What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[kaymccampbell]

Put the Dingo out. Brought the Journey in for minor brake work. Turned out everything was rusted solid. A lot of PB and hammer action. New pads on all round. Cleaned up the rotors, serviced the slides, etc. The real deal. Went for a test drive. Put the Dingo back inside.

 

[rockettgpw]

Started to make some inroads into the pile of **** my Dad left behind.
I have finally driven away from my own palace of a workshop for the last time and now I'm in temporary (??) residence at my childhood home.
Dad had lived here since 1962 and the pile shows that. There are some beaut gems and a lot of **** and some stuff in the middle that just needs to be sorted.
In the **** department are stacks of dead power tools, I scrapped out 15 x 4" grinders and 4 x 7 1/2" circular saws today all the while asking Dad WHHHYYYYY??
In the gem department is some beautiful measuring gear. Found a nos Moore & Wright 1" thread micrometer and a 36" Starrett vernier in its wooden case and some huge unused mitutoyo micrometers, these are 8-12", 6-12" and 6-14". Anybody got a ships crankshaft they need to mic up?
I will post pics as I get more into the stuff in the new year.

 

[pinesdune]

Got the front axel apart on the AA, love working on 90 year old iron!

 

[rzims]

Beautiful classic Colnago. Where are you sending it for paint?

Nice shop, btw!

Thank you! - there's a local painter, D&D Cycles that has done a lot of work for a friend's shop and comes highly recommended.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Pulled motor to get some fresh paint.

1969?

Tommy

 

[Mark in Indiana]

The starter on our 2010 Hyundai Sonata went out. Looked at some YouTube videos for guidance and found that instead of replacing the starter with a remanufactured one (for around 200$), I could just replace the broken plastic pinion gear fork for 7$. With only 40K on the car, it's a no brainer. Only took 10 minutes to repair the starter.

However: Removing & re-installing the starter, 3 - 4 hours for me, a guy with large hands. No room to work.

Still glad to do it myself. Better than taking it to a shop for around 600$ - 700$.

 

[EOC_Jason]

That's why it's always good to have Asian friends... Their little hands can reach in places everyone elses's can't...

However: Removing & re-installing the starter, 3 - 4 hours for me, a guy with large hands. No room to work.

 

[isb cornbinder]

I need to buy one or maybe two of those wall mounted tire storage racks. The one I favour is from Canadian Tire. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/motomaster-wall-mount-tire-rack-375-lbs-0090078p.html#srp
I did check Craigslist and I found two of this model for sale at $50 from two different sellers. I text that I want to buy, and now I wait and wait. It has been almost three hours.
I always to respond promptly, maybe this is too much to expect of others?

After about 12 hours one of the Craigslist sellers called to say he could deliver the tire-rack he had for sale. He arrived on time, dropped off the racking and left like a shadow.
My son dropped by to give me a hand with assembly and installation. I am pleased to have the wheels off the floor and out of the way.

 

[isb cornbinder]

I made a simple cabinet with a door and a two drawer unit to fit and hang under my Myford Super 7 lathe. This was over 30 years ago. I was never all that pleased with what I had built, so, today, my son and I removed my original handiwork and moved a modified tool box under the lathe where it fits perfectly. I was going to toss the cabinet and drawers in the scrap, but they have been claimed.

 

[Chaz]

We finished the dragon skull.

 

[smalltown]

Chaz nice looking dragon skull, and if you see it your Kubota left rear tire is low on air.

 

[Chaz]

Chaz nice looking dragon skull, and if you see it your Kubota left rear tire is low on air.

Thanks for the "heads up"! I'm terrible at regular maintenance items...

 

[Outlander]

I keep staring at the garage knowing full well I need to put on my long johns and go out and warm the darn thing up so I can install my winter tires on my ATV. I think I'll hire Mr Heater to start the process well in advance. Too bad Mr. Tire Changer is busy.

 

[riley58]

Feel pretty groovy got it cleaned up enough to pull in a car

Nice. I'm diggin your 60's chair too. I'm guessing tha'ts your relaxation or thinking chair.

 

[Slednut]

Flipped my car around so I can start replacing rusted panels and doing body work on the right side.

 

[Bigwheels]

Sorted nuts and bolts cleaned out a large metal bolt bin wire wheeled some channel lock needlenose and pliers. Had a huge fire going while listening to the boise state pre game show.

 

[AldeanFan]

Turned this old y block in to a crate engine

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[mcmlvif100]

Does this count. Just a couple of cheap old handsaws from the ReStore, and scraps of chain that I had kept just in case I might need some. Have it hanging (appropriately, I think) on the door to the house from the attached garage. Still deciding how to make a nicer hanger (i.e. instead of the greenish ring at the top which is just a hose clamp but it works). Want to find a more elegant solution.

