Finnish 2-car garage build, by-the-book

[GeddyT]

For the first time in my life, I cut my own hair I'll be doing it more often now for sure.

HA! That's the first thing I did, too, when all this quarantine went down. Sadly, I was already two weeks late for a haircut when the governor shut down all non-essential business like barbers, so drastic times called for drastic measures.

"Well, I guess it's time to put on the ol' #3 spacer and buzz it all off..."

I claim it's for aerodynamic purposes.

 

[bolensboneyard]

Matias good job on the hair. Good practice for mirror welding once you get good at running weld beads overhead. I wouldn't try that with the wire welder though. I taught welding for four years so feel free to ask questions. Bobby

 

[drivesitfar]

Matias: cutting your own hair might be one of the reasons my dad and mom own their home free and clear. he cut mine until I was 13 and he's cut his for 60+ years until he actually paid for a cheap haircut last year at age 87.

glad to hear it's warming up in your part of the planet and hope you and your friends can avoid this virus while we figure it out.

take care and keep doing what you do to keep busy and smilin!!

 

[Bob Heine]

glad to hear it's warming up in your part of the planet and hope you and your friends can avoid this virus while we figure it out.

Drives, it's the Finns that have this figured out. Living next to Russia they never changed their habits from the Cold War era so they are really well prepared for this virus.

Finland, ‘Prepper Nation of the Nordics,’ Isn’t Worried About Masks

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/...action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

 

[Matias]

Nice work on that fold out bench! You can always use more flat surface!

Thanks, and sure do! It was nice the next weekend when doing a service, having all that free space for stuff. Also, even though I spilt some oil when pouring from one jug to another, didn't mind at all. The metal top was a breeze to clean.

HA! That's the first thing I did, too, when all this quarantine went down. Sadly, I was already two weeks late for a haircut when the governor shut down all non-essential business like barbers, so drastic times called for drastic measures.

"Well, I guess it's time to put on the ol' #3 spacer and buzz it all off..."

I claim it's for aerodynamic purposes.

Matias good job on the hair. Good practice for mirror welding once you get good at running weld beads overhead. I wouldn't try that with the wire welder though. I taught welding for four years so feel free to ask questions. Bobby

Thanks! Really? Cutting my hair also improve my welding, that's a win-win in my book! I'll start soon, within days or weeks, trying to do a couple of test pieces and then weld the hand rail. Also, got some angle iron to do the base with wheels for one of my cabinets. You can see the material I will try to weld here.

Matias: cutting your own hair might be one of the reasons my dad and mom own their home free and clear. he cut mine until I was 13 and he's cut his for 60+ years until he actually paid for a cheap haircut last year at age 87.

glad to hear it's warming up in your part of the planet and hope you and your friends can avoid this virus while we figure it out.

take care and keep doing what you do to keep busy and smilin!!

Drives, I think that might be contrary to some of the new generations, where they use a lot of services and on the other hand don't save up as much, or at all. I know some who eat out all the time and don't know how to cook because of that

I think especially during these times, it's just the little things you can do to raise a smile that make the day a better one. Today, I went cycling with the kids even though it was raining, and looking at all the windows of houses and appartments. We were trying to see teddy bears, which people put in windows. As the kids are not able to play together anymore, this is a fun game to do, trying to spot and count the teddys. We saw around twenty and we only did 20 minutes. At one point, I saw there was an elderly lady behind one of the teddy bears. My girls spotted the teddy and looked at it, and I did too. I also looked at the person, to acknowledge the bear and gave her a smile. She smiled too, and I am sure she was happy to see, that her little effort made a better spotting trip for my children, she had made a difference.

Drives, it's the Finns that have this figured out. Living next to Russia they never changed their habits from the Cold War era so they are really well prepared for this virus.

Finland, ‘Prepper Nation of the Nordics,’ Isn’t Worried About Masks

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/...action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

I think the general foundation of the article rings true, but it does/the politicians do paint a little rosier picture than what is the reality ie. regarding the masks.

But we as a people are well prepared for isolation! That's because we like isolation even when there is no virus I must say my life currently hasn't changed a lot, the kids are only a little bit more at home, and I can't go to do sports ie. badmington. That's about it. Oh, and the wife is at home during the days, so some times I even get a microwave cooked meal during the day, if I don't do the meal

Some updates. Moved the drill from the shed to the garage, and put some bins on the wall.

