Recent content by Motorman55

Thanks! It's a "bitsa". Its made from a bit of this and a bit of that. Look all the way to the right of the photo and you will see a large motorcycle trophy on the shelf over the tool box. The bottom of that trophy is the original bottom of that white globe. I attached it to a wood base then...

The cleanup comtinues.... Spent most of the day out shopping with the wife. Picked up a bunch of supplies for the garage/shop including wood trim, paint, tape, screws, etc. as well some cardboard boxes. Once I got back to the garage, I spent some time boxing up a lot of the loose supplies...

Today I cleared away everything from the right side wall, cleaned the area of dirt and dust and chased a nice size black spider out from the far corner by the overhead door (sorry guy but you have to vacate) then painted the full length of the bottom half of the wall with the light gray paint...

Worked on the right side of the garage today. Removed the 30 dawer cabinet. With the cabinet and 5' bench gone, the lower wall is clear all the way to the overhead door. Next I attached my small end locker to the big tool box. It fit perfect into the open space that the drawer cabinet blocked...

Slow but sure.... Ordered a black 33" L battery power tool organizer from Walmart. Went together with no hiccups. I mounted it between the WEN drill press and the Craftsman tool boxes. l had to notch out the top right corner of the red pegboard to clear the motor's capacitor otherwise the...

Moving along in the garage Not much time to work in the garage today, but I did manage to get some more of the bench painted. Just have to do a couple small spots to finish and add a bigger center support leg and aluminum edging. I left the old red pegboard in place. Once the paint dried, I...

Made some big progress in the garage yesterday. Started by removing the steel shelf and its contents from the left side wall after which I filled all the holes and gave it a coat of white primer. Next I painted the verticle corner trim red, the drop down top and bottom half of the wall light...

Things changing everyday....I've nixed the idea of adding a new 3-pc combo tool box. I'll save the money for something else. Today I took apart the new work bench and trimmed off a couple inches from its 7' length then reassembled it. Using my leftover wood, I then added a 12" drop down...

Yes, that is in my plans for the right side wall. Fold down work bench so I can push the MGB up against it during winter storage.

Started laying out the left side wall's new workbench. Using some left over cuts of lumber and 3/4" plywood from previous projects, I set about trying a couple different heights and ended up with 39" to clear the '76 Sportster's handlebar mounts by approximately 1". (see pics) I've nixed the...

Second day of downsizing, rearranging and making space available in the garage for storing the '76 MGB along with the motorcycles over the winter. '74 XLCH Sportster placed on a small lift and set in its storage spot. The handlebar and hand control levers were removed. Fuel tank, carb and fuel...

Started disassembling the two big gray supply shelves. Sorted thru a lot of spray paints cans, Quart cans of different colored paints, tubes of caulks and various chemicals and cleaners. Some I'm keeping, others go in the trash and the rest I'm being given away.

Put together a 2nd batch of tools, supplies, paints, shop manuals, equipment and tool boxes to give to the guy I gave stuff to last week. Called him up and said come get it and he was here within the hour. He brought his young son with him too help load the truck. Gave the kid an unused Official...

Yeah its all good stuff, but I have all new tools to replace them and some are doubles or it's just in the way.

No, he's a self employed Handi-Man. Everything we gave him works and is in excellent shape. Sure he'l keep what he needs, sell or give away some of it and of course scrap some stuff. He even wants whatever house and spray paints I'm not using. Win, win here.