What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[LS6 Tommy]

Yesterday, actually. Put all my dried out fishing tackle back in the bag, put the poles back in the storage case and put it all away in the boiler room. Then I finished a minor rebuild of a set of 440 Six Pack carbs, and continued cleaning up, reorganizing stuff and putting it in the new cabinets.

Tommy

 

[Flat Thunder Channel]

Yesterday I continued work on the window. I only had a short amount of time before the cookout, but I did get the opening sheeted and siding installed. I hope to get some sort of aluminum flashing installed today. It gets interesting when you do not own a brake or forming tool. Going to fashion something with leftover fascia aluminum.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Not a darn thing. Been here at the station since Saturday morning at 0700. Leaving here in about an hour to finally go home.

Miss my garage and my dog.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Work has been dead today. Everyone is tired. We are the only shop open around here and we have had about 10 cars. Done 10 oil changes no repairs.

 

[harley jim]

I installed a 60 amp 220v outlet for the tig welder

 

[larry4406]

Started building a hitch for the garden tractor. Still need welding, 2” receiver hitch for “normal trailers”, and brackets for sprayer.

 

[glider]

I left the car in the hot sun all day before working on a tire rub.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Walked through with groceries. Did laundry.

 

[DGersic]

2nd coat of stain.



Also, built a garage clothes line, from 18” wire rope, so as to have something to hang the doors from. Could only get a light duty aluminum turnbuckle, so limit is about 200 lbs.

 

[Outlawmws]

Tried to lop some more limbs lopped but the pinion gear in the power pole saw is slipping, so I opened the saw, disfigured the pinion shad and used Super glue to help hold it once pressed onto the upsets. In a couple of days I'll see if it holds.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

added some R22 to the house AC, not really in the garage but i did have to go to the barn to get the tools.

My 21 year old AC has a small leak that takes about 5 years to show up in the way of frosting up the coil and condenser.
The inside conditions were: WB temp 62 deg, DB 75 deg, hum = 49%

this is what i had when i started:
high side line 235 psi/ 112 deg f
low side 48 psi/ 24 deg f
Suction line temp 63 deg - 24 deg = 39 deg super heat

this is what I had when I finished:
outdoor temp 90 deg
High side line 260 psi/ 120 deg
low side 65 psi / 38 deg
suction line temp 42 deg -38 = 4 deg super heat

I added just over 1 pound of r22, I didn't weigh it in I just weighed the jug before and after.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Started building a hitch for the garden tractor. Still need welding, 2” receiver hitch for “normal trailers”, and brackets for sprayer.

Holy overkill Larry. That's going to out perform that Huskee mower. I like it !

 

[pepi]

Neighbor has this old typewriter shipping crate. Wanted to turn it into a coffee table.

 

[kaymccampbell]

That looks a lot like the crate my Underwood noiseless, and it's carry case came in. Thanks for raising fond memories from the depths.

 

[larry4406]

Holy overkill Larry. That's going to out perform that Huskee mower. I like it !

Thanks Nutts!

I used the materials I had on hand. It’s 5/16 angle 4x6. I studied the OEM sleeve hitch for ideas on how to attach it. I should finish it next weekend.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Splattered mud. Put away tools.

 

[vertguy]

Installed the window A/C and after it did its thing, welded up a replacement tool rest bracket for one of my CM blocks along with just hanging out for a while enjoying some quiet time.

 

[ZRX61]

Removed this from a rear tire on the SB Honda... Appears to be holding pressure.

 

[Ilikeike]

I left the car in the hot sun all day before working on a tire rub.

Looks like a clean 68 bird. That eastwood lip roller do a decent job ?

 

[glider]

That eastwood lip roller do a decent job ?

It really did a nice job. The roller is adjustable to get the roll started. I went back and forth with a hammer and roller. Was waiting for a hot day.

 

[Bogie1632]

Put my tools away, swept, and got stuff organized for the 5 projects I have going right now.

Got tired of stepping over stuff and not finding what I need because my kids don't put anything away.

Pretty soon I have to get outlets, switches, and wiring moved around and make room for a couple new toolboxes I bought.