Also, started going through my bike tool setups. I ordered some new tools (knipex, wera...) from amazon, can't wait to have them and start making some better sets.

The air chuck from motion pro arrived already, as I ordered it from a Finnish company. That, and the oil filter for my bike are on the picture with the steel for the hand rail.

Last weekend, we also made furniture for dolls. One girl wanted the chair where the baby sits, and the other one a bed. After making them (75% by myself), they painted them with two coats.

I hope everyone manages to keep healthy and positive!

 

[bolensboneyard]

Matias watch the weld puddle like it was an ocean of waves, Use the wire to manipulate the liquid so all waves will arrive on shore spaced equally. This will focus the entire weld to follow the wire which should trace the joint. Vertical and other out of position welds will require additional techniques.

 

[Matias]

Matias watch the weld puddle like it was an ocean of waves, Use the wire to manipulate the liquid so all waves will arrive on shore spaced equally. This will focus the entire weld to follow the wire which should trace the joint. Vertical and other out of position welds will require additional techniques.

I have had to push back starting my welding a couple of weeks, as other activities such as updating the house drawings with photoshop to get past the last inspection have taken some time. But will keep this in mind as I will start soon, thanks!

Also, I must admit I have been active late at night surfing amazon and other sites...

There's updates and oil change to be done on the bike, but more interesting are the tools. Have been waiting for them, and will try them as soon as I get to do the bike service.

First, there's the wera tool check plus which will probably live in my small tool pouch

Along that will be these Knipex pliers/wrench, which I hope will be as useful as I have been thinking.

Also, this little Sealey mini ratchet will probably get even more use that the Wera one. It has the hex bit holder also at the bottom, so you can use it as normal screwdriver also.

There's also my latest addition to my EDC, the new Gerber Armbar drive:

Sure, it has a lockable reasonable blade...

... but the party trick is this bit holder.

Already got to use it while on a bike trip with the kids, when adjusting the saddle and handlebar while on the road (one had a new bike). Worked really well. Sure, it would be even better if the drive locked, but in my case, when I need more force, I use it in the 90 degree position anyway.

Not a lot of spare time means I have not been able to pass more time on the forum. I will try to do that soon, and catch up on all my threads! I hope everyone is well!

 

[drivesitfar]

Matias: good to see you are growing your tool collection and making some quality stuff for your girls which will also improve your tool budget when your bride sees how handy you can be.

our lives here hasn't changed much, but the world around us has gone BERZERK and i sure hope it stops soon. if they worried about OBESITY or other things like they are this C19 maybe we'd have a healthier society.

keep up the great attitude and work ethics and i'm sure you'll have a happier life.

take care

 

[Matias]

Thanks Drives! It has been quite busy and exhausting. I have had a lot of pressure and long days at work. The kids returned to school last week which helps, but this week Saturday will be the last day until august. At least the wife will be on vacation at the same time, as she's a teacher. Also, I'm starting to get stuff ready at work so pressures helping, and we are getting nice weather here, so I now get time to play badmington with the girls outside, and write updates to GJ

Now, I'll just make a first update on the hand rail, *spoiler alert* it's done! And I've got the house inspection through! No more deadlines for me for a while.

Here's the hand rail in pics:

First, some metal drilled on to the base of the brick wall.

I also cut some threaded rod which will keep the hand rail posts in place. I put some angle sections on the inside of the threaded rod, with a nut on both sides, to prevent the rod from turning. I also put some nyloc nuts on the inside and outside of the brick. Later on, I figured out that, that would've been enough, as I left the outside nuts in place, and put the post against these nuts and not the brick.

Then some quick cement

And it's finished, now all that needs to be done is the put the top bricks on.

Then came the fun part. It was actually nice learning something done with your own hands.

After reading many a story, I've started using this face mask while grinding and similar stuff...

Then a couple of hours training, the fun part

Then it got serious...

I know they're not perfect, but they'll hold. In addition to this, I also welded on the flat iron with two holes to attach the hand rail.

