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Thanks everyone for the positive feedback! So far, so good! Not too much to report lately, but there are a few things going. Got the welder hooked up for the first time and shot some metal at a bar. Welder's great. So easy to use. I'm not a great welder, but it's nice to be able to learn and...

Thanks! Yeah, I'm very satisfied with the electrician's work - and for the money, I should be! It's nice to know that it was done right. Thanks! The Golf photographs well but I promise it's rougher in person :) 4 cars at the moment: 1990 Volkswagen Golf 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser 1995 GMC...

I hit a major milestone last weekend - after two years of living in the house, I finally brought home my trusty forever car . . my 1990 Golf. I had been storing it at my parents' house, but I did some cleanup and now it fits in the garage at home. I feel like a part of me has returned. Still...

More noodling . . Had an off-roading trip coming up, so it was a good motivator to finally do some Land Cruiser maintenance I've been avoiding. Replaced the distributor chasing a tapping noise and it seems to have helped, but still haven't eliminated it. Replaced rear wheel bearings, wheel...

Thanks for the positive feedback! Yeah, I got it as early as I could - really held out for the Milwaukee saw. I've been really pleased with it so far, but I don't have experience using the competitor saws. It has plenty of power, the rails are super straight (even when connected)...

Thank you! Here are the details. I like these because of the color temperature and the simple on/off control - no automatic stuff. I bought mine in an 8-pack, but it looks like they are still available as singles. Costco carried an automatic on/off variety of these for a while...

Admittedly slightly out of order here, but I wanted to put the wine rack together into one post. Having put this off for, let's see . . . about 11 months . . . it was time to actually deal with the hanging wires from the lights. Sticky conduit time! Will I regret this? Who knows?? I shortened...

So, like I said, do the project to clean the space. Time to do the project. The project is a wine rack insert. Poor man's stop block . . . but it worked. First side complete - 15-ga brad nailed together: Both sides: Assembly time! I'll admit it . . I bought another tool for this...

Now, remember those type drawers I bought? Time to mount them! Mocking these up was surprisingly difficult . . an exercise in patience, to be sure. Finding stuff that was JUST thick enough to stack, but wouldn't fall off as I put the drawers on top. Not the end of the world, but I did curse a...

Alright . . picking up where we left off. The garage had become a mess again. The general theme here is I buy materials for a project, then I curse myself for clogging the garage, and the only way to clean the garage is to do the project. So, I'll get to that project in a minute, but here's...

For anyone who's curious - the one functional difference, which is major for some use cases, is that the barrel grip tool does NOT have a tool-free bevel angle adjustment (requires you to remove the shoe cover, take out an allen key, slack a screw, and adjust angle), whereas the D-handle tool...

Cool - this confirms my suspicion that it's really just a matter of personal preference. I wasn't sure if people had experience with these specific saws or if there were any "gotchas," but I don't think it matters all too much. I'm going with the barrel handle. Thanks!

Alright y'all, looking for some input on jig saws. This isn't a tool I use often, but when I want it, there aren't many things that can replace it. I have an M12 2445-20 jig saw. Honestly, I think it's fine and not great. It doesn't have the power that I want and the baseplate kept coming loose...

Back in the garage, have knocked out a few baby projects in between everything else. The first was to get my battery storage sorted out. I bought these battery mounts on Amazon a while back and frankly, I think they're awesome. Quality is decent and fit is good...

I finally got around to finishing the headliner and that allowed me to put all the trim back in the pickup - which seems minor, but makes a huge different for road noise. I slapped a couple panels of Dynamat on the roof before the headliner went in for good measure. Pretty happy with how it came...

Thanks. I feel very lucky to have found it. It plays well and has a killer mute feature on the middle pedal. It was either a Yamaha P2* or a Yamaha U-1 for me - didn't feel like messing with cheaply-built pianos, even if they were free. I paid only $700, which I think is a very respectable price...

As you might expect, other house projects mean the garage has become a bit of a dumping ground. Here's what it looks like now. I'm excited about these "printer's drawers" which come from a print shop (as in, printing press). These are somewhat common at antique shops in the area and I decided...

Apologies for the lack of garage updates, by the way. I will get back to it soon, but other projects have taken priority! That spare bedroom is becoming a music room, so I put on my Arts & Crafts hat and got to upholstering some fiberglass sound treatment panels to calm down the reflections...

So . . since the electrical was done, the outlets have looked like hell. Looked like someone tried to feed wires with a hammer . . . Anyway, time to get that all corrected in 4 or 5 rooms. Next up - housemate moved out. Time to un-bork that room. Patch, paint, you know the deal.

I've been driving the GMC around with no interior trim panels (A and B pillar, etc) since I pulled the headliner, and in June I finally got around to upholstering it. I still need to wrap the edges over, but I jumped at the opportunity to do it at a friend's shop to have some extra hands while I...