V/R
Bogie

 

[ambenz]

Well, to be honest, it's been a undocumented project of mine, I finally finished and it costed about as much as a new one, if you can find one that seats three persons.
I found an old patio glider in the trash and ripped off all the rotten rattan leaving me a tan pipe skeleton.
I painted the frame gloss black and replaced the seized 9"glider bearing arms, I found/bought on fleabay.
I bought Arden Selections Onyx Cebu Outdoor Deep Seat cushions on overstock website but still had to find material for the armrests I made to replace the rotten rattan.
So went to our local fabric store and found a very close match to the fabric, ON SALE!!!!
Score!!!! I couldn't believe it! So...I bought enough to do the armrests and another bench we had in the yard since we bought the house, over 27 years ago.
Here is the finished glider.....


The arm rests are a little lighter green on the leaves.....


And the bench I painted and recovered to match the glider.....



The whole project came out pretty good and I found myself finding ANOTHER used Glider of a different design for the front porch...Jeezes! More to come....

 

[LeonardY]

Glued bottom of the exterior back window in on the C70 convertible. All I have is the exterior side edges and the job is done.

 

[vertguy]

It was time once again to swap the serpentine belt on the Mustang. But what should normally take about 5 minutes is a PITA with the supercharger installed. This style SC (which looks very stealthy with screw/pulley on the bottom) required relocating the alternator and reversing it so it faced the motor. As a result, the alternator requires removal and about 60 minutes later the job is completed.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Dragged 3 bags of drywall compound in.

 

[SRU1436]

I left the car in the hot sun all day before working on a tire rub.

Nice firebird, are you rolling the inside of the fenders? Does that tool work well?

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ambenz that came out really pretty. Nice work.


No pics but I broke out the MIG welder for the first time in a very long time today. Spent more time getting the wire to advance without making a bird nest than the actual welding.

The legs on a new, galvanized wheeled beer/soda cooler we bought from Amazon have a small tab on the bottom for each caster to mount. One broke off so I tack welded it back and while there did the other three legs too. It's a good thing I'm a better "flap-wheeler" than welder, ha ha. Primed and painted silver afterward. No one will ever know except me.

Natch, the Amazon return window closed at the end of May so we were out of luck.

 

[smackey05]

Wife's Audi A4 has a HID bulb out and a CE light.

Ordered the new bulb and started looking around for a boost leak.... Hoping it's not the turbo.

 

[ambenz]

If you saw my glider post above, you will remember I ended it with a "stay tuned" teaser and promised to share with you my second project, another patio glider!
Found it on a local social media sale page for $10, about 9 miles SW of me.
Being a glutton for punishment, I decided this project was good enough to fit on the front porch and light enough to move to the backyard patio if we ever needed extra seating. You see, it is almost all aluminum tubing or an extrusion.



The seat section has metal roller bearing wheels and the lower "track" is a rail the wheels ride on. The spring loaded fork keeps it all together and returns the glider to its neutral position....


The wheels are concave and ride on a round fiberglass type tube held in place by the base of extruded aluminum. The bearings stay clean with a fiber washer. Repacked the bearings and replaced the wheels....


That fiberglass rod the wheels ride on looked pretty worn and you could hear the wheels digging into the aluminium base. I needed a new fiberglass rod or "rail" for the wheel to ride on. Looks like these fiberglass driveway markers I use during the winter time might just fit the bill! The wont slide into the extruded channel but no big thing....


The wheels would ride good on the taller round cylinder and I could just cut to size and screw the ends into the base!


I made sure the "springed fork" had enough clearance to afford a taller rail...



The whole assembly rides taller off the base and nothing grinds...just a smooth glide!
Since I bought cushions for the last glider, I did make sure I could find cushions for this glider too.
These red cushions match the swivel chair cushions already on the front porch....even have a matching cover for the winter time.


Another small project finished to serve our needs for the rest of the time we spend "gliding" on the front porch, watching the traffic go by.

