What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Outlawmws]

Finished the E-tanking of a second skillet. first one Sunday/yesterday was a #3 6" (unmarked) Vollrath, The second is a Griswold #6, 8" skillet. Got them both in the oven seasoning with Grapeseed oil - Some staining, but both are very smooth!:




These will be going camping. Way lighter than the Lodge/Wagner stuff.

 

[BuffettFan]

Got some finish on the box for my Coleman stove.
Still need to get the hardware on.

 

[ZRX61]

Got distracted going to get the trash cans in from the curb & accidentally washed the SB Honda.

 

[Outlawmws]

That Stove box is looking good Bfan!

ZRX, you gotta be careful washing them SB's! Sometimes the dirt is what is holding things on!

 

[ssffnomad]

K, really . on Shop Floor ?
Seems you run a tighter ship than that .
Maybe , I did not get your joke - again.
Stretch

 

[mrobins297aaa]

rebuild the garage door opener and re-balanced the door.

 

[sweetk30]

and plastic is NOT good for every thing . . .

 

[mrobins297aaa]

yeah it must be to protect the motor by being the weak link.
although that opener is 21 years old and as far as I know it's never been apart

 

[kaymccampbell]

K, really . on Shop Floor ?
Seems you run a tighter ship than that .
Maybe , I did not get your joke - again.
Stretch

Dogs. The wire fox just decided to **** maybe 20 times in the crate, and then **** on the floor on the way outside. Not diarrhea, just normal poops. He was just in there maybe an hour or two. I think he just didn't want to be in there, so he vented.

 

[streem26]

Took a week off from work and brought a dumpster in. Cleaned out the garage and can actually get a car in there now!!!!!! My car tools, exercise equipment, reloading table, all the horse tack and the sewing machine are all in place and the Falcon fits!!! I can even close the door with the car in there.
daily task list

 

[zmotorsports]

I got my 2007 Buell XB12Scg on the road. My uncle wrecked it in January when he was helping us move. He was going to ride it from the old house to the new house, but only make it down to the end of the street.

Nice Buell. Glad you saved it as they are great bikes. My son's first motorcycle was a Buell and I was impressed with their engineering and features.

 

[zmotorsports]

rebuild the garage door opener and re-balanced the door.

My old Genie door opener did the same thing at our old house. I installed the garage door opener the first weekend we took possession of our home in March 1991 then about 2011 or 2012 I had to replace the plastic drive gear and a few months later the door springs but other than that it was still functioning flawlessly when we sold the house 26 years later in 2017.

 

[FMB4]

and plastic is NOT good for every thing . . .

GM thought otherwise on the 2.5L Iron Duke 4 cyl. cam drive gears (they were part metal with the drive/driven teeth being plastic or plastic 'covered'. I was not a fan of such cam gears. Meanwhile, I was told the GM did this to reduce cam gear noise.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Finished with the transmission install in the Mustang. Just need to put the shifter back on, plugs/wires and change the oil.

 

[kaymccampbell]

GM thought otherwise on the 2.5L Iron Duke 4 cyl. cam drive gears (they were part metal with the drive/driven teeth being plastic or plastic 'covered'. I was not a fan of such cam gears. Meanwhile, I was told the GM did this to reduce cam gear noise.

They did it a lot earlier than the iron duke. Like the early to mid 60's. My plastic toothed cam gear outlived the chain.

 

[ssffnomad]

O, so he was being a real Shithead

 

[FMB4]

They did it a lot earlier than the iron duke. Like the early to mid 60's. My plastic toothed cam gear outlived the chain.

The Iron Duke cam was gear driven (i.e. no chain).

 

[Bob Heine]

They did it a lot earlier than the iron duke. Like the early to mid 60's. My plastic toothed cam gear outlived the chain.

The Iron Duke cam was gear driven (i.e. no chain).

FMB4, most GM engines in the 1960s had nylon teeth on the chain-driven cam gear. My '56 Chevy 235ci 6-cylinder had a fiber gear on the camshaft and a steel gear on the crank, like this:

 

[FMB4]

Thanks, didn't know that. I knew very well about the chain driven nylon stuff tho.

 

[Kevkx125]

Patched a hole in my d/d exhaust using the old tin can and a couple of hose clamps. Much better now l.o.l.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Seasoning the new flat top griddle right now.

 

[FMB4]

Patched a hole in my d/d exhaust using the old tin can and a couple of hose clamps. Much better now l.o.l.

Some of the various brands of auto exh. sealer/epoxy might make your repair nearly permanent.