 

[Outlander]

Put the winter tires on the ATV. Of course I have new wheels with different nuts and of course I don't have a 14mm 1/2" deep socket so I use the 3/8" and discover I don't have an adapter so I can torque the nuts. Sigh. Guess I need a 14mm 1/2 drive thin wall socket early on a Sunday morning. Woo Hoo

 

[Joshua_Russo]

My buddy and I bolted the transmission back in the truck. Woohoo!

We tried doing the the transfer case separately (both are massive and it was MUCH easier handling the transmission without it) but unfortunately the transmission output shaft is long enough that we're going to need to remove a section of the exhaust to gain a couple inches clearance and fit the transfer over the shaft. Doh!

This has been an odyssey, nearly there.

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[pinesdune]

Disassembled the front truck axel assembly, found the radius rod was bent, disassembled the spare assembly , hope to make one out of two, came apart pretty good for a 90 year old truck, nothing some heat and a big hammer can’t fix

 

[fordkid88]

Replaced rear wheel bearings, rotors, pads and a broken sway bar link. Cutting out the seized link to more time than all the rest. Now thats its all bolted back together I found out why it broke, bad strut. It has the dreaded strut clunk....

 

[glider]

Finished up insulation. Area was a lean to, cold storage.

 

[PhantomEB]

Worked a 12 on night shift, had a beer then 6 hour nap, now a pre beer in the shop before I take my girl to a buddy's Christmas party to meet more of my friends. Already told them we not staying late as I need to force myself to get back to normal peoples sleep times as well proper times to work on my bronco and basement renos.

 

[930dreamer]

Clean, clean, clean. Not sure why I have 18 toolboxes.

 

[Hal]

Finished chasing out all the burnt broken and corroded wires on my 1977 Dodge M880 military truck. Went through the troubleshooting manual, by the numbers, finally fired the parts cannon in desperation, When I removed the ignition module, I found the plastic encapsulation material deformed and pulled away from the sides of the housing, replaced the module and it fired right up. Now just have to dress up and secure the wiring.

 

[mikegt4]

Not "IN" my garage but next to it.

Finished the rebuild of one of the track frames on my Oliver OC-46. Late last spring I could no longer keep the drive sprocket tight. Found that the hub had multiple cracks and most of the holes for the studs were stripped out. All the axles in the rollers and the front idler had been ruined by the PO('s) by using grease instead of oil for lube. The tension rods on the front idler where bent and the sliders were from an older model machine. I took the time to do the job right and it paid off as the machine (at least on the left side) rolls like new now. Next year the right side will be rebuilt.

 

[mygarageone]

Install new garage door opener and worked on the wife's office

 

[MrSurly]

What did you do "IN" your garage today?

Well, I’m doing this “for” the garage, but I’m also doing it *in* the garage.
One of my CL doors is uninsulated so I cut some styrofoam to put in the panels. I then discovered the panels are a bit too thick, but only because of the ridges in the Doof metal. The ridges cause the foam to bulge and I could not stand it. I needed a way to cut grooves in the back of the foam to clear those ridges. It only needs a LITTLE bit cut but it has to be cut all the way across, twice on each piece.
I rigged a jig... and it fairly worked!

The door is insulated now, as least as well as the factory version.
I’m still working on a solution for all of the steel that remains exposed and sucking heat out of the place.

 

[zcar751]

Well not all of it was today but over the last couple of weeks hear and there. I separated the body from the pan and took everything off the pan to get it ready for clean up and paint. I have most of the old paint and rust off the pans now and today will do a little more clean up to finalize the pan and put on some paint. I will be laying down POR 15 to seal it up nice and tight.

 

[BleedingBlue]

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

Well, I’m doing this “for” the garage, but I’m also doing it *in* the garage.
One of my CL doors is uninsulated so I cut some styrofoam to put in the panels. I then discovered the panels are a bit too thick, but only because of the ridges in the Doof metal. The ridges cause the foam to bulge and I could not stand it. I needed a way to cut grooves in the back of the foam to clear those ridges. It only needs a LITTLE bit cut but it has to be cut all the way across, twice on each piece.
I rigged a jig... and it fairly worked!

The door is insulated now, as least as well as the factory version.
I’m still working on a solution for all of the steel that remains exposed and sucking heat out of the place.

How did you attach the insulation? Some type of adhesive?


