Skyman
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No eye of newt?
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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No eye of newt?
bmwrd0
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Getting things ready for eBay, I was checking the batteries in this old Simpson 260
I was working perfectly, but one of the AAs was leaking, and of course I don't have any white vinegar. So, set it aside for the night and will pick some up today, and get it buttoned up later.
I was working perfectly, but one of the AAs was leaking, and of course I don't have any white vinegar. So, set it aside for the night and will pick some up today, and get it buttoned up later.
Always seems like being insulted by someone with a speech impediment. "Hey, thith ithnt the pathing lane, you athol!"
rd65
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Spray area with aerosol foot powder. Leak will show easily.
rd65
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Located the Chilton manual for the 80 F350, took it inside to look up some specs.
aka Larry
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This is my first time with the knock-offs myself. I figured they'd have to be pretty bad not to be worth $25 each.
Beerhippie
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Sharpening my pruning tools today with hopes of getting started tomorrow.
I was able to get my Felcos incredibly sharp on the KO Worksharp grinding attachment. The blades from my ARS Long-Reach pruners won't work on the Worksharp due to the spur on top of the blade:
so I had to haul out the Wicked Edge. I've been contemplating selling the WE set-up--I can easily get enough for it to buy some nice tires for the Brick and have enough left for a couple of tanks of gas (God willin' and the price don't rise too much). I can't see keeping a $1,200 knife sharpener to use it a few times a year for pruning tools and a few collectible knives--I'll just have to try to relearn hand-sharpening for those.
I was able to get my Felcos incredibly sharp on the KO Worksharp grinding attachment. The blades from my ARS Long-Reach pruners won't work on the Worksharp due to the spur on top of the blade:
so I had to haul out the Wicked Edge. I've been contemplating selling the WE set-up--I can easily get enough for it to buy some nice tires for the Brick and have enough left for a couple of tanks of gas (God willin' and the price don't rise too much). I can't see keeping a $1,200 knife sharpener to use it a few times a year for pruning tools and a few collectible knives--I'll just have to try to relearn hand-sharpening for those.
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kaymccampbell
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We've got a hilltown near here called Athol.
gearhead1960
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Technically, it was outside the garage, but replaced the pads and rotor on the SIL's Subaru Forester....tomorrow an oil change....
Beerhippie
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There's an Athol, Idaho, too. I know a guy from there. He lives up to the name.
Is that a country song? "I knew an Athol *******"? If not, it should be.
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Beerhippie
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Pruning tools cleaned, sharpened, lubed and tested. Small brushfires in the brewery and pub extinguished.
Cut, fitted and marked screw lines for the top of the bed:
Bought (more) screws to tie it down:
Trying to decide if my back can handle drilling and screwing another forty screws....
I've had it with all the screwing off on this job!
I'm afraid to add up just how much this "simple" project has cost. I've got at least thirty bucks sunk in screws alone!
Cut, fitted and marked screw lines for the top of the bed:
Bought (more) screws to tie it down:
Trying to decide if my back can handle drilling and screwing another forty screws....
I've had it with all the screwing off on this job!
I'm afraid to add up just how much this "simple" project has cost. I've got at least thirty bucks sunk in screws alone!
rcktpwrd
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This is my first time with the knock-offs myself. I figured they'd have to be pretty bad not to be worth $25 each.
I have had good luck with knockoff batteries for my Milwaukee M12 and Makita LXT 18V systems. No issues with the OEM chargers either. They may not be the rated capacity or power of a OEM battery but they are a 1/4 of the price! If I was using the tools to earn a living it might be a different story but for around the house and garage they work great!
kaymccampbell
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Scanned and emailed a bunch of showcase documents. Attended a NWA board meeting.
Beerhippie
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I grew a pair and got the bed deck screwed down:
I'm too tired, sore and/or lazy to drive the whole ten blocks to the storage unit and back to get the mattresses and bedding. Manana.
I'm too tired, sore and/or lazy to drive the whole ten blocks to the storage unit and back to get the mattresses and bedding. Manana.
