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Back Inside Installed an oxygen sensor with air/fuel gauge on the '64 fairlane and then did a quick wheel alignment adjustment. Also found a better way to store the alignment gear.

Thanks, my friend. Even so, I guess we're safer around trees, these days. :) I highly recommend a hot-as-you-can-stand-it bath for 45-60 minutes to keep those sore muscles from locking up. A cocktail might also help as a muscle relaxant and blood thinner. (I'm not a doctor but I play one on the...

Prepping the '73 John Deere for Spring I spent the whole morning on a single fallen pine. Can barely move. :) At its base, the 62 year old tree measured well over 24 inches while my little Stihl has only a 16 inch chain bar. But, at its thickest point near the ground, the pine had...

Prepping the '73 John Deere for Spring With Spring upon us, the snowblowing function of the little JD140-H3 won't be needed for a few months. But with time on my hands and a couple of acres of fallen trees and branches and general disarray, the old workhorse will be put to good use. But...

Wood Furnace Utility Door Here's a look inside the plenum. My approach is, as usual pretty low-tech: a part from an old Hibachi grille tack welded to a couple of pieces of angle steel to keep whatever I'm heating from being scorched. Looking up, we see the two valved outlets feeding the...

Thanks, my bad.

Wood Furnace Utility Door Spending a lot of time in the garage to prevent my wife from getting too sick of having me underfoot, the projects are getting more and more "inspired" :) The wood stove has a huge plenum on top and that's today's project. I don't have running water (the house's...

Free-Standing Garage Lean-to In late Fall, many of the family estate articles (that this lean-to was built to hold) arrived. I needed to get as many things out of the way as possible. Here, we see how almost 12 feet of ceiling clearance can be convenient. When it warms up enough, I'll sort...

Garage milestone! I cracked open a wobbly pop for a quick toast.

Free-Standing Garage Lean-to With dimensions like 7ft 10 inches high and almost six feet wide, the lean-to door had to be a custom job. On top of that, I vowed to use up leftover OSB.

Thanks, that's good advice. I'll find out as soon as it's warm enough to get out there and putter around again! Shawn

Ha ha ha! Not that I noticed :) but it'll be parked for a while.

Free-Standing Garage Lean-to "Winter is coming" As the bad weather threatens to move in, my wife pitches in again with her paint roller and applies the dark brown stain to the untreated sections. A shot of the completed back wall. High "walk-under" shelving will be added. At this...

Storage Drawers on Rails Pt 8 (conclusion) Seemed like a waste of storage space to leave the aisle half full so back I went this morning. Of course pallet wood is the material choice. This is hardwood so I placed them flat across, to save space. Bonus discovery!

Free-Standing Garage Lean-to For the back wall, 5th and 6th 2"X12"X12' pieces are rescued from inner garage shelving. By the way, the reason for removing garage shelving is lighting. The shelves alone cause no issues but fill them with containers and a lot of the fluorescent light is simply...

Do you have any pics of the old iron? I wish I did. My dad was a Ford guy because they started so well at minus 40! :) Thanks again, 836 is reloaded! Shawn

Sorry, everyone! I had not enabled "sharing" for any of the Lean-to Project photos. Rookie mistake! I could see all the posts as if they were fine. I've now shared the folder but someone will need to let me know if it worked :) My thanks to captain14 for the timely alert! Shawn

Thanks for the heads-up, Cap! I'll take a look! My next post will be to say it's fixed (finger's crossed). Shawn

Storage Drawers on Rails Pt 7 The rack fits with only 1/2" to spare on either side of the wheels. Maximum height would've been 45 inches and its final measurement is around 43. So it's a nice fit. There's even room for a shelf above the rack. Why bother painting the thing if this is how...

Free-Standing Garage Lean-to I dismantled some shelving inside the garage and repurposed two of these 2X12's as the lean-to's high support beams. The other two are used for shelving. It was raining when I got home with the vertical-grade OSB (thinner than roofing) so I hid beneath the roof...