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[stimpy]

started to clean out the car stuff as I am finished playing with them , sorted some bolts for engines , and cleaned under the bench and strtign to make some room . put 3 batteries ( 1 lawn tractor , and 3 vehicle batteries on the charger before putting them away till spring , 2 of them are for drivers and the other ( big truck battery ) is my jump start battery for when the neighbors need it .

today might practice some tig welding , since I haven't tig welded since the mid 90's when I broke my foot and ankle , getting used to the pedal again slowly as for the torch end of it slowly coming back to me .

 

[Outlawmws]

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

SNIP

The door is insulated now, as least as well as the factory version.
I’m still working on a solution for all of the steel that remains exposed and sucking heat out of the place.

Have you looked at applying a final layer using that "corrugated" mylar/foil stuff that is about 1/4" thick? It comes in 16"rolls (assuming the panels are 16"), and you could contact cement it in rows to the framing, maybe a few spots of double back tape on the styrofaom (Contact C. might eat that...).

It's relay good at reflecting heat back, and providing a little bit more insulation. (Two spaced layers can really insulate..)

 

[MrSurly]

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

How did you attach the insulation? Some type of adhesive?


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No glue, it’s retained by the metal channels top and bottom.
I cut it as large as I could fit by this process: there’s about 1/2” of channel at the top of the door. At the bottom, due to the shape there’s only a 1/4 of depth available. I measured from the inside of the top channel to the flange of the bottom. Installed the foam up into the top first; used a wide putty knife to shoehorn the bottom of it over the flange st the bottom.
Because of the ridges of the door and the grooves that I had cut in the face of the foam there’s an unplanned “feature” to this. When forcing the bottom of the foam to go inside the bottom flange, you have to deform it so it becomes curved. Then, putty knife to the top, pry the foam down and the bottom goes into the channel a bit, the grooves line up with the ridges and the foam “pops into place” pretty much flat.
Unlike the two factory insulated doors I have, these foam panels are now “locked” into place!

I have cut apart one of the factory doors (made a 12 wide into a 10 wide)
And the grooves that they cut in the foam are much larger, their panels just flop around a bit. Not that it matters


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[vertguy]

Took advantage of some nice weather yesterday and finished the teardown/stripping of a 1HP CM block grinder. Hoping to get it painted today and reassembled next week after the new bearings are delivered.

 

[MrSurly]

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

Have you looked at applying a final layer using that "corrugated" mylar/foil stuff that is about 1/4" thick? It comes in 16"rolls (assuming the panels are 16"), and you could contact cement it in rows to the framing, maybe a few spots of double back tape on the styrofaom (Contact C. might eat that...).

Tell me more about this. (Link?) I’ve not seen it.

I’ve been looking for ANYthing to provide a barrier of any value on all of the exposed metal of the doors. As far as I’ve seen ALL the garage doors offered all have uninterrupted steel outside to inside (thermal bridging) and all the foam in the middle is sort of negated by the metal heat sink all around it.
What I’m starting on now is applying some adhesive backed foam tape that is sold as pipe wrap. It’s only 1/8” if foam but along with its foil covering, I bet it will be far better than just bare steel...

I have two 10x10 doors and one 18x8 door.
These are all insulated, but the exposed steel on the INside of them (NOT counting even the sides-top-bottom ) totals over 8000 square inches of bare steel.
Think on that for a bit.

Even after paying extra to use three insulated doors, the design of them means that I still have the equivalent of one 8x7 UNinsulated door in the building.

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[Jim_No_Garage]

I had a funny moment Friday. I'm fixing an Ariens ST350 snowblower that I bought used in the spring. This is a 3-1/2 HP - 20" 2-stage snowblower. It needs new tires so I went to the local power equipment guy to get new tires mounted. This machine uses 4.10/3.50-4 tires (small tires).

The guy looks at them and say that they don't make them anymore. I tell him that Carlisle still makes snowblower tires in that size. The guy goes into the back to consult with someone else.

I hear the guy #2 ask - What is that tire for?

Guy #1 responds - He says it's for a snowblower.

Guy #2 comes out front, we talk and he looks up the tires and orders them.

Just hearing guy #1 say - He says it's for a snowblower makes me laugh.

I'm cleaning the carb and doing some minor repairs so it will be ready by the first REAL snowfall here in NJ. We've had several dusting of 1 - 1-1/2 inches of powder so far.

Cheers

Jim

 

[Crazyjake8493]

All I did today was make a car adapter for my Milwaukee heated hoodie and jacket. Already had wiring and the DC plugs from some guitar projects, and stole the 12V plug off an old inverter that was no good. Saved me $35! I'll probably make a couple more for the other vehicles this week.

 

[4 FN 27]

Hung the Snow Blower on the 3720 and cut up a tree branch (big oak) that fell in a storm last summer.

I hope we get dumped on with some snow soon!!!

 

[Garagetime]

Put mock up engine in car getting ready to build front suspension.