Posts are ready, then for the hand rail. I found this random piece of 2x2 behind the garage, so I passed a couple of times each side with the electric hand plane. I could'nt justify buying a router just for this (at least at this moment). But, I did have some router bits laying around..... so I put the router bit (to round the edge) on the post drill, and pushed the wood piece through it. It worked out well.

I stained the hand rail black, and painted the posts graphite grey. Some details I would like to make better, but maybe later on, still got so many things to learn and do at the moment.

 

[Pluribus]

Love that folding work table you put on the wall! Of course at my place, it would be covered with stuff and never folded down. Looks like you're much better at organization than I am.

Great job with the haircut! I've been doing my own for about 20 years now, and I don't see a need to pay someone else to cut my hair. Seems to end up looking closer to what I want when I cut it myself too. I use an old motorcycle mirror to see the back of my head and neck to detail those areas. Didn't even think of it as practice for welding.

Random question: Are you a Nightwish fan? Discovered them about a year ago, and they're one of my favorite bands. They're not super-popular in the U.S. but one of the outdoor concerts there in Tampere had 20,000+ people attending.

 

[Matias]

Random question: Are you a Nightwish fan? Discovered them about a year ago, and they're one of my favorite bands. They're not super-popular in the U.S. but one of the outdoor concerts there in Tampere had 20,000+ people attending.

I wouldn't consider myself a fan, but I do know and like their music. They are played a lot, in radio as well as in ads etc. If you mention Nightwish, I immediately get "over the hills and far away" in my head, I must have heard it a million times over the years

Hmm, the motorcycle mirror seems like a good one to try. I have a basic mirror without a handle and it's really akward. So I do the back with my eyes closed

 

[Pluribus]

I wouldn't consider myself a fan, but I do know and like their music. They are played a lot, in radio as well as in ads etc. If you mention Nightwish, I immediately get "over the hills and far away" in my head, I must have heard it a million times over the years

Hmm, the motorcycle mirror seems like a good one to try. I have a basic mirror without a handle and it's really akward. So I do the back with my eyes closed

Funny, my favorite version of "Over the Hills and Far Away" is by the Irish guitarist Gary Moore, done in 1987. I think it's much better than Nightwish's version. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7IocRCDWB5k

The motorcycle mirror works great, especially if you use one with a long stalk with a dogleg. Mine is from an old Honda XL500 (dual sport.) I stand with my back toward a wall mounted mirror, then hold the cycle mirror in one hand and the clippers in the other. Mostly I'm using it for shaving the fuzz from below my hairline. Does take the fun out of cutting by braille though...

 

[Matias]

Funny, my favorite version of "Over the Hills and Far Away" is by the Irish guitarist Gary Moore, done in 1987. I think it's much better than Nightwish's version. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=7IocRCDWB5k

The motorcycle mirror works great, especially if you use one with a long stalk with a dogleg. Mine is from an old Honda XL500 (dual sport.) I stand with my back toward a wall mounted mirror, then hold the cycle mirror in one hand and the clippers in the other. Mostly I'm using it for shaving the fuzz from below my hairline. Does take the fun out of cutting by braille though...

Thanks for that, I hadn't listened to Gary Moore for ages. When I was a young lad and lived in France in the late nineties, I bought Gary Moore's Still got the blues and Parisienne walkways live 2-song CD. Probably had a gig in Paris or something, don't know why else his CD would be in the top songs at that point?

Yes, everything else is kind of simple, but the hairline without a mirror is a can't do. And there is no better excuse to buy some more motorcycle parts, even if this could be better/easier with a proper mirror

 

[drivesitfar]

Matais: nice work on the railing that is for certain. very professional and guessing it's one of your first tries at WELDING? what face mask and welding mask did you buy cause I need a new one of both? do you like them?

what bolts did you use to anchor the railing? it looks like you put bolts in cement after it dried? i might have set them in the wet cement to avoid drilling.

great to hear you are getting things done and I bet your weather is getting better too.

Pluribus: I clicked on your youtube link and it didn't work so maybe it was me. i'm not sure i've heard the song you've been talking about, but I'll give it a listen soon.

speaking of haircuts my bride just mentioned that i look like one or maybe all of the 3 stooges with my morning hairdo and she'd be happy to cut it. she actually cut my hair before we were married, but once we had 3 more kids and 5 total I opted for getting my haircuts elsewhere cause there was and usually is a ton on her plate. with summer coming and the fact that i have maybe 50 golf/baseball hats i'm ok letting her see if her haircutting skills are still ok.

cheers

 

[Pluribus]

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Pluribus: I clicked on your youtube link and it didn't work so maybe it was me. i'm not sure i've heard the song you've been talking about, but I'll give it a listen soon.

