What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[James_B]

Did a front wheel bearing change on the wife's Saturn.

Discovered that whoever worked on the front end last, just broke off the ends of the old cotter pins in both castellated nuts (lower ball joint and tie rod end) when they couldn't get them out and didn't bother fitting replacements. Drilled out what was left of the old pins so I could fit new ones. At least the hub nut torque figure for the Saturn is within the range of my torque wrench (unlike the Land Rover which required a torque multiplier).

 

[polexican23]

Restrung the weedwhacker and looked for a 10mm socket, took me 12 beers and a 2 football games to do. Might lose it again next weekend too.

 

[CudaChick1968]

Chiming in on the aluminum intake refinish quandary. No disrespect to you, CudaChick, you do fantastic work. It's just that I've never seen any method that looks "OEM correct" for bare cast aluminum. Is there is a flat aluminum color powder coat that retains the right texture that might pull it off? I'm not aware of one. Let me know if there is. I'll send my manifold to you.

All the DIY "aluminum" restoration materials never look right and most discolor or fail after some miles are put on the vehicle. I'd opt to clean it with something like Aluminox (made by Orison Marketing, the people who make Evapo- Rust) and the use their protective coating and hope I can keep it clean.

Tommy

Oh no Tommy, no offense is taken at all. What a lot of people don't realize is that powder coating has been around for nearly sixty years now and isn't only available in a few colors anymore. Just my main supplier has over 7,500 to choose from, and custom formulations (to match your sample) in the small chance they don't already manufacture that color.

The one I used on top of that Edelbrock Air Gap up there is my customers' absolute most popular choice to replicate the look of brand new aluminum. It's called "Alien Silver," with lots of fine metal flake that sparkles like diamonds when the sun hits it. On the pictured intake above, it had a base coat of black which changed the silver quite a bit, made it more translucent (almost like an old lacquer paint job), and has a fade-to-black sort of effect on the curves and recesses.

Without a black base coat, Alien Silver looks like this:



Please keep in mind though that all silver, gold, and even some red powders have real metal in them so they are not UV stable on their own; the powder can oxidize over time just like the intake itself, requiring occasional polishing to retain the original look. As a result, all silver and gold powders require a clear topcoat to seal the powder and provide that UV stability. Most of my customers prefer a shiny finish while a few others like the more matte/flat original aluminum look. Just like with colored powders, there are also a variety of clear coats that can be used to ultimately create any look you desire.

As far as the casting defects go, I personally get rid of everything that isn't cosmetically pleasing but again, that's up to my customer. Each is different, just like the projects they're working on.

 

[albaran]

I took the Spyder for a ride around the block and made a video of it.

Make sure the volume is up when you watch it.

 

[Road_runner]

Stripped down a rough running Ryobi strimmer with a 4-stoke engine (although I suspected that it had run low on oil and lost compression due to overheating when I last lent it to a relative).

In the end, I managed to get it to run "no load", but it stalled out when load was applied :-(

 

[xyster101]

Picked up 8 milk crates of tools for $50 at an antique show. They were a bit rusty and I weld them into lawn art. So I tossed them into the cement mixer with sand for a few hours. This is one milk crate full in the mixer (had to actually divide it into 2 loads):





Then used the cement mixer for cement. Old deck footer was a bucket full of cement. New footer is 10' tall, with 2' in the ground and 2 rebars.





While cement cures time to finish painting my garage.

 

[Finky198]

I put my Air horns back into the Jeep. With all new parts, but Idk think my concealed tank is big enough??? The Pump is under the back seat, horns underneath and I plumbed it into an out of date O2 bottle the real small green and silver ones... Which sits right next to my real ems kit... the system is so well hidden I sometimes forget about it...

I think I'm gonna need a much bigger O2 tank... the last tank I had was 4 gals I could blow the horns for 60-80 secs straight. Its the peaceful and hilarious way of saying :

"PUT THE PHONE DOWN"

I then gave it a much needed bath and a waxing

 

[kaymccampbell]

Dragged a box of plastic access panels in and dropped them on the bench. Put the new weed tickler battery in the charger. Freed Otto.