2001ZR2
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Picked up around the house for predicted on and rain thru Saturday morning.
Also changed out the cordless
s on the charging station I need to tidy up cords on...figure if the power goes out better to have some charged.
Also changed out the cordless
s on the charging station I need to tidy up cords on...figure if the power goes out better to have some charged.DGersic
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Glued up the parts I cut yesterday.
Drained the gas out of the snowblowers and ran them empty. If it snows tomorrow, it’s my fault.
Started cleaning, organizing, and flinging.
Drained the gas out of the snowblowers and ran them empty. If it snows tomorrow, it’s my fault.
Started cleaning, organizing, and flinging.
I'd keep a close eye on them while charging. @Squankum posted a link to a pretty detailed study on 18650 cells. Man, was that eye-opening.... and scary.This is my first time with the knock-offs myself. I figured they'd have to be pretty bad not to be worth $25 each.
Speaking of charging....
That's all I did in the garage today. Charged the two batteries for my DeWalt leaf blower. 5ah. Found out from Acme today that the pair of 8ah I bought on the smoking hot deal won't ship until mid-May. Apparently, they sold way more than they anticipated. They had no problem charging my credit card the day I ordered though. We're going to have a chat about that.
That's all I did in the garage today. Charged the two batteries for my DeWalt leaf blower. 5ah. Found out from Acme today that the pair of 8ah I bought on the smoking hot deal won't ship until mid-May. Apparently, they sold way more than they anticipated. They had no problem charging my credit card the day I ordered though. We're going to have a chat about that.
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TheClaw
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Finished painting the last section of the Aprilia.
Rearranged the pegboard (it's all new). Expecting more revisions.
Rearranged the pegboard (it's all new). Expecting more revisions.
kaymccampbell
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It's why my charging cabinet is steel, surrounded by fireproof materials and there's a timer with fixed presets.
56vette461
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Did the same about two years ago. Little sanding and grinding, welding a washer over the face and then polished it out. has worked fine as repaired.Made a tool.
Some PVC pipe I had on hand anyway, time with my Dremel to hog out the end to make it fit, and cut some slots to fit the ring.
Retaining ring for the cone shaped glass shade on new wall sconce lights for the bathroom. My hand won’t fit down in to the shade far enough to tighten the ring.
Cut up a scrap of 1x3 to make a clamp rack.
Ruined one end of a Jorgensen bar clamp, ran it in to the table saw blade.
Better than a body part contacting the blade, but I just got this clamp so I’m a bit annoyed with myself for trashing it.
We've been mentioned on telly!
Link to my post:
Underground Lair of the Squankum
The Packard drill site: https://interestingengineering.com/science/camouflaging-oil-wells-within-a-city-uncovering-los-angeles-hidden-black-gold-wells If you want to poke around in Google Maps/street view yourself: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5beETDtkRVJkmucS9 Here's the neighborhood around...
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bugnut
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On the driveway apron, started the process of finding the gas leak source. Got the new borescope and started searching behind the doghouse for the source. The t images are from the borescope. Nothing showing up. Again started it up and nothing. Then tried putting a gloved hand on all the connections behind the doghouse and zero. Then moved the hose near the source of the leak and BINGO we got gas. Determined that the hose clamp was insufficient to clamp the hose tight. Actually can be seen in the images as the clamp is out of compression. So replaced the clamp with one sized appropriately and double checked everything. Done.
Moved into the shop and started installing the trays on the HF cart. The holes on the one drawer cart do not align with the holes on the tray. Made a 3d part to allow mounting without drilling or filing. 4 trays installed and complete. Put tools away and swept then blew out the shop.
Shuffled cars and tractors so everything that could be is under roof.
Off to cut grass....
Moved into the shop and started installing the trays on the HF cart. The holes on the one drawer cart do not align with the holes on the tray. Made a 3d part to allow mounting without drilling or filing. 4 trays installed and complete. Put tools away and swept then blew out the shop.