<snip>

Seem to be having an issue where pressure near the pad on my laptop while typing causes the cursor to move and wipe things out, and it looks like it took out a character on my original link. Try this:

Matias: There's definitely the "cool" factor of using a motorcycle component in cutting hair vs. a standard beauty supply mirror.

 

[drivesitfar]

PLURIBUS: thanks and yep that worked. I guess he sings "over the hills and far away" maybe 100 times?

it looks like it was in a movie?

speaking of haircuts i went a couple years in my early 20's without getting a haircut and one day reached behind my head with a scissors and cut about a foot off.

Matais: so now that you have some WELDING SKILLS what's next?

cheers

 

[Matias]

Matais: nice work on the railing that is for certain. very professional and guessing it's one of your first tries at WELDING? what face mask and welding mask did you buy cause I need a new one of both? do you like them?

what bolts did you use to anchor the railing? it looks like you put bolts in cement after it dried? i might have set them in the wet cement to avoid drilling.

speaking of haircuts my bride just mentioned that i look like one or maybe all of the 3 stooges with my morning hairdo and she'd be happy to cut it. she actually cut my hair before we were married, but once we had 3 more kids and 5 total I opted for getting my haircuts elsewhere cause there was and usually is a ton on her plate. with summer coming and the fact that i have maybe 50 golf/baseball hats i'm ok letting her see if her haircutting skills are still ok.

Yep, first weldings I've done. I've tried once in my life before, 10 years ago and did one seam 2 inches long, that's it.

The face mask is 3m, and includes the ear protection. I didn't want separate mask and protectors, as I was sure I would not buy correct ones, and they would press somewhere akwardly, and didn't want to handle two pieces of equipment when putting them on and off. Also, the shield moves up so you don't have to take it off if you want a closer look. It's from reputable brand 3M. I'm sure I paid some extra, but at the moment I'm quite happy with the mask.

Regarding the bolts, I used threaded rod, which I drilled and passed through before putting the cement. I also attached an 90 degree piece on the bolt inside the cement to prevent it from turning.

I will need to check on your thread to see if you did let your wife cut your hair!

Matais: so now that you have some WELDING SKILLS what's next?

Some more welding during the summer. I will need to make the bottom with wheels for a drawer, and I also want to make a cart for my vacuum cleaner and interior cleaning/detailing stuff.

But now, a jump back to upholstery, haven't done that for a long time. No sewing this time, just changing from one seat to another and cleaning/repairing. More on that later

Finally I got to do something which has been bugging me since I built the garage... the air compressor! And the lack of specific area for it. It's been on the ground, in various locations, but always in the way, and very noisy.

But before even thinking of putting it anywhere, some maintenance was in order...

New oil and some elbow grease and compressed air cleaning to remove years of dust and dirt:

As I had an idea where I wanted it, I knew I the air line will be in the way. So bought a 90 degrree plumbing piece, and attached to quick releases with some PTFE tape.

So now, this is where it all started. Usually there are some carts below, just placed the compressor there for measurements.

Figuring out the jigsaw puzzles. As you can see in the top corner, the speaker output and outlet will prevent from sliding in any box.

To prevent noise, I want to make it as airtight as possible, but it does need air. So I there is an hole in the top for air, and it goes through the box and comes out at the bottom hole. There's some egg cardboard inside to help with the noise. The end of the box will be against the wall.

Jigsaw puzzles.

Surprisingly heavy, I didn't want to ruin back, so with the help of a neighbor, lifted the compressor in place.

Then, needed to put some shelving more evenly. Notice painted brackets

And now it's DONE!

It's also much quiter. For once, I was lucky. When building the garage, I put a couple of outlets that were behind the switches at the door. The one in the corner is one of those, so now I can shut off the compressor so it doesn't run when I'm not in the garage.

