't see any bumps or defects in that red valve cover....maybe you could circle them or something so us unedumacated folks can learn some more?

The day I claim to be an 'expert' is the day I hang up my gun Jagman. There is always something new to learn, and that was the intention of my post.

Dealing with aluminum is a routine matter for coaters who work on automotive and motorcycle parts, and a well used intake can be one of the biggest outgassing offenders because of the fuel that ran through it, soaking in along the way.

When I clicked the photo I quoted earlier, it launched a PhotoBucket album with a few other close ups I didn't see earlier. They're perfect and clearly show what I was explaining before. I can't grab the link from my phone dang it ...

 

[bmxdad]

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

Finished my grinder stand project, rotated tires on all the vehicles, hung a 20 amp reeled light and played with my nine month old grandson.



When the compressor kicked in .... What a hoot. He must have jumped a foot in the air, screamed till his lungs were empty .... then just stared at me. After his face turned red, I picked him up laughing my head off. He was not a happy camper. I brought him over to the compressor and let him touch it, then all was good.

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[Rusty Bones]

Radian to XS650 swing arm shock mount mod

Moved shock mounts 3/8" inward on a 1981 Yamaha Radian swing arm to align with 1979 XS650 Yamaha frame shock mounts. I still need to wire brush and buff the welds, then sand blast, polish and power coat the swing arm. I already moved the brake stay from the bottom of the swing arm to the top (photo). A few mods left to do to the XS frame then I can start the build. XS650 Street tracker project.

I did clean the tabs before welding

ESAB Migmaster 275
Speedglass 9002x
Hilti grinder

apologies in advance for the soundtrack!

 

[engineer2]

Multi-tasking

 

[bshusted]

I haven't checked in here for awhile due to personal and business obligations but couldn't let this one pass us by.

Not at all intending to demean or bash the results on your Audi, please take this in the spirit it's intended: to EDUCATE the less informed so you know what to expect from a job done right.

Do you see all those little bumps and defects on the left side?? That's what is called "outgassing," and it's something that happens every time to aluminum if the proper prep steps are not followed before the part is coated.

Basically, aluminum is very porous. It has all kinds of air pockets and impurities in it which become trapped there when it's originally formed. When a piece is heated to powder coating cure temperature, all of that air and the **** in the metal comes to the surface where it blows right through your powder. That's why your finish is not smooth and uniform as it should be.

Do your homework before hiring anybody for your metal finishing on your pride and joy (or letting your buddy who just got a HF set up do it). Check references, ask to see real work samples on the same kind of metal you'll be finishing, make sure they're experienced, and above all know what they're doing. Sadly, there are "powder coaters" on every corner nowadays and it's the real truth that quite a few of them seem to be merely practicing on your parts.

Respectfully, the valve covers are magnesium and not aluminum. They were hot tanked to remove the oil, out gassed in the oven, media blasted and coated. The "bumps" you are seeing are not imperfections. I specifically selected this powder because it created the wrinkle pattern. It has a very light texture to it.

Here's a closeup of the texture.


More pictures of the texture can be found here.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Worked on a fire spray nozzle, probably one that goes with the typical fire hose reel often seen in factories.. Got it at a yard sale for 5$. The small piece of metal to the left of the pictures on the rag was jammed in it and they didn't know how to get it to activate. A little PB Blaster later and its working. Now to clean it up and hang it with my fire fighter's memorial wall in the garage...

 

[toolman9w]

Started on my son in laws 1997 Cutlass. Just needed a power steering hose. Well.......rack was loose,left front wheel hub almost locked up and right outer tie rod bad.And I didn't even look real hard at it yet. Not to mention the low tires, dirty air filter and nobody knows the last time it was serviced.Got it all tore down and the box of parts picked before I retired for the evening.

 

[GCncsuHD]

Hi Madison069 and all,Can't you just re-gap these plugs
Cheers
Tony

Iridium plugs come pre-gapped, and most manufacturers recommend to not alter the gap, or damage can be done to the very thin electrode. Fine adjustments can be made by being very careful to only bend the ground electrode and not touch/pry against the center electrode at all, but generally they should come pre-gapped to your application.

