Recent content by Red Leader

Wow, sorry for the late reply!!! For us, the biggest thing was the action. We didn't know anything about grands, so we just went w/ something old and cheap, but that came with a heavy action which ended up starting to hurt his fingers, so it was imperative to get something different...

You mean you don't have one in yours?? Haha, so that was our first grand piano, a basic old one we picked up off Craigslist when the kids were getting started on lessons and we needed something a little more serious. Well, turns out our son really took to it, and has been playing for...

For those of you with a two-wheeled interest, a little misadventure here. While I hadn’t posted updates on the garage for the longest time on this website, I was active on another forum and quite busy in the shop for a while. Here is a project I took on in 2023 that sort of took on a life of...

Also finally got a new filter for the shop vac so I could clean up corner of the shop, like this one… Also cleaned up the fridge for a sale/donate - This one is also going to be going away - Runs just fine… Here’s the shop right now. Still doesn’t present super well, but it is...

Here are some pictures showing the latest progress. I am switching up my two work cabinets by putting all the sprays, solvents, glues, lubricants, paint, etc., in the cabinet on the empty bay side, and then emptying the other one out for hand power tools, clamps, sandpaper, and the like...

Shucks, that's too bad. That's the only one I've ever seen. Of course there should be others out there, but it's a unicorn vise for sure. Would have been an amazing find. Still appreciative of the pictures.

Appreciate the thoughts on the lights, they will be one of the next upgrades that I do since it is SUPER dim out there when I'm working late at night in the shop.

Thank you! Mothers Day + being sick, I haven't updated in a few days, but the work has continued when I've had a moment here and there . Today will probably be a good day to list some things for sale, or for free, just to clear some room in the shop. Thanks for following along, really...

Your work is amazing! Will love to see the X-wing come together!

Thank you for having me back! It's amazing the level of projects I'm seeing on this site...just as with the garage, I feel like I'm playing major catchup with the amount of incredible garages on this website.

Hmm, tell me more about this! I had sort of gone through the though process of an 'LED conversion' of sorts, but given that my ballasts are all nearly failed, I'm sort of wondering if it may be more trouble than it's worth, but I'd love to hear more.

Thanks for the link! This is sort of what I'm thinking. Can these be hard-wired, or is the idea that you can plug/unplug them in at will?

I know there is an email list, and I *think* I am still on it? I supposed I could make my own as well. Dust collection is something I've never had, but one of those things can totally see as being so good you don't realize how you made do without one. I appreciate the thoughts, and I have been...

You sound like you know what you are doing! Hope the travel stuff for you and your team straightens out so it can stop being a stressor.

Really???! I sincerely hope that was not the outcome after all. I remember seeing it get closed because it ended up being a pile on at the end there, really there were a few (mini) pile-ons throughout the thread - I think there was a lot of frustration at the idea of showcasing the mess but...