 

[Unruh]

Nice idea putting that compressor up out of the way. I have a shop vac I’m using for dust collection mounted up on a shelf and I have been thinking about building a sound proofing box around it. Do you think the difference in noise is worth it?

 

[drivesitfar]

Matias: I know a ton of guys (and gals) put their compressors (mostly standing ones) outside their shops and garages and more than not they make a little shed for it. as long as yours has enough air and you don't need to get it up and down often that's a heckuva idea. WELL DONE!!

good to have another skill and I bet once you start welding (yep i've owned several welders and still haven't welded any with mine. I've done a few with friends welders and safety gear, but like a table saw i'm still trying to learn all the stay safe rules before I fire up one by myself.

hope your weather is getting warmer too.

have a great weekend.

 

[Matias]

Nice idea putting that compressor up out of the way. I have a shop vac I’m using for dust collection mounted up on a shelf and I have been thinking about building a sound proofing box around it. Do you think the difference in noise is worth it?

Thanks! The noise from this compressor is very loud. Even if I got used to it, so it wouldn't startle me each time it started on it's own. Also, when getting a car on the lift, it means I have to have the door open, until the car is up high. As the lift works with air, it means the compressor will run continuosly for minutes on end. This also annoyed me, even though no neighbor has ever said anything, it must be "nice" hearing this when you're grilling in your back yard.

I'm surprised the sound levels dropped as much as they did, as it's not airtight everywhere, it's only plywood on the sides etc. I would compare the difference before and now to when using your ear protection. The sound is still very much there, but it doesn't annoy you like it does without.

Matias: I know a ton of guys (and gals) put their compressors (mostly standing ones) outside their shops and garages and more than not they make a little shed for it. as long as yours has enough air and you don't need to get it up and down often that's a heckuva idea. WELL DONE!!

good to have another skill and I bet once you start welding (yep i've owned several welders and still haven't welded any with mine. I've done a few with friends welders and safety gear, but like a table saw i'm still trying to learn all the stay safe rules before I fire up one by myself.

hope your weather is getting warmer too.

have a great weekend.

Thanks Drives! With the temperatures we get here, I don't feel comfortable putting the compressor outside. Also, I'm sure the neighbors wouldn't appreciate, they would be nearly as close or closer to it than my house

I understand completely that you want to learn the safety side first I was and still am very, very cautious when doing anything in the garage. I don't feel comfortable grinding inside a garage, I always do it outside or close to the door so everything goes out.

Weather is getting warm, now we have had days with +20C / +68F so it's been nice. I was asked to go for a coffee with colleagues today. Left in the morning at 8:00, drove 150km / ~100miles to join them (we were 8 bikes). We went for a coffee at a nice place and drive away, then a nice route back to Helsinki (capital). All in all, 450km / 280miles in the nice weather. It was good to see the guys. This is the group I went with to Estonia last year.

I have also started to go a little bit through stuff in my second garage. This stores mainly one of my project cars, and the stuff from nearly two complete cars. I am now trying to thin the herd a little....

I remembered I have a complete interior set, with one bench oddly coloured, but having the fabrics to complete it. Went to the garage to do some digging:

Brought them back, with some ramps/lifts I had that I wanted to sell too.

First, a good vacuuming.

Changing the fabrics. They're usually attached the same way, some annoying and hard to get metal rings, and quite difficult to get back (with zip ties), but doable.

We can see the mice have done a little bit of damage, plus on the seat the stain smells like piss. Will give these a good wash.

Anyway, that's to be done next. Good wash and then listing them for sale.

 

[Unruh]

So I was looking back through your thread and I again fell in love with that old work bench! Could you post a couple more pics of it?

 

[Matias]

So I was looking back through your thread and I again fell in love with that old work bench! Could you post a couple more pics of it?

Sorry for the delayed answer. Was looking at taking some pics, but the shed's been quite filled lately... So no new pics atm, but all the pics were here, here and here. You can scroll the last link upwards to find the first pics...

 

[Matias]

It's been an extremely busy summer, I'll try to keep it short. First and foremost, I got a new bike

Just in time, as we went for a 4 day trip with a friend in the north-west of Finland, where we never go. Now, as we can't go abroad, we opted for a local trip, which was surprisingly nice.

As I only had the small bags at the back, I'm used to packing small. Here's how I pack the toiletry bag. When you really need to squeeze everything as small as possible.

