Recent content by Graydingo

Yes indeed. For the car in my profile picture. 74 Carrera 3.0 RSR Tribute.

Good day to you all, a few updates on the shop. It's very well insulated and kudos to the PO (twice removed) who built it. It stays cool as it only has two small windows, so there's minimal heating action from sunlight. Dad's toolbox is all cleaned up and the sliders were coated with a moly...

Hello again. So initially I was thinking I would buy a new toolbox but I finally decided against it as I have my Dad's vintage Snap-On tool box from the early '70s. I have so many memories of this box. It followed us around wherever we went from state to state and house to house. I recall...

Tom - thanks for that, I checked out your thread - definitely bookmarked for reading, looks like we have similar paths with the garage/vehicle obsessions! Dan, You're not wrong. Definitely a mistake on my part. The butcher block, while it looks cool, doesn't inspire confidence from a work...

Well I failed on the steel hangar for my hood art. The steel cable was unfortunately short by 1/2"! Part of the reason was that the hood was at the shop and the vice at my home so I couldn't take last second "eyeball" measurements. The other part is that I probably **** at measuring. Well you...

I appreciate this because I have the back story on the property. 2 owners ago was the guy who built the shop. He did it all himself so there are some weird things happening. I really need to snap a pic of the area around the fuse box for you all. It's bizzarre. Some other odd things. The...

I have indeed! Your garage is decent size. My one car garage at home wasn't cutting it. No room for a compressor, press, extra tires/wheels, parts, lathe, milling machine, bandsaw, phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range etc. Well after another 45 min of messing with the dumb gfi outlet I...

Well I re packaged the island and set it out front and Lowes came and collected it. Meanwhile I set about organizing my racks and moving stuff back in. I like these movable steel racks as I can roll them around and re-position them and they hold a lot of parts. All the engine stuff is on one...

Speaking of bad reviews, A lot of the butcher block countertops have bad reviews online at Lowes and Home Depot for poor construction or damage during delivery. I usually take these reviews to heart, however this time I thought I'd take a chance since I don't have a pickup and wouldn't be able...

After reading this review I had to pass:

Yeah, I'd like to do that at some point. Not a fan of the white covers. I think there are like 25 different switches and outlets in this tiny garage. I'll have to get a picture of the area by the breaker box.

Well I took the white base board back and bought the vinyl edging. It turned out pretty good. I think I want things pretty close to the wall after all. This is better for that, and the install was way easier. No painting, caulking or nailing. Next up is the quickjack setup and to figure out...

oh wow, thanks for that.. dang wish I would have seen this before buying the baseboard, maybe they'll let me return it cut in half. :-D haha oh well. So I have two concerns with the vinyl base: 1. The garage will get very hot, potentially over 140 degrees here in the summer when I'm not there...

Thanks! I like it a lot. Should be durable and look good. There was another detail to address and that was whether to have a base board or not. Initially I thought, no, I want to be able to put stuff flush against the wall. However, the more I think about it, the more I want everything to be...

Some photos of the finished work.