What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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LS6 Tommy
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Put a little Rain-X on the Scoobie's windows.
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Kevkx125
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Sounds like fun, I hope he sticks with it.
BajaScout
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Westozfixer
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Cut some benchtop for my laundry renovation and sweated, its 41C here today.
adamgayton81
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I don't call that lazy...I call it thinking smart...maybe that's just me though....I do have my whole house wired as a smart house. Yup, lights, fans, a/c vents, blinds, locks, garage doors, sprinkler system, security system, and HVAC is all controlled from my phone.
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I'd love to take an old jerry can, cut it apart and turn it into a tool box. However, those being 1944 USMC cans, would be somewhat sacrilegious.
I'd probably try to make a make or modify a mount to hang them on a wall.
Masked, cleaned and painted this LED conversions for the can lights under the over hang on the front of the garage.
555
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Worked on a Kawasaki Ninja. If you want to know why repair bills are so high, thank the designer. I replaced pods with a OE air box and had to take the bike about 80% apart to get the air box into the stock location. It was almost as bad as replacing a gas tank in a Goldwing.
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John
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John
hemifalcon
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What did you do "IN" your garage today?
"Historic" only fits if you knew the story behind them.. Lots of cool uses-primarily as liquid carrying containers.. however-if they're heavily rusted inside--then make what you wish. How many thousands of these were produced and used.. cut the face of the X out and build a really unique shadow box.?
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"Historic" only fits if you knew the story behind them.. Lots of cool uses-primarily as liquid carrying containers.. however-if they're heavily rusted inside--then make what you wish. How many thousands of these were produced and used.. cut the face of the X out and build a really unique shadow box.?
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isb cornbinder
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I was given an estimate of $35,000 to do the upholstery in my car project. The seats are in Black water buffalo and I wanted the upholstery to match. My first trade was sheetmetal and I thought sheet leather cannot be as difficult, All I needed was a sewing machine with a walking foot for leather. A local upholstery shop was down-sizing and I bought their JUKI 562 and the table it was mounted on.
Rather than paying out $35k, my total cost including $500 for the sewing machine was about $4K. I sewed leather binding around the many pieces of wool carpet for the interior and the trunk. It all fits and looks really well. So, what did I do today? I treated the leather upholstery the driver's seat.
Rather than paying out $35k, my total cost including $500 for the sewing machine was about $4K. I sewed leather binding around the many pieces of wool carpet for the interior and the trunk. It all fits and looks really well. So, what did I do today? I treated the leather upholstery the driver's seat.
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gauder the goof
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Rewired a couple of 4 ft fluorescents for led lights in the garage.
BajaScout
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Very nice! And you have developed a new skill. Where did you get the info on how to get started sewing upholstery?
Brilliant rigging!
At first glance I was sort of horrified but...
OK, I'm still horrified but, that's really a great set up.
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KraftwerkMk1Jetta
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Haha, I have that same pan, that screw comes loose a lot! Next time it does I'm slathering red loctite all over it!
isb cornbinder
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polexican23
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tried starting the exploder with a jumper pack. total fail. Been sitting for 3 weeks in sub zero weather covered in snow.
Put the charger on it for 2 hours and fired right up. Not to bad for a POS with 313K miles on it.
Put the charger on it for 2 hours and fired right up. Not to bad for a POS with 313K miles on it.
I was just about to say, I have never seen anybody pull an engine that way but that is some serious off the hand rigging.
chrisBTSC
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Did a little more work on my '63 Lambretta project, engine is almost done
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Cool Deal!!! I'm about to put my 62 TV175 engine back together.
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dittle fart around
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I just went to the store and bought the led bulbs. No wiring changes required, just take the old t-8's out and put in the leds. The bulbs were 6.97 each or 5.92 each in a pack of 10.
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exranger06
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I just went to the store and bought the led bulbs. No wiring changes required, just take the old t-8's out and put in the leds. The bulbs were 6.97 each or 5.92 each in a pack of 10.
Some prefer eliminating or bypassing the ballast. Ballasts will eventually fail and need to be replaced. They also use a few watts of electricity. So by eliminating them, you have a more reliable and efficient light.
I just ordered an LED tube that can be used with or without a ballast. I'm slowly converting to LED as my fluorescent tubes burn out, so I need tubes that work with a ballast as I mix them with fluorescent tubes in the same fixture. But once I'm 100% LED, I can eliminate the ballasts and continue to use the same bulbs.
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Built a new desk for moving the business into the garage. I had some old brackets made of channel and some unistrut. Reused the bowling alley chunk that I used in Napa. I 45ed the exposed unistut to save on ramming my knees on the ends.
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Built a new desk for moving the business into the garage. I had some old brackets made of channel and some unistrut. Reused the bowling alley chunk that I used in Napa. I 45ed the exposed unistut to save on ramming my knees on the ends.
Oh very nice...this is an li150..I got a busted up tv200 motor as well not sure what I plan to do with that yetCool Deal!!! I'm about to put my 62 TV175 engine back together.
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isb cornbinder
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In the early 1960s I bought a Lambretta TV175 at Woodwards Department Store in Calgary. I was 16 years old. I had some good first times on that scooter.
LS6 Tommy
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Built a new desk for moving the business into the garage. I had some old brackets made of channel and some unistrut. Reused the bowling alley chunk that I used in Napa. I 45ed the exposed unistut to save on ramming my knees on the ends.
This type of thing is what I dig about this place. Welding Unistrut instead of the typical bolt together stuff. I love overkill!
Tommy
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BajaScout
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Very cool!
JimVonBaden
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Built a new desk for moving the business into the garage. I had some old brackets made of channel and some unistrut. Reused the bowling alley chunk that I used in Napa. I 45ed the exposed unistut to save on ramming my knees on the ends.
Great and strong. You probably already are, but cap those vertical metal ends or you will be losing a lot of skin when you slide inder there!
RWorth
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Got ready for winter on Cape Cod.
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BajaScout
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Not an expert, but that looks like you are ready!
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LS6 Tommy
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I thought you guys didn't get that much snow. My friend on Nantucket once told me they only get about 30" a year.
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Strouty
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Same here, but in Ontario
What is that beautiful blue snow thrower???!!!! I think I am in love.
A**holes Garage
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I stick a bottle of bourbon in one drawer, glasses in another and stogies in the top tray.