After my trip, went on some holidays with the family. Went to both of the family cottages (my parents and wife's). That meant I had to have a break from biking...

Went rowing multiple times, it's good exercise and just nice to be in the nature.

At the end of the holiday, I loaned my sister's old camping car, just to try it out with the family.

We went to a couple of camping sites, which were actually very nice and cheap.

Had a moment for myself when everyone was asleep...

The rent for the camping car was giving it a good interior clean and detail, as well as outside. Removed old stickers, gave it some DA-polisher love with cutting compound and polish. Took me a whole day, but on the other hand, it was cheap.

I also happen to have a slight car fever ATM. My brother bought a Kia Stinger which I test drove.

...and my dad changed his car as well.

All I did was sell 2(!) of my projects in a month:

The last one, the Renault 5, just had this wonderfull 70's interior which I loved. But I must be honest with myself, and I just don't have the time...

 

[Matias]

What have I been doing the garage?

Some woodworking again... I needed to build a small shelter for the garbage bins. I wanted to be smart, and build the rear and side panels inside and not in situ, so I could also paint them.

I don't know if there's anything more I hate to paint, than those kind of fences where there is a small gap between each row...

It took me about 7 nights to paint all the panels, both sides and twice, with the rear panel rear face yellow.

What was going to be easy, was frustrating. It would be easy to just put the panels in place... if they were straight! Somehow, they distorted during the assembly and painting So I put the posts in place, and then had to pull with a cord to get them straight.

If you look in the pic above, you can notice the three supporting blocks were also shaped as more triangular shape at the ends, so they are similar to the ones in the garage. They were also slightly cut into so would rest better on the horizontal support.

Drilled the driveway to get some anchors. I've heard stories of these shelters tipping over during heavy winds...

Also, I wanted to measure how the pieces of the roof would align, as they were pieces of 1 metre length. So I test placed the pieces on the garage floor. Luckily, it was perfect, had to cut very little from the sides.

All I then had to do was fill some gaps that were in the wood, as seen in the pic. Just used some woodglue mixed with saw dust.

And now it's finished!

 

[Matias]

As I now got the shelter finally finished, I treated myself on Saturday evening, with a small photoshoot of the bikes. Used some lights found from the garage to highlight the bikes and cast some shadows on the garage wall, which I think works quite nice.

1) Wash

2) Prepare and shoot

3) Edit

 

[Mainiac Mat]

great job

 

[Jyzze]

Matias! 10+

 

[Motoman1100]

One of my favorite things about Garage Journal is getting to see how fellow garage dwellers around the world are spending their time.

Thanks for the update Matias, it looks like it was a great summer.

 

[rixtrix1]

Wow! Love those B&W shots of the bikes!

 

[Mikkeli]

Nice photoshoot of bikes! How is car fever at the moment?

 

[Bempa]

Re: Finnish 2-car garage build, by-the-book: the floor is done!

Very nice photos

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[Boosted1]

Nice new bike and updates.
Camping is a good way to get out of the house.
Looks like you have some wash foam tool to get all that soap on the bikes like that?

 

[Matias]

great job

Matias! 10+

Thanks!

One of my favorite things about Garage Journal is getting to see how fellow garage dwellers around the world are spending their time.

Thanks for the update Matias, it looks like it was a great summer.

Thanks Motoman, and I completely agree. A garage can be half-a-car half-covered shed or 10 car palace, but it's just seeing a glimpse in the day-to-day life inside and outside of the garages around the world that makes this place what it is.

Wow! Love those B&W shots of the bikes!

Thank you, I was happy how they turned out, especially with zero preparation, just thought of it in the evening and did it with what was available at hand (ie. lighting).

Nice photoshoot of bikes! How is car fever at the moment?

Not good. Or good. Or fever is there, sometimes getting worse, but a look at my bank account torpedoes any thought I have. Then in a couple of evenings I again look at cars in the interweb and nettiauto....

Very nice photos

Thank you!

Nice new bike and updates.
Camping is a good way to get out of the house.
Looks like you have some wash foam tool to get all that soap on the bikes like that?