 

[kjdhawkhill]

*Basement* not garage disclaimer. Put a new touchpad in the console of the wife's treadmill.

And to think the service company wanted to charge me $156 for a second "call out..." Don't get me wrong, I got a little frustrated and probably took three times as long as it would have taken them, but for the cost of the part and the temporary aggravation (75 minutes+/-), I'd say that's a win.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Cut the holes to size and installed the plastic access panels. Gotta love caulk!

 

[Finky198]

Took the original front lines out of the Bronco. I did the backs so mine as well do the rest and it will all be new...

and also Framed in a 12' long 36" deep shelf above our main doors with a 2"x10" and some 2"x4" from the scrap pile... It went pretty quick with the miter saw set up and a charged nail gun... Going to screw down some osb tomorrow and start filling the shelf up .............................

Just realized I've hit 999 post's

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night after work I pulled the passenger's seat out of my Jeep Wrangler and installed the Carolina Metal Master's aluminum compressor mount and my new ARB dual compressor. Tonight I will wire it up and move on to fabricating mounts and attaching my Teraflex limiting straps to my axles.

When the wife came home from work we sat in the shop with the door open while a torrential downpour went on and discussed selling our home and moving. Hell of a conversation.

Mike.

 

[OctoMan]

Attempted to fix my old Thor drill. Got it running but wasn't able to get the switch back into the handle and work properly. I may just replace the switch.

 

[jwh]

Yesterday in front of my garage:

Took cover off bed of pickup truck
Took tie down hooks and bed liner out of bed.
Took tailgate off truck.
Took bed off of truck. (Has major dent on right side - combination of son driving and fire hydrant).
Took gas tank off (has leak).

UPS dropped off Rust Bullet while we were working. Now to get started on that project.

John

 

[4 FN 27]

Attempted to fix my old Thor drill. Got it running but wasn't able to get the switch back into the handle and work properly. I may just replace the switch.

Oh man I remember back in the day barrowing one of those from my buddies Dad. I weighed in at a stout 128 lbs. The trailer I was drilling into with a 2 inch hole saw weighed 1800 lbs. I lost..."Thor" body slammed me...lol...

 

[CutterFarms]

Cleaned everything out and had 6" of foam insulation sprayed everywhere. Can't believe how much cooler it is already.

 

[Ole_Red]

I was able to get rid of a bunch of junk that has been taking up space. Started work on my Studebaker finally. Hoping to clear out a bunch more **** that is just wasting space. I have a industrial basketball hoop/backboard that is up for sale and some furniture and bikes that still needs to go. Selling stuff to buy more parts for the wagon and to buy back my 81 Chevy C10

 

[Outlawmws]

Cleaned everything out and had 6" of foam insulation sprayed everywhere. Can't believe how much cooler it is already.

It makes a HUGE difference! Just the roof (or other direct sunlight wall) can...

Cold on the other hand, you need it EVERYWHERE...

 

[PassnThru]

Cleaned everything out and had 6" of foam insulation sprayed everywhere. Can't believe how much cooler it is already.

I know you're northern KY but you aren't much further north than me. Hard to justify spray foam in this climate but cool none the less.

 

[CutterFarms]

I know you're northern KY but you aren't much further north than me. Hard to justify spray foam in this climate but cool none the less.

My neighbor has a insulation business and I traded off some bobcat work and I bushhogged his farm in trade for having it sprayed. I wanted to be able to run a air conditioner in there in the summer if I have a tractor tore down or to easily heat it in the winter for whatever resto projects I might get into. Before we did some trading he was only twice as high as 2" foam boards and that wasn't counting my labor. Wound up being 6" on walls and probably 7-8" on ceiling but he let some newer guys learn and said if he was going to waste foam might as well help out a neighbor. The Amish have a metal shop a couple miles up the road so tomorrow I will order white metal for walls and ceiling.