Worked on a fire spray nozzle, probably one that goes with the typical fire hose reel often seen in factories.. Got it at a yard sale for 5$. The small piece of metal to the left of the pictures on the rag was jammed in it and they didn't know how to get it to activate. A little PB Blaster later and its working. Now to clean it up and hang it with my fire fighter's memorial wall in the garage...

Nice! I'd like to see the memorial wall.

Not so much a memorial wall, but I'll be hanging up the set of gear in my garage that my father used in the late 70s, which incidentally is also the same set of gear that was passed down to me when I was a junior FF/rookie at our local volunteer dept.

 

[gipraw]

Sweated my *** off working on this Grand Cherokee. Turned out pretty nice.

 

[Mr. Roboto]

Started out as front pads and rotors on my 2003 Sierra, but it ended up needing sway bar end links and a passenger side CV shaft as well. Also, had to make an extra trip to the parts store, because they gave me the wrong pads...

 

[madison069]

Hi Madison069 and all,Can't you just re-gap these plugs
Cheers
Tony

I almosted did regap them, but the plugs i was using Iradium plugs, has a plating on it that prevent the tab from erroding fast. If i regapped it there's a chance the plating could crack and I'll be changing plugs faster then I would want to do them!

That's what I gathered from reading manufacture sites but if there's truth in it I'm not sure and didn't want to test it out. Luckily I got the right plugs that was already pre-gapped properly and was able to send this car home til I can do the next segment of the maintenance list of this car.

I'm used to the old style where you regap to your needs as I have the proper tools to do this, but the whole plating thing was new to me and I was wondering about it as I saw the plugs was different then the typical plugs I'm used to with older engines.

 

[YukonXL04]

Finally got around to cleaning the garage up some... lol

A few months ago we bought this house, and renovated the whole first floor. Things just started piling up left and right and next thing you know theres only a walkway down the center lol... I finally had enough and proceeded to start cleaning. Also swapped the single light bulb for a 4ft 2 bulb T8 florescent fixture. There is also another single bulb off in the back cubby.

Before! Yikes...
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After!
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[gipraw]

Nice. I need to do the same thing to mine.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Iridium plugs come pre-gapped, and most manufacturers recommend to not alter the gap, or damage can be done to the very thin electrode. Fine adjustments can be made by being very careful to only bend the ground electrode and not touch/pry against the center electrode at all, but generally they should come pre-gapped to your application.



Nice! I'd like to see the memorial wall.

Not so much a memorial wall, but I'll be hanging up the set of gear in my garage that my father used in the late 70s, which incidentally is also the same set of gear that was passed down to me when I was a junior FF/rookie at our local volunteer dept.

I've shared previously.. but I'll update once I see if the nozzle chrome cleans up well enough to hang...

 

[PhantomEB]

Sheeting my walls. Just osb'ed the two sides flanking the big door. Now to do above the door just to make it uniform. Will need to go 5/4x6 around the frame as well to build up from the 2x4 walls to the 2x6 frame..... Cedar?

Top 2/3 of my walls be white, lower grey with a blue border separating the two. Maybe purple pinstripes if this current girl is the one......

Leave the cedar natural or if I just paint over it, it will just be spruce.

 

[k-os]

ALMOST finished insulating the East wall. Only about a foot short on insulation in the lower right corner.

 

[zcar751]

Put a phenol carburetor spacer on the Ramcharger to reduce the heat sink. I dislike getting stuck out on the town because it doesn't want to start again with out cooling off.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Cleaned up the tools and fire nozzle I purchased over the weekend, and then proceeded to do peg board Tetris to fit them in, along with the 4x Channel Locs I added to my shop...

 

[BellyUpFish]

I broke out the new desktop CNC today and made myself Micarta press from an old cutting block.

 

[jaak144]

Finished the body of my new welding/ fabricating table. Now need to start with accessories- vise holder, clamp holder, etc.