Shuffled cars and tractors so everything that could be is under roof.
Off to cut grass....
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esben57
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Garage used for everything but parking.
Houses the washing machine, Bosch nearly 20 years old gave up the ghost. Had an hour or so trying to sort it but ordered a new machine.
Owes us nothing.
Houses the washing machine, Bosch nearly 20 years old gave up the ghost. Had an hour or so trying to sort it but ordered a new machine.
Owes us nothing.
driftpin
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Before Home Depot was here, in So. FL there was a chain, Lindsey Lumber. They were pretty-big. They carried name-brand tools, and it was similar to what would be HD. They also had a tool rental dept. I rented a tar kettle and bought tar plugs to feed it, when I was re-roofing my first So. FL house, which would be 100 years old this year. Back then, it was a spry 54 years old. It was built w/CMU's/CBS as some of you may call 'em. Termites aren't fond of concrete.Highest failure rate of any fastener has to go to cheap hose clamps
The fasteners I found that were a high failure rate from Lindsey Lumber were their hex-head lag screws. It seemed like even when you drilled pilot holes in two-by lumber to connect two pieces of wood, just about the time you thought, "There, that's snug-enough," you would get that moment of "What The^^$@!!" as the ratchet spun free, another wrung-off lag screw! Oh the insidious weak-alloy lag screws they sold!
The So. FL builders did things differently then. I was replacing a jalousie window in the front of the house, and after I removed the aluminum frame and the wood buck, I stared upwards at what would be the poured concrete lintel for the opening. What do I see, but steel re-bar sticking out of the concrete!
Further investigation required me to remove the entire poured concrete lintel, which I was able to do with the claw end of a hammer and a cold chisel w/a wide blade. When I got to the bottom of the lintel pour, I found four pieces of #5 thrown into the bottom of what would have been the form for the lintel, not-long-enough to tie-into the block area on either side of the lintel space. No column hoops, no tie-wire spacing the #5 re-bar into a box shape for the lintel beam, just four forlorn pieces of re-bar thrown into the bottom of the form.
Adding to the issue was a common method of construction 'back-then,' using sand from the ocean shore, which was a mile-away. The salt content made for a poor bond, and it would start to cause the re-bar to begin rusting immediately, and over time the re-bar would spall, reducing the diameter of the re-bar, and causing a failure of its bond in-place.
I ended-up buying a pre-formed concrete lintel, and had it about a foot wider on either side, and the ends poured in-place.
I spoke w/one of my G.C. friends, he was a local SFR (single family residence) builder. He had been working since the 1960's locally, and he said he had seen other 'surprises' similar to that. One he mentioned was that the builder would call for a steel inspection, get it inspected, and then move the steel from that building to another building that was just-behind the first one, in the building progression. The steel would then be put in-place for the next steel-in-form inspection! And so-on. No guess as to whether the last house in the procession got the steel, so it was 'the strongest build.'
My older house also had multiple concrete spread-pads, about 4' x 4' x 2' to support the crawl space wood beams/floor joists. In this area, 'bedrock' is limestone, and it's found somewhere between 4' to maybe as-deep as 8'. Unfortunately, in another example of shoddy building, the spread pads didn't have any columns down to the limestone, it was just poured on-top of the soil with the hope/expectation that its mass wouldn't sink as it supported the build bearing on it.
I found out about the unstable nature of the concrete spread-pads not extending down to limestone when I tried using 20 ton bottle jacks to move the flooring wood beams upwards to address uneven flooring in the house. The spread pads just sank deeper into the soil below them.
I eventually demolished the house. I have Kodacolor pictures of all the interesting methods of construction I discovered during that home ownership.
I did save one piece of wood from the house, I found when I was rebuilding the roof by the chimney. Yes a So. FL home with a fireplace, built in 1926. Apparently about during WW II, and not quite 20 years of age, the area around the chimney needed repairs. Since it was during the war, and building supplies and people to use them were in short supply, the construction person scavenged some wood crates from a military site locally. As I tore-apart the roof at the chimney, I found a piece of crate wood with a hand-scribbled note on it which said:
Naval Air Gunners School
Miami Florida
Wt-1026 lb.
