Recent content by Tossin

Started a cabinet with french cleats in it to store hand-held power tools.

I color sanded, buffed, polished, and waxed the Corvette. I was finally able to get it out of the garage today and put a few miles on it. All of this is in anticipation of Monday. As cheesy as it sounds, the car was assembled 50 years ago Monday. In honor of that day, I will be picking my...

Mine understands that I need the garage and the time. We're in the process of building a new house and I had free reign (within our overall budget) to do what I wanted in the garage. She didn't flinch when I added length to the third stall, started talking about flooring, paint, and counter...

Welcome! I'm in Mason (soon to be moving to East Lansing).

I have a few tools that my grandfather used on his oil lease, a piston from a Wright R-3350, a fan blade from GE F110 (both from my father - he worked on both engines at some point), and some other pieces from other family members.

I stay at home with a 6 year old girl and a 3 year old boy. What do you think? :lol_hitti

Replaced the scraper bar and belt on my snow blower. I also did some minor reorganization of my tool box with some of my late father's tools I picked up while at home over Thanksgiving. I realized that I need to get another tool box for all of my sockets (which is still expanding) and...

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like some great tools they're giving away. I'll enter, but I doubt I'll win anything. :lol:

Thanks for the advice so far: it's been at least 10 years since it was last run. I'll clean up the air filter and take a look at the fuel lines. It's the chainsaw I learned on and the sentimental side of me likes the idea of using the same saw my dad and granddad used.

While at my Mom's over Thanksgiving, I picked up my late father's (and my grandfather's before that) old Stihl chainsaw, among other old tools. The ID plate has fallen off it. Gas tank is clean, Dad was fastidious about running it dry when he was done with it. There's some bar oil in it. The...

I agree, please post some images. Once we get into the new house, I'm hoping to build a doll house with my daughter - if for no other reason, to see if she has an interest in woodworking. :thumbup:

I've been (lightly) color sanding and buffing the Corvette most of the week. It'll never be a show paint job, but it's knocking the orange peel off and the body doesn't feel like sand paper anymore. It was a quick paint job to get the car somewhat respectable looking so Dad could ride in it...

Looks great. I'll have to come back to this in the summer when I outfit our new garage.

Thanks. It's taken a while for my wife to come to understand my attachment to it (and other material possessions) - she's a lot more practical and willing to throw things out than I am. Over the course of our marriage, I've become a little less sentimental about some things (i.e., willing to...

Same here. I did a little work to replace a headlight mount that broke on the Corvette. I also took my daughter for a quick ride - got the car filled up, added stabil, and warmed up. Pretty much put away for the winter. Unless we get a really nice day between now and March 23, it'll stay in...