 

[TauntDevil]

Finished the body of my new welding/ fabricating table. Now need to start with accessories- vise holder, clamp holder, etc.

http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o680/jaak144/DSC_0358_zpsqmnm4oww.jpg

Cant really see the bottom of the table but I would recommend putting bracing across the center like a + or something similar. It may be sturdy and all but after quite a lot of heat gets to it, it will bow or bubble in the center or anywhere that is weak. Normally is the center or edges. Looks dang good though. I like it.

Today I started to weld in the plates for my buddies roll cage but since I only have a tig now days, was difficult as the concentrated heat is too much that it blows through the 22ga metal on the car so... now to sell something for a mig again. -_-

 

[Jmasishin]

Previous owner left this little gem in the old workbench cabinets. 70's era fiberglass tank:



Cleaned it up a bit. Going to cut the studs off the bottom and make it into a wall clock




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[A1an]

Organizing stuff. Moving in a month to a smaller garage and realized I have way too much **** for no apparent reason.

 

[waterss]

Narrowed down the issues I've been having with my Afterburner arcade unit. Ordered some parts now I wait.

 

[G-Ram]

Been doing some major cleanup in the garage the past week, even made a thread about it in the garage gallery section. Also did an oil change on my 04 Silverado.


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[gazza]

Finally got my new to me router running, had to cut some 2m high numbers out of 3mm thick aluminium composite panel

 

[jaak144]

Cant really see the bottom of the table but I would recommend putting bracing across the center like a + or something similar. It may be sturdy and all but after quite a lot of heat gets to it, it will bow or bubble in the center or anywhere that is weak. Normally is the center or edges. Looks dang good though. I like it.

Thanks for the comment. "Across the center", you mean like this:

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Iridium plugs come pre-gapped, and most manufacturers recommend to not alter the gap, or damage can be done to the very thin electrode. Fine adjustments can be made by being very careful to only bend the ground electrode and not touch/pry against the center electrode at all, but generally they should come pre-gapped to your application.



Nice! I'd like to see the memorial wall.

Not so much a memorial wall, but I'll be hanging up the set of gear in my garage that my father used in the late 70s, which incidentally is also the same set of gear that was passed down to me when I was a junior FF/rookie at our local volunteer dept.

I haven't hung the nozzle yet... soon.. but here is what I have at the moment...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5069435#post5069435

 

[nit2wn]

Been working on getting this new to us truck up to my standards. Changed out the head lights and foglights to the Silver Star high output versions, put in led reverse lights, new floor mats since it didn't come with any, sill guards at all 4 doors, and have some led interior lights on the way. Been trying to research a ''leveling kit'' to take some of the rake out of her. For a 4wd, she's pathetic. Can't even get under it to change oil without ramps.

 

[k-os]

Pulled down the old fiberboard and insulation above the header in the single bay in preparation for re-insulating and sheeting. This is the last wall to insulate and then it's on to sheeting the East and West walls.

 

[bodyguy16]

Replaced pull cord and spring assy on one mower and gapped the coil on the second. Found one of the bolts loose on the coil so thats probably why she was hard to start.....ill find out tomorrow when i mow the lawn!

 

[PhantomEB]

Yanked out a stubborn bush with the Toyota and chain thru the man door!

It was in the way of my planned stairs down from the deck and walkway to the shop.

 

[NewShockerGuy]

Decided to re-do the shed ramp. I made it out of salvaged materials the first go around and it wasn't level at all, one side was shimmed with like 4 shingles and even after that no matter if you stepped on one corner the other corner would come up...etc. Very annoying but for a shed I dealt with it.

Then we got the deck re-done and they had two 20' boards left over. Since my span was something like 66" initially on the first ramp with wood I only used 3 joists that I had cut also from old warped salvaged wood... This go around I got some nice 2x6" pt wood and cut it properly. And used 5 joists. Ramp is SOLID, I'm quite pleased honestly. Looked up the cost of the freaking boards and a 20' board is almost $150 so I lucked out for sure with the materials but now the shed ramp matches with the deck...hahaha!

Old ramp on left, new ramp on right.

-Nigel