Thanks, thrashing around and traveling with the new bike has been nice. For washing of the bikes, I use a foam lance with bilt hamber soap (made for this). Foam lance is used with a pressure washer, but nowadays you can get foam even with the those pressure bottles where you manually push the pressure. There's a video of this for example in AmmoNYC.

I use this:

with this:

I like this Kärcher K2 pressure washer. It's very small, but you can do these basic washes with it ok. I can use the accesoires from the old K5 I had with it. It's small, doesn't take space and I can just carry it around the cars/bikes and wash something quickly if needed. And it's dirt cheap. I think I paid around $50 for it. Not as good as the K5, but for the quick washes I use it for, it has been enough, and very good bang for the buck.

 

[Matias]

I had a weeks vacation last week. As we might be getting a dog puppy, that meant I passed my vacation putting up some fences.

So first of all, get everything with my trusty old car trailer.

Then, I dug a hole, put the first post in place, pour quick cement I made and waited for next day, to do the next one in the fence... I need to put three of these in place, so I could always work on one, when waiting for one of the poured ones to dry.

I got some help from everyone in the family at some point, which was nice, as I was working on these 5 days in a row...

The two in the grass are now ready. This is the first:

This is the second with the gate. Still need to cut the lumps smaller with a knive and get the grass in place.

I have only one more to do.

Summer is over, temperatures have dropped. We've now got snow for two days, and I've put winter tires on my cars. We had a beautifull autumn, here are two pics from two weeks ago.

BTW, we had a party for a relative, and the theme was the 80's. Decided to go all-in. I think someone might recognize the tv-character...

 

[gearhead1960]

I need a picture of the 308 to make this right.....

 

[Denwood]

Those bikes are ****!.. Also great job on the garbage shelter. All those pics of biking and camping pretty much reflect my summer as well

 

[Boosted1]

Yeah, where's the red 308?

 

[Jyzze]

Magnum P.I!

 

[Unruh]

Great costume! We just had a 80’2 party....um peaceful protest as well. My costume wasn’t nearly as amazing as yours. I just wore a red vest and went as Marty McFly.

 

[Matias]

I need a picture of the 308 to make this right.....

Yeah, where's the red 308?

Magnum P.I!

Thanks guys, yep. I don't know if you know, but I read it was actually Tom Selleck who was a fan of the Detroit Tigers, and wanting to wear the baseball cap many times in the series.

Great costume! We just had a 80’2 party....um peaceful protest as well. My costume wasn’t nearly as amazing as yours. I just wore a red vest and went as Marty McFly.

I guess the the self-lacing shoes were a little too hard to find

Those bikes are ****!.. Also great job on the garbage shelter. All those pics of biking and camping pretty much reflect my summer as well

Thanks Dennis! Yeah, summer was great, but now it's time for the white stuff again... So I'm trying to finish fencing of the yard, before it gets too cold / ground freezes. This was a couple of days ago.

In the front of the house, we haven't done the pavement/bricks yet, so we're putting the fence and gate with just drilling the posts to a slab and digging it as low as possible, but as can be seen we're reaching the styrofoam insulation. I'm not cutting that up, this is "temporary" until we do the pavement. Today I finished the 3rd and final fence/gate.

Saw this kärcher battery operated washer, and decided to take the plunge as it was quite cheap. I can't use a regular waterhose in the garage, as it will spray everywhere, and I only have a normal faucet. So decided to test it with just washing the summer tires, before ranging them away.

(BTW, we are getting a dog, and this was for the dog as far as the SWMBO is concerned)

Regarding the dog, a lot of places where it can go, where it shouldn't. So a lot of preparation is in sight. For the upstairs handrail, we needed something between the posts so the dog won't fall from between them. I bought some plasticglass. After some googling, a blade with many teeth, low speed and 0 pendulum movement, I got it cut nicely.

I like how it turned out, I wanted it to be as invisible as possible, but didn't want to drill holes anywhere.

And last, a small glimpse in my world of kids ringette team maintenance guy duties. The girls are 8-10 years old Helping to get the skates tied, and getting on the goalie equipment. Helping them with anything they need.

I sharpen the blades regularly and when needed. You want sharp edges and a rail between, with a specific radius.

and preferably it should be straight (rail in the middle of the blade)

Just being with the kids, helping them and talking and seeing them getting better and enjoying every minute is worth it.