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Today I replaced the worn out anti-scalping wheels on the JD mower deck with new because the old were doing a pretty good job of scalping my grass when turning.... Just mowed the lawn and the new wheels work as they should...

Here are CAD drawings of the correct shaft and pulley...

Wrap your own with bicycle handlebar tape 1/8" thick...

Today I collected a bunch of useable "stuff" that was taking up space in the garage and took it to the local thrift store...

Well, just outside the garage anyway... It's 68F and 54% humidity today, so a nice time for a 5K oil and filter change on my wife's Explorer...

I just picked up some Krylon Acrylic hardener to use with some Rust Oleum along with a new HF purple cheapo spray gun... This will be my first attempt at this type of painting... I have a vintage Delta machine stand that I will be refinishing...

Well... Just outside the garage... Last week I decided I wanted to change the look of the MINI... Apparently... Pulling it into the garage with the sun in my eyes and trying to park it close to one side for maximum useable working space in the garage... I messed up... At least the scratches...

I held off getting this a while back... Set a price watch on Camelizer and got a trigger today... Order placed... Made in USA...

Just outside the garage... After cutting the grass today, I gave the diesel JD a oil and filter change...

Used my Extractor today... Changing the oil on my diesel JD garden tractor is a real pain because to get to the drain bolt you need to remove the deck... My HF pneumatic extractor is a joy to use... No pumping for me... I can hook it up and walk away... No spills unless I act like a fumbly old...

In front of the garage... Today my MINI got it's first wash of the year... My wife asked if we could take it and do a mini run to the local ice cream shop for a chocolate milkshake... Why sure we can... While I had the pressure washer going, I washed the neighbor's white plastic fence that...

I have 4 of the 100W Feit (glass bulb) led's out in the garage, I got from Menards 3 years ago that haven't failed...Yet... We use the garage door opener as our entrance door, so the bulbs get a good workout daily going in and out of the house... No enclosure around the bulbs so they get plenty...

Worked on my 12" Delta disc sander stand today, out in the garage... I'll be needing it operational for when I cut all the trim miters for the garage door panels... Used a piece of 1/4" thick A36 HR plate and drilled holes to mount casters and attach the legs... I wanted to add weight low to...

Thanks, I'll have to try the 40 grit wheel...

How much of this door are you saving? The door panel framework. An SCT with the non-woven stripping wheel would have most of that door down to bare wood in a couple of hours, but will make a lot of mess I doing so. Wear your PPE. Yeah, I got the HF SCT for just that reason, when it went on...

It was a great day today... 30% humidity, 9mph gentle breeze, 63F, bright sunny day... I decided to start and tackle the garage door... Removed the wood mouldings and will start stripping the old 1940's paint down to the wood... Last year I had the local lumberyard custom cut new wood...

I have the YI Outdoor Camera... They give you two options, a cloud storage account payment plan or the camera can operate with it's own micro memory card that's contained in the camera... It operates via WIFI to your smart phone and/or your computer... I've had 3 of these mounted on my house...

As the Brits sometime say... I feel quite CHUFFED with myself... In the garage today, I continued to work on the damaged circuit board on one of my shop machines... Trying to help out the new shop owners... A new replacement machine is over $10,000.00... The old machine has a fried board with...

Whoo Boy.... Bet that thing makes some whirring noises...

Uggg... I don't like repairing failed circuit boards... A few weeks back, the new owner of my business had a problem with one of my shop machines... I offered to help... Making a long story short, the control board on the machine was damaged by the manufacturer's technician that was called for...