Recent content by istephen

Wow looks better and fast. Glad to hear you are working with the owner right there and that the owner is cool about getting rid of the ruined stuff and the old junk. I guess the roof has a bit of sag, but I've seen worse! I already miss the hanging screw jar organizer. My new favorite part is...

What a cool rental! I think the flypaper style swinging screw jar thing is really...interesting. Really a neat space. The tool shed part with the ruined panneling and ceiling and junk will be the hard part. Really hard to throw away stuff that isn't yours and that could cause some contention...

Re: Workshop 88 = Workshop "Love and Kisses" Nice garage. Fantastic sketches. I too thought to myself, "Wish I could draw like that." 88? Nothing wrong with that. It's "Love and Kisses" in the ham radio world. ref: (http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/tele/wurules1866/92code.html) 73!

Maybe not an intermittent short. Maybe it is the sun? At my place, at a certain time of late afternoon during a certain period of days in the spring/fall when the sun is setting in the right place, My garage door will not go down. Yep. The sun beams right into the sensor just right and renders...

To keep the line level all the way around the garage, my Dad and I whipped out Great Grandpa's 1924 Starrett transit and I called the up/down while pops marked the location with a pencil at intervals on the walls (corners mostly). I was amazed at how precise we could get repeatable marks on the...

Sure. I lap the reel, adjust the blade if required (maybe every other year?) oil the bearings with a squirt can, spray on some WD-40 to reduce rusting, and hang it back on the wall. Tune-up complete. Takes about 15 minutes a year I'd guess. My mower is the one that says, "Property of Beaver...

My first word was "feedaregger." I would grab Mom's credit cards and run around shouting "feedaregger!" They figured it out at the next gas station. "Fill it up. Regular." So yeah, I remember attendants. Green Stamps? OH YEAH. My Grandparents ran a trucking company, many of the drivers would...

spark plugs. Probably never been changed in 200,000 miles.

A new Johnny Cash record.

PM sent re: matco rivet puller set.

Ah, I lit my 4runner on fire with the welder once or twice. In this case, the rubber drain hose that came down to drain the sunroof channel. Sure I got all the wires and stuff out of the way before I started tubbing my inner fenders, but I didn't see that black hose way in there. What's that...

Really glad you are able to post up. Really really glad you are still able to post up here. Thanks for taking the time to share your story so we can all learn or be reminded from it. I made the exact same mistake about 12 years ago. I think I rolled the truck forward to get to the top...

Nice work, Fergus. Actually, we CAN see the differences in the pictures because we are not there everyday like you are. The North wall looks great now. Straighter than the concrete pad! I think I detect less bow in the south wall too. (before, it looked like the top was bending in where you were...

Professional wiring for 220VAC for the welder and a compressor, lights in the ceiling and some power along the walls should have been the FIRST step. Next big mistake? oilless compressor.

My first tool was a dogbone type wrench. Made in china out of radio active lead. Used it to do an engine swap on my tricycle. Next up was a set of china sockets and a bag of wrenches from my Uncle. I think I dumped the sockets out and used the metal box to house my rock collection. Finally, my...