Recent content by harmo

Hi All, Former farm boy with childhood memories of visiting the local saddlery, cobbler and whip maker. I totally agree that workshops that do things I'm not familiar with are fascinating. I most vividly remember the smell of the place, and it was still in the same wooden shop that opened in...

Hi Nadogail, Thanks for the welcome. When you say "Southwestern California", you weren't kidding. You could almost say "I can't believe it's not Tijuana". The closest I've ever been to San Diego/Coronado is L.A. Unfortunately, that was an unexpected detour due to poor weather in Chicago at the...

Hi all, If you're anything like me and struggled to find spaces for the <ahem> insane </ahem> number of fasteners lurking in rafters, drawers, buckets, or refuse piles in the "garage places no-one dares to speak of" (you know what I'm talking about). If, like me, you've never quite found the...

Howdy WoodenDentures, Welcome to the forum, I mowed lawns for the neighbourhood when I was a kid, and my grandfather taught me how to service the mower engine after he saw what the local shop tried to charge me for that privilege. While I haven't serviced a motor in a few years now, I enjoyed...

Hi Olivia/GodzillaGTR, Welcome to the forum (although I've just signed up). Have you seen this National Geographic documentary about the production of the GTR? I just thought it might help with the inspiration. I found it quite interesting, and I like the contrast of a mass-produced...

Hello everyone, My name is Hamish, but I've been called everything from Ham to Hammer (good for a garage forum nick name, right?) When I'm not DIYing our "renovator's delight", I'm currently rebuilding my workshop/garage's whole internal setup from scratch, so I'm always looking for...