 

[nateo]

As the next step in my "I can probably figure out wood turning" journey I made this little guy. It's made from some cottonwood that I cut down in my yard this spring. Lots of grain figure which apparently common in cottonwood due to it fast growth and relatively low strength. Some tearout on the end grain portions but we can chalk that up to a combination of the wood and my inexperience (both in technique and sharpening). Plenty of room for improvement but I'm still smiling!

Coffee mug included for scale, the bowl is about 4" in diameter.

 

[XJSuperman]

Worked on the 'yota some more. Pressed out the bushings from a set of leafsprings and mocked up one for measurements and parts ordering.

 

[DeeDubz]

Added some tin sheets to my work bench / mobile bar. The next day I had to figure out why my F250 was over heating. It appears that I was down 2 gallons of coolant. Im not sure where the coolant went but it didnt drop on the ground and my truck isn't blowing smoke. Oil looks normal as well. Today I'll be rotating my tires.

 

[Swanny1953]

One of our driveway entry lanterns tipped over as the grout the anchors were mounted in crumbled away. Tried replacing the grout with concrete patch, but it wouldn't set hard enough to hold the lantern in place. So, decided to create a mount for under the lantern that would attach to the electrical box. Got to play with my plasma cutter and MIG welder (attaching the nuts for the hold downs). Got 3 of the 4 hold down nuts positioned properly, had to do a little grinding on the lantern base for the 4th to work. All back in place now and I know what I need to do when the next one tips over!!

 

[Ilikeike]

Put this in the trunk


waiting on some plumbing parts to button the front up.,

 

[niget2002]

In the process of putting in a fence to keep the chickens confined to one corner of the yard. Decided to weld up a steel gate. Worked on that most of the day until I ran out of welding wire.

 

[welder4956]

Cleaned up a bit, drilled a center hole in the new vibration pads for the air compressor (would have drilled holes for the anchors, but no 3/8 masonry bit), moved some stuff from the basement garage to make room for the garage door replacement on Monday.

 

[PhantomEB]

Gathered tools to do a trailer mod project tomorrow at moms. It’s not out of the box yet but it’s a diamond plate box to house a battery or two for a future winch and LED lights on the back side plus my chains and load binders.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Put tools away from going to work on dads truck after work which wore me out even more lol. We had someone helping us who ended up leaving his antique multimeter on the radiator and called after we got going down the road so had to turn around and luckily it was still on there. I was going to keep it but it was the kids grandfathers multi meter so we gave it back. If he would not have called it could of been too late because it would of either melted or fell off and got run over.

 

[Bogie1632]

All these great projects being completed... Me, not so much.

The release switch for the glass on my '12 suburban lift gate fell apart. No problem... A new switch online was $26+shipping. I went local to the dealer and paid $45. I should have waited.

So, if you don't know, that switch is located in a cover on the outside of the lift gate. The retaining nuts for that cover are accessed from inside after removing the trim panel. The designer...one I'd like to choke right now...has one of the 4 nuts buried up under the wiper motor. No prob...take the motor out. That's a bad design on its own, but out it comes with no issue. Going back in...FML. I get it mounted and start tightening down the wiper motor retaining nut by hand and the SOB snaps off. Now I'm awaiting a new wiper motor...@ $168, shipped.

But at least the glass release switch is in and works so that's something. Hope I don't brake the new wiper motor.

There are days I wonder why I don't drink anymore.

V/R
Bogie

 

[ambenz]

Re-stained the genuine Naugahyde Grabber Orange inserts in my Mustang as my jean shorts start to bleed dye when I sweat in temp's over 90F. I was able to remove the blue but I damaged the die on the skin of the inserts....


Acetone to remove any impurities, leather cleaner to neutralize the acetone, and Fiebings Orange Naugahyde dye to make it look like new! I wonder if Nauga's are a delicacy because I never had ate one yet...they must be expensive! ...like Kobe beef or something.

From now on, in warmer temps, I am going to be sitting on a towel so I don't stain the seats with the jeans I am wearing!!!
Curious if this happened to anyone else with there leather seats? I imagine white would be a real PITA to keep pristine!
Off to cream the seats as I noticed in the picture, they look dry.