 

[PassnThru]

Excellent!

My next question was how are you going to cover it.

 

[JimVonBaden]

95% Finished with my second wall mount cabinet to complement the oil change cabinet. This cabinet will used to store oil, lube and the like.

The plan is to bend some piano wire that would run across the shelving on the door to hold in the spray cans and such.

Here are the oil change and storage cabinets hung on the wall next to each other. These are to replace the Rubbermaid cabinet you see in the lower right. I still have a couple more to build so I can replace that cabinet completely, one for cleaning and detailing supplies and a second for general items.

Jake

How do you keep the cans from falling off?

 

[JimVonBaden]

22 days in Portugal, so nothing much. I got back yesterday, and had a lot of overgrown lawn to mow. Next is a garage cleaning.

 

[bmxdad]

Working on the trailer ...

 

[steveivy]

First sculpture I've made in ages.


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[bmxdad]

Cool ... my daughters boy friend bought her a welding helmet and is teaching her how to weld, so she can do just this kind of thing. She's already stealing my scrap ...

 

[Outlawmws]

How do you keep the cans from falling off?

Read between the pics:

 

[90zcar]

How do you keep the cans from falling off?

He said he's going to bend up some wire to go around them


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[JimVonBaden]

Read between the pics:

LOL I looked and missed it!

 

[crewchief888]

got the s-10 blazer prepped and loaded on the trailer for tomorrow's off road adventure

 

[Outlawmws]

And a new loading procedure?

 

[Lee Celtic]

I went in then grabbed some tools then left again..

A 45amp DP switch went fubar last night on the shower so I had to rewire 10 feet of 10mm cable and relocate the switch ... all done . shower works no one died.. all good..

 

[Lee Celtic]

First sculpture I've made in ages.


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Digging that.. very cool.

 

[crewchief888]

And a new loading procedure?

now that the all brakes work it's not a problem

 

[Outlander]

Nothing. Today was firewood delivery day (my wife organized it then ran off to work). Stacked it, drank a beer, had a nap.

 

[Finky198]

Took the Bronco up and down the road after we put the new front lines in.
I don't think our commercial neighbors were very happy the guy was like

but to bad they make all sorts of noise at all hours of the day and night. and then whine like little babies when we do some burnouts on a Saturday at 3 in the afternoon....

 

[smittyjones]

Bought this super turd of an old Civic a while back. Needed an engine, threw a rod, so I put an engine in it. JDM action, yo. D17A instead of the D17A2, supposed to have 13 more ponies, vroom vroom.

Then I found out it needed a transmission, so I put a transmission in it.

Then I actually got around to cleaning it. I'm fairly certain the floorboard was just some dude's spit can. It was awful. First I vacuumed it. Then I just used some 409 and degreaser to try and clean it up, but it didn't do a very good job.

Then I decided I was already there, so I just pulled the whole carpet and powerwashed it today. That was by far the best result. It still looks like ****, but 100x better than after my first attempt to clean it.

Today, the carpet was dry so I put it back in and got the seats in and actually drove it, finally. Not bad.

 

[Orionrising]

Built a flip top planer cart today.
Took about 2 hours.
No fancy drawer on mine, height is too low.






Cost?
4 harbor freight wheels ~12$
half sheet of plywood ~15$
2 eye bolts and some screws ~3$

1/2 in emt for the axle ~1$

so 30 bucks not to hurt my back moving the damn thing

 

[JimVonBaden]

Rewired another GS to add lights, heated gear controllers and a fuse box.

 

[bulletpruf]

More stripping paint and undercoat from the Alfa Romeo.

Also did some plastic "welding" on the belly pan of my beater '99 BMW 318i - it was held together with zip ties and rattled when I went over bumps. I'll reinstall it after I install new lower control arms and swaybar bushings.

Here's what I started with on the belly pan.





And finished - not pretty, but it's solid.