I have that squirreled-away somewhere. Miami Florida
Wt-1026 lb.
I lived in SW Michigan before moving to So. FL as a young man. The father of three sons, all of whom were my friends, once told me that he had been sent to Miami Beach during WW II for training, before being sent overseas. I'd like to think he had touched the crate bearing that painted label while he was learning how to operate artillery living in Miami Beach before overseas deployment during WW II.
rollinlower
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Wasn't in the garage or driveway today, had to get in my barn but come to find out everything they took out of my home office so I could work my wheelchair my oldest piled everything up in the front door so that took a couple hours to start but I did find a piece of 0ga for the Dakota starter 
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welder4956
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Don't confuse "screwing off" with "screwing in"!
Outlawmws
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Or just plain screwing...
Beerhippie
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This should be a little more comfy:
3" of memory foam over 4" of open-cell egg-carton foam. White bag holds two sleeping bags--a mid-weight down and a light-weight Dacron. With those and the blankets, I'm good down to about zero.
3" of memory foam over 4" of open-cell egg-carton foam. White bag holds two sleeping bags--a mid-weight down and a light-weight Dacron. With those and the blankets, I'm good down to about zero.
BlakeTheCarGuy
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I changed the oil in my 2021 Toyota RAV4 LE AWD and also rotated the tires. I’m at 65,024 miles. I do 5,000 mile oil changes I don’t go by Toyota recommended 10,000 i personally think it’s nuts to go that long. I did it on lunch break. I was going to stay after work and do it but decided to go ahead and do it because we have been busy and I don’t feel like staying late now lol. I really like my RAV4 since I got it back in October. I also inspected the brakes and I have 6mm on the front and rear brake pads still which are original. I tested the battery too and it tested very good so I’m not worried about that anytime soon. I have been really happy with my RAV4 since I got it. Everyone tells me I should have gotten the hybrid but honestly I’m fine with plain gas one. I fill it up once every other week and average 30.3 miles to the gallon so I’m happy with that.
rollinlower
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Are you going to do the foundation work yourself?
Jay__Dub
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Finally got a frozen jet out of the carb I'm working on. Clean up stuff and put stuff in it's place.
Today I put away all of the stuff that I got at the $2 a pound warehouse estate sale that I went to a couple times last week.
90% of it, I put where it should actually go. The rest, well, I just put it where it would fit.
I cleared a spot on my workbench for the 3and3/8” socket…
90% of it, I put where it should actually go. The rest, well, I just put it where it would fit.
I cleared a spot on my workbench for the 3and3/8” socket…
Outlawmws
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Do you have leveling ramps for your van? I made a couple from 2X10 that resemble this one I got later:
I got that one at a yard sale. but the wood ones are only 2 level and that is all I generally needed. I made them so they stack together and they have the leading ends cut 45 deg.
I can get pics if you want
Beerhippie
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Somehow, I've never really had a problem with leveling the Van. On rare occasions, I've used a few rocks, but mostly, I can find a spot large and level enough to suit me. As long as my head isn't downhill, I'm pretty good.Do you have leveling ramps for your van? I made a couple from 2X10 that resemble this one I got later:
I got that one at a yard sale. but the wood ones are only 2 level and that is all I generally needed. I made them so they stack together and they have the leading ends cut 45 deg.
I can get pics if you want
I'm planning on getting a set of recovery boards. Those seem pretty handy for leveling, too. Multi-purpose is the way to go when trying to pack small and light.
I did spend a decade or so of my youth living on sailboats, where you strap yourself into the bunk when underway.
gearhead1960
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Changed the oil in the SIL's Subaru. Had to get out the breaker bar to loosen the oil drain plug. Dealership was the last place to work on it. Crush washer looked like it had been on there awhile, so the lazy oil change grease monkey just tightened it down as hard as possible instead of replacing the washer....