 

[sunsation288]

Try to finish my wobbler for my wheelybird !! (Clay trower)

 

[harley jim]

Got some finish on the box for my Coleman stove.
Still need to get the hardware on.

Dang Terry, your going to have to build a box to keep that beautiful box in so it dosnt get scratched

 

[Flat Thunder Channel]

yeah it must be to protect the motor by being the weak link.
although that opener is 21 years old and as far as I know it's never been apart

I think you are correct. I believe it is a safety feature. The plastic is self lubricating and wears to mesh better with each other. I changed one set in my lifetime and believe it was only damaged from a binding garage door. At the time I bought two sets because I was paranoid it would fail again. It's been in my toolbox for over 10 years.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Measured for a cleanout in a currently clogging drain pipe. Brought in the goodies after a trip to Blowes. Took the mower out for a ride. Brought it back.

 

[Swanny1953]

Finished up a speedometer adaptation on the '51 Ford Woodie. The car has a 90's LT4 and T56, so speedometer didn't work (old school speedo, pulse output transmission). I had a Cable-X box from when I switched the '60 Corvette over to Dakota Digital gauges, so decided to repurpose it. Ordered a new speedo cable from Cable-X, and got everything wired up before quitting for the day. Tomorrow we'll see if it works as advertised! If not, back to using the speedometer app on my iPhone.
The challenge here was to have the ugly box as hidden as possible, as the builder of this car hid nearly all the wiring in the engine compartment, and all the wiring is extremely tidy. I was able to find a spot that is nearly hidden, and all the wiring out is of sight in a black loom.
Hopefully, everything works!

 

[Zaxxn]

Put the front of the engine back together on the new-to-me '87 after water pump and timing belt and other WYIT items. Finished the clear coat on the intake, so the top of the engine refresh can progress. Hopefully all back together by the weekend!

 

[niget2002]

Built some new chicken feeders out of 3" pipe and fittings. I made 4 of them 4' tall and they don't quite hold an entire bag of feed.

 

[Copymutt]

Repaired my trailer tongue jack after modifying it to be raised & lowered via a cordless impact driver. Tore the snot out of it. I promise not to over drive it this time.

 

[DGersic]

Mostly “behind” the garage, I got to cut up this:



big *** branch that came off my ginkgo tree last night, along with the slightly smaller branch it took off on the way down, and the associated little branches and mess.

Six hours later:



I hauled it all out front. City contracted pickup says everything must be 4’ long, and bundled with twine.



so I bundled the small branches and stacked the bundles. When I called to let them know I have a larger than normal pick up for them on Friday they insisted that the logs also must be bundled with twine. That seems crazy to me, but they insist on it, so I’ll go wrap some twine around them tomorrow.

”In” the garage was mostly charging batteries. I don’t have a chainsaw, so my 18V sawzall did the big cuts with a demo blade.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Installed some new slip-on "mufflers" onto my V-Rod. I have mufflers in quotes because they do absolutely no muffling at all. But they sound ear bleeding awesome!

Before:

After:

 

[Slednut]

I had 6 cabinets doors in my home made work bench. The work bench is 32 inches deep and the cabinets ended up being a catch all. I made 12 drawers behind the cabinet doors.

 

[Kevkx125]

Not in the garage but I needed the tools from in the garage for the project. Hooked up a hot water hose bib so I have running hot water out side.

 

[topcok88]

Let the dry wall crew (2 man crew) into my garage at 7:30am and they had hung the ceiling and four walls and left by 11am. The finishers start tomorrow and I hope by keeping the 18k BTU window A/C unit running it will help dry up the compound fast enough where they can be done in a few days. That way I can move onto paint and get the mini-split installed since the dusty/dirty processes will be done.

 

[sweetk30]

Not in the garage but I needed the tools from in the garage for the project. Hooked up a hot water hose bib so I have running hot water out side.

i just put in a T on mine with a pair of 1/4 turn ball valves so the few times i need hot its a flip of the valves for hot and still 1 hole out the house .

but yes hot option sure is nice . i use mine for pressure washer a few times a year .

 

[rayra]

chopping down more 8" sonotubes on the tablesaw, as part of my concrete greco-roman column casting project. I'm using the tubes to make hollow cores in the castings.

 

[smackey05]

Took the jetski out... Got a check engine light that showed that the knock sensor was either sensing an issue, or going bad.... So I started taking the jetski apart.

 

[sweetk30]

Started modification plans on the new to me flatbed . Cutting it down from 12ft to 10ft . Then using cut section for new bed headboard area .

 

[Dutch01]

Nothing major. - just fixed the power cord of my drill as it would only work if you lifted the cord. One wire has broken off inside the cord about 2 inches from the drill.