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It was crazy how much scaffolding the contractor installed :oops: He insisted that it was all required by the Provincial workplace safety rules on elevated work platforms. I am not so sure. 3 levels of guard rail over a drop of only 5' above a foam hot tub cover??? Oh well, it was a...

Crikey, thats $5.99 Canadian! It’s no wonder that postcards from abroad are such a rarity these days.

That’s a great way to template the kit.

Our house was needing some serious love this summer. Things always seem to creep up on us in terms of home maintenance. We looked away for a bit, and next thing we knew, our deck is rotting and falling off, the front bay window is rotting and needs re-building, the front siding is so split and...

Hi @steves_001 Our Yorkie is far too spoiled to be of any help. Don't know if ours is all that awesome. Yorkies are supposed to be good ratters. Originally bred to keep rodents under control in the old English textile mills. Our little girl can't even seem to keep the half dozen back yard...

Thanks @Krfjkm. It's always a loud & fun time when we have all the kids over.

Awesome job on the grease caddy!

Wow! Your VW van on the Goodwood track looks like it is absolutely flying along!!! Love the slight nose down racing stance. Probably the downforce on the nose from the aero package stealthily disguised as surfboards. Brings back fond memories of 21 years ago seeming to be flying down the...

Well, the seasons seem to have changed, so yesterday seemed a good day to start on the fall projects. A small section of the brick wall at the front steps had started to break apart. That repair job seemed like a good Saturday sort of task. I had never done any brick laying before, so I had...

My dad gave me these #4’s brand new for my birthday in the late 70’s My grandmother gave me all my grandfather’s hand tools, including these #2’s when he passed in the late 80’s. Never use the 2”. They hang as decorations on my tool wall. I find modern single handed clamps are much more...

Thanks @Prospecter I had never considered mounting the lights under the garage doors until I read Jack Olsen's 12-Gauge Garage thread. I wired in 6 Home Depot $20 LED fixtures on some pretty Ghetto brackets. I had to convert the one in the back corner to a pendant to get them all at the...

Thanks Jim, here's a couple of pics : I used Leatherique dye & rejuvenator oil on the leather. Still a bit more to do. I never really noticed how bad the wheel looked until I took this picture today. Can you tell from the color that this was a Miami car from the 80's? 🤣🤣 Here is the...

Calliper looks awesome 👏

I also grabbed the cheap Solary one From Amazon. Did a good job of locating a vacuum leak hidden under the intake plenum. Even if it only works this one time it’s worth it at the price.

That is one heck of a big pile of logs!

The ohm meter showed a couple of plug wires needed replacing. I also found a couple of vacuum leaks, changed out the fuel filter, adjusted the shift linkage, and got the car running reasonably well. It took a few more months for me to fix all the minor items needed for the British Columbia...

While waiting for my fuse board to come back from the re-builders, I figured I might as well drain the old gas. Wasn’t expecting it to be quite so orange and stinky…yuck! I added fresh gas and proceeded to hot wire the fuel pump to test the fuel pressures. I was familiar with the...

As noted above, brushing on a wood preservative & joist tape and you are good to go.

Thanks @flying_tomatoes . 3/4” ply is amazing on walls! Great at holding screws & nails, won’t split or warp, easy to handle when cut into strips, and can look great too.

On day 2 of the car showing up in my garage, I made a great discovery...yeah!! While poking around under the dash to kill an annoying buzzer, I managed to get the ridiculously complicated electrically operated glove box open. Locked inside, and unknown to the dealer who had sold me the car...